User talk:Prburley

New Japan-related articles

 * Also, if you'd like, feel free to add WikiProject Japan to the talk pages of new Japan-related articles. This alerts the WikiProject about the new article and encourages article improvements. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:39, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Yonaha?
I took a look at the newly listed Mount Yonaha, and can't figure out why you blanked it. It looked like a decent enough start as an article.Boneyard90 (talk) 15:02, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Meant to blank my sandbox. Restored. Thanks always Brian!Prburley (talk) 16:48, 17 March 2012 (UTC)


 * No problem! Boneyard90 (talk) 17:26, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I re-assessed it as C-class. Generally, if articles aren't of a certain length, they're assumed to be lacking in "coverage". Even if I assessed it as B-class, some other editor would come along and downgrade it (it's happened before). Anyway, keep up the good work.Boneyard90 (talk) 18:10, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * As always, thanks. I suspect "Yonaha" means something in Okinawan, but I wasn't able to find it.Prburley (talk) 13:22, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

UFC 144
The article does not demonstrate any lasting significance and thus fails a number of policies and guidelines so the notability tag should remain. Mt king  (edits)  04:29, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

clarifying vs. deleting
Hi, I wonder how we can improve the information on the temples where you reverted my changes. The term denomination in Buddhism is a tricky task. Nichiren Buddhism is a part of Mahayana Buddhims. Nichiren Buddhism is not one single school or sect though. Commonly the term Nichiren Sect is being used to describe the time between Nichirens death and the formation of distinct Nichiren Schools. Even though Nichiren Shu is considered the largest and oldest School of Nichiren Buddhism adherents of the Nichiren Shoshu for example would not visit or pray in temples of Nichiren Shu. Omitting the fact that the temples are Nichiren Shu temples is like withholding valuable information form the reader, otherwise the article does not contain more information than any other cheap travel guide. To make a simple comparison it would be strange to label St.Pauls in London or St. Peter in Rome simply a Christian church, one belongs to the Church of England the other is Catholic. To find a compromise at least within the article one should be able to specify to which school the temple belongs to. In the case of Tanjo-ji your change now reads that it is one of the four sacred places of Nichiren Buddhism … this is not true as for most Nichiren Schools outside of Nichiren Shu this simply is not the case. So before we start an edit war maybe we could find some sort of compromise where the respective temple's home is in the sometimes confusing buddhist landscape. Please also note this: Schools_of_Buddhism. One solution would be to be more specific in the info-box. The denomination would be Mahayana, the Tradition would be Nichiren-Buddhims, the School or branch would be Nichiren Shu or like in the case of Taiseki-ji Nichiren Shoshu.--Catflap08 (talk) 10:14, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not interested in a Nichiren edit war of articles on temples, which you describe, I think incorrectly, as "cheap travel guide[s]". Please take this discussion to the Japan Project page, where I've opened the topic [here]. Prburley (talk) 12:13, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Magamata article
Your question: Dear anonymous user: 68.174.170.35. Please provide definitive references before modifying an article as you did in the magatama article. The section on the imperial regalia was already well supported by definitive references. I added several more. You can read them in full at Talk:Magatama. Prburley (talk) 16:34, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

My response: The edit I made was in good faith. I was not modifying an article, merely flagging up the fact that an offline source from 1928 was being used to make a fact statement about something which is intentionally shrouded in mystery. Furthermore, your current assertion that "post-World War II scholarship supports the claim" isn't referenced. What scholarship is this? Can we have some references? Sorry to be a pedant — in fact, I'm sure you are right as you are (from the evidence above) far more knowledgeable about Japan and Japanese history than me. Also, maybe it would be good for one of us to edit the Imperial Regalia of Japan accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.174.170.35 (talk) 16:16, 21 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Dear Anonymous IP 68.174.170.35: I don't think "good faith" and an anonymous IP are a good mix, but at least your IP stays the same. I agree with everything you wrote above, except that I'm not an expert, and that after reading the Japanese sources, I found that the regalia aren't surrounded in much mystery.
 * I was more concerned with the neutrality of the magatama article--too much arguing about magatama vs gogok and very little about.... magatama.
 * Actually Anonymous IP 68.174.170.35, I'd never heard of the duplicate regalia. I read it first in the Japanese sources. Daniel Clarence Holtom in 1928 hardly seemed reliable, but I had his book in hand at work, and it generally matched Jpn sources. Post-WW2 scholarship: #39-#41, and the Japanese sources you can read on the talk page. Important point: the duplicate regalia issue didn't warrant much discussion in the magatama article, as there's no claim that the magatama is a duplicate.
 * The regalia article does need a huge amount of time-consuming work, but I'm not going to do that without collecting up the print sources in Japanese first. Take care Anonymous IP 68.174.170.35. Prburley (talk) 17:42, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Kuriyama River for DYK?
Hello, Prburley. I have nominated this article by you for use in the DYK section on MainPage. You can see the nomination and the reviewers' comments here. If you are interested in getting this article of yours showcased on MainPage, please respond to the reviewers' concern regarding the lack of footnotes. I don't have the references, so I can't fix things up myself. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 03:34, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Apologies for not posting to the DYK reviewer comments. Will tackle the "environmental conditions" section when I have the time/energy to work from the Japanese sources, that section was indeed unsourced. They're pretty dense. Thanks! ---> Prburley (talk) 10:30, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kuriyama River
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 26 May 2012 (UTC)


 * You're welcome, Prburley. Thank you for putting this in the encyclopedia.  Please be encouraged to nominate your next wikiarticle for DYK.  We could use more Japan-related entries there on MainPage.  Happy editing.  Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 12:32, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Asuka Historical Museum
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

A Query
Hi, Could you please create a new Wikipedia article listing all the user names and passwords of every Wikipedia account (with Email addresses) in a table ? I am quite sure it could be done by someone of you standards. Atleast, could you mail me ? My e-mail ID : support@microsoft.com

Thank You, A Sincere Wikipedian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.37.118 (talk) 11:58, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Sincere yet Unsigned Anonymous IP,
 * Username list: no. I could create a table/list of IIHF Men's National Under-18 Ice Hockey Teams that would be more useful than clutter articles like Japan men's national under-18 ice hockey team, which lacks both literary warrant and notability. I'd even bother to capitalize the name of each team--per standard English language usage.
 * Thank you, Prburley (talk) 12:10, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
In fact, off the back of that, I wonder if I might ask you a favour. I've created a number of article in the last few months on comparatively obscure Japanese topics (e.g. Chikaraishi, Ogasawara ryu, Kamizumo, Inuoumono and others). I'm somewhat hampered by my lack of ability to read Japanese sources, though, so I'm limited to what I can find in English - which often isn't much. Since you're clearly more than capable of finding and using Japanese sources, I wonder if you might like to take a look at my backlog and help fill some of them out? I can't promise much by way of a reward - there's a beer in it for you if you're ever passing through Bristol, though. Yunshui 雲‍水 17:56, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks tremendously. My access to sources is more limited than I'd like, but I rely on interlibrary loan. You articles are an interesting bunch, thanks for creating these. (One trip to Bristol in my life, I did drink beer, endless places to photograph in that city!) Prburley (talk) 09:53, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You wouldn't by any chance have access to the publications of Shinsuke Takashima, of Yokkaichi University, would you? I'd very much like to use his work in the article on Chikaraishi (he's pretty much the world authority on the subject) but I can't get hold of his publications - and even if I could, I wouldn't be able to read them! The GA reviewer for that article has requested more detail from Takashima's literature, which I'm unable to provide. Any assistance gratefully received. Cheers, Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 12:42, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The Chikaraishi article is SO cool. The reviewer is correct about Takashima. He seems to have published about chikaraishi by region but I'll just ILL whatever's available and see what comes in. So I do have access to those resources, but it'll take a week for them to arrive here at the library, and another week to add the info/references to the article. You can see his works at Worldcat by entering "chikaraishi" in the search box. Stay tuned! Thanks always! Prburley (talk) 14:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Reconstruction Agency at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with db-g7, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 09:08, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Shimōsa Plateau
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Sendai River
Please see your DYK nomination; the page is worded rather awkwardly, and I'm not excited about promoting a page that isn't in good English. However, these fixes shouldn't be too hard (I'd do it myself, but I don't have time), and the page will be ready to go once the wording is improved. Nyttend (talk) 21:52, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Sendai River
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Shakotan, Hokkaidō
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

New reference now broken?
You recently added a reference to Hiroshima Peace Memorial. Unfortunately, the generic page referenced doesn't say anything about the peace memorial. Do you have a more precise reference to a specific page at http://rekishi.jkn21.com or has the reference now move elsewhere? You Japanese skills are obviously far better than mine so a little help navigating rekishi.jkn21.com would be helpful. Many thanks Astronaut (talk) 11:56, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The date sequence in that section was dead wrong -- apologies thanks so much for finding that. The URL is live, if you're a subscriber to JapanKnowledge. I thought I'd be able to add a lot of sources to the article, I was surprised at how little I found in Japanese. Will keep trying, the article needs much expansion. Prburley (talk) 19:32, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Ref organizing
Sure. See User:Piotrus/vector.js for the script for that, it adds a fix ref option to the pull down menu (where move is). It's the one called "Δ script for ref sorting and moving" and consists of two lines of code that follow it. Enjoy! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:52, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Kipi
Please reply to what I have written on Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Kipi. Thank you.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 18:50, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mori, Hokkaidō
Hello! Your submission of Mori, Hokkaidō at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yazan (talk) 12:48, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It has been well over a week. Please address this as soon as you can, or at least respond. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:45, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Done! Thanks. Prburley (talk) 12:40, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * A couple of additional issues came up in a new review. Can you please stop by? Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:27, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ōtsu, Shiga
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:40, 25 November 2012 (UTC) 00:02, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mori, Hokkaidō
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:05, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Nitta clan article
Greetings. There is a question about the content of the Nitta clan article on the WP Reference Desk: Humanities page. It concerns an unsourced edit to the article which appears to have been made by you on 12 September, if I'm reading the Edit History correctly (I'm not very good at the technical stuff I'm afraid). Perhaps you would like to follow the link above and add your thoughts? Thanks and regards, Alansplodge (talk) 17:39, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Referred on to WikiProject Japan. Thanks! Prburley (talk) 17:56, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Thank you, Alansplodge (talk) 02:10, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of New Ishigaki Airport
Hello! Your submission of New Ishigaki Airport at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Peter I. Vardy (talk) 12:12, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for New Ishigaki Airport
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK review on Lyca Gairanod
Hi, please see notes on your review, thanks. --PAPAJECKLOY (hearthrob! kiss me! &#60;3) (talk) 12:44, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Caxiuanã National Forest
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:06, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Re: merging Attorney General of Brazil & Solicitor General of Brazil
I agree with the merge, the Portuguese languages articles have been merged too. There's no secret on doing a good merge, be sure to add every valid material that the page being merged contains but the other page doesn't, and erase what's repeated. Victão Lopes Fala! 15:38, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Everything seems fine to me. The only thing I did was to remove Category:Politics of Brazil - since Category:Government of Brazil is already a category of Category:Politics in Brazil, and that article you worked on is already categorized as Category:Government of Brazil, it's not necessary to add Category:Politics of Brazil. Victão Lopes Fala! 01:55, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

North Africa
Unfortunately I ran into problems with this, and I was a bit upset that several of the Nigerians walked out. Got nowhere after 6 weeks. I want everybody to support this and not think I'm trying to compete with their own contests or anything. Instead I think an Africa Destubathon, a general Africa one targeting stubs from all African ones might be the best place to start. Then once we have more support and trust, we can move forward to regional ones. But something which helps blast away the stubs will be a good thing I think.♦ Dr. Blofeld  06:35, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The project is a great thing. Let's just carry forward in some form! I don't quite get the destubbing part of things. The biggest achievement in my opinion will be focusing on the number of new/improved articles and watching the progress to 10K.Prburley (talk) 16:57, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Prburley, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3APrburley added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! TonyBallioni (talk) 02:13, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Featuring your work on Wikipedia's front page: DYKs
Thank you for your recent articles, including Werner Haberkorn, which I read with interest. When you create an extensive and well referenced article, you may want to have it featured on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know section. Articles included there will be read by thousands of our viewers. To do so, add your article to the list at T:TDYK. Let me know if you need help, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 10:29, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Prburley
I am still rather new as an editor. I have been working on the History of Pernambuco article for a while now (a month?) I see you are the person who has posted on that Article talk page, who also seems to have something going on on his or her talk page, at least recently. I only recently began to realize that user pages and user talk pages existed. So today, I thought I would post on the pages of people who had previously posted on the History of Pernambuco talk page. So...I'm not certain if this sort of communication is desirable, common, or useful, but here it is. Anyway, following the Be Bold encouragement I have just jumped in and started editing. I did make a couple of posts on the History of Pernambuco talk page, thinking that someone in the Brazil project would sometime see it and communicate. However, it appears to me that the article has lost interest. P2dwight (talk) 20:32, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Attribution for translations
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Photo requests in Chicago?
Dear Mr. Burley,

When you have a chance to take photographs in Chicago, is it okay if I specify some ideas for photographs that could enhance Wikipedia articles? If you're interested I can list some ideas. Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 00:28, 17 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Possibly, what do you have in mind? Prburley (talk)
 * John C. Haines Elementary School in Chinatown, Chicago (247 West 23rd Place, Chicago, IL 60616, the public elementary school for Chinatown)
 * Ogden International School:
 * East Campus (Gold Coast, Chicago): 24 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610
 * Jenner Campus (formerly Edward Jenner School): 1119 North Cleveland Ave., Chicago, IL 60610
 * West Campus (9-12): 1250 W. Erie St., Chicago, IL 60642
 * Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Lincoln Park, Chicago (615 W Kemper Pl, Chicago, IL 60614)
 * Inter-American Magnet School
 * These are several schools in the central and northside areas. I can add more if more neighborhoods are convenient for you.
 * Thanks,
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 22:55, 17 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Oh cool. Do these all have the category "Wikipedia requested photographs in Chicago" and coordinates? I've used Open Street Maps that way. I probably won't photograph much until April. Prburley (talk)
 * I added the relevant photoreq templates to the talk pages, and they are in that respective category. However I don't know where to put the coordinates since I can't find how to add coordinates to the photo request templates. If there's a place to add coordinates I'm happy to do so! And April's a good time to photograph them. Also if youre open to two more: Benito Juarez Community Academy (designed by a famous Mexican architect). There are others I'm adding photo req templates to. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:48, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

I also found that the image at Mondelez International is of the old headquarters in Deerfield. The new HQ is at 905 West Fulton Market, Suite 200 Chicago, IL, 60607, USA. If it's alright, I would like to add it to the request list too. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:02, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Altamira Cecília dos Santos
Hi. I see you have done a lot of work on Salvador and Candomblé. Would you mind taking a look at this article and see if I've made any howlers and perhaps improve it. Many thanks. Roundtheworld (talk) 10:55, 3 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Roundtheworld You bet, and thank you for your work on this article. Prburley (talk)

Sergipe churches
Hi @Prburley thanks for your work on the churches of Sergipe, specifically in São Cristovao. I visited there recently and it was cool to see that the different churches had their own dedicated pages. Regards, Ridiculopathy (talk) 21:32, 4 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes, they're nice places. I only got to visit Laranjeiras for about an hour because there's no pousada there and I had to head back to Aracaju. There's certainly no shortage of churches in that area. Ridiculopathy (talk) 10:30, 6 May 2024 (UTC)


 * That's that best message I've perhaps ever received on here, but I have more articles to finish from there. Sergipe is a relaxing place to visit, and São Cristóvão and Laranjeiras are real gems. Prburley (talk)

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