Talk:Japan

Name

I suggest to include Empire in Japan's name after the Imperial Family. Egon20 (talk) 07:33, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Please provide a reliable source that lists the name of the country as having Empire in it. We don’t determine the name, reliable sources do. Canterbury Tail talk 13:40, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

'''Not done:'''If you go to the official website of Japan (https://www.japan.go.jp/), it does not include what you suggest it should. Do you have other sources to support your position? Jurisdicta talk

Featured article?

This article is currently ranked as wikipedia's worst featured article, being in more clean up categories than any other. The article is made worse by the addition of an unnecessary sentence sourced to a poor source that does not support the claim it is adjacent to. If this article is not improved, it should be taken to Wikipedia:Featured article review. DrKay (talk) 07:58, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

The article last passed FAR at 6,000 words of prose; it has since become bloated to almost 14,000 words, so most of the text has not been vetted in a review process. This article should go through FAR even if someone cleans up the error maintenance categories. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 08:10, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

@DrKay and SandyGeorgia: I support taking it to FAR as well. I'm sure that there will be some editors at WP:Japan willing to help on such a high-profile article. — Goszei (talk) 05:46, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

I still see lots of problems, but I only get one FAR nomination every two weeks, just like everyone else. If you are willing to type up the list of issues, you could submit it to FAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 11:26, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Restoring from archives, still problematic. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:53, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Lots of work done here in the past few months. Hard to move forward with no specifics.--Moxy 🍁 01:35, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

SG: revisiting

Reviewing this version:

• You can install this script to keep dates in order.
• There are many duplicate links, but perhaps some can be justified: you can install this script to highlight dup links.
• See MOS:SANDWICH: The first image of a section should be placed below the hatnote templates. (I have corrected.)
• The (bloated) 14,000 words of prose have now been reduce to a manageable 7829 words "readable prose size"; very nice !!!
• To be consistent with the rest of the article, should be 1,000 ... check throughout ... researchers in science and technology per capita in the world with 14 per 1000 employees.
• This is a commercial source, and surely a better one can be found: [1] ... check throughout for similar.
• All sources need publishers (and authors and dates when available); check throughout, sample: "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". Retrieved September 24, 2020. Websites need accessdates, sample: "Japan – Student performance (PISA 2015)". OECD.
• This needs a WP:MEDRS-compliant source (not laypress): Japan has a high suicide rate; suicide is the leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 40. Similarly, a better source might be found for this: Another significant public health issue is smoking among Japanese men.[270] Japan has the lowest rate of heart disease in the OECD, and the lowest level of dementia in the developed world.[271]
• Check throughout for potentially dated text or missing as of dates: sample, source to 2016, meaning data may be five years old: Japanese newspapers are among the most circulated in the world.[317]
• This look suspiciously like an error, doublecheck?

  Turnbull, Stephen (2011). Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-84603-961-4.

  Turnbull, Stephen (2010). Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Osprey Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-84603-960-7.

• Re-cast sentences to avoid starting with a number, sample: 867,000 researchers share a 19-trillion-yen research and development budget,[183] which relative to gross domestic product is the second highest budget in the world.
• With several changes in the preceding sentences, it is not clear what "it" here refers back to: It entered a lunar orbit on October 4, 2007,
• Cited to 2008 ... run through all citations looking for those that can be updated: About 80–90% of those practicing Islam in Japan are foreign-born migrants and their children.[248]
• Check throughout for MOS:CURRENT, sample: Few children learn these languages,[254] but in recent years local governments have sought to increase awareness of the traditional languages.

Remarkable progress so far. With things like this addressed, I look forward to seeing this article marked "Satisfactory" at Wikipedia:Unreviewed featured articles/2020. I would be interested in hearing the impressions of DrKay and Nihonjoe. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:35, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

I think most of these have now been addressed, or at least are ready for another look. IMO the current duplicate links are justified, and I've standardized on no-commas for numbers in the 1000s. I was not able to find much in the way of sourcing for the specific claims regarding heart disease and dementia; these may need to be recast or removed. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:44, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, Nikkimaria looking in anew:

• Size at 7,600 words of prose is excellent, no dash or date issues, wikilinking is good (yes, there are dupe links, but they can be justified), image layout and MOS:CAPTIONS punc good ...
• Japan is the third largest automobile producer in the world ... There are 175 airports in Japan ... (check throughout for as of dates, samples only)
• Most of the uses of the word also are redundant; see User:Tony1 writing exercises.
• Similarly, see overuse of however. User:Tony1/How to improve your writing has good information on these plagues of Wikipedia (overall is another one). See also User:John/however.
• What is the comma convention in the article on numbers? It stretches over 3000 km (3,000 ???)
  • Four digits no comma, five or more comma. I think this is consistent throughout? Nikkimaria (talk) 21:23, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
    • Trust you (I didn't check :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:55, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
• Re-cast this sentence to avoid the awkward double parens?? Japan has the sixth longest coastline in the world (29,751 km (18,486 mi)).
• Please use the |trans-title= parameter on citation templates to give readers an idea of the title of the source, sample: 令和元年全国都道府県市区町村別面積調（１０月１日時点） (in Japanese). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.

In my opinion, this article has advanced enough to be removed from the Wikipedia:Featured article review/notices given list. It would be helpful to hear from DrKay and Nihonjoe as to whether it can be marked "Satisfactory" at WP:URFA/2020 after addressing any stragglers identified above. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Wonderful work Nikkimaria.--Moxy 🍁 21:13, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks both. I can't help with translations, but otherwise I've taken a stab at all these points. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:07, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. It might be a few days, though, as I've already got a fair number of things I'm working on outside of this article. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

OK, unwatching for now; please ping once you've been through. Bst, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:06, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Status

@Nihonjoe and Nikkimaria: is it time to revisit to determine if the article can be marked “Satisfactory” at WP:URFA/2020 SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:25, 30 November 2021 (UTC)