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Top 5 stub and start class articles

Here is the list of the top 5 stubs and start-class articles based on most view counts per day. Also, i did not include video games or anything that mostly encompasses another wikiproject.

Stubs

• Noragami
  • Start class
• Space Dandy
• Witch Craft Works
  • Start class
• Sakura Trick
  • Start-class
• Engaged to the Unidentified
  • Start-class

Start

• Kill la Kill
  • C-class
• Log Horizon
  • C-class
• Nisekoi
  • C-class
• Tokyo Ravens
  • C-class
• Strike the Blood

I think we should focus on the stubs though. but if you have information ready to be sued for the start classes, that is fine too. I personally will be looking over the stubs, not so sure how far i'll go with one of them, but i'll let you all know which one i decided to focus on. Lucia Black (talk) 17:44, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I've been working on Nisekoi for a while, but it was mainly rated Start class because the anime began airing this year, so episode summaries should be filling in nicely, and because it needs a Reception and possible conception/development section. The graphic novel section was also incomplete. As for Space Dandy, there's Talk:Space_Dandy, other than that, it needs the similar Reception, Development, and Manga (if appropriate) sections. Please do help though. I'm sure there's plenty of stuff to fill in. -AngusWOOF (talk) 18:20, 19 March 2014 (UTC) updated 18:27, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

The Wind Rises might need reassessment. It's well sourced and covers a decent amount of information. It's unlikely it could be expanded significantly until the home release and whatever subtitled/english language extras that comes with (in the Uk at least, the Ghibli BD's typicallycome with supporting materials like interviews and behind the scenes stuff).Dandy Sephy (talk) 18:58, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I reassessed The Wind Rises upto C-class and replaced it with Strike the Blood article. Lucia Black (talk) 19:07, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Seems we're already doing progress. Lucia Black (talk) 02:02, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Should this go in the task force section? Is the plan to always have a running top 5 stubs and starts or just ones for a month to focus on? -AngusWOOF (talk) 18:04, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

The last time this was an "established" project, lack of "established" volunteers was made the project fade. Instead, i'm just going to be updating the top 5 stubs by popularity regardless of who sees it or decides to work on it. I think more volunteers will come in without stating their volunteers if i just update this. Its a project without the commitment i guess. Lucia Black (talk) 18:22, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Bump (i will continue to bump this until all the current stub-class listed are start-class. When all the stub classes are moved upto start, i will create a new section with a new list of stub classes. Lucia Black (talk) 04:15, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

A few weeks late, but all the Stub-class articles have been promoted now. Now all we need is to get some of our C-class articles to B, and some of our articles to GA. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 09:40, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

If you want to do that, that is fine, but i still want to continue bringing up more stub-start articles. i could look up the most popular C and B-class articles. and see where they go from there. Although, i will say getting them to GA will take significantly longer as it takes an neutral editor to evaluate. But i'll find a way. Lucia Black (talk) 09:55, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

And with that folks, we're down to Strike the Blood. Whoever is going to tackle this article should note that it is going to take some doing because almost the entirety of the page is plot summary. —KirtZ^Mail 05:32, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Strike the Blood needs a rewrite on the anime summaries as they are copypaste jobs from Crunchyroll. I've tagged them as copypaste, but if someone's gotten around to watching the series, please fill that in. -AngusWOOF (talk) 01:47, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

well the summaries isn't whats making the article any better, so they can be removed. Lucia Black (talk) 01:49, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

True that, I've removed them. -AngusWOOF (talk) 02:16, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Okay, can someone write-up a short reception and then nom it for C-class. I'm tired. Best. —KirtZ^Mail 03:35, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

I've added sales date onto it, but it still needing a critical reception. Here more sources: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] (See above), [6], and [7] (the last two are ok: WP:A&M/I#List of sources). Gabriel Yuji (talk) 04:18, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! I've composed a reception paragraph based on those sources. -AngusWOOF (talk) 18:51, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank YOU! I've just ranked it as C-clas and stoke it on the above list. Now, should we work to to get C-classes to B or GA or work on more stub/star articles. I couldn't agree more with Kirtz when he (she?) said this lists are motivating. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 19:38, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

• Personally I think focusing on stubs->starts->C and C->B->GA as separate and simultaneous tasks is the way forward. Ultimately each article is going to need to be addressed based on what is available for improving the article.Dandy Sephy (talk) 20:03, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

The Fandom Post

This is Chris Beveridge's current site. I didn't see it in the RS list. Reviews are formatted identically to the old AnimeoDvd reviews. It's just that the site is laid out more like a blog. Given that Mania is a terrible site that is pretty much useless for anything released after they bought AoD, we could benefit from a replacement for reviews and the odd news item to complement ANN.

Ultimately Beveridge's reviews are pretty much established as RS by default, it's more a question of do we need to make this a situational source, or a general one? The Blogs would be off limits as these are forum posts, as would the forum itself, but it's more a question of review contributors. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a roll call of established contributors but random use of the site suggests many of the AOD contributors have contributed in some form.Dandy Sephy (talk) 21:33, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

There's a section of posts called The Official Word that is mainly by Beveridge, but around 2012 it has a few posts from members that I assume could be staff or at least articles by people he trusts to include in that section, for example [8] . -AngusWOOF (talk) 01:27, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

There is a list of contributing writers here: http://www.fandompost.com/about/ Shiroi Hane (talk) 01:41, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Any further comments?Dandy Sephy (talk) 19:51, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

I think the articles could be of good use, even those not by Beveridge. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 09:38, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

This resulted into something? Will The Fandom Post (as a whole) be included on WP:A&M/I? Will The Fandom Post (only those articles by Chris Beveridge) be included on RS list? Or will Chris Beveridge be included as an individual? Gabriel Yuji (talk) 18:21, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

@Dandy Sephy:, @AngusWOOF:, @Shiroi Hane:, @Narutolovehinata5:. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 22:17, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

I've started using them on a couple of articles since no one had any objections (setting aside they are already in use on a number of articles). Specifically I used one today by Darius Washington, who has reviewed for ANN. I don't see any reason not to use them when several of the contributors have written on known RS sites. I brought it to discussion more as a formality rather than a need for serious debate. Dandy Sephy (talk) 22:30, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

I already got an article turned into GA that included The Fandom Post as a source. I explained the reviewer why we consider the site reliable and there were no problems.Tintor2 (talk) 22:46, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Support "Beveridge and staff writers" Angela Eastman writes for Comicbookshelf which is on the RS list, Briana Lawrence wrote for mania.com as a staffer and has published a horror novel - also was a staff writer for the Iowa State Daily [9] and guest reviewer at ANN [10], Matthew Alexander wrote a bunch of reviews for mania as well. Spot-checked other writers and many of them used to write staff reviews on mania. Chris Beveridge for sure, as he has been a panelist for AnimeonDVD/Mania and Fandompost at Anime Boston [11] and an interview with him on ANN [12] Here's an article by publishing company Melville House that references Chris Beveridge asking his writers on their opinions on Crunchyroll Manga, and lists some of the reviewers by name. [13] Thomas Zoth's "top 10 iconic heroines" list has been noted at Rightstuf's Dirty Pair reviews [14] Maria Selke's guest articles on School Library Journal: [15] [16] -AngusWOOF (talk) 23:05, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

I agree with you, Angus. I just did a quick research "Name of contributor" + "Mania" in Wikipedia itself, and found the first 11 and the last 3 listed at http://www.fandompost.com/about/. Kate O'Neil ([17], [18]), Jonh Rose ([19], [20]), and Greg Smith ([21], [22]) are frequent contributors for Mania.com. Albeit, I coudln't find anything on Maria Selke.

I also understand Dandy and Tintor, but I think it's better to everyone to "officialize" it and put in the RS list. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 00:36, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Tantei Gakuen Q

Hello everyone! Does anyone have the book Tantei Gakuen Q: The Last Mystery? I don't think it's easily available (atleast in my country). I would like to expand the series' article and the book would really help in the expansion. So, if anyone does have the book, please help. Thanks. ごだい (会話) 16:26, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Mangabookshelf - RS?

A glance at their staff reveals several contributors and the editor have contributed to PopCultureShock (RS) and other sites. [23] Dandy Sephy (talk) 19:55, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

I missed it when I first looked, but the site is already listed on the Internet source page.Dandy Sephy (talk) 08:23, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Top 10 C-class

I'm not so sure we're ready for making the top C-class articles into B-class or GA. I think they stayed that way for a reason, but i think we can at least try to see where we stand. Here are the top 10 C-class articles.

• Hayao Miyazaki
• Hentai
• Studio Ghibli
• Sword Art Online
• Pokemon (anime)
• Fairy Tail
• Dragon Ball Z
• Digimon
• Sailor Moon
• Gurren Lagann

Hope nothing but the best. Lucia Black (talk) 10:18, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

This shouldn't be archived for a while either like the previous list. Its motivating to see this here. —KirtZ^Mail 19:49, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

i made it so it wont archive until august considering this is a much bigger project. Lucia Black (talk) 16:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Sonic X

Can anyone help me find more reception for this show? I dug up what there is, but I'm drawing blanks for further places to look. I'm not well-informed on what counts as reliable for anime articles, either. Tezero (talk) 01:10, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Requested move of List of anime series by series total episode count

Hello all, I would appreciate some project attention to the requested move of List of anime series by series total episode count, especially since the discussion has been relisted twice since I requested it. Thanks! 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 16:48, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Anime/manga reviews in Japanese

Is there a way to find reviews of anime/manga series in Japanese? I can't find a single review for Tantei Gakuen Q. I've searched literally everywhere and all links that come up are blogs (which can't be used). Can anyone help? Reviews in French, Italian, Spanish, or German would be nice too. Thanks! ごだい (会話) 13:06, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Need magazine/book sources for your articles?

Right, I have a week off and a fat pile of magazines and some books. This is a good time to me to make use of it and help people out with articles without too much getting in the way.

So heres the plan. here is a list of magazines and here is a list of books. Leave a message on my talk page if have a specific request/inquiry and I'll see what I can do.

Dandy Sephy (talk) 19:52, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Toonami listings are driving me nuts

I'm having some major trouble with List of programs broadcast by Toonami. I've done a major reorganization of the list so that the programs listed are placed first, followed by previous lists of programs that have been broadcast on the channel, organized by block. However, an anonymous IP user insists on restoring the old version which has 200+ sections and details every single schedule lineup since the channel's conception (90% of which is unsourced). HERE The old version violates WP:NOTTVGUIDE in all sorts of manners, but he is threatening edit warring. -AngusWOOF (talk) 00:20, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

I just proposed a compromise that may solve the problem entirely. If anyone is interested, please voice your opinion to see if it is suitable. Lucia Black (talk) 15:34, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

If it's just one editor and a bunch of people are supporting your change then that other editor does not have consensus for his version.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 16:24, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Psycho-Pass Box

Does anybody own the Psycho-Pass DVD box. I would like to ask if it has extras such as interview with the staff which might be helpful to the following articles I created: Shinya Kogami, Akane Tsunemori and Shogo Makishima.Tintor2 (talk) 20:43, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Closing/merging Wikipedia:WikiProject Sailor Moon

I know the proper place to talk about this is on WikiProject Sailor Moon's talk page (or possibly Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council), but with the Sailor Moon WikiProject being inactive for so long, I was thinking if it could either be closed or made into a task force here. What do you guys think? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:53, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

• Support I believe turning it into a task force is better off. Now that most of the members who originally ocntested aren't around anymore. Lucia Black (talk) 01:56, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
• Support per Lucia Black's reasoning. It's time to move on. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 03:16, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
• Support I'm all for streamlining Wikipedia by merging an inactive Ani/Manga project with this main WikiProject. —KirtZ^Mail 03:41, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
• Comment - Does WikiProject Sailor Moon still have any members who are currently active? If so, please contact them about this. I'll also mention this discussion on WikiProject Sailor Moon's talk page. Finally, should this be an RfC? I don't really want a WikiProject to go with the consensus of just a few editors. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 12:35, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

I have left a message on WikiProject Sailor Moon's talk page and have notified a number of active editors that are/were involved with the WikiProject (incredibly, of the seven remaining "active" members given as of their last update, only two have been active within the past year, although another user has made a few edits this year as well). It was also mentioned on their talk page that the project should be active again given that Sailor Moon's remake will be airing within this year; how will that affect this discussion, and the Sailor Moon WikiProject as a whole? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 12:49, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

• Comment: I hate to say this, but does it even need to be a task force if no one's around? Or is that just a typical first step for defunct full projects? Tezero (talk) 14:29, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
• Comment: Its also if they are very close. The proposal to turn it into a task force was because there was never need for it to be a wikiproject even if it was active, but the members contested without giving a valid reason other than its their wikiproject. which is valid enough, but not productive. Lucia Black (talk) 15:30, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

High School DxD

Hi. Can anyone around here help me get involved in improving the High School DxD articles? I plan to make the articles up to at least B or a GA class articles. If anyone has sources or ideas, please let me know here. Thanks. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 03:19, 20 April 2014 (UTC)