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:::::::::Don't worry about that just yet, there's still plenty of cleanup that can be done on the main article as-is. ;) For starters, would you like to try reformatting the [[Change 123#Volumes|list of ISBNs and release dates]] into a proper volume list, using {{tl|Graphic novel list}}? You can see an example of the resulting table (one I just got done creating, in fact ;) ) at [[Toto!: The Wonderful Adventure#Manga]], and please don't hesitate to ask for help if you get stuck (just saying, since I have no idea how familiar you are with working with templates or anything). <span style=white-space:nowrap>「[[User:Dinoguy1000|<span style=color:#00f>ダイノ<span style=color:#080>ガイ]][[Special:Contributions/Dinoguy1000|<span style=color:#F90>千？！]]」<sup>[[Help:IJP|?]] · [[User talk:Dinoguy1000#top|Talk⇒Dinoguy1000]]</sup></span> 19:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::Don't worry about that just yet, there's still plenty of cleanup that can be done on the main article as-is. ;) For starters, would you like to try reformatting the [[Change 123#Volumes|list of ISBNs and release dates]] into a proper volume list, using {{tl|Graphic novel list}}? You can see an example of the resulting table (one I just got done creating, in fact ;) ) at [[Toto!: The Wonderful Adventure#Manga]], and please don't hesitate to ask for help if you get stuck (just saying, since I have no idea how familiar you are with working with templates or anything). <span style=white-space:nowrap>「[[User:Dinoguy1000|<span style=color:#00f>ダイノ<span style=color:#080>ガイ]][[Special:Contributions/Dinoguy1000|<span style=color:#F90>千？！]]」<sup>[[Help:IJP|?]] · [[User talk:Dinoguy1000#top|Talk⇒Dinoguy1000]]</sup></span> 19:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
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:::::::::: Finally finished [[Change 123]] Volume List. Check it out and lemme know what u think. [[User:Cali boi16|Cali boi16]] ([[User talk:Cali boi16|talk]]) 04:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
:::::::::: Finally finished [[Change 123]] Volume List. Check it out and lemme know what u think. Btw, thanks for helping to get me started on the volume list. [[User:Cali boi16|Cali boi16]] ([[User talk:Cali boi16|talk]]) 04:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


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User:Dinoguy1000/QuiStatus

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To-do

This is a somewhat-random listing of stuff I plan on or promised to do at some point. Obviously, I like working on templates and chapter/manga lists... and unlike most to-do lists, if you've got something to be worked on that you think I might be interested in, you're free to list it here. Also, if I've previously agreed to do some task, but it's not done yet and not listed here, I've probably forgotten about it - do me a favor by reminding me! And lastly, just because a particular task is listed here doesn't mean I've "claimed" it; you're free to do it yourself if you want, in which case, you can strike or remove it from here; or, you can ask about collaborating with me - some of the larger projects are going to require quite a bit of collaboration. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 21:36, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In no particular order:

Chapter lists

Listed in rough order of decreasing priority, which is why lists only appear once here.

Other lists

Templates and categories

Programming

delsort.js (and amdelsort.js)

  • General
    • figure out how to get auto summaries to ignore section links (steal code for this from User:Drilnoth/codefixer.js)
    • make sure it doesn't add the same summary twice (shouldn't be hard)
    • come up with something better than prompt() for getting the list name - looks horrible on IE (ultimately, will migrate to Twinkle's interface)
    • list of default delsort lists, plus a user-configurable list that can augment or completely replace the default list
  • AfD pages
    • confirm it's an actual AfD discussion page
    • check the AfD is still open
    • check for identical delsort notices on the AfD page
    • after this, start generalizing to other discussion types
  • Delsort pages
    • confirm the page exists - if not, refuse to add the delsort notice to the discussion
    • make sure the discussion isn't already listed on the delsort page

Unsorted/misc

  • Now that I know where in the magazine contributors are credited, hunt down Wikipedia articles that cite Shonen Jump and properly credit column/feature authors
  • Follow-up on /Archive 1#FLCL DVD
  • Finally do something to show off my first barnstar, and find and link to that particular discussion in the archives User:Dinoguy1000#Awards
  • Start a discussion on prettifying WP:ANIME's front page some
  • Start a discussion concerning multiple English releases of manga series
  • WP:ANIME newsletter (maybe)
    • Outreach in general
  • Look at Manga outside Japan - it's in dire need of cleanup and sourcing - look up, more on this under "other lists"
  • Sort this whole list and figure out what kind of priority I want for each task, so I have some general roadmap to doing items (instead of just picking out random stuff (even though I'll probably still be picking randomly XD )) (partially done)


Bleach Season 12

The name of the new season was shown in Episode 229 at the End, and it was published in the WSJ Please stop reverting the name, because these ARE reliable sources -84.112.37.174 (talk) 02:28, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then it was published in Japanese, correct? Where is the source for the English translation? If there is none, the original Japanese should be provided to one of WP:ANIME's Japanese-speaking members, who can provide a translation for Wikipedia's use. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:58, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You know that the last 7 Seasons were not published in an english-speaking country yet, so they don't have english titles. Still, they are accepted on Wikipedia... -84.112.37.174 (talk) 21:19, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to be "斬魄刀異聞篇", "Zanpakutō Ibun Hen". Literally "Zanpakutō", "Strange Tales" or "Another Story" (WWWJDIC), and a kanji commonly used for a story "arc". Akata (talk) 22:54, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Really, I think we should just be using the romaji titles for those seasons that don't have an official English release yet (at least insofar as section headers); unofficial, "in-house" translations could then be provided on each season page. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talkheaders

Thank you for informing me about the policy regarding talkheaders. I was adding them automatically without giving it too much thought. Sorry for the trouble. OutOfTimer Wanna chat? 19:32, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weird idea but worth thinking.

Hi,

I just thought that a variant of the graphic novel template could be used to cover the Drama CDs. See an awful bad example User:KrebMarkt/mudpit3 with a good steam lined version it could become a more elegant way to handle Drama CDs. --KrebMarkt 21:00, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's an interesting idea, and I can help on the technical aspects, but I don't know much about drama CDs and other animanga-related audio formats, so I can't really help with template development in that regards. However, I wouldn't be surprised if there were already some sort of template that handles drama CDs, or that could be adapted for them - you might try asking at relevant wikiprojects (start at WP:ALBUM, I think, and also ask if they know of any other relevant projects that might know more). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 22:13, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Doubtful. Zero hit for drama on main WP:ALBUM page + 4 mentions of Drama on their talk archive.
The main point of a drama CD and what sets it apart is that it's a self-contained story with plot somewhat akin audio book.
Furthermore we don't know how to handle anime/manga related CDs whatever soundtracks, drama CDs or radio CDs. We have only one CDs related article at B class, that the List of Aria (manga) soundtracks and i'm still thinking it closer to C than B.
Well, it also wouldn't surprise me if there were *no* such template, but it still never hurts to ask, because if nothing else, you may find someone else interested and with a certain amount of knowledge in the area. ;) We have a couple other high-C soundtrack lists, and there's a bunch of stuff (most needing cleanup) in Category:Anime soundtracks. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:20, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm refining my idea before asking them. At worst i can still do it without any template & IAR it --KrebMarkt 18:43, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I see. I'm about to save a tweak version that uses style= everywhere and fixes some minor issues. ;) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:45, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks :) While not very at the top of my long do to list, i want to anticipate potential additional split of Aria (manga) which had the dubious record of the biggest manga article size wise reaching the +160 KBs. --KrebMarkt 20:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'm not sure it was the *biggest* (that would require reviewing every single revision of every single animanga article that's ever been on Wikipedia - a scary idea o_O ), but it was definitely right up there. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 20:39, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Saint Seiya

Just to let you know, I have originally hidden the character section from view until I could go through all of the articles since some character articles transcludes both {{Saint Seiya}} and {{Saint_Seiya_Characters}}. I will now go through all of the articles and fix that. Oh, and why did you give the "characters" heading a grey background? It seems a bit out of place... G.A.Stalk 04:56, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, done with that. I have also nominated {{Saint_Seiya_Characters}} for speedy deletion as its functionality us now being provided by {{Saint Seiya}}. G.A.Stalk 05:42, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you could have gone ahead and deleted it yourself... ;) I got it anyways (been 12 hours since you tagged it, and no opposition, so...). As for the lighter background on the "Characters" item, that's because IMHO the navbox looks bad with a groupcolor bisecting it. I was trying for the same bluish-grayish-blue that the other colors are, but when you get that light, it's hard to tell. =) We could try f0f0f2 or something, though, that might be more bluish. *shrugs* 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:25, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I presume you know CSD T3 has a 7 day waiting period;) G.A.Stalk 19:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Urk... I... I forgot... If anyone raises a fuss, point them here, or undelete the template and let the 7 days finish out. I should have been more careful, it's all my fault. =) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 19:31, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, no Wet Trout for for you quite yet:P G.A.Stalk 04:53, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Anyway, if you want to use the same color, the options would be one of the following, my choice being #EEEEFF (or darker). G.A.Stalk 05:24, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
CCCCFF DDDDFF E0E0FF E3E3FF E6E6FF E8E8FF EEEEFF F0F0FF F0F0F0
All right, I used EEF per your suggestion; how's it look now? 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:19, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Much better:) Btw, have you ever considered what to do with {{Cosmic Era mobile weapons}}, {{Cosmic Era ship classes}} and {{Cosmic Era vehicles and aircraft}}? (Not to mention the other ones) G.A.Stalk 17:37, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a particular series or mini-franchise that Cosmic Era corresponds to? If so, they should be merged and expanded into a singular navbox for that series/franchise. As for the category in general... User:Dinoguy1000/Gundam, though it's been forever since I've touched it. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:42, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cosmic Era is the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED franchise. Since there is only one article linked to in {{Cosmic Era vehicles and aircraft}}, I've when ahead and nominated it for deletion. --Farix (Talk) 18:06, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{Mobile Suit Gundam SEED}} - still needs some work. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 19:30, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would you care nominating the following for deletion? {{Mobile Suit Gundam Wing mobile units}}, {{Trigun}}, {{Mobile Suit Gundam Wing characters}}, {{UC Series Coding}}. G.A.Stalk 05:49, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hanasakeru Seishōnen

Since you seem to be a more established user, could you come check out my article and help me fix the errors/improve it? Thanks.Yariau neko (talk) 19:18, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can have a look, but I can't promise any big work - I've suddenly got a lot of other work distracting me, on top of my already huge to-do list. =) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 19:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(comic) instead (comics)

Please, read WP:NCC#Disambiguation for there are no misunderstandings:

Following extensive discussion of naming conventions for comic book characters at Talk:List of Marvel Comics characters and Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Comics, the agreed general disambiguation phrase used for articles related to comics, including creators, publications, and content, is "(comics)".

The edit as you did in the Rumble Pak article is incorrect in this case. Thanks! --85.141.121.173 (talk) 22:53, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And, please, improve all incorrect renamings as you already did according this naming convention (WP:NCC). --85.141.121.173 (talk) 23:07, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, yes, some time after I did that slew of moves, I stumbled on WP:NCC myself. Personally, I disagree (an individual comic series is a "comic"), but whatever. If you give me a list of pages I need to move back, I'll get right on it for you. =) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:14, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, in this case thanks in advance! There are articles that I could found: Kasumi (comic), Snow (comic), Undertown (comic), Off Beat (comic), Fool's Gold (comic), Boys of Summer (comic), Afterlife (comic), and these ones too if it's not hard: Viz (comic), Plug (comic), Henry (comic) P.S.: I don't know more about the disambiguation "(comics)", but it seems a community consensus as though. Thanks! --85.140.44.75 (talk) 20:10, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
All moved. If you find more, let me know and I'll gladly move them as well. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Please revert Viz (comic). This is how it's popularly known, they publish one comic rather than plural comics, and this article is about Viz (the comic) rather than Viz (the publishing team behind it). I also fail to see any discussion or notification of this around the article 8-( Andy Dingley (talk) 17:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Looking at the talk page, this issue has been a source of contention on the past for this article, so further renames will have to be discussed first. Personally, I doubt I'm going to touch the article again except by explicit request here (my talk page) with clear consensus behind it. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: LOL

Haha I mostly remembered it because I remembered that was the original title for volume 7. It wouldn't be the first time it's reused chapter titles, I think there are two chapters called "Lee's Secret". The Splendiferous Gegiford (talk) 02:30, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, I guess for a series as long as Naruto, it starts getting rather difficult to remember what chapter titles you've already used, and it would be even worse if you're on a deadline (no time to look over what you've already used and try to come up with a new one). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bubblegum Crisis

Generally encyclopedic categories are for articles and categories, not templates. Templates are not about the subject but a tool for article to article navigation. When you consider that templates and categories overlap to a certain degree, including the template in an encyclopedic category is kind of repeating the contents. To put it another way, these are both navigation assistance tools that are included in different places. This is why there is a whole series of categories for navigation box templates. Vegaswikian (talk) 17:39, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All right, that does make some sense. In that case, would you like to drop a note about this at WT:ANIME? And, instead of simply removing the category from navboxes (if you do more removals), could you turn it into a link? The categories are generally quite useful for checking for additional articles to add to the navboxes. Thanks in advance! 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:43, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Noted: I recommend changing those category links to {{Cat see also|Category name}} for said reason. G.A.Stalk 04:48, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
An AWB run I think would help get this done - I don't particularly fancy running through 180+ navboxes (most for the third or so time) just to manually replace these cats. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:48, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have made a request here, so it should be fixed soon. G.A.Stalk 18:35, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good. Maybe ask Farix or Collectonian if they'd like to jump on it themselves, though? 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:40, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gundam Categories

Hi Dinoguy1000. May I please have your opinion regarding the cleanup of the Gundam categories here? Your comment would be appreciated. G.A.Stalk 14:14, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'll have a look. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Piped links

Just a shout out for this edit, fixing my mess of internal links, which led me to check out this page and learn more about how piped links work. Thanks for the inadvertent help! BlazerKnight (talk) 22:40, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem; it's not always easy seeing how piped links (or links in general) behave for new contributors. Many, in fact, go through several edits before they can figure out how to make a single functioning link! If you need any further help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask me, either. ;) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kekkaishi chapter titles

I assume you're also reading the volumes as you check them out. Are you enjoying them? —Quasirandom (talk) 14:48, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, but of course! I always check chapter titles while reading the volumes; it's really the only way to fly. ^_^ And yes, the story is quite good IMHO. Unfortunately, it's looking for now like I'll only be able to get as far as volume 12, and I also need to have a look at the uploaded chapters on ShonenSunday.com to see if they're changing anything between the volumes and the online chapters. Are you reading the series at all yourself? 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:28, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm keeping current with the scanlations, having read the first, um, I think only 10 volumes were out from Viz at the time, from the library. Where by "current" I mean, "wait for about a volume's worth to come out, then binge." I've added it to my list of series to collect used (now that Furuba is complete), but so far I've only found volumes you've already updated. But eventually, if no one else does so first, I hope to start writing volume summaries. —Quasirandom (talk) 17:25, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Aah, I half-expected you were reading the scanslations (shame on you! =D ). So you read manga through your local library, too, eh? How many series are you able to get through them (and what are some of them? I'm looking for recommendations since I'm coming up on the latest volumes of Eyeshield 21 and Cyborg 009)? As for summaries... I suppose at some point I should start practicing writing them. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:36, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My local library usually has only the more popular (which means mostly shounen) series, and all-to-often only the first three and the last half-dozen volumes. I use them to check out a series, to see whether I want to continue. But it's where I first found Fruits Basket, and I currently have The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya checked out (which reminds me, it's probably due RSN). Not much there has caught my attention lately, tho'.
Since my continued employment depends on copyright law, I'm pretty strict about being honorable about scanlations: if it's licensed in English, I don't touch the scans unless I'm committed to also reading a legit copy, either bought or loaned. Even unto deleting my local copy when something does get licensed. OTOH, I have no qualms reading current scans of a series while getting the English volumes as they come out. All the better to talk up some buzz for the good stuff.
I have a suspicion you'd like the works of Mitsuru Adachi, if they'd ever get licensed in English. —Quasirandom (talk) 18:02, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
ETA: Oh, one good series I found in the library recently: With the Light. It's not exactly fluffy entertainment, though. And wasn't in the teen section. —Quasirandom (talk) 18:06, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Are you able to request stuff from other libraries? I'm fortunate enough that my local library (Carnegie-Shuyler Library, Pana, IL) is part of the Rolling Prarie Library System, of which about 60 other libraries in central Illinois are also members, so I can request stuff from pretty much all over the state (and the librarians here are willing to look "outside the system" for individual volumes if I hit a gap in a series I'm reading). Needless to say, I still haven't found the end of the manga I can request. ^_^
For a variety of reasons, I usually don't touch scanslations (or fansubs) myself, but when I do, I also try to steer clear of anything that's been licensed, and when I do read/watch a licensed property, I fully intend to purchase the licensed release when I get the money.
Hmm... I actually have poked around for some of his stuff, but I didn't find anything (I know at least one or two of his series have been licensed). Really, though, I haven't come across many manga series I can't stand (Liling Po is the only one that really sticks out; fortunately for me volume 1 is the only one in the system, since I force myself to read all consecutive volumes of a series once I start it ;P ).
As for With the Light, I had actually started on it after it was mentioned in a project discussion, and got as far as volume 3 before all 4 volumes vanished from the system, without a trace! I just spent about 10 minutes looking in every way I could think of, but couldn't turn up hide or hair of them! It was so frustrating! DX 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:15, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Our library is a little weird about its inter-library loans. Within the system, which covers our county, it's a shared collection, but you have to go through hoops for outside it, with apparently random due-dates and heavy fines. I haven't tried using it for manga yet.
The only Adachi licensed in English is two volumes of early short stories, Short Program. I'm up to v2 of With the Light, but our system doesn't have v3 (though it does have v4). The ways and means of library funding, I can only conclude, are not for mere mortals to comprehend. —Quasirandom (talk) 19:52, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hah, sounds like bureaucracy in action. Out of curiosity, about where do you live?
Well, I know some of his stuff does sound interesting. Good luck finding volume 3, and if you'd like an inside look at the bureaucracy behind libraries, perhaps you'd fancy a webcomic? A lot of the stuff is pretty funny, and it's surprising how much lines up with my own observations (yeah, I spend a lot of time at the library ^_^ ). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 20:17, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've enough friends an MLS to get why Unshelved is, indeed, very funny, speaking as an Arizonan. —Quasirandom (talk) 21:54, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm... MLS = Metro Library System? And Arizona, eh? I have a couple of uncles down there, in the Mesa area (and my grandparents used to live in Phoenix, years ago). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:15, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Er, no this MLS. —Quasirandom (talk) 15:10, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Aah, that makes a bit more sense. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:25, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Yu-Gi-Oh!

I presume you would like a go at User:G.A.S/Sandbox1/Yu-Gi-Oh ^_^. Feel free to nominate the existing templates for deletion (with the suggestion that they be replaced). As this template was done from scratch, no merging was done, and thus the old ones may be deleted. G.A.Stalk 17:30, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I just came up on the edit to your sandbox adding a link to that, in my watchlist (if that makes sense ^_^;; ); I haven't had a peek just yet, though. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:37, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
By some strange coincidence, it does^_^. There is still quite a bit to be done, but I am signing off now. G.A.Stalk 17:44, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
All right, I'll have a look in a few minutes and do some work on it myself. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:18, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My Signature

I think i did untick it jsut checked and it was unticked hopefulyl fixed now, thanks for alerting me to where i mucked up :)--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 23:03, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Flagged revisions

Thought you'd want to know... Could not find any announcements on en.wiki yet - probably a matter of time. G.A.Stalk 18:35, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, the Signpost has been following flagged revisions for a while now, and have already reported its pending activation on-wiki. Many of the other topics that article touches on have also been covered in recent (and not-so-recent) issues of the Signpost. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:44, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I usually wait until news is mentioned on the watchlist or site notices... General subscriptions tend to end up in my archives/trash without being read;). I saw this on slashdot's RSS feed myself. G.A.Stalk 19:04, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
LOL, you could just stick a Signpost box (like the one I have above) on your talk page or some other page you frequently view... 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 19:13, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IP's

I highly doubt that. No IP would be regarded highly in the wikipedia community because at least 90% are vandals. Gune (talk) 19:00, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously, you don't actually pay close attention to IP addresses. The only reason IPs are predominantly thought of as vandals is because non-vandalism IP edits are usually just quietly accepted without much fanfare, while vandalism edits tend to get made a big deal out of ("reverted x edits by 999.999.999.999 identified as LYK ZOMG ITS VANLASIM!!!!!!1!! to last version by YourNameHere"). However, there is one address I can immediately think of, User:74.137.108.115, who is well-respected at the help desk, is frequently asked to create a user account (which he has always refused to do), and has been told more than once that if IP addresses could be made administrators, various users would support him in a bid for it. In a case closer to home, if you will, the IP address User:78.105.51.236 recovered their account (User:Akata) after I asked them for some help after they made an edit to List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle chapters, and they are now becoming increasingly active in the project.
While it is true that a significant number of vandalism edits are made by IPs (for some reason, 97% sticks in my head), a surprisingly low percentage of IP edits are actually vandalism - 25% would be a fairly high estimate, AFAIK. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 19:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citation dates in School Rumble

Any reason you changed all of those? I was under the impression all citation dates use DD-MM-YYYY format.陣内Jinnai 20:36, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They did for a while, but several months ago the templates were changed to allow other date formats as well. Of course, date formats in refs probably aren't that big a deal, but I felt like a (really tedious) change of pace, so I went ahead and switched them. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 20:40, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbox MfD

:-) Yeah, I saw that someone had nominated that and thought it would be good for a laugh before someone speedy closed it. It's good to let loose every now and then, I say. Vicenarian (Said · Done) 20:36, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So you mind if I close it, then? Nothing wrong with a bit of humor, but there's plenty of uptight folks around here that may not take too kindly to it. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 20:38, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, absolutely. It's actually already been closed, and I was going to do it myself if it wasn't done shortly after my comment. Vicenarian (Said · Done) 20:40, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Aah, good good. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 20:45, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, unfortunately only Stewards may delete the sandbox:-).1 G.A.Stalk 20:49, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yep; I thought about pointing out its 100k+ edit history, but didn't. Like the closing admin said, though, I'd bet that would turn into a humorous discussion; I'll have to remember it for the next day of tomfoolery. =D 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 20:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Works for me ;-D Vicenarian (Said · Done) 20:56, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

While in general the template looks good, I do not understand the order the characters are listed - it is neither alphabetical nor in order of appearance. Edward321 (talk) 13:42, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's because there is no real order - I simply listed characters as I found their articles (I started with the character lists and then compared against the category, as I recall). Please feel free to reorder the characters either alphabetically or by appearance; I can do the former but have no idea on the latter (also feel free to correct any problems you may see in the protagonist/antagonist/other divisions; I honestly can't remember where I got that from (more than likely from the characters list, but...)). =) --Dinoguy1000 (talk · contribs) as 72.251.177.151 (talk) 01:49, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Gotcha. I'll revise to alphabetical order, since that will be easier for most people to use. Edward321 (talk) 21:06, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
All right, looks good. =) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of PROD from List of Digimon cast members

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Zaregoto cover

Did you try the novel section on the Del Rey Manga subsite? [1] Doceirias (talk) 20:52, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aah, thanks! I didn't even know Del Rey's site had a novels section (really, it's because I'm not terribly observant or something)... =P 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:50, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Japanese episode list and List of Dragon Ball episodes

More template fun! I've started the split of List of Dragon Ball Z episodes into seasons lists. However, I can not figure out a trick for hiding the summaries on both List of Dragon Ball Z episodes and List of Dragon Ball episodes. Right now, its only working on the former after I did a template change. Thoughts? Ideas? Should we just killed List of Dragon Ball episodes and move List of Dragon Ball episodes (series) back there and give up on having a single all encompassing list? -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 20:17, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I'd give up on an all-encompassing list - the DB and DBZ anime were always treated as separate series, so I really don't see the justification for trying to list everything on a single page. Other than that, the only thing to do is either hack in a second parameter for page name, or use markup in the lists to match more than one pagename (e.g. {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|List of Dragon Ball Z episodes|{{PAGENAME}}|{{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|List of Dragon Ball episodes|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}, or the much more succinct {{PAGENAME}}; either one is going to trigger the checks at WP:CHECKWIKI though). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 21:03, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Dinoguy1000 on keeping the lists of episodes separate. This will not only keep the page at a reasonable size, but also keeps the two separate series separate. There are significant differences in the series. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 23:01, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You both make good sense. Tagging List of Dragon Ball episodes for deletion to make way for moving List of Dragon Ball episodes (series) there. Think Template:Dragon Ball should be updated to have the individual season links for Z? -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 00:09, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yep... not sure the best way to do it, though; we really don't have a precedent for this. =/ 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 00:36, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For now, I've just delinked the main list in prep for the move. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 00:37, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

message

I've left a message on Talk:List of Death Note episodes. NarSakSasLee (talk) 20:18, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've left another one. NarSakSasLee (talk) 16:52, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'll have a look after a while. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:27, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh My Goddess!

I dont know what you did copying some chapter-list-page info over to the main article but that had some outdated info. also you erased my edit about vol33 being released by darkhorse on aug 26,09 so i changed it...your work is admireable just try not to overwrite newer information will old stuff..thx...Mace Windu (talk) 22:19, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch, I've updated the chapter list accordingly. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 21:47, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ISO date converter script

I just noticed this edit to your monobook.js. Just thought I give a friendly warning to be careful of this script around ANN news links or any other external links containing ISO dates. It likes to covert the ISO dates in the links as well as everywhere else. :( --Farix (Talk) 03:16, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up - Collectonian's customized version of Lightmouse's date script suffers from the same problem. It should be trivial to set up a heuristic that checks if dates are inside URLs, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to do so. =( And as an aside, is my monobook.js on your watchlist? I found *this* script because I've had yours watchlisted for awhile... ^_^ 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 03:21, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nah, I sometimes check other WP:ANIME editor's contributions from time to time to see what they've been up to. Looking over your monobook.js, I just might steal borrow a few scripts off of you. ;) --Farix (Talk) 03:28, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Heheh, looking at other monobook.js files is where I got most of my scripts from (I'm not sure, but I may have gotten one or two other scripts from your file as well)... =) In addition, I have a handful of other users' files on my watchlist so I can keep an eye out for new stuff. In the meantime, I've put in a couple of requests for the ISO date converter - one to address the URL issue, and the other for adding a summary automatically (because I'm lazy XD ). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 03:33, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My MiniBrags

The new templates are great...until I need to add a new entry. Then I have to manually renumber every last one to put them in order :( Anyway around that? Went to add my new GA and tried upping all the numbers by 10 and it put a big gap in it. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 22:17, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the simplest way around that is reversing the order of the icons so that the ones farther to the right are older. If I took the time and did some experimenting, I could probably create a metatemplate that would allow the current ordering to be preserved without requiring you to go to such lengths adding new ones, but I don't even want to *imagine* what its code would look like (not to mention, that would mean I'd actually have to take the time to *create* those other promised top icon templates... =D ). =P --Dinoguy1000 (talk · contribs) as 72.251.177.151 (talk) 04:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Need to compare version

Hi,

Can you check if 13 Nichi wa Kin'youbi? is similar to its previously Afded version. If yes then it will fail into recreation of deleted article/content and so CSD could be used. Thanks.

N.B: Why i'm writing such complex sentences when i suck in English --KrebMarkt 19:34, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's a near-identical copy, except for some stuff in the infobox and a couple of typos in the paragraph that weren't in the deleted version. Will CSD as recreated deleted info in a second... (and response to your N.B: don't worry if you end up writing complex sentences; you're far more understandable than you think you are, even if your grammar isn't perfect yet. =) ) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 19:39, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. --KrebMarkt 06:18, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. =) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:12, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gaaargg...

Well we know that we will eventually have to update our list of RS...

No need to remember me that. To annoy you, try to read that without rolling over the floor howling for mercy. The part concerning manga starts at the last tier of the discussion. --KrebMarkt 21:26, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, talk about TL;DR (and the hell was with that random porn image? (yeah yeah, germane to the topic at hand...))... o_O 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 21:34, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That talks between two vetted experts in Comics field so any comics illustrations can be justified in a scholarly way :p
The part opposing Osaka & Tokyo gives a new reading of the opposition between authorship manga (Osaka) & mainstream manga (Tokyo) --KrebMarkt 21:45, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It does sound interesting; I'll have to find the time to actually read through it at some point then. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 21:46, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Copy-pasted the relevant parts here. While it may be an hard sell to directly cite this discussion as reference, it still gives a few trails of reflexion. --KrebMarkt 08:35, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the condensed version; there's definitely some interesting tidbits in there. Maybe it would be useful as a worldwide reception of manga or something? 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For next round of improvement of the manga article (After GA), we should be write a criticism section of manga inside & outside Japan + a cultural superpower section manga with anime the Japan "soft power". Hollywood movies = Anime + Manga as global cultural product. From memories the 2nd most translated language in France after English is Japanese. The opposition between Osaka & Tokyo can be handled in History of manga.
N.B. : Fixing DBZ soundtracks is very painful :( not sure i will not roll over the floor with convulsions before finishing them --KrebMarkt 19:53, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure how involved I'll be in actually working on the anime/manga articles, but I'll try to do *something* at some point. And re your N.B.: I'm surprised you haven't run away screaming yet! =D 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 19:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
DBZ soundtracks sweep is warranted & forgone conclusion so i had time prepare myself psychologically to the shock but i really didn't expected that. Another forgone one is the Evangelion franchise soundtracks that no one mentioned yet. perhaps i should ask for an auto-facepalm gadget for Christmas. --KrebMarkt 20:55, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, we never really did much with soundtrack/album/etc. articles/lists before you and Quasi did all the work on List of Aria (manga) soundtracks, so by and large, these articles are in a worse state than pretty much any other type of articles in our scope. As for a facepalm gadget... you mean something like this? (I don't know how to change the font size or add a picture or anything yet, so this'll have to do for now...) =) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:14, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Cool tool, love shiny new toy. Jinnai is bringing List of Popotan soundtracks to FL review. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KrebMarkt (talk • contribs) 18:53, 12 September 2009
Yep, I especially love your description of it: "REALLY SERIOUS TOOL"! XD (note to self: look into customizing popup to make text REALLY BIG and include an image) As for the Popotan soundtracks list: yeah, I saw that; here's hoping it passes so we have an FL example already! =) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:18, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nomcon and premature closing of an Afd process

May I suggest that you not close an Afd with the notation that the article has been speedily deleted until after the article has been speedily deleted? Seventeen minutes after you said it had been deleted, it hasn't been deleted! —Largo Plazo (talk) 20:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did delete Nom con... but it seems Genesisgoboom (talk · contribs) created the article under more than one title. I'll check his contributions and get any others in a second; thanks for the heads-up. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 20:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another naming form for Gin Tama

The series' kanji is 銀魂 but Shueisha also writes it as ぎんたま on their site. Since it is official I tried adding it to the article as "also written as..." but it doesn't appear within the nihongo template. I thought it was hiragana, but I'm not sure. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 02:28, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you got it to work right. Other than that, I'm really not sure of the preferred method to handle alternate titles like that; you may want to ask the project. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:26, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thats an easy one, WSJ's readers aren't going to be expected to know the kanji, In print they would use furigana to give the kana form. That's hard to render on screen, so they use kana.I think "also written as" would be fine. At least, that's my conclusion. nihonjoe could offer a agreement or correction I'm sure. Dandy Sephy (talk) 18:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image re-upload broken :(

Hi, DinoAdmin,

After discussion with TheFarix, i tried to upload a shinier version of the xxxHolic cover. However upon uploading the new file version, i receive an error message indicating that the file already exist in Wikipedia Commons. A message likes that:

A file with this name exists at the Wikimedia Commons. You can:

  • go back and upload this file to Wikipedia using a different name.
  • upload it to Commons, if your intent is to replace the image that already exists with a better version.

File:$1
$1

I made a search for that file in wiki commons and found nothing.

You can try to reproduce the bug as i conveniently stockpiled the new file version here

I think that a certain database is screwed up :(

Thanks Admin Dino. --KrebMarkt 09:19, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, there's no need to stress the fact that I'm an admin, I'm quite aware of it already. =) I was able to upload the new version of the file myself (you still need to update the source though, unless it's a self-made scan, in which case you should probably specify that), and your description definitely sounds like some sort of bug caused by the recent MediaWiki upgrades that has apparently been fixed since then. If you need anything else done requiring admin action, feel free to ask (especially since I like to bug you with stuff too XD )! 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:22, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it was caused by the recent upgrades. See WP:VPT#Image update problem and bugzilla:20677. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The rationals are fine and beside i can't put link to gray area website/forum. Thanks you. --KrebMarkt 17:40, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Block template

Thanks for fixing that up, I didn't realize that it was creating any problems having that there with the auto-category stuff. I guess it was intended for people still with active blocks on. You are pretty good with that template stuff, like I wonder if your mods there could be made into a template for ex-blockeds. Tyciol (talk) 15:54, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, but it's really pretty simple - just substitute the template (you have to save it before you can do anything else), then if you're not familiar with HTML and advanced wikimarkup, start cutting one piece at a time and preview to make sure you're not messing it up (if you are familiar with HTML/advanced wikimarkup, you can just start carving and maybe do a preview or two to make sure you didn't clip an extra character or something :evilgrin: ). Other than that, I'm really not sure how many ex-blockees would want to advertise that fact like that, but I could plop the code into a new template if you'd like. One last note, I'm very appreciative that you were able to talk calmly and civilly to me here, even given how we disagreed in the past (I'm not implying anything of your demeanor here, but there are certainly people who would be unable to do so after that situation). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Our Brazilian IP act III

Our Brazilian IP stroke again this time not in the English space but in the French space. --KrebMarkt 19:50, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All right... I'm not sure what you're expecting me to do, though; I'm only an admin on en.wp... ;) (and on a side note: interesting to see that the French WP:ANIME also covers manhwa and manhua) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:41, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yea, can't do much but now there are no more doubts about the vandal nature of that Brazilian IP. So shoot at it at sight.
Logical choice for manhwa and manhua, same publishers & collections, same websites & paper publications covering them and personally there are too few manhwa and manhua published in France to warrant a viable project. 92 manwha & 23 manhua published in 2008 to be compared to the 1318 manga released the same year.
Out of curiosity, do you know how many manga are published in North America? --KrebMarkt 18:03, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No idea for sure, but I've heard 1300-1400 bandied about quite a bit. Jason Thompson would probably be in the best position for giving an accurate count and licensing/release rate. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:07, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Request image deletion.

Hi,

Since we can't still re-upload image, i need your help to delete an old version.

I blundered by uploading a Chinese cover instead of the Japanese one :(

The wrong Chinese version to delete: File:TenjhoTenge vol01 Cover.jpg

The correct Japanese version for comparison purpose: File:TenjhoTenge_Book_Cover.jpg‎

The difference is slight.

Thanks --KrebMarkt 20:54, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 16:39, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Krebmarkt prostrates full of admiration for Dinoguy1000. Heuuuh, isn't it a bit over the top?
Thanks. --KrebMarkt 18:06, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pokemon template

I don't really care either way, I was only editing the article to fix a link. TJ Spyke 20:14, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copied and replied on your talk. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:35, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Class -> class

Hi ruler of the world :) I haven't seen you around recently; hope you are doing fine. I made a proposal for changing the case of the letter "C" in WikiProject banners. This is a drastically scaled down version of something you were planning once, but still met some opposition. Care to comment at Template talk:WPBannerMeta#Class → class? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:29, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey MSGJ, I'm still around (ruling the world keeps you pretty busy, but I still manage to find time to hit up WP ;) ). I'll go and have a look, and see if I can offer anything to the discussion there (and just so you know, my larger proposal isn't dead or anything, but simply on ice until I find more motivation time to polish it). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:32, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops!

Sorry about this! Was testing the fix to the bug you reported with {{db-u1}} on user talk pages. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 15:32, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, that's fine - don't worry about it! *chuckles to self* Testing is always an adventure, eh? ;) 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:32, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

xxxHOLiC Rō

Back from a wikibreak, and I noticed you've reverted edits about the new name of xxxHOLiC, xxxHOLiC - Seclusion (xxxHOLiC・籠). I'm not sure what would be the best thing to do but as of last week, it seems xxxHOLiC's name was changed, and the story underwent a timeskip after the events of the last few chapters. The numbering still continues onward however, so it doesn't seem to be a complete sequel, and there doesn't seem to be enough of the latest volume for it to spark its own new volume(s) starting last week. It looks like it could either be a sequel, a second part of maybe an epilogue, but Young Magazine's site considers it a new title, different to xxxHOLiC. Akata (talk) 22:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aah, welcome back, Akata, I'd been wondering where you vanished to! ^_^ As for xxxHolic, thanks for the heads-up - if you haven't already, could you add this to the xxxHolic article? 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:06, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image moves

Although I've been tagging several images to be renamed, this one needs more immediate attention. —Farix (t | c) 20:11, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 20:19, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Change 123 (Manga)

Would it be possible to add pictures to this article: Change 123? I was wondering whether it would be possible to add a picture along with the main characters to give readers a better understanding of who the characters are. Or would another article need to be created concerning each character? I wanted to consult you first seeing as my edits are hardly welcome thesedays and I have no idea how to add pictures. Cali boi16 (talk) 18:46, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... well, the problem is that the article doesn't show how the series has any notability - all it is is a plot summary and character descriptions consisting of even more plot summary. Establishing its notability is one of the first things that need to be done, but that could be difficult given it only appears to be licensed in France, Spain, and Argentina; it doesn't seem to have an ANN entry; and some brief Google searches didn't turn up any coverage from reliable sources. You can ask User:KrebMarkt if he can dig up any French reviews or coverage, but it really doesn't look too promising at this point (on the other hand, though, it appears to be ongoing, so there's always the possibility of future coverage or an English license). As far as how welcome your edits are, though, you did kind of start off on the wrong foot here, but you shouldn't have any problems if you stick to more minor stuff for now like spelling fixes until you are more familiar with wikimarkup and the various guidelines. In the meantime, please feel free to ask me any editing questions you may have; that's what I'm here for. *really, really trying to not sound like I'm talking down to you* =) --Dinoguy1000 (talk · contribs) as 208.124.86.54 (talk) 20:01, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, and I thank you for that. I have another concern about the structure of the article. I've kinda made Change 123 my little pet project as I'm a fan of the series and overhauled the shotty structure since I first came to the article. I've corrected many errors in grammar/typos/clarification and still have much work to do on the page. So, in your recommendation, is there anything you'd alter about the structure of the article? Or do you have any other recommendations about how I can improve the article further? Cali boi16 (talk) 06:59, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I would again stress that one of the first things you need to do is try to establish notability for the series - as I said above, I couldn't find anything in English after a brief look, but there may be some in French or Spanish. If you insist on working on the article regardless of that, though, a general outline for article structure can be found at WP:MOS-AM - the basic gist is that the characters section needs to be trimmed way back, and the article needs a media section (is the manga the only component to the series, or was it adapted into any anime series or OVAs or anything?). Just keep in mind that as long as notability remains unestablished, the article may be prodded or nominated for deletion at any time, and by any editor. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, so far Change 123 only consists of a manga series and has not been adapted into any form of "Media". The characters section covers each of the characters roles since beginning to chapter 10. So it's a character summary for each character. Basically the main portion of this article consists of characters so it's understandable to see why these character summarys have been added. I've added a reference I think establishes notability. Is it viable?
Excerpt(You can follow the link at the Change 123 article):
Unfortunately, while Akita Shoten's website is a reliable source, it cannot be used to establish notability since it is the publisher's website, which makes it a primary source. I still recommend asking KrebMarkt to see if he can find any French coverage, but I am happy to see you taking my other advice into consideration. =) As for the characters, generally character lists on main series articles should only list those characters that are central to the plot (so, for instance, Bleach (manga) would list Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Uryu Ishida, Yasutora "Chad" Sado, and Orihime Inoue, and maybe one or two others (except in the case of Bleach, the characters section has been merged with the plot section, with a see also link to the character list)). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:25, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is this a reliable secondary source. I pulled this directly from Taifu-Comics.com(French). Link: http://taifu-comics.com/p155/detail/Change_123.html . I decided to give you a link before I actually post it as a source. So you say I should add a "see also link" concerning characters merged with the plot section? Exactly how do I do that? Cali boi16 (talk) 18:23, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is the French publisher's website, which makes it reliable for proving that the series was licensed and released in France. It still won't demonstrate any notability, though. =( Also, I was merely using Bleach as an example in my above explanation, with a brief explanation as to why it didn't actually have a character list on the main article. Until notability is established for Change 123, though, you shouldn't split any articles or lists from it. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:26, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well then. Now that notability has been established what do you recommend on exactly how we can add a "see also link"? Cali boi16 (talk) 19:39, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry about that just yet, there's still plenty of cleanup that can be done on the main article as-is. ;) For starters, would you like to try reformatting the list of ISBNs and release dates into a proper volume list, using {{Graphic novel list}}? You can see an example of the resulting table (one I just got done creating, in fact ;) ) at Toto!: The Wonderful Adventure#Manga, and please don't hesitate to ask for help if you get stuck (just saying, since I have no idea how familiar you are with working with templates or anything). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 19:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Finally finished Change 123 Volume List. Check it out and lemme know what u think. Btw, thanks for helping to get me started on the volume list. Cali boi16 (talk) 04:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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  1. ^ "[[Champion Red]]". Akita Shoten. June 20, 2005. Retrieved 2009-09-28. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
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