Talk:Chiitan

We Otter Have A Picture
of this puppy 72.141.106.240 (talk) 07:55, 10 August 2019 (UTC)


 * I strongly agree! Having just come across this article and being unfamiliar with the bizarre story, it strikes me that the article is seriously lacking without a picture of its subject. My first reaction was 'so what does this Chiitan look like?' and I'm sure anyone would think the same. Surely a single picture can be justified under fair use? Robofish (talk) 12:10, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Also, the lengthy list of sources at the bottom overwhelms the page a bit. The use of reflist might be preferred here, it would make it easier to find a particular reference in the article. Robofish (talk) 12:23, 10 August 2019 (UTC)


 * I added a picture of a generic Asian small-clawed otter from that page. I assume an WP:NFUR rationale would be needed for any representation of the mascot itself? Then again, Commons has Category:Mascots of Japan so I'm not sure. 93 (talk) 17:47, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I don't have a good track record of successfully proposing fair-use rationales for images whose copyrights have clearly not expired, even for images in which the author is anonymous. I contacted Chiitan's media company in the hopes of having them donate a picture, but was unsuccessful. If you think you have the skills to play the game of fair-use rationale, I can do my best to walk you through it.Ferox Seneca (talk) 14:19, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Media?
"Chiitan began to produce media...." How does an imaginary otter produce media? How does an imaginary otter do anything? 71.235.184.247 (talk) 20:39, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I assume that it was the people running the company that managed Chiitan that actually produced Chiitan's media, but the media was produced as if Chiitan was the author.Ferox Seneca (talk) 14:15, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Regarding Twitter suspension
i'd shy away from speculating (even indirectly) that the suspension was related to John Oliver or the Susaki city government as there has been no official word on the matter, (also a bit hard of a stretch...). I believe (again, speculation) that this could be based on Twitter's policy on a minimum age requirement, as Chiitan's bio stated they were a '0 year old fairy baby' which is in line to what's already been reported as no warning and there was a spike of suspensions at the time
 * Sudden suspension of accounts have been a widespread incident in the last several days. We are not certain what is causing the unexpected account suspension.

(The same year, Twitter also temporarily suspended meme-creator Dolan Dark's page without warning because his bio stated he was a '12 year old music critic', although Dolan got in direct contact with Twitter and got his page back) Weebasenji (talk) 21:40, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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