User talk:Nihonjoe/Archive 59

Misia
I have been having issues convincing editors who do not normally edit articles on Japanese subjects when it comes to including the katakana phonetic form for the subject of this article, considering that her name is normally parsed in the English alphabet in Japan. They believe that including the katakana form falsely implies that her name is written that way in Japan (also one editor does not believe the word "stylization" should be used to show the disparity between our internal style guides that say the article should be located at "Misia" over "MISIA"), and we should use IPA over the Hepburn romanization.

What is the rule? Do we omit the katakana form because it does not exist in Japan to refer to the subject directly (outside of organizational and pronunciation uses in Japan), or do we include it because we need to include the Hepburn form of the name?— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 02:42, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Would you mind leaving Kauffner a message? He does not seem to be responding on the talk page anymore and he is dismissing all of my comments on his talk page.— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 03:44, 25 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Just point him to the talk page if he has any questions. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:14, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * He keeps removing the word "stylized". And now he's introduced "Misaki Ito" as her legal name based on this article. And there are similar issues at Yui (singer) about her full legal name "Yui Yoshioka" appearing in some non-Japanese sources. What is done when non-Japanese sources reports things that we cannot corroborate with Japanese ones?— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 00:53, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * BusinessWeek is certainly a reliable source, not "poorly sourced" as you wrote in your edit summary. I have placed the claim in the biography section and worded it in such a way that it should be acceptable. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:21, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011
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Silver Reef free use image
You were asking about this a while ago, so here's the link to the discussion. It's under the "Images" section. I'm still a bit on the fence about it, so what do you think? The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 15:35, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 * For both File:View of Silver Reef.jpg and File:Cosmopolitan Restaurant 1800s.jpg, it might be worth contacting the Utah Historical Society to see if you can get more concrete information as to when the images were taken. From my understanding, if the images were taken before 1923, regardless of if they were published or not, they are in the public domain. If they were taken from 1923 onward, then the whole issue of when they were first published comes into play. The Utah Historical Society would be the best place to go first, though. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 19:23, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 * According to this, the Cosmopolitan Restaurant was moved to Delamar, Nevada in 1894. Also, if one had taken a photo of Silver Reef's Main Street from 1923 onward, all they would've seen is the Wells Fargo office. So they'd be perfectly fine to use then? The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 20:38, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 * As long as you can prove the images were taken prior to 1923, you should be fine. Definitely read the appropriate policies, though, to make sure. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 00:42, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Nihonjoe, I have been a busy little beaver ^_^
Salutations, Nihonjoe!! I hope that 2011 has been going well for you and that the upcoming Winter Break will usher in a wonderful 2012 for you. I am excited to announce that I have another episode synopsis page that is ready to be released into the Wikipedia ether that has a rather adventure-some prologue associated with its title. Please be nice to it; I worked hard on it (^_^)

Dairi no Kenkyo (talk) 20:20, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Postscript -- here is my new brainchild; please be nice to it as it is my Xmas gift to Wikipedia (^_^).

ああ & ええ
Due to Mujaki's edits to Hepburn romanization, it would seem that these combinations are romanized as ā and ē when within one word, and not split between two kanji. However, Unnecessary Stuff has found a Library of Congress document that uses aa for ああ. What the hell is correct?— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 00:59, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

We could use your help at Talk:Hepburn romanization. Or rather I would like your clarification. Does the Kenkyusha prefer obāsan over obaasan? Because we've found that the 1st edition of Hepburn's dictionary uses obāsan and chīsana while all subsequent editions use obaasan and chiisana. Why is this subsequent version considered "traditional" and the Kenkyusha system considered "revised" or "modified"?— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 20:20, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States
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For Approval: Sandbox Edits
Hello Nihonjoe - You kindly advised to test edits in my Sandbox and then send to a Wikipedia Administrator (you) to review/approve. Can you please confirm that the edits made follows Wikipedia policy? Compliance is of utmost importance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ArleneW/sandboxArleneW (talk) 03:13, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I actually recommended suggesting edits on the talk page of the article in order to solicit input from editors already familiar with the topic. Since you've recreated the article in your sandbox, I recommend posting a link to it (your sandbox) on the article talk page so people can see what you've done and make comments there. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 09:10, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll try that next. ArleneW (talk) 03:38, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

RfA close
Hello Nihonjoe!

Your close failed to summarize the community discussion. Were you only counting supports versus opposes?

I attempted a summary.

Sincerely, 07:27, 20 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiefer.Wolfowitz (talk • contribs)
 * As the consensus was fairly overwhelming, I saw no need to do so. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 07:35, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 07:38, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Template:Non-free magazine listed at Redirects for discussion
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Nihonjoe, there is an editor war brewing . ..
Nihonjoe:

Many salutations and a joyous Winter Break 2011. If you recall, I told you on here that I had released the »Romeo no Aoi Sora« episode synopsis page out into the Wikipedia ether; well, Oda Mari has congratulated me for it by vandalizing away the romanji and kanji on that page. While this does not detract from the episode titles, several of the song titles along with the synthesis data thereof has been rendered unintelligible. Below is a courtesy copy of my harsh objurgation to Oda Mari; if he thinks of articles with a few romanji/kanji mistakes as junk, then I would like to see how he fares in writing the ENTIRE article from scratch like what I did with that episode synopsis page he vandalized. Unless you have another idea on how to solve this, I am giving some serious thought toward deleting that page so that Oda Mari has no choice but to do that. I worked very hard to get the »Romeo no Aoi Sora« episode synopsis page to what it is and I am absolutely hostile to ending up the blood vendetta of a bigoted vandal like Oda Mari simply because I am behaving my perspective of Wikipedia as a worthwhile enterprise.

Dairi no Kenkyo (talk) 00:02, 22 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Oda Mari (who is a she, btw) is rightly concerned about your episode descriptions and bizarre formatting. I've commented to you about it multiple times in the past, but you haven't ever paid attention to any of the suggestions and feedback I've given you. You continue to use strange formatting (such as your usage of » and «). We are certainly grateful for all of the work you do, but you often make a lot of extra work for people who have to go carefully through your contributions and make numerous corrections and formatting fixes to normalize the information you provide. It's not uncommon for your episode summaries to have to be completely rewritten so they are in plain English and clean of all incomprehensible embellishment. Oda Mari is certainly not bigoted or a vandal. I'm sorry if my comments are harsh, but I don't know how else to get the information through to you. I hope you can take my comments in the helpful spirit in which they are intended, and take the comments to heart and improve the way you contribute. We really do appreciate your hard work, but we need you to adjust how you contribute so you aren't creating even more work for others. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:15, 22 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Very well, Nihonjoe . . . you have my attention. The romanji and kanji episode titles of "Romeo no Aoi Sora" are not vital to the overall function of the episode synopsis page; still, the song titles and the synthesis data thereof cannot be so easily dismissed (which is what I am very upset about).  As you can see from [|this] (and please excuse my previous editing remarks; I know they drive you batty even though they are behind the scenes), Oda Mari's 20 @ December 2011 edits have rendered a lot of the song titles and song synthesis data of null utility.  Where I got the song titles from is this URL: []; I have availed anison.info as the source for the songs of the anime episode articles that I have done.  I did not embellish the song titles or synthesis data in any way when I added it in; some simple compare-and-contrast will clearly confirm my claims.

If I may, I would like to point out an example of how counterproductive Oda Mari's editing has been. Please direct your attention to the closing theme "Romana, ~in the hills of Si Si Ciao~"; Oda Mari's method of correcting for the "nonsensical ja and romanization" has been to shorten the song title to "Si Si Ciao". That is not the correct title; moreover, that kind of destructive editing takes the choice away from the readers to learn the true identity of that song title (along with all the other data on the page). I am not sure about you, but I wish to prevent that if I possibly can. If Oda Mari thinks that my romanji and kanji are so awful, I would like to see how she fares in synthesizing that entire episode synopsis article from scratch. I have told Oda Mari that on her talk page and I have told you that I told her this.

This, Nihonjoe, comes back to the question of what the solution should be. Those song titles I added along with the synthesis data cannot be left in its current form because it looks like Wikipedia cannot get its act together. I could go revert Oda Mari's handiwork; still, that would ignite a no-win edit war. The "Romeo no Aoi Sora" episode synopsis page is something that I took great pains to synthesize for Wikipedia and I am very proud of that; it is my brainchild even though nobody really owns anything on Wikipedia. I refuse to let anyone drive me away from Wikipedia. . . there have been a couple of editors that have tried to do just that when I joined up as an editor; of course we both know the epilogue of that. I distinctly remember there was a rule to not "bite the newcomers". . . fat lot of good that did.

My point still stands: I will refrain from the romanji and kanji since Oda Mari thinks it is so absolutely awful; still, I would like to see her synthesize an entire episode synopsis page from scratch like the one for "Romeo no Aoi Sora" that I composed if she feels as strongly about the romanji and kanji as she does.

Dairi no Kenkyo (talk) 07:55, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Translation help
I'm dealing with a crosswiki spammer, and I was wondering if you would not mind helping me translate my comment on ja:WP:VP as seen here? My translation skills lie in deciphering machine translations when it comes to the East Asian languages, and I don't trust the English to Japanese translations.— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 20:35, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Looking on ja:WP:VP, it looks liek there is no need for it to be translated. If you do find it's necessary, I would suggest asking at the page listed at the top of that page. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 07:55, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Mindell Penn

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

I see it was kept (even though the majority of people voted delete). Since it's still going to be here, could you help me get rid of the references that you yourself acknowledge add nothing to the article? As of right now, there are a bunch of references that aren't inline and are primarily trivial (by both our admissions), and I think they should be removed.  Purpleback pack  89  ≈≈≈≈  02:03, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, AfD isn't a vote, and my reasons for keeping were clearly laid out. If you wish to remove the refs, feel free to do so, though there is nothing wrong with keeping them there. Not every ref used in an article needs to (or should) establish notability. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 02:07, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It's not just that I had an issue with...I thought non-inline refs that don't establish notability should go  Purpleback pack  89  ≈≈≈≈  02:30, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope, you can certainly fix the links to be inline, but once notability has been established it doesn't matter if any of the other references help in that respect. Passing mentions and non-substantial mentions can certainly be used to establish various facts throughout the article. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 02:37, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

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 * Thank you for the notice. I have made my comment there. I'm not interested in making any further comments. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 03:42, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

A bit of a mess
I've discovered a bit of a mess over at Ryukyu Islands which led to a content fork at Ryūkyū Shotō, despite a failed split/move/something discussion. I've remerged Ryūkyū Shotō to the English title and restored the redirect, but I think I need more trouts to deal with the editor .— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 12:27, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

I could really use someone with another cluebat at Talk:Ryukyu Islands.— Ryulong ( 竜龙 ) 21:36, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the redirects
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My request for deletion of my old user talk page after name change
Hi, thank you for renaming my user page on 27 December. Now I would like to have the old user talk page deleted because the old user name was my real name and the redirect is not needed for reference. I have changed the name in all old discussions so that there is only left one link to the old user talk page, it is from WP:CHUS (and I think this link cannot be changed, right?). So is it possible to make an exception and delete the old user talk page? Thank you, Pevos (talk) 20:36, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
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Speedy closure of WikiProject_China/Uyghurs workgroup Mfd
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 * Saw it and commented. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 05:10, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Case of Wiki-stalking
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Userbox
Thank you very much Nihonjoe. Very kind of you. Best regards.Nortmannus (talk) 08:02, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 08:11, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * No problem. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 05:20, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Sandbox edits for review
Hello Nihonjoe - As per your recommendation, I asked Wikipedia administrators to review the sandbox I created with edits I'd like to make to [TransAlta Corporation] on its talk page. That was in December and I never received a comment from an administrator for approval. How can I accelerate the process of editing approval on my sandbox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ArleneW/sandbox ArleneW (talk) 20:35, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I apologize for any confusion. You do not have to have your edits reviewed by an administrator. Any editor here can review your proposed article. Perhaps asking at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation as there are many editors there who can offer assistance in crafting a good article. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 05:01, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

November 1996 Newtype
There's apparently a big Anno interview in the Nov 1996 issue which you are listed as having. Is there any chance you could make a scan of it or something? (I know you're not keen on translating stuff yourself, but maybe I can find someone else who will.) --Gwern (contribs) 16:57 22 January 2012 (GMT)


 * It's more that I don't generally have the time to do the translating. I will check on it. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 23:59, 22 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Right, hence asking for a scan instead. --Gwern (contribs) 00:34 23 January 2012 (GMT)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ObiwanLostToBarney/sandbox
I would have to disagree with you here, this is not a case of a user working on an article to one day move it to mainspace. This is a case of a page about a story made up by some friends which was correctly deleted from the mainspace so the creator decided to host it in their userspace-- Jac 16888 Talk 14:13, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Please keep all MfD discussion at the MfD discussion. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 03:59, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

2012 Barnstar

 * Thanks! ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 05:31, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

In-series anime roadmaps needed here
Salutations, Nihonjoe! I hope that you are enjoying 2012 so far. I have an episode synopsis page of »Porphy no Nagai Tabi« that is about ready to release into the ether once I finish adding the synopsis for the fourth episode along with a few final touches. What are those final touches, you ask? Let us just say that it yields a very lengthy list of references (^_^).

The reason that I am writing is because »Porphy no Nagai Tabi« episode three details how the main character Porphyras goes with his sister Mina to a ocean-side city to accompany his father Christophore back home. This has prompted me to endeavor locating Simitra on a RL map of Greece only for me to learn that Greece is not this big administrative monolith but is divided up into subsections not unlike is the case for how the states of the United States are divided up into counties that each has its own local governing body.

At any rate, I located Ioannina in the Epirus region; recalling how Christophore drove his family to Ioannina and back like it was no big deal in episode seven, I surmise that Simitra has to be in Epirus somewhere. Prophyras's mother Anek seemed quite reluctant to allow her son to travel with his sister to the ocean-side city where the bus terminal is located; this along with Prophyras remarking that it takes five different bus routes to arrive at Athens leads me to believe that crossing a regional boundary would have been necessary. Therefore, my hunch is that Porphyras and Mina had to travel to Patras in order to pick up their father in episode three; in spite of the fact that episode eighteen features Porphyras having bought a ferry ticket that is clearly marked Patras, I still need some hard evidence to prove this so that Oda Mari or some other editor with an axe to grind cannot logically chase after my foul-smelling exhaust to cannibalize me for spare parts. I have exhorted Google's assistance to this effect without much success; do you know of any other websites where I can direct my efforts to prove that episode three took place in Patras?

On a separate but related note, I also have an episode synopsis page for »Ashita no Nadja« that I have broken up into eight arcs -- England I, France I, Switzerland, Italy I, Spain, Greece + Egypt + Italy II, Austria I (Salzburg + Vienna I), and France II + England II + Vienna @ Austria II. Any idea where to find a resource to support that plot division? The »Candy Candy« episode synopsis page is a headache to read through because TheFarix would not accept my attempt to cluster the episodes into story arcs based on their being reliable sources supporting it. I watched »Candy Candy« from beginning to end, Nihonjoe. . . that clustering method of the episodes I used was NOT because I had nothing constructive to do with my time!!! I am ENRAGED at TheFarix for only saying no without proposing an alternative. . . I need your help so that I can nullify the manifestation of that curriculum for the »Ashita no Nadja« episode synopsis page I am working on. I also do not want this »Porphy no Nagai Tabi« episode synopsis page to end up the battlefield of a savage civil war as was the case with the »Romeo no Aoi Sora« episode synopsis page that I recently released into the ether. . . that Oda Mari behaves as if I were directly at war with Wikipedia!!! My volition is to make Wikipedia better than it is. . . and I can do that if my efforts are not nullified at every turn. I am entreating your assistance to catalyze that epilogue.

Dairi no Kenkyo (talk) 05:50, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

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Debut of »Porphy no Nagai Tabi« Episode Synopsis Page (^_^)
Salutations, Nihonjoe! I thought you might like to know that I have released one of my brainchildren into the Wikipedia ether -- the episode synopsis page for »Porphy no Nagai Tabi«. I have done my best to take into account all the counsel that I have been given. . . all the romanji titles have a reliable source, the kanji episode titles are below-ground so that their accuracy can be verified without taking away the choice of the reader to have accurate information. I have also buried the romanji names of the lyricists, arrangers, composers, and singers of all the music so that the accuracy can be verified. So there should not be any problems, false?

Dairi no Kenkyo (talk) 02:06, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Nihonjoe! I figured that you would put in an appearance sooner or later if I announced the release of the »Porphy no Nagai Tabi« episode synopsis page into the ether. So how did I do this time? Do you think that I successfully forestalled Oda Mari having a conniption about the Japanese.

Dairi no Kenkyo (talk) 08:19, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

I've mentioned you...
at Bureaucrats'_noticeboard.  MBisanz  talk 00:28, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh noes! Thanks for letting me know. ··· 日本穣 ? ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 07:40, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Your bureaucratship
Your bureaucratship was closed on 16:05, 28 November 2009 (UTC) by EVula per bureaucrat discussion. In said discussion, one of the parties arguing for your promotion was Rlevese. It turns out that his wife, JoJo, voted in the preceding discussion. This appears to be an unacceptable double vote by Rlevese.

I do not believe you were aware of this, nor were you to blame. Would you be willing to have a bureaucrat review the close in this case? Hipocrite (talk) 13:23, 3 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Note that Hipocrite has made this request of at least two other editors, both have sensibly declined the invitation to unnecessary drama:, . TenOfAllTrades(talk) 21:39, 3 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Multiple 'crats reviewed the close in my case (there was a 'crat discussion which lasted for 4-5 days beyond the initial RfB). I don't see that it made any measurable difference, so this would just be process for process' sake. I see no reason to do as you suggest. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 08:30, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Japanese ethnicity
You were mentioned at Template talk:Japanese ethnicity. Cheers. 218.250.159.25 (talk) 04:54, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Digivice
I see you closed the AfD as delete, even though there was a plausible argument to redirect made, and that someone else has already created the redirect. Would you mind restoring (or mind if I restored) the history of the article under the redirect? Per WP:ATD, there isn't actually a policy-based reason for hiding the history of the article from non-admins, is there? Cheers, Jclemens (talk) 03:35, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree. I've restored the history. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 00:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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Your speedy close of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Bittergrey/CAMH Promotion
I can see what prompted you to close this as pointy, but you should be aware that the boldfaced, all-caps rant at its start and end was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Bittergrey/CAMH_Promotion&diff=476961049&oldid=476957782 added by the page's owner], not User:DGG, who actually nominated it. It's fairly common for an admin to reverse his own speedy deletion and list at MfD/AfD/wherever if challenged at DRV, and while DGG only tagged it G10, he was perfectly capable of speedying it himself. Your apparent insistence that this page sit on DRV for a week before moving to MfD, when everyone concerned either wants the page kept outright (User:Bittergrey) or has no objection to it moving directly to a non-speedy-deletion discussion (everyone else), is just going to leave everyone confused. 74.74.150.139 (talk) 07:15, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm well aware of who authored which parts. As for having both a deletion discussion and deletion review going on at the same time, that's what is going to cause confusion. Once the DRV discussion is complete, then another discussion can be started (if necessary). Also, you're welcome to participate under your username if you wish; Making comments such as yours while being logged out doesn't lend any credence to your arguments, and instead makes it seem like you want to hide your wiki identity. I don't have a dog in this fight, so I don't care who you are. ··· 日本穣 ? ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 07:52, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry if my actions have caused any confusion. This is the first time I've had any material double-delete proposed by an admin, much less one that was already "too involved".  The procedure I read said this shouldn't happen, and so didn't give me any guidance about what to do. BitterGrey (talk) 14:58, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 05:19, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Tamagotchi
Wikipedia:WikiProject Tamagotchi really does have only 13 possible articles it can cover. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 17:33, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Please keep all discussion at the MfD, and refrain from harassing people outside of it. Thanks. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 09:16, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Page move request
Hi, Nihonjoe. I'm wondering if you could move Talk:Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo to Talk:Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shōjo in order to reflect the article title and as per WP:MOS-JA. Thanks! -- クラ  ウド  ６６８  08:31, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
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Copyvio concerns at The Legal History of Chinese Americans
I saw you nominating this article for copy edit, and happened to found it because I was checking my own request. However, while glancing over the article, I noticed strange usage of language of what I expect to be typically newspaper writing. And I quote: "Dale Ching, 88, arrived at Angel Island from China's Guangdong province in 1937 at age 16." I was looking at the article history to check out from where it came from and found it here: and realized it came from the main contributor. Then I picked another piece one from that edit "China is now California's fourth largest export market. In 2008, California exported $10.9 billion worth of goods to China, up 40% since 2005.", which is also copvio. These are just single sentences, but there are whole paragraphs. Could you take a look? --Cold Season (talk) 15:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * For anything which is a copyvio, please feel free to either rephrase it so it is no longer a copyvio, or if that isn't feasible, remove any parts which are copyvios. I trust your judgment. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 23:56, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Wards of Shizuoka, Hamamamatsu
Hello Nihonjoe: Recently a certain user has renamed all of the wards of Shizuoka and Hamamatsu cities in violation of per WP:MOS-JA. I was able to revert all but 3, which need administrator powers to restore their names per WP:MOS-JA. These 3 are Hamakita Ward, Tenryū Ward and Shimizu-ku (Shizuoka). Since you are an administrator ans also a member of WikiProject Japan's District & Municipacilities task force, I would like to ask for your assistance! --MChew (talk) 04:10, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * What titles are they supposed to be at? ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 23:57, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Per WP;MOS-JA, the correct naming should be restored to Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu, Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu and Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka. Thanks!--MChew (talk) 02:27, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I moved Shimizu-ku (Shizuoka), but the other two are fine where they are as they don't need any disambiguation. Articles should be at the shortest possible title as long as they are clear. Also, they have redirects at the longer titles, so people will still be able to find the articles. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 02:07, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your assistance. With regards to the other two, while I understand your point, I am afraid this is not what is stated in MOS:JA - "For wards in cities, use the form {ward-name}-ku, {city-name}; for example, Naka-ku, Yokohama." And would it not be better to have consistancy across all of the ward name articles, instead of having some end in "Ward", others end in "-ku"? After all, one of the stated goals of the distmuni task force "is "to maintain consistency on all Japan-related district and municipality pages on Wikipedia." I would be grateful if you could reconsider. --MChew (talk) 14:38, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

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Quick Translation!
Hello Nihonjoe!

If it isn't too much trouble, could you translate a small bit from the cover of this manga volume? Specifically, this portion. I am trying to find out whether Ryukishi07 is being credited as the author or just for the original concept. Also, is the aforementioned book the same as this volume, or are they different? Thank you, WhiteArcticWolf (talk) 23:29, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * As Joe seems busy, I'll answer. The original ja word on the cover is 原作. See these dic. pages. and .  The first volume has a kanji 下 and it means the second volume.  The second one has 上 and it means the first volume.  Oda Mari (talk) 06:52, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help! WhiteArcticWolf (talk) 21:21, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, thanks for helping him out, Mari. I appreciate it. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 22:20, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Reassessment of Battle of Imizu

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.


 * →This discussion needs to be continued over at User talk:BradTraylor/Battle of Imizu as this is not the place to be discussing the article. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:48, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi! I was hoping you'd be willing to take a look at the battle of Imizu, to reassess it. It's been (slowly) worked on for the past 4 years, and I'm hoping it has been developed to a B class article. But I'd also like your feedback on how it looks overall (formatting/logical progression/etc) at your leisure. Thanks! --BradTraylor (talk) 23:10, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm having trouble verifying any of the information in the article. This battle, based on the information in the article, seems like it should be mentioned in other places as it appears to be an important battle, yet I can't find any reference to the battle in the Japanese articles of either of the two main belligerents. In fact, the only mention of "射水の戦い" anywhere on the internet is in reference to this Wikipedia article (and the various mirrors of it). Looking up the books listed in the article, 戦国の合戦全録, 戦国時代の英雄, and 千葉記 don't seem to exist as books I can find anywhere. Can you provide more information regarding these sources? ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 22:39, 4 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Frankly in the big picture, this battle only had local significance and no national significance that I can discern. That being said, I'll contact a professor in Japan that I have corresponded with while I was working on my degree for additional insights on the relevance, if any, on national events. Hopefully he can shed some light on why it is so obscure.  As for the Chiba-ki, I can't comment on the veracity of that source, as I wasn't the one who included that information.  I did recently create an article for Chiba Kazusa based on what was written on the battle page assuming that using a wikipedia page as a source was acceptable, my apologies if I went about this the wrong way  BradTraylor (talk) 01:43, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I also requested someone else to look into this and they may comment here after they do a bit of research. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 09:12, 6 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I've looked through what I have, and I don't seem to see any reference to a Chiba-ki. But really that doesn't mean much, Japan has hundreds or more of ~ki and ~mondo and ~keizu and ~kan and ~fudoki and on and on ad nauseum. Not to mention it looks like it was printed in the late 19th century(?), so who knows. My thesis was a case study on the effect of warfare in Japan on agricultural development with a focus on the Jinbo clan, basically an analysis of terraced farming and land reclamation rather than warfare, but the battle of Imizu was one that I came across while working on my thesis, so I kept some of my notes.  As for the sources that I actually cited, there is a good chance they are out of print. But for what it's worth, according to my notes here, it appears that the original source was "Toyama-Ken Shiyo" (富山県史要) printed 3rd month 23rd day of Taisho 13 (1925?) in Osaka.   --BradTraylor (talk) 04:09, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find any source on the battle so far. It seems there was no notable battle between Jinbo and Shiina in 1554. ja:越中の戦国時代 is the article about Etchu feuds and battles in Sengoku, but no mention about a battle in 1544. The linked article Matsutake Kiyotaro is also dubious as there was no results for the search. Chiba Kazusa is also dubious. I couldn't find anything on "戦国の合戦全録" and "千葉記" either. The battle article and its related articles could be hoax and the articles only with "戦国の合戦全録" and "千葉記 as references should be deleted. Oda Mari (talk) 06:43, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, wow. Hi Oda Mari, I'm the contributor that started the article in question (as a result of tangential research).  It looks like you missed my posts above, please read when you have a chance.  I have been and am here in good faith, so please feel free to ask me whatever questions you need.  I wrote the article based on a few sources I came across while working on my master's thesis, which, as I said before covered a related but different aspect of Japanese history.  I turned in my thesis in early 2008, and graduated the same year, so I do not have any of the books or sources on hand. This was based on printed and hand-written notes taken while I was researching my thesis. As this battle was not part of my actual thesis, my sources are sparse, and I really don't have much more than you'll see on the article page. I do want to point out that I am not the person who cited the "chiba-ki", so again, I can't speak to its veracity.  But it does seem to me that anyone who put brush to paper in the last 1000 years in Japan on more that three pages received the tag of ~ki and so on, so it doesn't surprise me that an internet search doesn't bring up anything.  No offense intended, but I do have to say that I find it ironic that you find my contribution(s) suspect because you are having trouble locating two old books that may have been out of print for over 30 years on amazon.co.jp when there are countless articles on wikipedia, and in the Japanese biographies in particular on wikipedia that are completely and utterly unsourced, and have been for years, yet remain on wikipedia even though they could be completely false or taken from fictional anime.  I also don't think it is unreasonable to question whether all of the thousands of obscure battles of Japanese history are all listed on the Japanese wikipedia.  I suspect that there are still many battles, biographies, etc. that as of yet do not have articles on the Japanese wikipedia, not just the battle of imizu. The last thing I expected when I logged in today was to find my contributions called a hoax.  It is obviously an obscure battle, however as I have seen on talk pages for obscure people from sengoku era japan, just the fact that they are mentioned makes them notable, and thus worthy of wikipedia.  I am here on good faith, so again please feel free to ask me whatever you need. I do want to highlight the fact that this information is from notes that are now close to five years old, and I have been away from the books for probably as long, so I'm not sure what more I can do, but if you could try to find the other source I mentioned (which might very well be THE source that this battle comes from - the Toyama-ken Shiyo - maybe that will put any questions to rest.  Beyond that, I don't know what else to do, although I am still waiting for word from Japan.  Thanks.  --BradTraylor (talk) 03:14, 10 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I think that's what's at issue here: the sources cited in the article are so obscure that no one can find any references to them outside of this article and mirrors of this article. Both Mari and myself are experienced at hunting down obscure Japanese things, and neither of us is able to find anything about the sources cited or about the topic itself. Not even one tiny shred. Now, as you stated, that doesn't necessarily mean the truth of the information is suspect, just that we can't verify anything in the article, include the sources. If the battle is that obscure, then it fails the general notability guidelines as well as the verifiability policy and and reliable sources guidelines. Until reliable sources can be found which can be verified to—at the very least—exist, the article can't remain in mainspace. If you'd like to have it moved to your userspace so it can be worked on until this can happen, I'd be happy to do that for you. In it's current state, though, it can't remain in mainspace. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 04:16, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I didn't check Amazon at all. I checked here.　National Diet Library collects copies of all publications published in Japan. See and . The NDL does not have "戦国の合戦全録", " 戦国時代の英雄", and "千葉記". They do not have "Etchū Ranki" either, the book mentioned in the battle article.  It means there is no such books published in Japan. Please provide ISBN and authors' name in ja of the books, if you insist they are published in Japan. Though the NDL does not have "富山県史要", the book is found at here. The reason the NDL does not have the book is the book was published before 1948. The name Chiba Kazusa and the family name Matstake made me lol. Didn't you think they were funny and impossible? Of course, the search results of them were zero. If Chiba Kazusa was a man from Chiba clan, he should have had "胤" in his name.  射水の七本槍 hit only the article here. Though it's a personal site, this page helps to know Jimbo, but there is no mention about the battle on the page. I assume good faith in you. Sorry, but even if the battle and the related articles are not hoaxes, as Joe pointed out above, they are non notable and should be speedy deleted. Oda Mari (talk) 09:09, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Oda Mari -I can't help but notice you calling my contribution "hoaxes" every chance you've had - hardly an assumption of good faith on your part. I can understand your point that you haven't been able to locate my source, that's understandable. But you did locate the Toyama Ken Shiyo, which is not only a valid source, but at least as of 2008 was in the University of Hawaii library, and probably still is. You have already located this as an actual, concrete source. Secondly, I think a few points need to be made - although you claim that the issue is that you couldn't locate a source (although you did locate the Toyama Ken Shiyo), your focus seems to be on the content - this is despite the fact that it is obvious that you have little to no background in advanced academic research on 16th century Japanese history and primary source materials. This isn't meant to be an insult. This is why I have come to this conclusion:


 * Chiba Kazusa - As I have said already, some other wikipedian contributed this info, but you "lol"'d at the name. However, it is obvious that "Kazusa" is "Kazusa no suke", which in many contemporary correspondences and writings is a common contraction.  The Shinchokoki is full of examples of this.  Hardly anyone is mentioned by their personal names. Furthermore, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was known as "Hashiba Chikuzen" in correspondence for a time. Either Chiba's real name is not known, or more likely, he is just referred to in the primary text as Chiba Kazusa. I don't see what the lol is all about.
 * Chiba-ki - yet another source someone else contributed, however, I notice that the publication date is 1893, well before 1948.
 * Also, you may or may not know that in Japanese language secondary sources, they often cite primary sources without any sort of citation - case in point Etchu Heiran-ki - that was written probably in the early Edo period, well before 1948. It was simply noted in the secondary source I was reading.  You see that a lot in Japanese history books, which are notorious for not citing sources beyond the occasional reference to a primary source written 300 years before.

Based on this, I would prefer that someone with more experience in Japanese history research weigh in on the content, I would prefer that you stick to disputing sources, and someone more familiar with the particulars of Japanese history research weigh in.

As for the kanji for Matsutake, that's my fault, I'm embarrassed to admit that I had the kanji wrong, the correct kanji is 松竹, and has been corrected. An honest mistake. I have already admitted that my notes are a combination of printed and handwritten pages from about 5 years ago, so there is a chance that I mis-transcribed something as well. After all, my contributions to wikipedia, as I mentioned, came from research corollary to my master's thesis, and not included in it. This is just information that I had found interesting and noted. So the blame for not being clear is mine alone - but to claim it a hoax is a bit much, considering at least two other people have contributed to the article in the past 4 years- because you haven't heard of something, and because you can't find note about it on the internet, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Obscure, yes. Possibly just mentioned in one or two clan documents. But as I have seen many times on wikipedia, this sort of thing is considered notable based on the fact that it was recorded for posterity. And again, I find it ironic that you rabidly lobby to delete my contributions when there are still hundreds of articles related to Japan with no sources whatsoever, even after I give you a concrete source, the Toyama Ken Shiyo. That's all I've got, still waiting for an email back from Japan, but I don't know how long it will take the professor to get back to me, so this is about all I have. My original intent was to have the article evaluated so that I could get feedback on how to make it better, instead, you have deleted it. Congratulations. Wikipedia is probably not the place for me. Thank you. --BradTraylor (talk) 03:44, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The article wasn't deleted. It was moved to your userspace (as I mentioned above) and can be found here: User:BradTraylor/Battle of Imizu. It was moved there so you could address the issues raised above without the article being deleted. Find all the verifiable sources you need, then we can move it back into mainspace.
 * As for other articles not having sources, yes, that is an issue, and one WPJ is working to correct. However, there are only so many of us, and there are currently over 39,000 articles which are tagged as being part of the project. There are likely other articles which haven't even been tagged yet. That other articles exist without any sources is not a valid argument to use to keep another one without sources. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:26, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * As WP:HOAX says, "Hoaxes are generally not speedy deletion candidates. It is usually not enough for just one or two editors to investigate a hoax, as there have been cases in the past where something has been thought to have been a hoax by several editors, but has turned out to be true, and merely obscure. Suspected hoaxes should be investigated thoroughly, and only in extreme cases of blatant and obvious hoaxes should articles be tagged for speedy deletion as db-hoax." I'm not going to comment on whether I think this is a hoax or not (I know nothing of the Japanese language and almost nothing of Japanese history, unlike Nihonjoe and Oda Mari), but I can confidently say that these articles are not at the blatant-and-obvious level that WP:HOAX makes eligible for db-hoax treatment.  Nyttend (talk) 04:01, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Username change question
Hi, you recently moved User:Mika-photography to User:MikaV. This user has emailed me and asked why he can't log in as MikaV, but must still log in as his old username. Would you please look into this and reply at User talk:MikaV? Thanks. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:42, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Hallo, yes i can log in now with the username MikaV. but when i try to upload files i am directed to the german wikipedia site and are asked to log in. but there i can not log in as MikaV ?! or i received the message that my account is still blocked by Amatulic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MikaV&action=submit

then i tried again to log in with MikaV and got this: "Login error There is no user by the name "MikaV". Usernames are case sensitive. Check your spelling, or create a new account."

sorry about the trouble. i just want to give the world some nice pictures.

best regards,

mika — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikaV (talk • contribs) 09:28, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Change Username
I want to change my username....please help me and tell me the complete procedure. Cool from PAKISTAN Let's talk about it! 10:29, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Please read the notice you saw directly above the edit box you used to type in your message above. It answers your question very clearly and also provides a link to the correct page (here). ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:32, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
「 ディノ 奴 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 06:43, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

DENSO
Hi,

Quite some time ago, you moved DENSO to Denso.

I think this is not actually correct. The actual name of the company is DENSO, and it is never spelled Denso officially anywhere (that I can find).

For reference, the page about UNESCO (referred to in MOS) is called UNESCO.

I know that UNESCO is an acronym, wheras (as far as I know) DENSO is not. However, I think the company should be capitalised correctly, as per eBay as an example from the MOS).

Cheers,

Martin GreenAsJade (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:28, 19 March 2012 (UTC).
 * You already answered your own question: DENSO is not an acronym. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 09:35, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Announcing the debut of the »Alps Monogatari -- Watashi no Annette« episode synopsis page
NihonJoe:

Many salutations! Today I decided to browse around a lesser-known local grocery store to see if I can get more bang for the buck when the time comes for me to buy some groceries -- at which point I hopefully will have a means to haul some perishable stuff home on the bus. I am writing to invite you to the release of my latest brainchild into the Wikipedia ether -- an episode synopsis page for »Alps Monogatari -- Watashi no Annette«. I was going to wait until I had summarized up to Annette #12 before I did this; still, it was quite a struggle to get the first eight episodes summarized -- especially since I took on a bit too much. I have exerted a significant effort to adhere the lessons from my previous mistakes so I should escape being accused of committing an act of war against Wikipedia, false?

Dairi no Kenkyo (talk) 03:30, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Here is the URL: List_of_»Alps_Monogatari_--_Watashi_no_Annette«_Episodes. Try not to be too rough, please; I worked hard on this.

Dairi no Kenkyo (talk) 03:34, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Template:Infobox director listed at Redirects for discussion
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The Legal History of Chinese Americans
Hi. I'm removing The Legal History of Chinese Americans from the GOCE requests page because, after the recent history of the article, we're not sure what stage it's at right now. We'd be glad to help if and when the right time comes. I've left a note on the article talk page too. Regards, --Stfg (talk) 12:24, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Honorverse map
Hi,

I was recently looking for reference to my Honorverse compilation map that Piotr placed on Wikipedia and I couldn't find it. So I started digging and found the talk page on it. I tried to leave a message there but wikipedia defeated my abilities, so I'm writing directly to you, as one of the more active people in that talk. As I was reading the talk and the file information on COmmons I found a few mistakes / mosconceptions.

1. On commons it's stated that my Honorverse collection of maps is on harrington.suewebik.net/svet/mapy.shtml which isn't true, and never was. Since April 2009 I'm writing my own page on the honorverse honorverseglossary.wikispaces.com, before that I regularly posted my maps on Baen's Bar and later of davidweber.net.

2. On my wiki in the maps section there is a more current map of the honorverse. In a sussection you can also see the whole process that lead to its making. As stated on my site nothing is invented by me, everything is a compilation of official maps from the books, or maps Weber posted himself on Baen's Bar or dawidweber.net.

3. As to the last comment in the talk, that David was supposed to draw a rough sketh on a napkin and do it in my presence. That's rubbish. David sent his original sketch to Baen's Bar in 2004 and the maps are still to be found on thefifthimperium.com site that David's friend Joe Buckley is managing. There in the infodump section he archives all David posts on varois forums around the net, including the maps in question.

I don't know if anythig of this can help You in anyway clear the issue of the map. If needed I can answer any followup questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sawa 13 (talk • contribs) 01:34, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Feedback requested
This might intrest you: Reliable sources/Noticeboard AnimeCons.com is being questioned as a reliable source and it is used in alot of articles. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 22:55, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Possible vandalism - request by OTRS
Hi, Could you have a look at https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketSearch&Subaction=Search&TicketNumber=2012040310018517 - the person thinks thinks that the translated text in The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife is vandalised.  Ron h jones (Talk) 20:01, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for amending the text.  Ron h jones (Talk) 20:32, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Sockpuppets etc
I've been offline for about two weeks - PLEASE tell me what the heck is going on here. Oda Mari has gone off the deep end - This is the only account I've ever used. Can you also explain to me how an article on my own user page was deleted? The battle of imizu page was on my user page, it was not a "regular" wikipedia page. Was Oda Mari so utterly ashamed of how she acted on the talk page for that non-public page that she felt she had to have it deleted? The conversation on the talk page needs to be kept as part of the record. As an admin, I believe (but don't know for sure) that you have access to it, please move it somewhere where it can be accessed. The only reason she targeted it is because I embarrassed her on it. --BradTraylor (talk) 05:50, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The page was deleted according to the guidelines found at WP:MFD. You can view the discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:BradTraylor/Battle of Imizu. I can't speak for her motives or reasoning, but I assume the nomination statement explains that. You will have to ask her if you have additional questions. If you believe the page (including the talk page) was deleted in error, you are welcome to open a discussion at WP:DRV. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 09:14, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, Oda Mari is not an admin (this is response to your comment here). ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 09:24, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Just a note: BradTraylor had stated he was retiring on his user page, but did it by means of a very direct personal attack on Oda Mari. I've removed the PA, and left a retired banner in its place. Qwyrxian (talk) 10:27, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Unlike Oda Mari's treatment of me, that was not a personal attack, just a commentary on the treatment I have personally received at her hands. --BradTraylor (talk) 03:16, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * That's fine. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 18:06, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Please change my username
I´m Chico del Pantano and I am sure of the change of my username, this change makes me happy, if you let me change my username of Chico del Pantano to -Phoenix! I say thanks to you ever, please do it. Chico del Pantano( -Phoenix!  Just do it! 00:34, 9 April 2012 (UTC)(
 * Please pay attention to the notice at the top of the edit page. For your convenience, I've posted the relevant part here: "This is not the place to request a name change, discuss your pending username change, or to argue with me about your username change request. Please take your request, discussion, and/or arguments to WP:CHUS." Thank you for following directions in order to keep discussions together. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:53, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Category:Visitor attractions in Japan by location
Category:Visitor attractions in Japan by location, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 03:19, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool
Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:26, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Stories Project
Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I'd very much like the opportunity to interview you to tell your story, with the possibility of using it in our materials, on our community websites, or as part of this year’s fundraiser to encourage others to support Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project, or if you know anyone with whom I should speak.

Thank you for your time,

Victor Grigas

user:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Victor Grigas (talk) 23:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:RfX-notice
Template:RfX-notice has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. mabdul 19:33, 26 April 2012 (UTC)