Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan/Archive/December 2016

Toshiwo Doko
I just rewrote this by machine translating the Italian and Malagasy versions. Can someone who can read Japanese go into the ja:wiki article and do justice to this fellow?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 16:29, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Expert needed: Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto vs Ōnakatomi no Yoritomo
The title and lead paragraph of this article disagree on the spelling of Yorimoto/Yoritomo. A quick survey of relevant literature suggests Ōnakatomi no Yoritomo is correct, but history of the article suggests the opposite. I'm hoping to find an expert here who can give a definitive answer please. - TB (talk) 09:54, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I am no expert, but as a native speaker of Japanese, I can assure you that 頼基 reads Yorimoto, but never Yoritomo. The article in jawp also presents him as Yorimoto.--Dwy (talk) 10:25, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yep, seconding that. The source also says Yorimoto (and is the same source as used in jawiki). Searches in Google Books also returned a couple of snippet view results saying the same. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 10:32, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Cheers - this is exactly the advice I needed. - TB (talk) 10:34, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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Files for discussion/2016 September 1
This FFD discussion has been ongoing since June 2016. I invite you to comment there. --George Ho (talk) 07:36, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Alyssa Milano discography - Featured list candidate
I have nominated Alyssa Milano discography for featured list status here. I'd appreciate it if any of you could take a look and leave your comments. Aoba47 (talk) 21:14, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Ken Harada(s)
I'm beginning to question if Ken Harada (Scouting) and Ken Harada (politician) aren't the same person. I got the kanji from ja:ブロンズ・ウルフ章受章者の一覧, #200, however Golden Pheasant Award has a Ken Harada whose kanji matches the politician, it fits both the timing and the pattern of the rest of these awards. Is there any sort of Japanese obituary database, or does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 10:27, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, it looks like they were the same person. Here in Japanese is a list of Golden Pheasant recipients:.

is listed as a member of a group consisting of either Prime Ministers or Chairman of the Diet Member Scouting Association. And here also in Japanese is one saying that the Wolf award went to the Chairman of the Diet Member Association. So it looks like both of the awards mentioned in the Scouting article went to the politician. – Margin1522 (talk) 15:04, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, so sorry I missed this for a week, been busy!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:34, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas notability?
I have been hearing this Christmas song everywhere, are any of these folks notable? https://soundcloud.com/freeusemusic/v706-05-holy-christmas-is-here Holy Christmas is Here Thanks--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:46, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Lyrics 作詞: oz- notable? possibly Oz (Japanese band)?
 * Composition / Arrangement 作曲/編曲: 人見十里 Hitomi Jūri notable?
 * song 歌: LINA Lina Iimura notable?

Happy Holidays!
We would like to wish everyone on the project a very happy holiday season! Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 03:04, 25 December 2016 (UTC)