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Bunko revisited

Reading over my comments on your Bunkobon merge proposal, I think I came across a bit brusquely there. My apologies.

On consideration, I may also have been too hasty in completely rejecting the idea - I'm not very happy with Bunko either, it is rather a short article, and there isn't really anything else that can be said about that one format. Merging it into something more general would actually be good.

Do you think perhaps creating a new, less specialised article called something like Japanese book formats would work? Combining the current bunko page, plus the details of sizes and bindings etc. of other formats currently at Tankōbon, and then adding details of any other common formats used in Japan, would seem to me to fit your basic desire to keep similar information all in one place, and also permit Tankōbon to concentrate on describing the compilations rather than their bindings. Any thoughts? And can you think of any other formats that such an article could discuss?

(I'm watching this space, so if you want to reply, you can do so here or on my talk page as you wish.) Haeleth 12:17, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. You made some valid points. I do like your idea for a Japanese book formats page. I do think, however, that all of them (including Tankōbon) should be on one page (if that's what you're saying, then I apologize for not seeing that). --nihon 15:10, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Having done a bit more research myself, I'm getting the impression that 単行本 really does just refer to books that are anthologies, and the technical term for the 170x110mm format that they typically use is 新書(版). In that light, it does seem to me that it would be best to have two articles, one describing the formats (and mentioning tankobon as one thing they're used for), and one describing tankobon as such: it seems to me that there's enough of a distinction between tankobon-as-anthologies and the rest of the terminology for book formats that tankobon should have a page of their own.

I'm open to argument, though. Haeleth 18:50, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Hmm...I think we should see how long of an article Shinshoban would be, and then decide whether to keep Tankōbon as a separate article. If it wouldn't be too large, I'd be in favor of combining them all into one. Looking at the What links here page for Tankōbon, it wouldn't be too much work to edit all the links to point to a Shinshoban page. --nihon 22:51, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Definition of eroanime

Haeleth: Will you check out this page and let me know what you think? --nihon 15:24, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

First, let me recap, just to check I'm not misreading the debate: the anonymous user is trying to edit the page to say that hentai is "never" used in Japan to refer to adult anime/manga/games, and that ero means "porn", while you are arguing that it is correct to say that hentai is "rarely" used in that sense and that it is more appropriate to translate ero as "erotic", right?

My basic response: I can see why the anonymous user is arguing what he is, but your version is more appropriate to an encyclopedia. We can only make black-and-white claims like "never" when we can prove them, and we should avoid emotive terms like "porn" when there are other equally accurate terms that can be used instead.

1. Considering evidence for the first claim: I rather think that more than 25,000 Google results for the phrase 変態アニメ may suggest that the word is used in Japanese to describe anime. As for how perverted it has to be to count as hentai, see ja:変態 (アダルト用語), which notes that even "正常位以外の体位(後背位・騎乗位など)" may be called hentai. The number of hentai anime which restrict themselves exclusively to the missionary position must be fairly small.
2. For the second claim, I would turn to dictionaries. Kenkyusha's 和大 defines エロ as "erotic; obscene; pornographic; dirty", while 大辞林 simply cross-references to エロチック ("性的な欲望・感情を刺激するさま。肉感的") - i.e. the same meaning as English "erotic", and notably not the same meaning as English "porn".

A possible compromise, if the other user continues to insist on his opinion, would be to suggest describing エロアニメ as derived from "erotic anime"; the derivation is a certain and indisputable fact, and people should be able to work out what the term actually means from the rest of the article. ^_^

HTH! Haeleth 18:50, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

WIll you post your comments on that page? I think it would be good to have someone other than myself arguing there. :-) --nihon 18:59, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Sure. Haeleth

Friends template

I don't know of such a thing, although templates are one area where I'm still discovering new possibilities every day myself...

In case you didn't know, Wikipedia:Template messages has a comprehensive hierarchal list of what's available, so you could poke around there and see if there's one I've missed. Haeleth 19:41, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been there, but the page is just really, really long, so I thought I'd ask around. :-) --nihon 19:47, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Alert !! Your User page has a graphics malfunction !! Alert !!

Your User page has a graphic malfunction. Could be related to the recent HTML Tidy malfunction. Martial Law 00:53, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Calm down there, buddy. ^_^

There's nothing wrong with my user page, and all the graphics are loading just fine. --nihon 06:24, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Aha, looks like there was a brief problem on the site. I wouldn't worry too much about it since the site will have occasional problems and such. Looks like the problems are all fixed now. --nihon 06:38, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Curious about Macross

Hey there. I'm a little curious about your alteration of the title of Super Dimension Fortress Macross (and related articles) in view of the evidence provided by Egan Loo on the talk page. Given his activity on Macross projects and the number of links he provided, including the official Macross page, I'm inclined to agree The Super Dimension Fortress Macross is the proper title. -Le Scoopertemp [tk] 20:07, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

The official title used by AnimEigo (the company that released the original series over here) is Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. --nihon 20:11, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

• Not on the DVDs on my shelf... nor on their site, see link on the talk page. Egan Loo was involved in their release of the series by the way. -Le Scoopertemp [tk] 20:16, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Hmm...I'll have to check again, but I'm pretty sure there is no "The" in the title on the discs I have. "Super Dimensional Fortress Macross" (with no "the") is also used on Macross II releases, as well. --nihon 20:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Also, on their site, there is no "the" in the title: Check it out.

--nihon 20:21, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

• Yeah, no the.. but no "-al" either. And like I said, there are numerous supporting links for The Super Dimension Fortress Macross being the proper translation. Were it exclusively up to me, I'd take the official site's word on how to translate the show title. Like Ghost in the Shell and Neon Genesis Evangelion, I think we should take the official translation of the title, provided by the owners/creators. -Le Scoopertemp [tk] 20:29, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Actually, the "-al" is there, too: AnimEigo is proud to have been chosen to restore one of the best-loved and influential Anime TV Series of all time, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. It's the first sentence on the page. --nihon 20:38, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

• Sorry, I should have been more clear, I was referring to the DVDs themselves not bearing the -al. Also, the link to the liner notes shows the Dimension spelling. In any case, it appears Egan is moving it back right now, and I have to say I agree with him. There seems to be more evidence on the Dimension side. -Le Scoopertemp [tk] 20:51, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Looks like AnimEigo needs to figure out one title and stick with it across everything they have, then. As it is, they are only confusing people. --nihon 21:13, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Kingdom Hearts II

If you can rewrite this article from scratch with sources for everything in it, that'd be great. As it stands it's so overrun with speculation that it'd be impossible to go out and try to verify it all. For my part, I'm just trying to keep more speculation from creeping in. (You'll have to forgive me for being quick on the reversions, but you have no idea how fast one little addition can suddenly expand into all sorts of speculation elsewhere in the article; before you know it it's impossible to tell what's verifiable and what's not). —Locke Cole ^{(talk) (e-mail)} 08:50, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, I have been rewriting from the top in order to make it better. Until the game comes out, though, it will be impossible to have the article from from any speculation. --nihon 16:47, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

That's the problem though, in order to satisfy WP:V the article must (generally) be free of speculation. It should only contain content that can be independently verified (a link to a specific article on a gaming site like IGN for example). Another thing to remember: Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. (Which kind of goes with verifiability, but I guess it became such a problem they had to spell it out at WP:NOT too). —Locke Cole ^{(talk) (e-mail)} 16:57, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

um

It isnt MY page, and It DOES belong in both kenjutsu and kumdo. Kendo and Kumdo are the same thing and are derived from kenjutsu. I put it in the culture of japan section because it is one of the most popular sports in japan (besides baseball). I also put it in samurai and katana because someone searching for that may want to find out about how the samurai trained.

Again it is NOT my site, I am a kendoka and about 2 weeks ago while searching for kendo I came across this site. It has some info that most kendoka themselves dont know. I put it there so that the general public would stop calling it "hitting with sticks" --anon user

It belongs on the Kendo page and the International Kendo Federation page. The other pages link to the Kendo page, and that's enough. You don't need that link on every page even remotely related to kendo. That's just absurd. --nihon 09:23, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Well can I put it in kenjutsu and kumdo? someone may look at that but not kendo? Also. If it is ok to put it in katana, I would like to. Most people who search for swords and martial arts have an interest in sword play and learning how to use swords. --anon user

Both of those pages have links to the Kendo page, so that should be good enough. There's no need to have the link all over the place. It's better to keep it focused. If people who visit the Kenjutsu and Kumdo pages aren't interested enough to click on the Kendo link, then they likely won't be interested enough to click on the IKF link either. --nihon 07:10, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

messages to user

hello, you have sent me a warning message, I have not done any thing to warrant this, I have vandalized no pages, nor performed any tests, if you cheek my editing history you will see that earlier today i removed profanity from a place it did not belong, some of my grammar or spelling may be off, but the appropriate response would be to edit it instead of threatinging to remove my privliges, I hope this was merely a misunderstanding, and that it will be cleared up soon, thank you. —preceding unsigned comment by 137.155.194.38 (talk • contribs) --Moved from your user page to here by --GraemeL ^(talk) 23:33, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for moving that, GraemeL. He posted a complaint over at the Village pump, too, and I responded there. As far as I can tell, I've never edited anything by this anon user (unless it was under a different IP). For some reason, I did post the {{test}} revert notice on the Talk page for that IP, but I can't figure out why. It doesn't match up to any of the Contributions from that IP. --nihon 00:09, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Care in reversions

Please have care in reversions. You rode over a very minor change I had made on the Bushido page and I was obliged to restore it. Not a big deal, just a small mention. All the same, thanks for your work reverting vandals. Hu 09:21, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that, but you fixed it before I could. Sorry about that. --nihon 16:53, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Editing others' User pages

Not that I'm offended or anything, but I noticed that you made a slight change to my user page. You might want to avoid that in the future--some users may not like that too much. If there's something you want to change, just tell them about it on their talk page. They'll probably change it.-Platypus Man | Talk 20:33, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

The only changes I'll ever make to a user's page: 1) reverting vandalism; and 2)fixing links. Yours was #2. --nihon 21:38, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Spelling

I received a note from you about changing spelling from American spelling to British spelling on the Iaido page. Actually, I was the original contributor of that part of the page, which was done with British spelling, and someone had changed it to American. Since earlier in the same paragraph there was another instance of British spelling, I felt it appropriate to change it for consistency.

Replied over on User talk:133.9.4.12. --nihon 08:32, 9 December 2005 (UTC)