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Generally, I'll reply here if you post here, so please watch this page if you want to see my reply. If replying on another page, use the {{ping}} or {{reply}} templates to make sure I notice your reply. If I don't reply within a couple days on another page where you replied to one of my comments, feel free to drop a message here. Thanks! ···日本穣
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Can you help out with finding pages for refs for the Hayao Miyazaki article?陣内Jinnai 21:44, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Sure, just let me know what books you want me to look in. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:46, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- The section title is the book title. I don't know what the pages are (obviously), but info is referenced already on that page.陣内Jinnai 01:44, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll see what I can do. I won't be able to do it until this weekend at the earliest, though. Please remind me on Sunday if I haven't gotten to it. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:50, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry about the delay. I was gone last week. I was just reminding you to see if you had time this coming weekend.陣内Jinnai 17:32, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I assume you figured out that Baseball Bugs was egging you on. You were both making the same argument, but in very different ways. In any case, I appreciate that you came to the defense of my user name. Cheers! --Catsquisher (talk) 23:09, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, he was being rather more obtuse than I usually expected out of him. I just decided I'd said what I cam e to say and decided to let well enough alone. And you're welcome. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 23:29, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Given that this is a verb in the う conjugation, wouldn't it be parsed as ikou?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 01:40, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Nope. It should be "ikō". The only time you don't use "ō" with an "ou" is when they are from two separate kanji (as in Narumi Kakinouchi). ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 04:15, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I thought that you separate it for verbs that are using う for their conjugation, like with 追う and 背負う.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 06:49, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Nope. Only the example with kanji like above. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Dank (
push to talk) 15:47, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
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Looks like you renamed this user, yet they are somehow still editing under their old name. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:06, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
A big Thanx for moving my userpages. Are you sure you got them all? Finalius! (Talk, sign) 11:45, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- You're welcome. The system moves the pages, and it sometimes takes a few days if you a lot of them. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:45, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm planning on creating a science fiction portal in the next 2-3 months time period. I've been planning on creating it for some time now, but i've been working on other articles, which have soaked up the time. What i'm really looking for is advice in and around creating and maintaining it. Whats the article cycle time for each specific area of the portal, etc, etc, etc. Any help would be appreciated. scope_creep (talk) 00:05, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Have you considered working to improve the speculative fiction portal, especially the science fiction content there? I ask because the horror portal has basically died because of lack of content and people to work on it. I would love to have someone else helping with the speculative fiction portal, and we can always use more work on getting the portal to be more robust. I think it may be more effective to do this than to create another portal. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:28, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, a user account you renamed, Fatcud (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), is now blocked as a sock of the user you renamed Fatcud to. This may be a mistake, because somebody else may have registered the "Fatcud" account. Is that possible? Could you take a look at User talk:Fatcud? Thanks, Sandstein 14:06, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks like a sock to me. I don't see anything indicating otherwise. I'm not a checukuser, though, so I can't know for sure. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 01:43, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Every major news paper from the Seattle times to the New York times has declared China the 2nd Largest economy because of the 1st and 2nd quarter results. It would take a rise of 10 percent or more for Japan to overtake China in 2 quarters for China not to be the 2nd largest economy in both Nominal and Purchasing Power. One of the front page articles on Yahoo declared China the 2nd Largest economy in the world in Both Nominal and Purchasing power. Should be update this info, or are we going to wait until 2011 in March when the World bank compiles the info. That would seem a little late for information we already know. What do you guys think, should we update or wait. I know you and Oda Mari will be all over it, if you don't like what it states so you guys should discuss --Objectiveye (talk) 01:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- What are you complaining about here? I approved an edit this morning about that, so I'm confused why you're all over me about it. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Some months ago, you helped out on my DYK submission about Ed Graczyk, and for that I can give you thanks. But in the page history, you left a note regarding OTRS ticket otrs:2010052510054984. Apart from the apparent sourcing issues, I wonder what's up with that? (I don't have access to the ticket per se.) --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 20:31, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Apparently I don't have access to it, either, now. Perhaps the ticket was moved to another queue. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:39, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please notice what I have posted here. I wondered about inviting Teeninvestor to comment; but I was uncertain about how best to go about it. Roger Davies suggested here that one of my mentors might be willing to notify him.
This may not be necessary nor appreciated. If it appears to be timely and reasonable, would you post a note on Teeninvestor's talk page? --Tenmei (talk) 04:01, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Done, though he is currently blocked for three weeks, so it may be a while. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:45, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you. --Tenmei (talk) 15:46, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for responding to my earlier request to change my username. I just logged on to my Wikipedia account and found the following message: Hello. A bureaucrat or clerk has responded to your username change request, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up as soon as possible. Thank you. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 20:20, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Please advise next steps. Thank you. Tcabanez (talk) 21:19, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Your previous request was rejected for being promotional. If you want a username change, please read and follow the directions, and please pay attention to your request so you can respond if there are questions or concerns. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:29, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for your feedback. Instead of changing to IMEMktg (which has been considered promotional), I'd like to change the username to IESEIME. Do I need to initiate a new request for this? Tcabanez (talk) 18:55, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, you will need to submit a new request. Also, you may want to avoid anything which has "IME" in it as that's part of the company name. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:13, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! The contributions from Mario1987 have not yet been transferred over to Bine Mai. Has something gone wrong in the username change or does it take some time for the SUL transfer? /HeyMid (contributions) 15:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Renames for users with very many edits can take upwards of several weeks. –xenotalk 15:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- What xeno said. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I guess all edits are transferred over at the same time? /HeyMid (contributions) 15:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- When there are that many, they are done in batches. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:38, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- OK. /HeyMid (contributions) 15:41, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
User:Unnecessary stuff has successfully introduced a radical change to Hepburn romanization concerning the obsolete wi and we kana, by removing their W's in the romanization tables as well as radically altering the rest of the page to get rid of any kana combinations he argued should not be included [1].—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 18:29, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello - you have queried changing my username because I wrote "we" instead of "I". It was purely a figure of speech, and there is only one user. Thanks. apple 19:48, 22 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Valstra (talk • contribs)
- Please reply on the changing username page, not here. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 19:52, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was reviewing the recently added sources, and came upon a question. Do you know if official Japanese government publications are in the public domain, like U.S. government docs? If not, then we may have a problem; one part of what was just added is a verbatim copy of one of the sources, a pamphlet from The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The specific part I'm referring to in the article is the fourth paragraph of the argument section, starting from "the survey of historical maps conducted by South Korea..." and going to the end of the paragraph. That is a direct copy from the reference at the end of the paragraph: [2]. The copied paragraph is found on page 3, section 2.b. Whether or not it's a copyvio, I'll argue that we should change the wording (our own words are still usually better than copying public domain works), but if it must be a copyvio, I'll need you to take it out while the page is protected.Qwyrxian (talk) 05:25, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry, I just realized an easier solution for the moment might be just to put that part of the paragraph in quotation marks, at least while it remains protected. That way we aren't deleting information the other editor wants to include before discussing, but we at least avoid any potential Copy vio problems. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:39, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I've placed it in quotes. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:36, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks!Qwyrxian (talk) 08:53, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
hi, moko26 still displays on a previous edit, while kokosa21 appears on all my other previous edits. please help!
Moko26 (talk) 07:34, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- You need to log out of your old account (which you have now recreated) and login to your new one, just as the instructions on WP:CHUS indicate. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 14:49, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, i was not know that i add such tag. Frankly speaking, I borrow its form from other user. 660gd4qo (talk) 21:36, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- No problem. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:19, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please give some thought to my arguments in support of Elmor's proposal to rename Eulsa Treaty -- see here. Do I need to explain any part of this using different words?
Do you have any questions or suggestions? --Tenmei (talk) 21:59, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
My understanding of what MZMcBride said here is that he would like to see his RfA through to the end. Perhaps you should ask him? Thanks. Throwaway85 (talk) 05:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any reason we can't allow MZ to just withdraw his RFA? He's well respected and NOTNOW really doesn't apply in this situation. Thanks. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- (edit conflict)Further: I don't think NOTNOW was at all appropriate. It's an essay encouraging newbies to run when they have more experience. Hardly relevant. MZMcBride is more than experienced enough to dictate the closing time of their RfA. sonia♫ 05:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I used it in the more literal sense. See below. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:30, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- (edit conflict) In this case, there doesn't seem to be any productive reason for allowing the discussion to continue. At this point, it is extremely unlikely the discussion is going to swing back the other way enough to make any difference. I do think NOTNOW applies as it's possible that, given a good long while where he applies the comments and suggestions given there, he might be able to pass at some point in the future. Not now, however. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, fair enough. He has undone your closure so we might have to create some other rationale soon as sometimes neither of them fit. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 05:31, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, I saw. I don't think that was a very wise action on his part, and only goes to validate the concerns raised by those opposing. Due to this action, I have now joined those opposing his candidacy. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
WP:BN is the place to discuss this; I've posted my thoughts here:Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard#Early closure of RfAs. Thanks. -- Avi (talk) 05:55, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Joe, can I ask if you are open to recall as a bureaucrat? Numerous recent actions of yours suggest to me that this role may not be suitable for you. In particular I see a trend to rush into a situation without full consideration. (This lack of confidence does not extend to other areas, where I believe you are an excellent editor.) — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:39, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Unbelievable. Joe's decision to close early was bold but excellent, as I'll explain on the crats notice board. FeydHuxtable (talk) 17:05, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- He's not in Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats open to recall. 67.136.117.132Also 174.52.141.13817:09, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Nearly a week and no response from Nihonjoe yet, so I'm going to ask again. Would you consider submitting yourself to a recall process to determine whether there is confidence in you continuing in your role as a bureaucrat? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:12, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm sorry, your question got buried in the middle of this page. While some of my actions have been bold, I don't think any of them even come close to stepping over the line as far as abusing the tools. I see no reason to be open to recall, and I object to that process as it currently stands (as I've mentioned in multiple places). ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Access Denied talk contribs editor review 05:34, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, I saw your note on MZMcBride's talk page. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Nihonjoe. Please revisit Talk:Eulsa Treaty#Requested move. Are you still oppose the renaming to Japan-Korea Protectorate Treaty or 1905 Protectorate Treaty even recognizing my Google book result? Thanks in advance. ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 11:12, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect you know about this, but on the off-chance that you do not: User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#It_is_reaffirmed_by_Jinbo --SPhilbrickT 12:19, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not sure what is being reaffirmed there as I haven't been able to parse the poor English being used. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
WP:RFA/MZMcBride 4 currently relies in no way on feedback, which I believe makes this RFA pointless. Please consider re-closing it. Actually, due to his failure of recognizing WP:SNOW, you decided instead to vote on oppose in his RFA. /HeyMid (contributions) 17:32, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- As you've noted, Nihonjoe has participated directly; and thus, may not close the RFA. –xenotalk 17:34, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Ahh, you mean they are not allowed to close the RFA if they have already voted in it. /HeyMid (contributions) 17:41, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Correct. –xenotalk 17:43, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Which has created concerns in the past when most of the active 'crats have weighed in on various RfA's---it's also led some 'crats to not participate in RfA's so that they can close 'em.---Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 22:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yup, what the others already stated: I can't and won't close it since I've participated. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 03:21, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to have occasioned this waste of your time, Joe: if I can never remember "blpunreferenced" then I should at least take the trouble to look it up.
So many articles here are so terrible. I've just laboriously created Shunji Dodo and while I'm fairly confident that it has no "BLP concerns" I'm equally confident that it doesn't start to answer the question "Why should I spend any of my time looking for or at this man's work? and in general is totally boring.
All we need, I suppose, is an influx of several hundred educated, conscientious, bilingual editors. (Dream on....) -- Hoary (talk) 05:07, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, it took me a while to remember the name of the template, myself. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:44, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am confused. 
:| TelCoNaSpVe :| 06:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- That was just my autocomplete getting out of hand. Ignore it. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:07, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As you may recall, a recent comment alluded to my modest contributions at Ōei Invasion. The article's edit history here is clear. You may not know that I added two edits only:
- diff 00:15, 17 September 2009 Tenmei m (15,386 bytes) (+ Nussbaum)
- diff 00:41, 17 September 2009 Tenmei m (16,211 bytes) (+ Kang)
There were no bibliographic reference source citations before these additions.
The substance of the related text (with inline citation support) is narrow, factual, non-controversial. These diffs were unquestioned and unchanged in subsequent edits by 75.165.153.138, Pavel Vozenilek, Historiographer, 85.70.83.93, Kintetsubuffalo, Sennen goroshi, 59.16.129.180 and Colincbn.
These two non-contiguous data points allow no arguable inference to be drawn in this context nor any other. --Tenmei (talk) 05:34, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm retiring from Wikipedia. I have a lot to focus on; both personal issues and academic issues. I might return next summer, but until then, goodbye. The Raptor You rang?/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 13:42, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Hey, we'll miss you. Good luck in your personal and academic life. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:42, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi i tried to change my username to BenAbbot from Detroitlover'94 some weeks ago and it told me to contact you to confirm. Can you help me?
Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Detroitlover'94 (talk • contribs) 01:52, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- There's nothing which told you to contact me to confirm anything. The notice left on your talk page said to respond on the changing username page to a question there. However, it's been almost a week since that notice was left on your talk page, so your request has been declined due to no response. You will need to file a new request there if you wish your username to be changed. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 04:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,
I just wanted to thank you for renaming my user account!
Have a good day,
— Anhamirak (talk) 19:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Sure thing. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Thanks for your work to keep this place running smoothly, I appreciate it. Because of this name change you made recently, I thought you might be willing to take a look at this ANI post concerning the user's multiple-account-name attempts to make a wp:band spam article "stick" in mainspace. He's on his seventh try, just now. If you'd like to reply you can do so right here, since I've added your page to my watchlist. I'm informing all the admins he's interacted with on this matter over the last few days, btw. Best regards, – OhioStandard (talk) 11:31, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:03, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much!
--RDMD (talk) 15:29, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Sure thing. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:50, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Based on your previous edits to "lists of films about books", you might be interested in a discussion at Talk:List of films based on sports books#Harry Potter.--BelovedFreak 09:29, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yup, just noticed that. Thanks. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Are you still in Japan these days? - Richard Cavell (talk) 08:56, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Not for the last few years. Why? ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 16:49, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Just wondering. I reckon the Japan-related articles on Wikipedia generally need a lot of work, and I'm looking to focus on it soon. I guess it's because of the fact that the source material is mostly in Japanese. - Richard Cavell (talk) 01:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- WIkiProject Japan welcomes all the help it can get. There are a lot of items needing help listed over there. If you have any questions, just let me know. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 01:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I closed this discussion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ark (Transformers) as a delete; I don't doubt my decision, but my question is, if someone approaches and asks me about merging some of the content from the deleted page to another article, is that a reasonable request? Thanks. Mandsford 12:55, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, perfectly reasonable. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 16:49, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nihonjoe -- You may not have noticed that I relisted the projected move of
Eulsa Treaty at
WP:Requested moves#Current discussions/August 31. It is only prudent for me to alert all contributors in our discussion about changing the name of this article.
Please consider Talk:Eulsa Treaty#Relisting at WP:Requested moves.
On one hand, this can be construed as an unnecessary delay. On the other hand, this ensures the possibility of wider community input which may bring out any points-of-view which remain unstated or glossed over. --Tenmei (talk) 17:08, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was hoping that OhanaUnited would reply more fully than he has done - I left him some questions on his talk page to which he hasn't responded, and his reply at the discussion didn't answer either all of your questions or all of mine. I would be delighted to close the nomination as "promote", again, but I really can't face OU popping up on my watchlist and reverting all of the steps again. So, unless Cirt does something or one of the other FPoC participants, you may have to wait until OU belatedly confirms that all is well. I'm sorry that your portal nomination has taken so long; this might be the catalyst for some improvements in the system, you never know! Regards, BencherliteTalk 17:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- No problem. I think the biggest problem is lack of participation from people. Featured portals do not appear on the main page (as far as I've been able to tell) so people don't seem to care about them much. Maybe we need to figure out a way to feature them on the main page? ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 17:45, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Maybe a "This week's featured portal" section? ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 17:46, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I like the idea, but it seems impossible to make any changes to the main page layout / content. Lots of people seem to think that the main page should be changed, but they all pull in different directions! It could be a chicken and egg scenario as well: some would say that the older featured portals could do with improvements to bring them up to scratch, and so shouldn't be highlighted from the main page, to which others would say that highlighting them would lead to increased participation and improvements as a result... There's been discussion about including featured lists on the main page, but despite the vast increase in quality there over the last few years, there's no consensus for doing so - mainly because nobody can agree what, if anything, should be left out to compensate. E.g. there's a crowd that argues for "In The News" to go, as it duplicates (and overshadows) Wikinews; there's a crowd that says that "On This Day" should go, as it's unbalanced in terms of geographical and historical spread as well as linking to articles of less than the best quality. Anyway, to get back to FPoC, perhaps the answer is to add more names to the list of portal directors so that the ever-busy Cirt and Ohana aren't left to do everything, and so that patient nominators like you don't have to wait for weeks for a no-brainer close to be done! BencherliteTalk 17:55, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I can totally agree on the complete committee standstill which exists for the main page. I don't know that anything needs to go, per se, but it could definitely use some slight restructuring to make things more balanced. I also agree that having more "directors" would help things move along faster. We should nominate you, since you brought it up. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 18:03, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I pinged Cirt and congratulations! BencherliteTalk 18:05, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 18:18, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations on your work successfully attaining Featured Portal status, for Portal:Speculative fiction. Thank you for your work on portals on Wikipedia! :) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 19:06, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, and I appreciate all your help during my first time through the entire process (building a portal from scratch and bringing it up to featured status). ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 19:10, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I liked the "quick links" section so much that I've added it to the portal that I'm building... but I changed most of the icons to try and hide the source of my inspiration from the casual reader! BencherliteTalk 19:20, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I did that because this portal has so many sections in it and I wanted people to be able to easily find what they were looking for. Which portal are you building? ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 19:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Nice work, it's looking good. Useight (talk) 19:32, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! Aren't you on a wikibreak or something? ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 19:34, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- After three months I had to come back. A few comments from some people, some articles needing some wikignoming that I stumbled upon while reading, hundreds of missing NBA articles, and the temptation for 100,000 edits have lured me back. Useight (talk) 19:51, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- (e/c x 2) P:OXFORD. I need to complete the "On this day" section (which takes forever!) and do the last dozen or so colleges before I run it to FPoC. Any bright ideas for improvements? BencherliteTalk 19:34, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll look it over and let you know. I don't know much about Oxford. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 22:12, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Oh, and you can probably amend or remove User:Nihonjoe/Portal notice now! BencherliteTalk 19:36, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I've done that now. Thanks for noticing. It's been up there for so long I forgot about it. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 22:12, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Let me toss out another well-deserved congrats as well. Imzadi 1979 → 01:35, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 01:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I just saw you delete a bunch of the content from the portal. I want to know if any of the selected articles could have been salvaged to make selected articles on the other portal. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 00:54, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- No, I went through every page before deleting them and there was nothing at all useful in that portal. It only had enough information to make it appear like the portal had content. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 00:59, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I can't find anything in his contributions history, or his deleted contributions, which would indicate why he was blocked. Indeed, I can't even identify the product or service or organization he was advertising, if indeed he was blocked for spamming. Could you point out where his block was necessary? Thanks! --Jayron32 06:42, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- They were advertising their band, The Cornhole Dukes, and linking to their myspace page. They copied information right off their myspace page and pasted it to their userpage here. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- See also this. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:44, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Ah, yes. Thanks, I missed that. I didn't think that cornhole was all worth getting worked up over. But I see it now. No problem, carry on. --Jayron32 06:52, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, nothing to do with the bot's report. :) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:53, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I just realised that you sent me a message querying if I wanted my username in capitals, sorry I thought I might hear by email and have only just found this forum, I'm just figuring out how Wikipedia works.
Please can it be all lowercase as you suggest. Sincere apologies for the error, I hope that this is OK? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Melocotones (talk • contribs) 16:16, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- This has already been done, but in all caps. You need to logout of your Melocotones username and login to your MICHELLECOTTON. If you want all lowercase, you need to request another username change at WP:CHUS from MICHELLECOTTON to Michellecotton. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 04:43, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Could you do me a favor? I'm still working on a new draft of the page (ideally that will be able to get consensus as a neutral version...although I know that's hoping a lot). However, when I started on the draft, I didn't copy the whole thing to my userspace--only the first part. Since I want to be able to work on the rest of the article at the same time, including on the sources, can you copy and paste the whole thing (the raw text) into my userspace? I created a page, User:Qwyrxian/Original Japan Sea naming dispute for the full "original" text to go. Thanks for the help. Qwyrxian (talk) 06:54, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- You should be able to view and copy the full raw source of the page. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 14:47, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry...my mistake. Qwyrxian (talk) 21:46, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- No problem. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 22:50, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I thought I would let you know that I've decided to return to Wikipedia, only in a semi-retired state instead of completely retired. Life has somewhat settled down for me, and since I'm ditching pre-calculus I'll have a little more free time on my hands. The Raptor You rang?/My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 01:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, welcome semi-back, then. ;) ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:20, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Ha, that made me laugh. Useight (talk) 16:32, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was wondering if you could take the time to look at the Koi article and its recent revisions. Recently a version was altered by an established user with the claim that it was vandalism. Yet, all material was sourced, factual, and relevent. In scanning through the prior history, of this article, I also noticed that this user, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lawrencekhoo, has been insistent that he would not allow others to make edits that updated his. Although others have attempted good faith, factual, sourced edits and have taken it to the talk pages, he has refused to utilize the talk pages first. He has been reverting everything back to the way he wants it without using the talk pages. He has accused others of edit-warring and violating the three revert rule, even though he has reciprocated the exact same behavior.
I also feel that there is a personal bias on his part and a lack of NPOV from him. Based on his user name, he appears to be Chinese American. His edits, coincidentally seem to slant this article with much irrelevant information as to suggest a much higher Chinese influence. His revisions have animal 'Family' level information when it is an article based on the 'Species' level. His revisions also have a lot of information related to a completely separate species. He seems to have been able to get away with what appear to be violations of good faith editing, simply because he has been editing for a while. A look at his edit history on a number of articles though, suggests that he oftentimes abuses his 'seniority' on wikipedia as a means to block others from editing articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.78.243.111 (talk) 05:59, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I suggest bringing up your concerns at the relevant WIkiProject where those more familiar with this sort of thing can review the information. I am not really that familiar with koi (outside of seeing them and feeding them), so I am probably not the best person to review edits for accuracy on this topic. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:27, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#MOS:JP – Romanization for words of English origin and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
Thanks, Prime Blue (talk) 22:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have made new userbox {{User:UBX/JP47}} which shows an admittedly-cartoony map of which of the 47 prefectures a user has visited. It's not easy to squeeze Japan into a userbox. Since you are active in WikiProject Japan, and I originally got the how-many-prefectures userbox code from your page, I thought I'd ask if you had any comments. Thanks! Example: {{User:UBX/JP47|12|13}} gives:
(The 12 and 13 are from File:Regions_and_Prefectures_of_Japan.svg — Cxw (talk) 15:47, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks good. I've added it to my page (see the Miscellaneous tab, under "About me"). ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:56, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You just deleted the user User:Garydubh based on a privacy request. Did you realise that this is a sockpuppet master account (see Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Garydubh and deleting his account hides this fact, and his edits from regular readers? People may not know where to look for other records of this editor's actions like Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Garydubh/Archive. Is this a usual for such an editor? We should be able to see who made his edits. Where did he make this request? I would certainly have disputed any deletion of his account for the reasons stated above. Drop me a talkback when you reply. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 16:18, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- It was an OTRS request (ticket 2010090410006308). ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 07:24, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I saw that, but because I am not an OTRS volunteer so I can't see the request. Whatever he says or claims, based on his editing history, I would be very sceptical of any statements made by this editor. ww2censor (talk) 00:52, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- It's a privacy concern. I can't really state more than that. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 02:03, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- One final question then. What happens if he reappears using a new account and pushing his own company agenda on the same topic in the future? ww2censor (talk) 03:11, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- We block him again, same as with any other spammer or vandal. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 07:58, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi joe, the edits from the anonymous IP user seems to go for meaningless competition for name ordering. Can you undo all edits from the anoymous IP user and revert it to Ryoung's version[3] before locking the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Winstonlighter (talk • contribs) 13:44, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there. I was just looking at Category:WikiProject Japan Food and drink task force and I'm noticing that it's rather sparse. For example, Talk:Udon is listed as being in that cat, but if you go to the cat page it's not there. I know it takes awhile to propagate, but I modified that talk page more than three days ago. I've tried purging both pages to no success. Any ideas? — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 01:24, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I would just give it some time and keep tagging articles. You can also try removing the task force and then adding it back. That might do it. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 01:26, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Seems like deleting/readding it worked. I guess it figures out cats based on the last edit. Good to know, I suppose. Thanks. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 01:33, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I was wondering if you could help explain on User talk:Shurin about the need to use cites and references when adding large amount of "information" (see what I reverted here ) on Gackt? I've tried to explain it to the user that because something might be "well-known" doesn't mean it doesn't need a source via WP:BLP. Thank you! oncamera(t) 01:27, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Please let me know if he continues. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 01:31, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is there an ARC available somewhere? Debresser (talk) 15:05, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Probably, since the finished work comes out in a couple weeks. I don't know where you'd find one, though. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 15:23, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the rename. Not that such things matter a lot to me, but do you know when my edits might be on the new name? Nosleep (Talk · Contribs) 22:44, 13 September 2010 (UTC) (I've kept the same sig for the time being)[reply]
- How many edits do you have? If you have tens of thousands, it could take quite awhile. Days. Useight (talk) 23:10, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- A little over 12,000. Nosleep (Talk · Contribs) 23:30, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Weeks, even. Perhaps years or centuries. Ah, the fickleness of bots... ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 04:41, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- And recreating your old account won't help matters, either. If they haven't moved over in the next couple weeks, you will likely need to request a developer move them. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 04:43, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- How do I do that? Nosleep (Talk · Contribs) 05:06, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I would just wait as the job queue size is currently at 289,000 (which sounds big to me, but I'm not that familiar with how big it is normally). Give it a couple weeks, and then we'll worry about it if it hasn't happened yet. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 05:50, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- So it *should* happen on its own, then? K. Thanks again. Nosleep (Talk · Contribs) 06:07, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, it should. Since you have a larger number of edits, though, it may take a while. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Don't know if this is the correct place to post but the main reason I would like my name changed is so my full name is not shown. Thanks. Jason Clemensen (talk) 08:35, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
