User talk:Ganryuu/Archive 6

Japanese administrators?

Is there an administrator from Japan? Some people who like Mr. Barack Obama have redirected Obama to Mr. Obama's article instead of the fair thing, which is redirecting the Obama page to Obama (disambiguation). The city of Obama (Japan) is much older than Mr. Obama. The wikipedia article is also about 1 year older than Mr. Obama.

The Clinton article is the disambiguation page. It does not redirect to Mr. or Mrs. Clinton even though both are more known than Mr. Obama and the small towns called Clinton are all smaller than Obama, Japan. This shows that my suggestion is the correct suggestion (Obama to Obama (disambiguation), not Mr. Obama).SRMach5B 03:14, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

If you are referring to administrators on WikiProject Japan, there are many such, highly knowledgeable admins on the project, so if you have have any queries or any matter to discuss regarding Japan-related pages, it is best if you raise the issue on the WikiProject Japan talk page. I agree with you that the term Obama should certainly be directed towards a disambiguation page, and I'm sure other editors would as well, so if you could raise the issue on the Project's talk page, numerous editors would be informed about this matter. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 05:58, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Shinoyama

Hi Ganryuu. Thank you for your edits to Kishin Shinoyama. (A look in the edit history will show you that I'd previously done a bit of clearing up myself.)

This article is a prize example of the kind of stub that I loathe. Shinoyama merits an article, but what I saw was crap: The writer hadn't even digested one of the sources he'd listed. Could it have been: "I want to read a good article on Shinoyama, so I figure that if I put some junk here it might prompt other people to write it"?

My problem with Shinoyama is the stunningly low interest/visibility ratio. He's everywhere. He's never less than competent, but I'm bored by virtually all of it, even the famous stuff. And it doesn't stop there: He seems to be the head judge of the Kimura Ihei Award, and most of the winners are boring.

Well, maybe I've got him wrong. If you keep working on the article I'll try both to help and to limit the sarcastic comments too. -- Hoary 15:03, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I had noticed the history page myself and the previous state of the Shinoyama Kishin article; it was basically in total shambles. Your edit and subsequent expansion though helped turn it into a real, encyclopedic entry; as always, thanks a lot for all of your contributions. I actually hadn't known much of Shinoyama Kishin's work prior to editing the article myself, and so was trying to expand on it a little based on info from the Japanese wiki, but I'll try to help work on the article further. I don't think you need to limit the sarcastic comments, though, I think they're great and help bring a little liveliness about this place (^_^). ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 16:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Heh, thanks. I've been busy with this. It's a moderate shambles, but a reasonably energetic and informative one, I think. -- Hoary 23:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

That's a pretty good article, far larger than any of the ones I've managed to muster up; a shambles par excellence if I may so add, and a pleasant-looking one at that (^_^). ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 07:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

A sentence, such as this: "The series of portraits that he was commissioned to take remained fresh; that of an unposed (and unsuspecting) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is particularly famous." is most certainly one of a kind around here; most accurate and right to the point, yet actually hilarious and interesting to read. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 07:25, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Gosh wow crikey, I'm getting more compliments! [Beams smugly.] This is a most unusual sensation for me. A bit later I'll have to print out the article and attack it with a red pen; this usually brings up all sorts of ghastliness that eludes me when I numbly stare into the screen. -- Hoary 09:44, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Geas

Hello. Can you please check the relevant discussion on the Geas discussion? Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fattierob (talk • contribs) 19:47, 25 June 2007.

I've replied on the relevant talk page. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 19:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

also replied. For some odd reason, my edit didn't show up. Please more kind with me - i'm not a troll or anything, just trying to be a reasonable contributed to wikipedia. thank ya~ Fattierob 20:13, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I have a question....

Hi. I need help. This Wikipedia user: (76.175.155.64) has been vandalising the article, Little Twin Stars. How can I stop it from happening? Or just report it to someone. Please take a look at article's log page and compare the edits. Thank you.

Samantha Lim88 02:58, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Regarding Cardcaptor Sakura albums..... and creating a template

Hi there! I was just wondering if you could help me work on the rest of the Cardcaptor Sakura albums. There are still four albums left. I'll try to help as well. Furthermore, is there a guide to creating template? But I don't know how. I want to create a template for Fushigi Yugi, that way it will be more organised.

Thank you, Samantha Lim88 04:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Iou Kuroda

I believe this is his blog: http://kurodaiou.blog57.fc2.com/

Since the URL has "Iou" and "Kuroda," this is how his name should be romanized in English. WhisperToMe 00:30, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Code Geass

May you cite the source that says "second season" or confirm that the continuation of Code Geass will be on television? Even the Japanese wikipedia entry emphasizes that the exact format of the continuation is unknown. Egan Loo 05:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

While the initial blog entry does indeed state continuation or sequel (which is more accurate, in my humble opinion, since this is a television series), further developments in interviews with the series' staff and cast and recent articles in other Japanese magazines have further confirmed upon the sequel being a television season, which is further helped by the fact that the series has been extremely popular in its television run. However, if you really dislike the term second season, I propose we just replace "second season" with "sequel" rather than change the current wording, so that the prose of the article be kept as smooth as possible (^_^). ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 05:44, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Please respond to the points I made in Talk:Code_Geass before making any more changes to the article. Egan Loo 07:29, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm already watching the article and have discussed your edits. Please do not canvass and post one thing over numerous talk pages, since it's quite difficult following them all and I'd much rather discuss it at one particular page. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 07:32, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

OOPS!!

Sorry about that! Got a little confused back there. Elwin Blaine Coldiron 21:30, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. I've responded on your talk page first, though, since I first started the discussion there (for easier access). The thing is, the studio refers to only the animation studio, which in Tenchi Muyo's case is AIC, but Geneon were simply involved in the Japanese licensing, distribution and production of the series, therefore, they're supposed to be listed as the Japanese licensor in the infobox), with their subsequent licensing of other regions, such as North America, listed subsequently, as I did recently. I don't really think that therefore that there is even supposed to be a confusion or an actual disagreement here. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 21:35, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Tamaya

Hi, Ganryuu!

I'm looking for someone who actually knows about the topic to review this page and its talk page.

Are you interested?

Thanks, Yodaat 05:01, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll try to improve the article as much as I can, but I'd suggest adding the Tamaya article to the Newest Japan-related articles list, so that other interested editors could help further expand and improve the article, perhaps much more than I can. If you're looking to create further articles on Japan-based topics, then I'd also suggest adding them on the aforementioned list and joining WikiProject Japan, if you're interested of course (^_^). ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 12:01, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much!  :) I will (add it to the new articles list).

Yodaat 13:20, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 22:52, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

HP character edits

Maybe it would be prudent to remember not to bite the newbies. I am as sick as you are of all the cruftiness going on, but unless someone insists on reverting its removal, it might be wiser to help them up the steep knowledge curve rather than shove them off a cliff. :) - Arcayne (^{:cast a spell}) 22:08, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

You're correct, but some of those repeated anon disputes can be rather exhaustive at times. Thanks for commenting and reverting those crufty edits though. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu}

WikiProject Japan taskforces

In order to encourage more participation, and to help people find a specific area in which they are more able to help out, we have organized taskforces at WikiProject Japan. Please visit the Participants page and update the list with the taskforces in which you wish to participate. Links to all the taskforces are found at the top of the list of participants.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for helping out! ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 08:43, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Company titles

Oops, just to clarify,

• Co., Ltd. is written in full as Company, Limited
• Inc. is written in full as Incorporated

I apologize for changing the company titles. I did not check the info in the naming conventions at WP:NAME. Thank you for your comments. All the best. Greg Jones II 00:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

By the way, I need some help on some articles that you are working on. Greg Jones II 01:00, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Which articles are you referring to, and what type of help do you need? ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 01:01, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Some anime articles, i.e. Code Geass and Nasu: Summer in Andalusia. I haven't edited constructively lately. Thanks. Greg Jones II 01:06, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem, but what type of help do you exactly need with those articles? ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 01:12, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Hula Girls

On 27 August, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hula Girls, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 16:45, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Bandai article

Hello, a few months ago you made an edit to the Bandai article, where you added <ref name="ann"/> (edit diff), but it does not seem to refer to anything, and creates a 'Cite error 8; No text given.' in the references. It is still like this now. Perhaps you forgot to add the reference you meant to add? Or am I missing something? Arthena^(talk) 15:38, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I think I found what you meant, and I fixed it. Arthena^(talk) 15:46, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the error; I think I might have forgotten to modify one of the tags. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 16:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Ami Koshimizu

I have mostly been the one to cleanup and write the page for the seiyū Ami Koshimizu, and have a question that hopefully you might be able to answer. She is the seiyū for Karen/Kallen Stadtfeld of Code Geass, and I'm unsure of which version of the name to use. By looking at Karen/Kallen's page and your own, I'm guessing you might know the most about whether or not "Kallen" is merely a sort of a [sic] for its katakana pronunciation. My theory is that the creators perhaps meant for it to be like the English name "Karen" but have now officially printed the spelling "Kallen" on its merchandise and places listing the character's information due to the "l" and "r" pronunciation difficulty Asian speakers have. I just wanted to get your word before changing it as such on Ami Koshimizu's page. --Willsun (talk) 05:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

The original katakana for the name does indeed state "Karen" and has actually been romanized in certain official merchandising (such as the character card) as "Karen Stadtfeld". It depends on what version you want to you use in the end; personally, I have no issues with using either Karen or Kallen. ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 12:07, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

As for the most recent edit about categorizing "Anime" into "TV anime," I hope you didn't miss the category titled "OVA" right underneath it specifically for that reason. I hope to be able to change it back to simply "Anime" unless you have objections to this.--Willsun (talk) 02:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

OVAs are also classified as anime, as far as categorizations go. The section previously titled "anime" specifically deals with TV anime, as cited in the Japanese Wikipedia, from which it was translated. What issue do you find with the titling of a section under its exact categorization? ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 03:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Nothing too much, but I was thinking of consistency as far as other seiyūs' entries goes and that I think the general reader would know the difference when they see just "Anime" written with "OVA" usually right underneath it. I don't mind writing it under "TV anime" since you've provided a good point and that not all anime-watchers (and non-watchers) know the difference between an OVA.--Willsun (talk) 09:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

"Bangalore "vs "Bengaluru", again

The article on Bangalore has yet again been moved to "Bengaluru". That move was done hastily and in disregard of the long-running controversy about it and past lack of consensus for it. (It has also been made irreversible by ordinary editors.)
If your opinion is still that the article belongs at "Bangalore", please say so on the article's talkpage. -- Lonewolf BC (talk) 16:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, Ganryuu. I have been busy with fixing up Wikipedia articles in the anime and manga scope. Can you give me some advice on fixing up anime pages? That would be very much appreciated. :) Thanks and best wishes, Greg Jones II 20:06, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Big Windup!

Can you provide some references for the characters described in this article? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 16:46, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I could have a look. Are there any references you're particularly looking for, or any particular points that need to be sourced? ···巌流^{? · talk to ganryuu} 21:27, 28 August 2008 (UTC)