User talk:Fg2/Archive02

Image:HosokawaGyobuTei.jpg
I believe the title and caption of this photo to be in error ( found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumamoto ). It is in fact a photo of Suizenji-Jojuen. Compare the image you posted to images on the following pages. Suizenji Park: Note the left-hand photo in the second row of photos. http://www.uchiyama.info/oriori/kanri/toukou/suizenji/ This is an overhead diagram of kyuu-hosokawa-gyoubutei: notice the lack of ponds and big rocks. http://kumamoto.e-machi.ne.jp/sh/gyoubu/mitori.html You took the photo so I thought I'd be courteous and give you the opportunity to make the correction yourself rather than "boldly edit" what you've posted.
 * I bet you're right! Often, I write on the back of a print to indicate where I took the photo. In this case, I was able to locate the print (among many boxes of old pictures) but there was nothing written on the back. So, I must have been relying on memory, which (given that I was in Kumamoto in 1995, a few weeks after the earthquake that devastated Kobe) is not trustworthy. The name "Suizenji" is vaguely familiar... but then again... having been to Chuzenji and Shuzenji, I've heard many similar names.
 * Please feel free to go ahead and make the bold edits. There's no reason for me to doubt that you're right. Thanks for the correction. Fg2 05:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. Suizenji is considered one of the finest examples of Japanese gardens. I can personally attest to the trim job on the top of "Mt. Fuji". :P Spitzfan 15:45, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Hakodate.jpg
Image:Hakodate.jpg's licence has been changed from GFDL to PD by User:61.117.10.244. Is this IP yours? --Miya 13:50, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello Miya, The license change was a long time ago. I don't remember. I approve the change. Thank you for telling me. Fg2 21:54, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

RFM
I know you're fed up talking about it so I haven't formally included you in it. You can participate if you like but I'll keep trucking either way (at least for a couple more weeks.) WP:RFM  freshgavin ΓΛĿЌ 01:44, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're right, and I guessed that you might explain it like that. I've been thinking about that a little bit lately, and I expect I will begin to lower my stances sometime in the future, but for now it's really just me being myself: an argumentative strong willed bastard.
 * I don't mind losing (in fact, I don't even mind setting myself up for a deliberate loss), and it's quite apparent that wiki-battles are not won by people like me, but I enjoy the learning experience of facing a difficult issue with the odds stacked against me, and I feel that somehow I am honing skills (I've always had a bad habit of arguing unverifyable points) that I may be able to use in the real world in the future.
 * Anyway(s), keep up the great work; I admire your diligence, and it's good to know that a shining example of Wikipedianism lives not to far away : P.  freshgavin ΓΛĿЌ  13:02, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

You might find this tidbit interesting: Requests_for_CheckUser. I never realized the similarities!  freshgavin ΓΛĿЌ 14:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

National highways
I've seen various terms used - "national highway X", "national route X", "national highway route X" and "route X". Do you happen to know what, if anything, the agency that oversees the routes calls them in English? In a similar case, state highways in New Jersey, the Department of Transportation uses "Route X" while they are officially "state highway Route X". --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates! ) 07:51, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, don't know a general term. The highway signs, of course, bear the word "route" as in "2 Route" (see illustration in Route 2 (Japan)). That's why I named them "Route 2" rather than "Highway 2." But the article on the highways generally I called "highways" figuring that's a useful generic term. Fg2 07:56, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations
Greetings !

I just happened to find your page (via Yabusame) and I wanted to congratulate you for your whole photographic work. We have relatively few photographer, so they are precious; and very few of your talent. Thank you ! Rama 10:50, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Hokkaido (dog)
Thank *you* for getting it started. Elf | Talk 20:27, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Page marked for deletion
Fg2, the page that you have created, Ike Taiga, has been marked for speedy deletion because it does not meet the requirments of WP:BIO. If you can, please add or revise this article.

Reply: Page marked for deletion
Fg2: I simply quote from WP:BIO:

People who have been deceased for some time pose the simplest question, because history is usually clear about the nature and extent of their importance. With historical perspective, there is less controversy about the facts of their contribution. The basic test in this case is:

* Has the person made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in the specific field?

I do not belive that this person has. EDIT: Oops. I shouldn't have made it a speedy deletion. I have changed it to a regular prod. Recon0 22:23, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's at AfD. Articles for deletion/Ike Taiga. NickelShoe 22:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Uh...hi...gotta go!!

Image:Toshodaiji.jpg
I noticed that you tagged the page Image:Toshodaiji.jpg for speedy deletion with the reason "Same photo now available on Commons". However, "Same photo now available on Commons" is not currently one of our criteria for speedy deletion, so I have removed the speedy deletion tag. You can use one of our other deletion processes, proposed deletion or articles for deletion if you still want the article to be deleted. For images that are now on Commons, use or NCT if the name on Commons is still the same. Thanks! Stifle 11:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms
The English term "chuck" is not related to "zipper", while the Japanese term "chakku"  is a trademark derived from the Japanese term "kinchaku". —Tokek 01:51, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Peer review comments reply
Hi Fg2, I replied to your comments on Peer review/Girolamo Savonarola/list of film formats/archive1, but haven't received a response back from you yet and was wondering if you wouldn't mind continuing the critique. Many thanks! Girolamo Savonarola 16:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Hepburn 'm'
Thanks for reminding me about what the WP:MOS-JA says about Hepburn ん -> 'm'. Could you direct me to where in the archives I might find the discussion that led to that guideline? Regards, Dforest 15:31, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Japan
Hey, Fg2. (^_^) As you are active in editing Japan-related topics, I thought you might be interesting in helping out with our new WikiProject (you've already posted there a couple times). We'd love to be able to tap into any particular expertise you may have in order to improve Japan-related articles here on Wikipedia. We look forward to working with you. (^_^) --日本穣 06:12, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Glad to see you on board. (^_^) --日本穣 07:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Trains in Japan
Hello Fg2. I see you've made a lot of great edits to articles on Japanese railways. I have proposed the creation of WikiProject Trains in Japan to improve the quality and visibility of such articles. If you're interested, please take a look at the proposal. I hope you can join! Thank you. - Tangotango 08:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I don't think I've seen your pictures on Jyosei senyo sha (I've only seen the ones on the Japanese Wikipedia and Category:Womens Car), but I'm sure they'll come in handy when the article gets expanded. Meanwhile, I'll be looking around for more people to recruit. Hope you can join later. Thanks! - Tangotango 12:03, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey Fg2, this is a short note to tell you that WikiProject Trains in Japan is now operational. I'd really like you to join, considering all the great edits you've made, but if you don't, please ignore this message. :) - Tangot a ngo 09:33, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you've decided to join the WikiProject. I look forward to seeing you on the project pages ;) - Tangot a ngo 08:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

New Articles
Hey Fg2, thanks for always finding new Japan-related articles. Can you please consider adding train-related articles to the Template:Newest articles about trains in Japan template as well? I know this cross-posting and synchronization is annoying, but unfortunately this is the only way we can keep WikiProject Trains in Japan updated :) Thanks. - Tangot a ngo 12:05, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Request
Hi Fg2,

My name is Fernanda Viégas and I have been studying Wikipedia for a while now (you can see a paper I published on the subject here). I would like to ask you a few questions about your activities as a Wikipedia image creator. I am fascinated by the pictorial side of Wikipedia and it would be great to hear about this community from one of its members. Would you be available to participate an email survey this week? Thanks, &mdash; Fviegas | talk


 * Hi again, Fg2. I have started sending out the questionnaire to participants in the study and it would be great if you could participate too. If you'd like to get in touch with me via email, please use the "Email this user" feature on my page. Thanks! &mdash; Fernanda 21:13, 4 April 2006 (UTC)  | talk

Photo opportunity
Hi! My name's Aidan Grey, and I work for a travel website (http://www.homeandabroad.com). Since you've supplied a lot of the photos for Japan, I wonder if you'd be interested, or know someone who might, in taking photos of specific sites in Tokyo for us. You can email me at aidan@homeandabroad.com for more details.

Sorry I put this here - I wasn't sure where else to put it, to get in touch with you.

thanks
Hi - Thanks for fixing the name in the Ayagawa, Kagawa stub. I guess it's obvious which stub I used as a model! -- Rick Block (talk) 14:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Renaming United States-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce
For your information,
 * Do any other treaties have the same name? If so, the names of the nations are essential parts of the article title. If no other treaties have the same name, then I support the renaming. Fg2 01:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Good point; I've now moved the page to Treaty of Amity and Commerce (USA-Japan) as "this naming format alos follows WP:MoS disambiguation pattern, anticipating Treaty of Amity and Commerce (USA-France) etc." I've also created a Treaty of Amity and Commerce disambiguation page. Thanks, David Kernow 09:39, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Best wishes, David Kernow 09:42, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Chichibu-Tama National Park
Hi Nihonjoe,

I was on the verge of moving the article to exactly the title you selected (putting Kai on an equal footing with Chichibu and Tama) but noticed that the Ministry of the Environment link has just Chichibu-Tama (no Kai).

How does Chichibu-Tama National Park sound?

Fg2 04:19, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The official Japanese site lists it as "Chichibu-Tamakai Kokuritsu Kōen" here. I'm not sure why they omitted that part on their English page for it since the Japanese page includes it. I would be fine with Chichibu-Tamakai National Park since that would be the most correct. --日本穣 Nihonjoe 19:46, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Now I'm more confused than yesterday. I had thought you moved it from Chichibu Tamakai to Chichibu Tama Kai, but apparently I got it backwards. What confuses me is putting "Tama" and "Kai" together; I think they should be separate.


 * I clicked the link you provided, and it does provide the Japanese name of the park with all three components, so even though their own English web site has only two, I have no problem with three. I've crossed out my suggestion above. But can we separate the three on an equal basis? I suggest moving the article to either Chichibu Tama Kai (three separate words) or Chichibu-Tama-Kai (three words with two hyphens), plus National Park. Or is there a reason why Tamakai should be one word? I didn't see romaji in the Japanese-language web site, so that site doesn't answer the question of how to separate the components.


 * Presently, the article is Chichibu Tamakai National Park; the lead has Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park, and the nihongo template has Chichibu Tama Kai. Should we unify these? Fg2 01:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I would prefer Chichibu Tamakai National Park or Chichibu Tama Kai National Park (in that order). To me, it looks odd to have Tama and Kai separate. I agree that one should be picked and we should go with it. --日本穣 Nihonjoe 01:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Doesn't matter what I think but I'd prefer Tama Kai, at least until I can find an etymology that might shed some light on to the reasoning behind the name. I should actually be going there next week for a day or two, so I'll bring my camera and take some pictures.  freshgavin ΓΛĿЌ 06:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, hopefully they'll have some "English" showing the title. (^_^) --日本穣 Nihonjoe 16:51, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Just following up on your trip. Were you able to get some photos? ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  23:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No, ended up going to Kamakura instead (again). Sorreh! freshofftheufo  ΓΛĿЌ  19:17, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Tōhoku station awards
Nice addition -- I totally skipped everything but the history section when I copied those articles. Are you planning on copying the lists from ja:東北の駅百選 and the other regions into the English wikipedia? Neier 12:07, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * That would be quite a project! It might take more than a rainy day... but then again, there's a whole rainy season coming up... No promises, but it could happen in dribs and drabs. If you want to have a go at it, by all means do! Fg2 12:10, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

link to matsuri image
I have linked to it from my userpage (very few are doing this). However i can not include every nice picture. Akidd dublin•tl•ctr-l 09:30, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, the Hakone photo. Colorful! Brings back memories of a muggy night a couple of summers ago. Glad you liked it! Fg2 09:42, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

PD-self
Since you have well pointed out that Image:TofukujiGarden1.jpg is your own work, I changed the tag from "PD" to "PF-self" and hope that you will find that appropriate. // Habj 00:13, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Hail Mary (translations)
Hi, you removed the tag from this article. I put the article up on WP:AFD here. Since you have an interest in the article I thought I'd let you know. Garion96 (talk) 12:27, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I hope that a project can be found somewhere, because I do think that it's not fitting in wikipeda. Garion96 (talk) 12:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Japan Collaboration: Japan
In March, you wrote on the talk page that you nominated the article to collaboration. I can not see that you actually did it on the collaboration page, though. I see that it was a featured article candidate, and failed. Are you still interested in pursuing the collaboration on Japan, or does it belong to the past tense? I know that collaboration idea looks pretty dead, but you never know unless you try. // Habj 23:44, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I meant both actually. I am not sure if exchanging it for another Collaborating artice will make any difference, though. There are a couple of nomination but none that has gotten more than one vote. // Habj 18:29, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm. Since the link to the Collaboration article is on the talk of articles, in the "Project" template, I guess some people might find their way there... I'll make a try. A good reason for me also to make an effort to get a book and make something from it. // Habj 17:48, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Azuchi-Momoyama period
I have two questions about your edit of the opening paragraph of this article.

First, insofar as the romaji shown after the Kanji is there to indicate the Japanese pronunciation, wouldn't it be preferable not to capitalize?


 * Opinions vary on that point. I agree but enough editors disagree that I take it to be Wikipedia custom. For more discussion, see Wikipedia Talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) and its archives, although I based my change more on the trend of many articles than on any particular decision (I don't recall that there was one). Fg2

Second, would you object if I reverted your word choice of "culminated in the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate" back to my original "led to the establishment of?" It seems a little like saying that the Nazi invasion of France culminated in the establishment of the Vichy government, if you see my point.
 * Looking back from the vantage point of a couple of hours, I'm not convinced that that edit of mine was an improvement. I was looking for a verb that didn't indicate leading. Perhaps "resulted in" might do? But if you feel "led to" is best, it seems all right now. Fg2 09:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Spventi 08:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

OK. I'll give it some more thought, too, before doing anything. Thanks. Spventi 00:42, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

your castle photographies...
do you have them online in archive form, or can you make them available in this form easily? i would be interested to have them on my computer hard disk. Yy-bo 18:09, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. When meeting it in the 1st instance, matsuri has been explained to me; being a festival. It has taken me a while to get an understanding of it. The japanese subjects are definetively not always obvious to the western people. User:Yy-bo 20:08, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Miyamoto Musashi
Hi JHunterJ, Please note that both dates given for Miyamoto Musashi are death dates. May 19 (or as I wrote the 19th day of the fifth month) is his death date by the traditional calendar and June 13 is his death date according to the Julian calendar. His year and date of birth are unknown. So I ask you to revert to the version as I entered it. As I noted in the edit summary, the information came from the Japanese Wikipedia, which you can check for confirmation. Thanks Fg2 15:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * There's a 60-year span of possible death dates? I undid my mistaken fix of marking one of the possible death dates as a birth date, but I still left out the longer written-out dates. WP:MOSDATE indicates that the Gregorian (or Julian, or both) should be used, so perhaps the May 19th date should be removed as well, to be kept in the body only, or they should be indicated simply as Japanese calendar" and "Julian (or Gregorian) calendar".  So perhaps it could be died May 19  (Julian calendar: June 13) , 1584 or 1645) -- or Gregorian calendar if that's the one the June 13 comes from .  The dates in the intro should be kept as terse as possible, I think. -- JHunterJ 16:04, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No, the date and year of death are well known. The 1584 figure is not a possible year of death; it's a possible year of birth. As I wrote, "Born c. 1584 – died on 19th day of 5th month (June 13 in Western calendar), 1645" Fg2 16:12, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * See if this is better. I used the style from the William Shakespeare article.  I still think "the 19th day of the 5th month" is too wordy for this place in the article. -- JHunterJ 16:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks good now too!. -- JHunterJ 16:18, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Lake Nojiri
Thanks for creating Lake Nojiri. (^_^) ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  23:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It was fun! Fg2 23:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Feel free to tackle Tōyō Eiwa Women's University if you feel like it (no pressure or anything). Here's the link to the English site (and the Japanese site). Note that they call it "Tōyō Eiwa University" and "Tōyō Eiwa Women's University" almost interchangeably in the English parts, and always use "東洋英和女学院" in the Japanese. Kind of annoying, I think. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  00:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks again for creating Tōyō Eiwa Women's University. I wasn't expecting such a quick response. (^_^) ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  05:56, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

FAC room
Pleasing to see your comments on the prose of a nomination. Please return and do more! Tony 12:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Knights of Columbus
Hi! Tony reccomended you as an excellent copyeditor. I'm looking to bring the Knights of Columbus article up to Featured status. Two people have supported it, one said it was well written, but Tony has a few qualms with the prose. Would you mind taking a look at it? I would really appreciate it. Thanks! Briancua 17:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Spelling
Hi. Thank you for maintaning the articles. I am relatively new to wiki community. As I wrote in the discussion page of "Geinoh Yamashirogumi" and "Tsutomu Oohashi", I think it is desirable to use the original spellings. They themselves have strong identities in the spellings, and they are established institute or person. Thank you in advance. -- Korva 19 Jun, 2006 00:55 (JST)

Hail Mary (translations)
Hi, I just checked that article again and saw that the contents was moved to wikisource. So wikisource did accepted it. See here. Would you now agree with the deletion of the article? If so, I guess I will put the speedy delete tag on it. And if not, that's ok too. :) It's not that important. I just like to clean up. Garion96 (talk) 21:12, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's enough to be on one Wikimedia project. Thanks for letting me know. Fg2 21:24, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Narita Airport
I don't see why the fact that the airport is not physically in Tokyo should translate to removing its picture. The airport more or less serves the metropolis through its international flights. There can be a note in the picture saying "Narita Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture" WhisperToMe 05:51, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Castles in Japan
Hi Whlee,

Thank you for adding information to the article Castles in Japan. May I suggest creating a new article? Japanese castles in Korea would be a good title. It would be very informative and valuable. You can copy directly from Castles in Japan into the new article. I always enjoy creating new articles and hope you do, too.

Thanks again,

Fg2 11:39, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Fg2, I propose you to create more specific term often used by Japanese and Korean peoples called Waesung or Wajô, which both mean "Japanese-design castles". if you want we can redirect Japanese castles in Korea to them.

Regards Whlee 12:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
thanks for taking the time to leave a message in my talk. It nice to know that some of what i do here someone is reading. --Picturetokyo 07:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Two Jizos
I made a comment about the adjusted image and think I probably prefer Image:TwoJizos0053.jpg. You should vote for one, the other or oppose. Dark jedi requiem 03:10, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Capitalization
I agree about living with one extreme or the other being less stressful... but, living with both extremes is even less stressful than that. Sort of like the US/UK English spelling debates. But, if we go to another extreme (since I haven't played devil's advocate in a while), what should we do if an artist spells a word incorrectly, or uses some dreaded double-width roman characters in their CD booklet? Is this more of an artistic statement than capitalization? What about the long tilde 〜 that is in many Japanese song titles? Is it ok to replace that one with a small ~ tilde? For the record (no pun intended), my ripped CD tracks are a mishmash of capitalized tunes and otherwise (even single/double-width ~ characters) so obviously I don't really feel strongly either way. Your position is easier to enforce and codify, even if it is less true to the "official" nature of the work itself. But, it may be a challenge to build any concensus.

And, I definitely do not feel strongly enough about it to provoke a mini-firestorm by talking about double-width characters on the general MoS talk page. (^.^) Neier 09:56, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Gosh, spelling is more difficult. An editor would correct it before publication, but after it's in print, it's hard to justify changing it. It's not typography. Closer to an English title that leaves off a "g": feelin', for example. Double-width fonts are typography, and I'd happily change them to single-width. You probably have examples in mind, and might follow links to articles on the Japanese Wikipedia to see whether, in plain text or in article titles, they follow artists in using double-width characters. Regardless of whether they do or don't, the English Wikipedia community comes up with rules independently of the Japanese Wikipedia community, and so that line of investigation might be moot. (But I'd be curious to learn what the JW does.) As for swung dashes, the usage in Japanese is often very close to the usage of the em dash in English, and if I were writing an article in the English Wikipedia, I wouldn't hesitate to substitute an em dash, if I felt it were appropriate under the circumstances. That's part of translation, as surely as substituting an English word for a Japanese one. A case could be made for a single-width swung dash (or tilde), which at least is in use in English to mark an omission in a dictionary, but the double-width strikes me as particularly inappropriate, especially in titles; is it even possible? But of course the matter won't be settled on my talk page. It's up to the Wikipedia community to decide. And I lose more than I win... the Hepburn "m," the article titles for cities like Kyoto, the macrons, and the name-order debate being examples of my losses! Your analogy with the British-American spelling is interesting. Two standards are definitely cheaper than Rolaids. Fg2 10:57, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Tokyo
Thanks again for your post on Talk:Tokyo. In addition to resolving the argument over Tokyo's "citiness", it shows you have a deep appreciation and love for the place. It makes me wish I had had the leisure to discover more of Tokyo's charms when I lived there. -- D. Meyer 00:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

answered
--Yurik 02:02, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Hasekura Tsunenaga
Thank you for your comments and support for the article Hasekura Tsunenaga! PHG 05:36, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

New England
Thanks for your comments and advice. I think I'll do that. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism. :) --AaronS 11:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Japanese nationalism: ideological development from the 1920s to 1945; ‎
Sorry, my mistake. Someone else reverted a to cleanup-rewrite from cleanup-date|June 2005 and I somehow decided to PROD. I noted it was work in progress. Will revert to previous rewrite tag. Next see if you can cleanup again before someone tries to revert to June 2005. Enough so a citations tag can be used. Right now the article is a bit scattered. meatclerk

Sorry, my mistake. Wrong article.. too much PRODing in one night.

WP:Japan Barn-sensu
LordAmeth 10:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

120 frame sizes
I'm not sure I agree with your changes to the 120 film article. I originally formatted the aspect ratios the way I did to keep them in the same order as the numbers in the frame size name and the nominal frame size e.g 6x17 => 56x168 => 1:3. I also don't like the decimal approximations. How are they easier to understand than simple and exact fractions? Also, 6x7 should be 1.25:1 just like 6x4.5. --Imroy 06:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Articles list
Are you using a script to find articles on Japan? freshofftheufo ΓΛĿЌ  19:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I use Special:Newpages. Fg2 22:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeesh! m(_ _)m freshofftheufo  ΓΛĿЌ  16:56, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

35 mm film FAC
Hi Fg2! I just wanted to let you know that I have replied to your comments regarding the article and would like to see some further discussion on the topic, if you have the time. Thank you for taking the time to look at the article and comment, and thanks in advance for your future comments! Girolamo Savonarola 21:34, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:KamakuraDaibutsu1.jpg listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:KamakuraDaibutsu1.jpg, has been listed at. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.  howch e  ng   {chat} 00:16, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Pi Unrolled
You commented on this animated GIF's Featured Picture nomination. I'm considering a redesign to incorporate concerns raised but I need more clarity. Please see User talk:John Reid/Pi/Unrolled. Thank you. John Reid 08:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I recently cranked out a new and greatly improved version of Pi-unrolled.gif and (why not?) nominated it for FP. Since you commented on the nomination of the previous version of the same graphic, I'd like to invite you to comment on the new nomination. Thank you. John Reid 04:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Japanese city naming
Hi - I've revised my post at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) since, based on your response, I see I was not being clear at all. The question I meant to be asking is whether common name alone (e.g. Nagano) should ever be used as an article name, not "city" as a suffix. I'm trying to help get to a consensus by dividing the issue into two steps. Step 1 - do we always need a disambiguated name for the city articles (disambiguated by any technique)? If we can gain a consensus that the answer is yes, then step 2 is "OK, what should be the disambiguation technique"? -- Rick Block (talk) 22:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. My apologies for not being more clear. BTW - my opinion on the entire topic is that 1) the article names should be disambiguated somehow, and 2) the current "city, prefecture" form is likely as good as any (follows postal address conventions) so is distinctly not worth changing.  I think we may be able to lead folks to the same conclusion.  -- Rick Block (talk) 22:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Bots
The reason why there isn't a bot that would recommend link disambiguation is the same reason that automatic wikilink renaming was so unpopular (and I assume the feature is completely gone now). Renaming a link takes the same amount of server time as posting a comment, and since the bots would probably be finding tens, hundreds of thousands of non-ideal links per X amount of very-short time, it would be creating a lot of comments (I can imagine a few cases where there would be dozens of corrections per page). Mediawiki seems to prefer that non-ideal links that at least work and get you to where you want to go are good enough, and it's not worth the resources to correct them. freshofftheufo ΓΛĿЌ  09:48, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Peer review
I'll try and look at Japan for you later today. Yomangani talk 10:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Changes in election category
Hi, thank you for correcting me on the mayor gubernational nameing, my mistake. But I wish to change back to Category:Tokyo Prefecture since there's a ward with the name "tokyo", and if I am not mistaken there's a local assembly there too. So that election would be Tokyo local election, year. See the difference? --Jonte-- 20:43, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Haha, my mistake agian. I always forget that the local ward if named Chiyoda. It gets confusing when Tokyo station is there. Anyway I think Tokyo Prefecture is a better name since it clarifies what we mean. Also it would follow naming of the other prefectures, like Osaka Prefecture, which has to be distingusted from Osaka. --Jonte-- 20:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Japanese castles
Sorry for writing again so soon. But japanese things are important for me. I will download some of the castle pictures now. I have changed to a more expressive user id. User:YBO 23:13, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

The pug
OK, Gold Filled Jewelry (with bad capitalisation) may not be a blatant ad. But see if you think it is a copyvio from http://www.pugster.org/all-about-14k-gold-filled-jewelry/. Also review special:contributions/Pinkythepug which mainly invlove creating links to pugster.org. -- RHaworth 12:54, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Tō-ji
No problem and no need to apologize. Wikipedia has been expanding and included much more information for a long time, but now I think it starts the long and meticulous process of checking and confirming all of that information. I had to think about it for a minute myself because I have always associated Tō-ji with Kūkai, but at the time Tō-ji was established, Kūkai had not even been to China. Hope to work with you on more pages in the future. よろしくね Sudachi 17:48, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Mitsuyasu Maeno
Thanks for listing that article! It is always fun to learn new facts when quenching the WP addiction. The original was a verbatim copy from Time; but, I combined a few other sources and cleaned it up. Surprisingly, the ja wikipedia does not even have an article on him! Neier 14:21, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Optical return loss
Hi, I noticed that you removed the Prod tag from Optical return loss. It's merely a dictionary definition... maybe. It has odd things like "(P2)" and "T1.106-1988" in it as well. Does the definition make sense, is there some point in the nonsense letters and numbers, and is this topic expandable into something more than a dictionary definition? --Xyzzyplugh 15:25, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Not quite sure. I think it might best be merged into another article to make something longer. Presumably, an article that defines its terms. If there isn't any candidate article, then deletion might be best. Fg2 21:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Stop your revisionism
Re: (revisionism diff)

"Andro" is a glaring occidental error, but the fact remains that it had an established presence in print for about a century, and you know it. Thus, Wikipedia's duty is to report on it and label it as erroneous, NOT to censor and delete it as you've repeatedly been doing.

Decent people looking up "Andro Hiroshige" after a book should be able to find this article. Your elitist revisionism would deny them access to this article on the ground that they bought a book using an erroneous romanization.

Filthy revisionists like you would delete "Peking" and "Mao Tse-Tung" from the encyclopedia if they had a chance. You disgusts me to no end.

62.147.86.12 20:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Dear anonymous editor:


 * Stop talking nonsense. I've never heard of "Andro".  It's supposed to be "Ando Hiroshige", NOT "Andro".  Get your facts straight!
 * --Endroit 07:24, 25 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Haha, I was thinking of defending him on this one too. A Google search for "Andro Hiroshige" minus all of the Wikipedia mirrors and instances of "Ando Hiroshige, also sometimes known as..." style speech reveals that absolutely nobody actually thinks his name is Andro. I would also warn the original poster that we don't like personal attacks here. freshofftheufo  ΓΛĿЌ  09:51, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Removal of deletion tag
Did you read my comment on the talk page before you removed the deletion tag from List of English words of Romanian origin? It seems that there are no English words of Romanian origin, which is why I consider the topic to be unworthy of an entry. If you know of any, please include them. Lagringa 02:11, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I hadn't read it. If there are no words that apply, then it would be sensible to delete the article, or better, to say so in order to prevent someone from creating the article anew. Thanks for letting me know. Fg2 03:51, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Japan Portal Selected Article
Hi. Just to let you know that I updated the Selected Article on the Japan Portal to reflect that Mr. Abe has now officially become PM. Bobo12345 01:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Railroad stations
Answered. - Neier 22:12, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Your photo of buskers contains a huge amount of hidden "extras"
Whilst looking up the topic "busking", I found your photo of buskers in Japan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:StationMusicians1357.jpg

In fact, I'd only viewed the smaller version (350px). I noticed that it seemed to take a long time to download. I ran it through a program I've written called "JPGExtra", which removes hidden extras from JPG files: http://www.fieggen.com/software/jpgextra.htm

On your 350px photo, my program reducing the JPG file from 225536 bytes to just 27378 bytes, saving 198158 bytes of hidden extras (88%!).

I then tested the larger 800px version of the photo. JPGExtra reduced it from 306859 bytes to 108647 bytes, a saving of 198212 bytes (65%).

As you have contributed a large number of photos to Wikipedia, it may be worth checking whether your other JPG files also contain a similar percentage of "extras". Optimizing those JPG files will help Wikipedia by reducing their bandwidth overheads.Ian Fieggen 01:20, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Macronising
Would you take a look at my changes to Oita Prefecture and Oita, Oita (discussed here)? Am I on the right track? Cheers, Bobo12345 08:05, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Uetsu Main Line
Please check that article and let me know what you think about the table style. I think the info about dual/single tracks between stations is meaningful, but I also wanted to convert the info into a table like other train lines have. The resulting table is a compromise, of which there is probably a better way to do, but I couldn't think of it. I'll get around to filling in the rest of the info soon. Neier 12:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Sakae, Nagoya
Looks like Sakae, Nagoya is a blatant copyvio so I listed it for speedy deletion. Bobo12345 12:09, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Could have been an interesting topic but the style was all wrong. Fg2 21:10, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Oops!
Sorry for the last Oita -> Ōita edit! My AWB programme was getting a bit overzealous and changing User talk pages too! Bobo12345 08:48, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Dai Nippon Printing
Thank you for adding the Japanese name for Dainippon Ink & Chemicals. Could you also add the appropriate Japanese name to Dai Nippon Printing? --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 13:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Done. Thanks for creating the article! By the way, you can often find an article on a Japanese company by browsing the Japanese Wikipedia. Enter the name in letters in the search box and see what comes up. If you find it, you can copy and paste the title. Entering "dai nippon printing" (without the quotation marks) gets it exactly; entering "dai nippon" brings it up on the first screen and is useful if you don't find a name the first time. Fg2 19:53, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:ZempoKoen.gif listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:ZempoKoen.gif, has been listed at. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. 03:04, 20 October 2006 Nv8200p


 * Comment: I think the picture should be upside down. --Jjok 01:35, 22 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It's easy to turn it upside-down. What's the purpose? Fg2 02:43, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation pages
Greetings. FYI, the content on list of people named Makoto was actually pulled from Makoto (disambiguation). My understanding of the disambiguation page guidelines indicates that lists of more than a few names that only include part of the disambiguated term should be in a separate article, being as disambiguation pages are for quick referrals rather than exploration. That's my impression at least. Anyways, thanks for saving the list article. :-) ENeville 05:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Boshin War
Boshin War is now a Featured Article Candidate. You are invited to post you votes at the Featured article candidates page. Best regards. PHG 16:06, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Taro Morishima
Thanks for the reference you added. That certainly takes it off prod, although it might still be worthy of an WP:AfD. If you would, could you confirm the sentence about him? It was created by a community-banned user known for adding hyperbolic material on Japanese mathematicians. &mdash; Arthur Rubin | (talk) 16:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * That one's out of my league, I'm afraid. There must be a project for mathematics, and the members might be able to form a consensus befor an AfD. Personally, I'm neutral. Fg2 10:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Misspelling vs. Alternative spelling
I am fairly sure that we will disagree on the issue of macrons and correct spelling. Letting that be, though, I would like to discuss WP:REDIRECT. For misspellings, it says: "pages using this link should be updated to link directly to the redirect target". For alternative spellings, it says "pages using this link may be updated to link directly to the target page". Should the intention not be to get the links updated? That is the reason that I marked them as misspellings. Bots often automate the updates. However, a page that "may" be updated has far less priority. Bendono 08:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC) (Fixed signature)


 * Actually, we probably agree more than you suppose about macrons. Although I've argued against various uses of them in Wikipedia, the issue usually isn't correctness, but appropriateness for the Wikipedia readership (which I distinguish from the community of Wikipedia editors). I advocated the simpler alternatives, but ever since the community decided on macrons in titles, I've routinely and happily named articles with macrons.


 * So on to your point about "should" versus "may" be updated. Again, we agree: that "should" is the more appropriate word. Still, I'd prefer to have the macronless forms labeled as alternatives rather than misspellings. Is there a way we can both be happy? For example, a template that uses the word "alternative" and also the word "may." I know how to write a template, but I'm not confident that it would get articles onto the list that a bot would monitor. If you know a way, I'd be most appreciative.

Fg2 10:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Redirects are automatic and the general reader is mostly oblivious to it. I do not think that general readers are the target of redirect reasons. In my opinion, it for people trying to cleaning up and organize Wikipedia. I am not trying to convince them that it is incorrect or an alternative spelling. Rather, I would just like them to update the links. That, to me, seems best expressed with misspelling template. I thought about adding both templates. However, that seems contradictory and may cause more confusion than is necessary. I doubt that a new template would really be worth it. It would make things more complicated, and existing bots would needed to be updated. We could ask at WP:REDIRECT and see if there are any recommendations. Bendono 11:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * In that light, maybe the misspelling template is ok. Fg2 06:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Japanese User page translation
Thanks. That user has been banned here on the En WP. If this is a concern in the Japanese Wikipedia, can the account there be deleted as well?-- E d  ¿Cómo estás? 04:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I will alert the community at -- E d  ¿Cómo estás? 04:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Template
You can also skip the English, but you need a blank set of pipes like this kore (これ) Neier 11:11, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah, that makes sense too. Thanks. Fg2 11:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Popular culture sections
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Question for you
Would you mind coming over here. If you can help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  04:18, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * That's way out of my area of expertise! You might try User:Sekicho, a law student with experience in both Japan and the US. I'll look at it and the talk page again, but it's hard to imagine my having anything useful to contribute. Regrets Fg2 07:53, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * While it's out of your area of expertise, I think you may be able to offer some good assistance in wording and such. You've been a good help in the past with things like that. (^_^) I've asked Sekicho, too. Thanks for the tip. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  04:34, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll drop by again and give it some more thought. And I think Sekicho is the best prospect, so it's good that you've contacted him. Meanwhile, thanks for taking care of the Taco (below). Fg2 04:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Kayla "Taco"
Hi, the creator already removed the speedy deletion tag I added. Hopefully it will be deleted before she does that again. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim  04:30, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Image was already tagged too. Fg2 04:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Slain. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  04:34, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Ehima -> Ehime
Thanks for catching Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  08:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Tokyo GA review
I've replied to your message on my talk page. Shimeru 07:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Japanese language link in nihongo template
Hi. I agree with you that if it's judged desirable, the Japanese language link should be put into a template rather than added to lots of articles. However, I don't have time to participate in the endless discussions and arguments that I'm sure would ensue if I proposed that to other editors. So I decided to add it here and there and let discussion take place without me, which seems to have begun with you. Sorry for the unorthodox method, but I don't have time to become a full-time Wikipedian! DTOx 17:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

thank you
I wanted to take a moment to offer my thanks for your many image contributions, such as those of Japanese castles. It was wonderful getting a chance to look through all of them. ... aa:talk 03:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the kind words! Fg2 21:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Poll: "Ryūkyū" instead of "Ryukyu"
Hello, Fg2. I noticed that you've previously voted in Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)/Prefectures and macrons. A similar poll on macrons is taking place until Dec. 13 at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles). The voting seems to be deadlocked, with many outside voters rather than frequent contributors to the WP:JP project like yourself. It would really help if you can either comment or vote there, although I'll understand if you would prefer to stay out of the controversy. Thank you for your consideration.

(For full details and background information, see Ryukyu vs. Ryūkyū (in the WP:MOS-JA talk page) and Talk:Ryukyu Islands.)--Endroit 18:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Endroit. I've been reading the discussion but have decided to sit this one out. Since I don't feel strongly about the issue, it would not be right to cast a vote that could decide the outcome. I'll continue watching the MoS talk page, though, and express opinions on some other upcoming matters. Fg2 21:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

亀甲墓
hello there Fg2, I am slowly translating User:DVD R W/亀甲墓 from the article on ja and I noticed that you uploaded the picture Image:Kamekoubaka.jpg and I was wondering if you could provide any more information, either on the image page or the article (I will move it into article space so your edits will be credited in the history). the location would be good and so would anything else. regards, DVD+ R/W 01:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

American Dad episode
The mispelled Magnicifent Steven page should be removed and not redirected as BOTH words are mispelled and it seems unlikely anyone would ever type in that combo of both mispelled words Grande13 11:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

User:Dweddell
Hi, I'm just wondering why you placed a speed deletion template on User:Dweddell after I'd moved the article into the User namespace? --Imroy 11:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Nihon Ryakki
Thanks for adding in the characters. But do you know what the Ryakki means? --Gwern (contribs) 03:54 15 December 2006 (GMT)

I'd suppose it means something like "abbreviated chronicle." In other words, "A brief history of Japan." --Fg2 04:06, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll unpack my kanji dictionary tomorrow and see whether I can't find the meaning. I suspect that's on the right track. --Shimeru 08:51, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yep. Ryakki translates pretty directly to "abbreviated record" or "overview." Added it in. --Shimeru 18:59, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Great! Thanks. --Gwern (contribs) 19:17 16 December 2006 (GMT)

Toshiro Kandagawa
thanks for your help with this article! could I perhaps ask of you one more thing, for translations of the restaurant names? or at least verification that i copied the right things from his website?

thanks a ton!

Frijole 22:25, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

There's some possibility of other readings, but my guesses would be 「なだ万」 "Nadaman," 「ふく柳」 "Fukuryū" or "Fukuyanagi," and I agree with 「神田川」"Kandagawa." Fg2 21:29, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

about Tanabe Jyuji article
Helo, this is Uryah. I add why the person is important to the article Tanabe Jyuji. And I talk to Neil916 "Can I remove the "prod" template ?". Thank you. Uryah 09:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, I think so. Somebody might still list it on Articles for Deletion, but at least it's enough to avoid proposed deletion. Thanks again for contributing to Wikipedia! Fg2 10:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Important Questions Before Marriage
You just deprodded this article. The reason you gave was that there was no reason given for the prod. While that's techically correct, I hardly believe your actions aid in the goal of making an encyclopedia. Please have a look at the article, and consider its viability. -- Ec5618 08:35, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Feel free to go through the normal channels if you wish to delete the article. Fg2 08:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Normal channels? Define normal. I was under the impression that prodding was sufficiently codified in Wikipedia policy to qualify as normal. -- Ec5618 09:18, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * You can go through Articles for deletion (AfD). Proposed deletion is for articles that nobody objects to deleting. AfD is for community discussion of the matter. Chances are good you'll find many people in the community who feel as you do about the article. With a majority, an article will be deleted even over objections. Best regards Fg2 09:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * No-one has yet objected to the deletion, and I doubt anyone will, so possible objections are not the issue. You removed the notice, not because you object to its deletion, but because you found the prod warning to be improperly formatted. Leaving aside the fact that you could have easily fixed the formatting, that issue has been adressed. "If anyone, including the article's creator, removes Template:Prod from an article for any reason, do not put it back, except if the removal was clearly not an objection to deletion".
 * Now, if you've read the article, I'm sure you've noticed that it is unworthy of remaining on Wikipedia. As such, if you insist that prod is inappropriate in this case, I invite you to go through Articles for deletion. Leaving the 'article' standing on a formality is ridiculous. Please. -- Ec5618 13:43, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas


Hi! I just want to say Merry Christmas to you! Have a nice holiday time. If you don't observe this event then I hope you don't mind this greeting. :) - Darwinek 20:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Rykyuan categories
How do you suppose Ryukyuan categories should be handled? I feel somewhat hesitant to simply label things under Japanese categories (e.g. sessei, which is currently listed under "Cat:Government of feudal Japan") but I am also hesitant to isolate them out completely, as there is a significant connection to Japan, and to a degree to China as well, during the Edo period. Creating separate Ryukyuan categories (Ryukyuan scholars, Government of Ryukyu Kingdom, etc) would also result in very small, sparsely populated categories. Maybe we should just create categories for "Ryukyuan people", "Ryukyan officials", "Ryukyuan nobility" or the like, and not sub-specialize out to "Ryukyuan historians" etc. What do you think? Thanks. LordAmeth 16:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

That's a difficult question... it'll take some thought. It's probably wise to ask more people, e.g. in WikiProject:Japan, since I don't have a ready suggestion. Fg2 03:40, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Question: The Nine Flowers of Christmas
A new user posted the article The Nine Flowers of Christmas. Google returns no matches for "Nine Flowers of Christmas" (including the quotation marks). Is this article true? Fg2 06:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I have never heard about that. At least thats not a tradition in Jalisco, Tamaulipas or Nuevo Leon where I have lived.  I believe article isnt true.  Abögarp 00:29, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: fact tag - Oda Nobunaga
Check the Oda Nobunaga talk page. That part of the "fiction" section is questionable, but I don't know how to fix it. --Kuuzo 09:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Kyōko Kishida
You are most welcome! I always check recent deaths for Japanese listings-and tag the talk pages in hopes that I can find enough information to write a good biography for them. Thank _you_ for doing so!

It is my goal to get to Japan in 2007, I should have been there this year, please see my main page.

Domo arigato! Chris 06:47, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Serie A article
Hi,

I appreciate you looking at the Serie A article. As to your complaint, this article is a subpage of the article of the current season of Italy's premier soccer league. At present, it provides just the schedule, though once the games are played, it will contain boxscores. As for the issues with the introduction, I've linked to the main wikipedia page for the league, in the interest of not duplicating information. I hope that clears up the issues.

Cheers, Joe


 * Thanks, Joe. The information the article lacks is, what is Serie A? Saying "Italy's premier soccer league" would really put it in context. Fg2 00:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Ginza.png
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Fix your missorting
Don't be making moves to article names with diacritics without fixing the indexing sort keys so that they are properly sorted. Will you please go clean up after yourself and fix the one at Tōrō nagashi and any others you have similarly messed up? Gene Nygaard 14:25, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

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