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Editing MainPage

Hello, LordAmeth. Thanks for updating DYK. Just wanna remind you to protect any images before you post them on the MainPage, and please 'preview' to check for obvious errors. Many thanks. -- PFHLai 20:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Righto. It was my first time trying my hand at it, and I'm not at my own home computer, so things didn't work as smoothly as I'd have liked. I'll be better next time. Thanks for noticing so quickly. LordAmeth 20:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Hakodate

Thanks for the comments on Battle of Hakodate! Best regards PHG 07:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

五畿七道

Hi. Please let me know what was wrong with the Gokishichido page revision. Thanks!

I've looked at what you changed, and it seems all for the better. I honestly do not recall reverting it. I apologize for the bother. I do not know what happened. LordAmeth 21:47, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

No bother, I was just wondering. Thanks for checking what I wrote. ありがとう!

Boston

Since you said we can ask you about Boston, I have a question for sb who is more familiar with this city (and country :>) then me: What is the best way you'd go to Boston for Wikimania (I don't have a car). I wonder if I should go by plane, train or bus? Any idea how long would a train or bus ride take?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 19:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

It would help if I knew where you were coming from ^_^. Sorry. Um, but, yes, plane, train, and bus are all perfectly doable options. Boston's a relatively large and organized city, and downtown is quite easily accessible by all three. LordAmeth 03:13, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Pittsburgh :) Sorry for late reply, I rarely check other people's talk pages for answers (as this does not give me 'new message' notificiation).-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus  talk}  15:28, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, yes, sorry about that. I acknowledge the difficulty of the lack of new message notification... but I usually add User talk pages to my watchlist so as to follow such conversations. Hrm. From Pittsburgh, I cannot say. It's about four hours from here (Boston) to New York, and while I have not been to PA, I've heard it's a rather long (wide?) state, and so I'd have to guess, what, 4 hours or so from Pittsburgh to New York. You'd probably know that part. Though there may or may not be a layover in NY if you do bus or train. Plane, hm, I'd say, I dunno, 3 hrs? It's 90mins to 2 hours from New York, including taxiing time, circling waiting for landing clearance, all that good stuff. Good luck, hope you enjoy your time in Boston. Feel free to ask any further questions. I'm not sure if I shall be making it to WikiMania, but I hope to see some of you at the Museum of Science. LordAmeth 02:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue V - July 2006

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history Coordinator Elections!

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Might I be so forward as to suggest that you run for the position? :-) Kirill Lokshin 00:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

That's not too forward at all. I was pretty on the fence about nominating myself, but I'll go for it... LordAmeth 00:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

You were a little too early; I hope you don't terribly mind my making those changes, but it's not voting time yet ;-) Kirill Lokshin 16:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I do not mind at all. I wasn't quite clear on that, anyway. Seemed people were making those sorts of comments, and I just didn't want people to think I wasn't voting for them or being supportive. ^_^ Sorry, and thanks. (I really wish our language had a way of expressing both those things at once - other languages do.) LordAmeth 03:30, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks for the barn sensu, BUT!

Now that you've awarded it to me, I can't award it to you, although you certainly deserve it! Fg2 00:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Lol. That's why I jumped at it. Didn't want someone else giving it to me and then being unable to receive one in return... You deserve it, my friend. LordAmeth 00:26, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Project tag question

Howdy-Kirill asked me to consult with you on a person and whether he should be tagged? See discussion here plange 00:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I'm honored that you'd ask for my opinion on this... I'm quite liberal with this sort of thing, and so I'd say to leave it tagged, as he was closely related to the political events surrounding the beginning of WWII, and apparently Germany's surrender at the end. But European history and particularly 20th century history, are not really my strong points, so I'll certainly defer to those who seem to know the background of these developments better. LordAmeth 02:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Japan image copyright question

I'm hoping you know the answer to this...Wikipedia guidelines are fairly clear on the copyright laws of English-speaking and European countries. However, Wikipedia doesn't provide much guidance on Japanese copyright law. In fact, Wikipedia doesn't have a template to use when tagging Japanese images that are public domain, which makes it difficult. In researching sources for the World War II articles I edit, I find many good Japanese photos that are often labled as "official Imperial Japanese Navy" or, labeled only with a year. I know that Japanese copyright law is "death+50", but what about government images? Or how about images from Japanese newspapers or periodicals, which rarely provide the author's names, since journalists names aren't usually provided for stories and pictures in the Japanese press? Is it just 50 years since publication? Any guidance you could provide would be appreciated. Cla68 02:48, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Strangely enough, I cannot seem to find any mention of government images in Japan's copyright law. Speeches are specifically mentioned as being free to reproduce. And the copyright on all anonymous works expires 50 years after the creation of that work. So, I would wager, most WWII images are copyright-free within Japan. However, here is the catch: while the EU and Japan have agreed to respect the copyright laws of an originating country (i.e. the short rule, no copyright can ever exceed the copyright in its originating country), the US has not agreed to this. So, if there is any reason for the images in question to be copyrighted under US law, then they are in fact copyrighted. According to Wikipedia:Public domain, German photos, propaganda poster images, etc, from WWII are for the most part considered copyrighted. Sorry I couldn't find a straight answer for you - it's not a subject I know much about myself without looking it up as I did just now. Good luck! LordAmeth 11:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the valuable information. Since there isn't a "public domain-Japan" licensing template, and there doesn't appear to be a generic "public domain" template, I'll probably have to use the U.S. government template, and then give an explanation. Since U.S. government images are public domain, I would assume that the U.S. would accept Japanese government images as public domain, even more so if the 50-year Japanese copyright has expired. Many of the images in Wikipedia World War II articles that are attributed to the U.S. government are actually of Japanese government origin, but appear to have been liberally "liberated" by U.S. government military agencies for their own use (for example, the pictures of Japanese admirals like Isoroku Yamamoto). Cla68 20:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

LordAmeth: Thank you for the Barnstar. Your note summed things up nicely and it was a really nice encouragement. I will try to keep doing my best. Thanks again. Tortfeasor 20:18, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Japanese names

Inconsistency Do you know why some Japanese names are sorted by last name in the categories, and some aren't? -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 02:41, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Because some people mistakenly sort them by first name. Also, because most Japanese names are already in "last name - first name" format, and so do not need to be pipesorted. LordAmeth 11:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

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Fire ahead!

There was nothing in particular I wanted to do, just translate large chunks (haven't got around since I got back three days ago) to bring the English article up to the standard of the French one. But thanks for asking. I'll probably do at least a little bit right now. elvenscout742 21:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Assistant Coordinator position

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that, per the result of the just-concluded election, you are now an Assistant Coordinator of the Military history WikiProject!

I would ask that you place the coordinator page on your watchlist; its talk page contains a scratch pad and discussion area that should be useful in keeping track of needed coordination work.

More generally, I'll be laying out some thoughts on potential short-term plans for the project here; you are cordially invited to comment!

Congratulations, and thank you for all of your hard work! Kirill Lokshin 00:03, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! I am very excited to become more involved in this project on a more administrative level. I hope that my efforts will prove helpful. LordAmeth 00:06, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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Yamto Period

"In Emperor Kimmei's reign, according to the Nihongi, a Korean was in charge of taxes levied on shipments. The introduction of Chinese writing to Yamato was one of Baekje's most important gifts to the court."

You must explain the impact if this episode is important in the history of Japan. --220.212.102.162 16:06, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

As I explained on your own talk page, this is important in providing evidence to support the strong connections between Korea and Japan during this period. I really do not know what else to say to you to make you understand this. In an encyclopedia article, or any other academic writing, it is not essential that every single sentence describe a significant event. It is in fact very important to supply supporting evidence such as this. That is why it is important; that is why it is significant; that is why it is included in the article. LordAmeth 21:26, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Israel-Japan relations

I saw your message on Talk:Israel-Japan relations. That's really interesting! Sources or pictures would be great. Regards, Ya ya ya ya ya ya 02:42, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Removing existing A-Class rating

We're talking about you. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 02:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Issue resolved. Won't happen again. I just want to be a good coordinator... just want to be seen as helpful :/ LordAmeth 13:34, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Long time no write - Polls:

Hi. I'm just sending out a message for a new study I will be undertaking soon. It will involve surveys & polls to gather information & trends of editors on Wikipedia & other subjects. The data gathering will involve yourself recieving a questionaire on your talk page for you to fill out. I will then collect your questionaire & combine it with data from other editors. If you would like to be a part of this experiment, or know of someone who does, place a "Yes" or "No" below this message. Remember, it's only for fun & you can choose not to fill out all or parts of your questionaire once they arrive. Have a nice day... -- Spawn Man 05:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC). P.S. Hope you're doing well friend, haven't heard from you in ages. I hope my vote helped you get to asst. manager?

Heya SpawnMan. Haven't heard from you in a while. Poll sounds like fun. And, yes, I did make it to Asst Coordinator. Thanks a lot for your support. Though, as much as I like the recognition and whatever, I'm not sure I'm really inclined to do the nitty-gritty coordinator admin work. I'm really happy to be a bit more visible, and to start getting more questions from other editors who I might be able to help out in various ways, but I kind of feel like a bad coordinator because I haven't been doing very much of the admin stuff. Oh well, anyway. Hope all is well with you. Take care. LordAmeth 12:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Great! As soon as I get enough people, I'll send out a questionaire. Yeah, I'm fine at the momento. I've taken up sailing the Wikiproject Dinosaurs boat, as well as their collaboration. I tend to be more behind the scenes, but will occasionally edit one of their articles. Don't worry, you'll find your nische. Have a great day & thanks! Spawn Man 22:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 9 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yakusha-e, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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DYK

On 10 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ichikawa Danjūrō V, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

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1st poll:

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Hōjō clan

All the "Hōjō" links within the Hōjō clan article show red links now. However, half of these articles already exist under the "Hojo" spelling WITHOUT macrons. For example Hojo Tokimasa rather than Hōjō Tokimasa. I believe we need to massive move all these "Hojo" articles to the "Hōjō" spelling. (Sorry, I don't have the time to do them right away).--Endroit 21:45, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I know we do, and I apologise for doing it the way I did. Seemed more or less the only logical way to do it. I am gradually moving each individual Hōjō family article, and changing the links in every article that links to that individual one. If there's a way to massive move them, I'd love to know it, but for now I'm doing it manually, one by one. LordAmeth 23:30, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

If you just go ahead and move the articles themselves, Wikipedia will automatically put in a redirect at the old page so the old links will all still work and go to the new article name. They can the links from other article can be upgraded at your leisure. Ben W Bell talk 07:01, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

True, true. I just figured I'd change it in-text in as many articles as I can, too. There are very few instances, in any article, where it's more correct to write "Hojo" than "Hōjō". Nevertheless, for the sake of everyone's organization and sanity, I'll go move all the articles, and worry about the text later. LordAmeth 13:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I've completed moving the articles for everyone listed on the main pages for the Hōjō clan and Late Hōjō clan. LordAmeth 14:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Hōjō Tokiyuki

Your redirect and changing of the macrons overwrote and destroyed the article I wrote on Hōjō Tokiyuki, Principal of Hiroshima Regular High School. After returning from attending a worldwide morality conference in 1908 where he conducted a survey of the British Scouting organization, he returned to Japan and gave lectures on it in Hiroshima and other places.

Please create a dismbiguation page and redirect them to two separate Hōjō Tokiyuki articles. Chris 19:50, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I had no idea. I sincerely hope it's recoverable. I had no malicious intention here... it just didn't occur to me to look to see if I was overwriting another article, rather than simply a redirect page. LordAmeth 20:37, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've restored your work, and placed it at Hōjō Tokiyuki (Scouting); since the samurai Hōjō Tokiyuki is likely the more commonly searched for, and has quite a number of things linking to it, I have left it alone rather than move it to some other page such as "Hōjō Tokiyuki (samurai)". I have, however, placed a nice disambig notice at the top of the samurai article. I do apologize for the trouble. LordAmeth 20:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you brother, I appreciate your hard work on my account. I have likewise placed a disambig notice at the top of the Scouting article. :) Thanks, Chris 20:57, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

2nd Poll:

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Move of Council of five regents

Hi there, it seems you didn't follow the steps on Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Steps_for_requesting_a_page_move when reqesting move for Council of five regents, so I just delisted the request from Wikipedia:Requested_moves. Please list it again if you still whish to execute the move. Regards, Dijxtra 08:43, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I didn't follow the correct steps because I wanted to create a discussion on the article's talk page first. Thanks for your help. LordAmeth 11:50, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Masin

Hello LordAmeth, I'm done with changing the article. I hope, the natives won't start considering, what language it is written in :-) Now it should deserve a better ranking than "Stub". regards, Don.Rumata 04:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC) Hi, may I remind you that the re-rating of the Masin-article is due ? Thx Don.Rumata 05:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Hideyoshi

I just got back from two weeks in the midwest and saw your note of welcome. Thanks for your warm welcome. I've been interested in, and periodically researching, Hideyoshi's time period since 1968. Despite turning 65 next month and being retired from the government, I am teaching (part-time) Korean language. My other main research interests besides the Korea invasions are the Eastern Turkic, Mongol, and Tungusic tribes on China's periphery prior to 1644. I served in Army intell 1961-4 and am a graduate of the US Naval War College (1992). I read Korean, Classical Chinese, Japanese, and modern Mandarin (weaker) and have studied some Mongolian (Khalkha), Uygur (early texts), Latin, and Greek. While I've worked with computers since the days on mainframes and huge boxes of hollerith cards, I am SLOWLY absorbing the intricacies of Wiki editing language. I look forward to working with you, especially on Hideyoshi. Doc Rock 13:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Questions on Japan

Hello, LordAmeth. My name is Nagaeyari and I have a few questions regarding some premodern Japanese issues. A talk page really isn't the place for it, though, so could you email me at nagaeyari@hotmail.com ? Thanks Nagaeyari 21:43, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Israel

Please come and join: Wikipedia: WikiProject Israel

wikiproject Korea

WP:KO

If you are not sure of joining Wikiproject Korea, Japan has a significant part in Korean history and much of Korean history is connected to Japan. If you specialize in Japan related articles, please join. It would be of a great help. Good friend100 15:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Pierre Rossier

Was Pierre Rossier really in Start class then; and if so, is it still there now? (Not that it has been changed much.) -- Hoary 23:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'd say it was, and it remains so, though probably on the verge of B-class. IMHO, a B-class article needs pictures and/or an infobox... It's a shame there's no class between "hey, that's a nice start" and "mostly complete, lots of pictures, requisite infoboxes, etc." I guess, considering the length of the article, and the prevalence of references and notes, it could be moved to B-class. But, particularly for a photographer, and one whose work is surely in the public domain, I hope we can find some images... LordAmeth 07:11, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm puzzled by this need for an infobox. In my humble experience, infoboxes may be useful for entities that are directly comparable (say, nations, with their respective areas, populations, GDPs, etc.). There's no infobox specially designed for photographers, and, while I haven't looked very extensively, I've never seen one used for a photographer. So let's look at another creative person, Charles Dickens (an article to which I haven't contributed in any way). His infobox gives us a photo (for which an infobox is of course unnecessary), tells us that he is "Acclaimed as one of the most famous authors that ever lived" (in which "that ever lived" is superfluous, and which degrades him to a mere celeb, acclaimed merely for fame rather than quality, etc.), tells us the dates of his birth and death and the fact that he was a novelist (all of which info also appears in the very first sentence), and also tells us his places of birth and death (info that again is supplied within the article, tho' not so conspicuously, and that has little or no bearing on his notability). I'm whelmed. Meanwhile, the magnificent article on Sicilian Baroque (for example) managed to become a Featured Article without the added charms (?) of a single infobox. -- Hoary 07:51, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Good point. For such a topic I suppose you're perfectly right to not feel the need for an infobox. Some people at WikiProject:Biography added notes that several of my articles needed infoboxes, and the same issue came up - the information contained within is mostly irrelevant and/or very easily found in the text. I'm going to go move your article up to B-class. Still, if any images were obtainable, it'd be wonderful. LordAmeth 21:21, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Images have been procured. Pinkville 01:33, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Poll 1 - Wikipedian relationships RESULTS

Poll 1 - Wikipedian relationships

• Question 1: Do you feel that other Wikipedians are as nice (or as horrible!) as when you started editing Wikipedia as a registered user?
  • A)Yes. B)No. C)Roughly about the same. D)Don't know. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.

• Question 2: If you answered "No" above, how have other Wikipedian's attitudes changed?
  • A)They have grown nicer. B)They have grown meaner. C)Don't know. D)Other... (Please explain). E)Abstain.

• Question 3: Are admins as nice as you think they should be? If you're an admin, try to be truthful...
  • A)Yes. B)No, they are nicer. C)No, they are meaner/grumpier. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.

• Question 4: Have you ever been in a serious dispute on Wikipedia?
  • A)Yes. B)No, I've never been in a dispute. C)No, I've only been in minor disputes. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.

• Question 5: Have you ever been blocked from editing Wikipedia?
  • A)Yes. B)No. C)Not sure. (You can find out by checking "My contributions" & selecting "block log"). D)Other... (Please explain). E)Abstain.

• Question 6: Have you ever met another editor on Wikipedia in real life?
  • A)Yes. B)No. C)Not sure. D)Other... (Please explain). E)Abstain.

• Question 7: Do you enjoy communicating or working with other editors on Wikipedia?
  • A)Yes. B)No. C)Sometimes. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.

• Question 8: Have you ever taken a "Wikibreak" due to stress from other editors?
  • A)Yes. B)No. C)No, I've only taken a "Wikibreak" due to un-editor related stress. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.

• Question 9: Have you ever collaborated on an article with another editor on Wikipedia?
  • A)Yes. B)No. C)Several times. D)Not sure. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.

• Question 10: Do you envy other editors on Wikipedia for their achievements or good fortune? Be honest...
  • A)Yes. B)No. C)Sometimes. D)I don't know. E)Other... (Please explain). F)Abstain.

Poll 1 - Wikipedian relationships - RESULTS

These are the results for Poll 1 - Wikipedian relationships. For the actual questions see above. Other (please explain) answers may have their text placed into these results for clarity. However, only a selection of Other (please explain) samples may be included if full selection is too big. Options not expressed means that nobody picked them. Any thoughts are appreciated.

• Question 1: Of the 14 editors to answer Q1; 3 editors (21%) chose option A), 6 editors (43%) chose option B), 2 editors (14%) chose option C), 1 editor (7%) chose option D) & 2 editors (14%) chose option E), saying "People need to be nicer to one another. The other site I tend to inhabit is much more civil, and always has been" & "It really depends on the individual; some are as nice as ever while others have acquired noticeably dourer dispositions."

• Question 2: Of the 7 editors to answer Q2; 3 editors (43%) chose option A), 2 editors (29%) chose option B) & 2 editors (29%) chose option D), saying "The focus needs to be more on building the encyclopedia, and less on internal politics, in my opinion" & "Passive aggressiveness is more prominent than before."

• Question 3: Of the 14 editors to answer Q3; 4 editors (29%) chose option A), 2 editors (14%) chose option C), 3 editors (21%) chose option D) & 5 editors (36%) chose option E), saying "Admins need to realize their behaviors reflect on the entire Wikipedia community" & "Again, it depends on the individual" & "Administrators are not as professional as they should be."

• Question 4: Of the 14 editors to answer Q4; 8 editors (57%) chose option A), 5 editors (36%) chose option C) & 1 editor (7%) chose option E), saying "It depends on the definition of "serious". I've been involved in some that got fairly acrimonious, but mostly over things that might be considered relatively trivial in some quarters."

• Question 5: Of the 14 editors to answer Q5; 1 editor (7%) chose option A), 11 editors (79%) chose option B) & 2 editors (14%) chose option D), saying "Yes but it was overturned" & "I was blocked by accident when someone hacked my email."

• Question 6: Of the 14 editors to answer Q6; 5 editors (36%) chose option A), 7 editors (50%) chose option B) & 2 editors (14%) chose option C).

• Question 7: Of the 14 editors to answer Q7; 8 editors (57%) chose option A), 4 editors (29%) chose option C) & 2 editors (14%) chose option E), saying "For the most part, yes" & "Yes, but not always (but more than 'Sometimes')."

• Question 8: Of the 14 editors to answer Q8; 5 editors (36%) chose option A), 6 editors (43%) chose option B), 2 editors (14%) chose option C) & 1 editor (7%) chose option E), saying "Only to deal with real life time consuming things."

• Question 9: Of the 14 editors to answer Q9; 9 editors (64%) chose option A), 1 editor (7%) chose option B), 3 editors (21%) chose option C), & 1 editor (7%) chose option E), saying "I suppose I have, but not directly. I haven't spoken to someone directly and said, okay let's work on this together."

• Question 10: Of the 14 editors to answer Q10; 2 editors (14%) chose option A), 7 editors (50%) chose option B), 4 editors (29%) chose option C) & 1 editor (7%) chose option D).

Hope you enjoy the results which you, the editors of Wikipedia, changed in every way. Have a ncie day! -- Spawn Man 10:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history Newsletter - Issue VII - September 2006

The September 2006 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by Grafikbot - 19:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

SOAS Students' Union

I am new to editinin Wiki and I was hoping you could help me out on SOAS Students' Union.ExULstudent 8:49, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I've only just now arrived at SOAS, and know very little about the Union or its history. But I wish you luck... it really sucks to have one of your first and only articles marked for deletion - I wish I could help you out. LordAmeth 11:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Red River Campaign

You can check out the Red River Campaign article, current version. I just joined the Wiki Military Project, and my area of expertise is the "Trans-Mississippi Department" of the Civil War -- Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri. User:Mpleahy 19:38, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Macronising

Would you take a look at my changes to Oita Prefecture and Oita, Oita (discussed here)? Am I on the right track? Cheers, Bobo12345 08:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Boshin War

Thanks for the heads-up on the battles of the Boshin War. It was nice to see that at least someone is interested. The articles in Japanese do have quite a bit of information, so I inter-wikied them for future reference. Regards. PHG 13:24, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

If you are going to update please follow the instructions, update the whole template and notify the creator of the article; its all explained on the page.--Peta 08:44, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that. My browser crashed in the middle of the update, and I guess I didn't finish the whole process. Incidentally, I did mean to inform the creator of the article, but FYI that step is not included in the [[Wikipedia::Did you know/Guide|Guide to Updating DYK]]. LordAmeth 08:51, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 5 October, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Taguchi Ukichi, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Peta 00:00, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Request for new article assessment

You originally gave my Zhou Tong (Shaolin Monk) page a class rating of "B". I have since then made some HUGE changes to the page. I would like to see if the article is still "B"-class or better. Please keep in mind its a "Work-in-Progress". I change the article as new information comes along. But don't worry, I won't be making any more gigantic changes like I did recently. Thanks. (!Mi luchador nombre es amoladora de la carne y traigo el dolor! 22:19, 7 October 2006 (UTC))

It looks like you have done quite a bit of further research; I love it when Wikipedia can be the place that separate research finally comes together to present a full picture of a topic. However, while you have quite a number of sources, and a good length overall, each individual section is no more than a few sentences. In any case, if you'd like to go for A-class status, feel free to nominate your article at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment; Good-article and Featured-article nomination have their own processes as well. Good luck! And keep up the good work. LordAmeth 00:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Nakamura Kanzaburo picture

The problem is with the phrase: Image taken from Kabuki21.com, the webmaster of which, Shoriya Asagoro, grants permission for use of all images for purely non-commercial purposes

which means it isn't free enough for wikipedia.

Wikipedia is an educational and free source. It is non-commercial. LordAmeth 12:10, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

however many of our reusers are not.Geni 15:57, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Tessai

Google "Tessai" for me and tell me what the first results you get are. I get Ninja Scroll, Ninja Scroll, DJ Tessai, Tomioka Tessai, and Ninja Scroll. Google image is even more skewed in the anime character's direction. I'm not saying that google should determine the importance of something, but it does a pretty good job of determining the popularity of things.

If you don't agree that a redirect should take people searching for "Tessai" straight to Ninja Scroll, at the very least it should be apparent that some kind of disambiguation page would work better than an architect that as far as I know has nothing to do with that character. -Insomniac By Choice

Tessai is just one character in the anime, right? And he's not even the main character, right? He doesn't even have his own article. If "Tessai" were a synonym for "Ninja Scroll", or if it were linking to his own devoted article, I'd be much more likely to see your subject as having equal priority. But that's not the case.

Ask anyone in the Japanese art world, or any academic in Japanese culture and history in general, and I can practically guarantee they'll know more about Tomioka Tessai (a fairly major Edo/Meiji period painter) than about the character in Ninja Scroll. I happen to be a fan of the anime, btw, and I'm fully in support of discussing it on the page devoted to Yagyu Jubei. But any art historian will refer to Tomioka Tessai as simply "Tessai"; just as Hiroshige, Hokusai, and all of the Kanō school artists are often known by simply their given names... Google results can skew the view, since popular culture is, well, so popular - there are tons and tons of anime fansites out there. But again, I can practically guarantee that any Japanese encyclopedia, or other academic/scholarly source will list Tomioka Tessai without so much as a "for the Ninja Scroll character, see...". As Tomioka Tessai is currently, as far as I am aware, the only "Tessai" to have his own article, I think things should be left as is. If you want to create a separate article for the Ninja Scroll character (if there even is enough to be said about him to warrant a whole article), I would be happy to create a neutral disambig page linking to both articles. LordAmeth 16:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

None of the other characters have their own pages and there's not a character section for it as of now so no, I'm not going to write an article just for him. However, this is the internet and there's a reason that DBZ and Wrestling pages are so fleshed out while actually important historical figures are neglected. The internet skews the importance of things, but wikipedia is not a Japanese encyclopedia, it's an internet encyclopedia. If you want to sit on Tomioka Tessai's page and edit it, feel free, but at the very least add a "If you are looking for the anime character Tessai, please go to the Ninja Scroll article" or however the generic wording for that goes for all of the internet people who might be looking for cannibalistic Japanese rock golems. -Insomniac By Choice 20:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

If that'd make you happy, I will absolutely go ahead and do it. But Wikipedia is not an "internet encyclopedia" as if it were intended to only represent the internet, or to only represent what's more popular among those who use the internet. Wikipedia, like nearly any other encyclopedia, is meant to be a world encyclopedia - it should cover everything from history to science to literature to popular culture. The reason you point out for wrestling and Dragon Ball to be more fleshed out than proper history is what we on Wikipedia call systemic bias, and we have a number of projects and guidelines and movements towards Countering Systemic Bias. LordAmeth 00:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

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assessment for Joint Combined Exchange Training

Just dropping a couple of notes. Thanks for assessing those two articles, and extra thanks for the B rating, was better than I expected. It was especially nice to see a comment by you in both which is a more personal touch that what is afforded most articles of that size and nature when being assessed.

And, as a curiosity, who is it who is permitted to assess an article? I'm sure self assessment is frowned upon, but otherwise?

Thanks again, --SGGH 11:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Self-assessment kind of breaks the system, but I'd say if you put a stub template on something, it's definitely a stub and you can self-assess it. Other than that, anyone who's a member of the project can assess things. Personally, whenever I assess things for WP:MILHIST, I put the same assessment down for whatever other WikiProjects are applicable - consistency of ranking. But I dunno how appropriate that is... LordAmeth 18:24, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

And I'm glad you liked that I put comments; I try to explain my reasoning, particularly since the assessment ranks are so subjective. But I worry sometimes that I'm being too harsh, or too overly formal - like "who is this LordAmeth to tell me what to do with my article? Why doesn't he fix it himself?" Anyway... I'm just glad to help out in whatever little ways. LordAmeth 18:26, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

They should all do it, i certainly will if I ever do one day assess an article.--SGGH 09:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Macron alterations

Might I just bring your attention to the fact that each time you "correct" the macron spelling of Japanese warhships you turn good links into red ones. I suggest that you review all your recent alterations for cases where this has happened. You will see that I have fixed one or two cases and by use of "piping" a macroned name can be used without altering the link.

Also see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Article titles and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)

GraemeLeggett 13:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing this to my attention; I do recognize the problem. But piping only creates more work once the articles have actually been moved - then the piping has to be removed in each and every one of their articles. I am looking into ways to move (rename) articles en masse, which I hope to accomplish soon. Also, I am hoping to spur the editors/creators of those articles to move their own articles to the proper spellings. I do not wish to create trouble or problems for anyone - I am not a malicious sort. My working philosophy is that this is the most efficient way to have article links already say what they need to say, and once articles are moved, the majority of links to their new, macronned, names will already be in place. LordAmeth 16:07, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately that is doing it "arse about face". You should move the articles first which keeps the links working and then update the links in the articles. There are also various bots running which will find the redirect and sort it out for you. In some cases such as the more famous japanese ships an unmacronned name probably counts as the "English version" but that's a personal opinion. That macrons don't display properly on my computer is an irritation I live with. GraemeLeggett 09:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Ooh. I'm sorry the macrons don't show up right on your machine - I hadn't even thought of that. But I have since moved quite a number of articles and templates, and requested the category moves. LordAmeth 09:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Hitomi Hyuga

Hey, the MOS states that names of people use the romanizations that the people are best known by, NOT the macron ones.

If Hitomi Hyuga is seen on the BR Tartan DVDs, Wikipedia should use Hitomi Hyuga. WhisperToMe 22:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I was really doing my best to keep my eyes out for characters from anime & video games, to leave them unmacronned. Gomen. LordAmeth 09:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)