Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan/Archive/October 2019

Naoshi Kanno for DYK?
I stubbed it, but it needs a few citations, I have trouble parsing the larger article on Japanese wiki to verify some claims I added to it from a site that I think used ja wiki as a source. Can anyone help expand it a bit for a DYK? Would also be nice to add a referenced note which number of Japanese ace is he (as in, is he the best Japanese ace of WWII, the 5th, the 10th, etc.). List of World War II aces from Japan desperately needs to be converted to a sortable list... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:47, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
 * I removed details I couldn't verify. Can anyone find a source confirming he was enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine? It would make a good DYK, but I can't verify this in English, and if no one can help within ~24h or so I'll remove this claim (the DYK window on this is expiring shortly). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 12:04, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft:The Partner (film)
Hi all, I created Draft:The Partner (film), can anyone help me improve it and move it to main space, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.149.246.163 (talk) 06:12, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Nicknames for Japanese singers
There are lots of Japanese singers who have "official nicknames" where they are listed on their profile and sometimes the press refers to them, such as "Aibon" for Ai Kago, "Gomaki" for Maki Goto, etc. Template:Infobox musical artist states for the "alias" parameter that ''This field is not for nicknames such as "The Godfather of Soul" (James Brown) or "Nippy" (Whitney Houston), which are not the artists' official names. '' Would these count as official stage names and be appropriate for the parameter, or is it case-by-case (i.e. a secondary source is needed)? I know for people like Nozomi Maeda (Maenon) and Sumire Yoshida (Suu), they have been credited under or released books under their stage names. lullabying (talk) 15:55, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
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