User talk:KantoKaze

More information needed about File:OkuMusashi.jpg
Hello, !

It was really helpful of you to you to upload File:OkuMusashi.jpg. However, we need to properly format the image license information in order to keep and use new images.

If you can edit the description and add one of these templates, that would be great. If you're not sure how or would like some help, please ask us at the media copyright questions page and we'll be happy to assist you.

Thanks again! --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 12:05, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Article content
Hi KantoKaze! I see you have been adding material to the New Year Ekiden article. Please note that in-depth material on other competitions, specifically the Eastern Japan Corporate Ekiden Championships, should be included on either the main Ekiden page or its own dedicated article – not on other competition articles. Feel free to create an article on that specific championship if you like! SFB 14:18, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

New Year Ekiden
Hi KantoKaze - the layout guidelines, particularly the first line and paragraph, are among the firmest rules for writing articles. It helps readers to have a single set, familiar beginning to articles: namely, opening the first sentence with the topic in bold (and translations where applicable) followed by a short, precise description of what that topic is. The rest of the first paragraph outlines the other key features of the topic. The paragraphs that follow should describe the other prominent features of the topic and its context. Today's featured article, Titania (moon), is quite a good example of this universal structure.

In terms of building a cross-referencing framework in an article, Wikipedia is particularly useful because of its article linking structure. This means we can be very focused and specific in articles. In almost every sentence, we should be describing the topic at hand because further information about different, related topics is just a click away. For example, I adjusted the New Year Ekiden article to state that:
 * "The race is a national championship contested between Japan's corporate (business) running teams.[1] There is also an annual championship race for women in Japan – the Women's Corporate Ekiden Championships".

We do not need to expand on aspects of the women's race, or general aspects of ekiden, because the reader is expected to go to those articles if they need more information on them. Still, where there is a cross-over between the two championships, in the qualifying rounds for example, it is useful to mention that in both of the separate articles.

Although the men's and women's competitions are two sides of the Japanese corporate ekiden championships, I have decided to make them separate articles because the two competitions do not have a shared history: they were created at different times, are managed by different people, take place in separate locations on different dates and have participants that are distinct. A similar separation can be seen with NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship and NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship. In comparison the USA Cross Country Championships holds both men's and women's races at the same event so no separation is necessary.

In terms of general article writing, it can be useful to read similar articles to help familiarise yourself with how Wikipedia articles should be written and formatted (London Marathon for instance). Two basic things are that section titles should not be linked and should not be capitalised unless the word is a pronoun. Links to other websites should not be in the main body of the article but should be listed in an "External links" section at the bottom of the page, or made into references if they are used to support what the sentence is saying.

Thanks for leaving me a message. I hope this information helps you and feel free to ask me anything else! The unusual rules of Wikipedia can be strange at first (and so many to learn!), but the vast majority of them are designed to help us all learn how to write in a consistent, clear and professional style. Ultimately, this benefits the reader, who can jump between topics as different as a Moon of Uranus and a footrace in Japan and still be presented with information in a clear and familiar style. SFB 16:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:01, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:10, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Asian 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge and WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:57, 20 October 2016 (UTC)