Wikipedia:Japan-related topics notice board/Archive 1

Archive made April 7, 2006.

New Featured Article Candidates

 * Stroke order
 * Current consensus is object. Exceedingly unlikely article will become FA.  Currently being worked on.  Exploding Boy 06:54, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Not a candidate yet, but on Peer review is Sendai, Miyagi. Please help make this a strong candidate even before it gets to FAC. Fg2 11:06, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Participants
You are encouraged to add your name at List of Japanese wikipedians!


 * Aphaea. born and live in Japan. active mainly on ja.wp.
 * ASB Postgraduate religious studies student - specialising in Japanese Buddhism.
 * Sekicho. US law student with experience in Japan; mostly active in en but occasionally translates to/from ja.
 * Taku. native Japanese, active in the English edition.
 * Revmachine21. Native American, born in USA, living in Japan for last 10 years.
 * Mike H Lived in Japan when my father served in the Navy there. Wrote a stub on Machiko Hasegawa and a bigger article on Sazae-san.
 * Dave Jenkins Traveled and worked in Japan on-and-off for last 16 years, now living in Tokyo. Gladly publishing GFDL photos at www.davejenkins.com
 * User:Fg2 Photos of Japan on my user page. Started, contributed to or translated articles connected to geography, history, television, tourism, transportation. My baby, 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake, has had valuable contributions from several other Wikipedians.
 * mdchachi Lived in Tokyo for almost six years, now back home. Most important contribution to the wiki is my loose socks photo. :) Can read/write Japanese somewhat.
 * Exploding Boy / &#12456;&#12483;&#12463;&#12473;&#12503;&#12525;&#12540;&#12487;&#12451;&#12531;&#12464;&#12288;&#12508;&#12451;. Traveled and lived in Japan, currently reading for a Masters in Japanese literature.
 * LegolasGreenleaf, Canadian University Student. Interested in participating.  Able to read many Japanese publications because they are written with Chinese characters =D.  Plan to travel to Japan in the near future.  Wants to learn the Language.
 * LordAmeth - Student of East Asian Studies, lived in Japan for Spring semester 2003, looking to return. Working on mostly history articles.
 * Atsi Otani Born in USA from Japanese parents, later moved to Japan, now in Sendai working as a translator.  Have no idea which language is my native language, although my Japanese vocabulary is slightly larger.
 * MC MasterChef Assistant Language Teacher with the JET Programme in Karatsu,_Saga; speaks some of the language but reads relatively little.
 * Mkill Asian Studies student from Germany
 * CES Native English speaker, non-native Japanese speaker.
 * Dforest lives in Osaka. Native English and basic understanding of Japanese.  Often contribute to food articles.
 * Kaishin A Japanophile, fond of Japanese History and Art, Interested in Japanese pop culture. Never been to Japan before, Intending to study there in the near future.
 * Woogums Undergraduate student, majoring in Global studies with a focus on East Asia. Former foreign exchange student to Japan. Will mainly contribute to Japanese history articles
 * Ginstrom Japanese to English translator, raised in US and resident in Yomitan-son. Have also lived in Nagoya.
 * めんそーれ! Fg2 07:57, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 *  み使い  Mitsukai A Japanophile, having lived in Japan for a few years while in the USN. Focusing on a variety of issues.

Japanese Surname Policy/Proposal
I'd like to draw your attention to the above page. Someone is proposing that the Japanese names be used in Japanese style order. --DannyWilde 09:17, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Proposed deletion: List of Japanese artists
A proposal has been made to delete the article List of Japanese artists. If you have an interest in this topic, please see Articles for deletion/List of Japanese artists.

Issa Memorial Hall
Could someone take some photos in the memorial hall of Kobayashi Issa in Japan. -- Pixeltoo 00:18, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Issa Memorial Hall
 * Try ja:Wikipedia:画像提供依頼, the page for requesting photographs in the Japanese Wikipedia. There must be lots of Japanese Wikipedians in the area, and maybe one of them will be able to fill this request faster than we can. The Main Page has contacts for people who don't speak Japanese. Fg2 21:12, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok tx --Pixeltoo 01:02, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia's One Millionth Article
Chances are good that the English Wikipedia will gain its one millionth article around the end of February. Will it be on a Japan-related topic? If you're looking for suggestions for new articles, have a look at Japanese Wikipedians' notice board (section)/Topics. Find a red link you know a lot about, research it some more, and write! Fg2 05:52, 9 February 2006 (UTC)