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Reporting of lolicon images on Wikimedia Commons

Hello! Your submission of Reporting of lolicon images on Wikimedia Commons at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 01:18, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Kennedy half dollar

Hi Jinnai. Wehwalt and I believe that all your concerns have been addressed at the FAC for Kennedy half dollar. It has also been copyedited by a member of the GOCE. Thanks for reviewing it!-RHM22 (talk) 01:36, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I have removed the clause about the Franklin half dollar from the lede. I have sources which imply it circulated (why don't we see it in change anymore? sort of things) but I hate using implications, it is more or less an offhand comment, and I think it is best removed. Hope you will restrike your oppose!--Wehwalt (talk) 19:34, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Lolicon

Hi

Thanks very much!

I enjoyed doing that one, and the unexpected bstar was the icing on the cake :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 05:56, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, but you did not undo only the one, you undid them all! lol
I will undo and fix Chaosdruid (talk) 19:07, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Manga: The Complete Guide

Greetings! You were listed as owning this guide book on the reference library page. If it's not any trouble, could you tell me if the book included anything on the manga one-shot Glass Wings? While a review would be nice, my main aim is to find a reliable source for the magazine it was serialized in. Regards, WhiteArcticWolf (talk) 19:48, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Did you look at Google Books? It tells me that Asaoka has an entry on pg 508, and lists as her only work Glass Wings. Dunno if it includes its magazine, but it has something. --Gwern (contribs) 18:10 30 March 2011 (GMT)

Dragon Warrior and/or Dragon Quest to FA

Hi, I would like to help you achieve your (noble) goal of getting either or both of these articles to FA status before the anniversary. However, I fear that our (brief) history may get in the way. What do you think? -- Nczempin (talk) 18:22, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm willing to work towards that. You'll find I'm able to keep things separate so they don't interfere with each other.Jinnai 22:36, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Ifyou want to co-nominate the Dragon Quest, let me know. I was planning to do so this weekend and hope the DW A-class assessment can be finished quickly.Jinnai 02:59, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I'll go through the rest of the DW article this weekend, and then have a look at your responses. I haven't even looked at the DQ article. -- Nczempin (talk) 07:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
If you think you'd be more confortable co-nominating DW (assuming you think its up to A-class stuff in the end), would you prefer to co-nominate that one?Jinnai 14:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
I would, yes. -- Nczempin (talk) 15:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Something kinda related. I found this image on flickr.
I figured it would be good for the Dragon Quest articles. (Guyinblack25 talk 17:26, 11 April 2011 (UTC))
I've seen it. I'm not sure given the other (non-free) images I've seen of him that the image is the same person. Sugiyama (the one who does the music in DQ) is an old guy with greying hair who wears glasses.Jinnai 19:09, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

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MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 02:49, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Oh hey. I managed to miss the PROD for this game, which I know to be articleworthy. It received a two-page review in Pelit, a large gaming magazine and a reliable source. If Pelit was on the job for a Sierra title, chances are infitesimal that no other magazine was.

Prior obligations mean that it'll take me a couple of days to find that article from my magazine stacks and integrate it into the article. I decided to be rude and restore the article right away, since waiting might have gotten the newly created redlinks de-linked. Once an article is cut away from the web of links, reconnecting it is both labor-intensive and incredibly irritating.

If I have not added the review by the end of the weekend, I'll have screwed up and deserve censure. --Kizor 20:35, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

And there's that other source:MikroBITTI, another Finnish magazine. It's inferior to Pelit, but it'll serve. --Kizor 20:42, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Droll or drool?

In fan service, is the word used in The Otaku Encyclopedia by Anno droll or drool? --Malkinann (talk) 23:17, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

drool.Jinnai 23:21, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
As it's already been edit warred over, could you please post something to that effect on Talk:Fan service? --Malkinann (talk) 23:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

April 2011

This to let you know that an edit of yours has been mentioned at ANI. Cheers, --JN466 17:11, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Image delete

Hi, just wanted to let you know File:WikiProject Square Enix Dragon Quest logo.svg lives at Commons, not here, so if you want it deleted you should make the request at Commons. Cheers, --JaGatalk 19:50, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

SUL

Hello, Jinnai! I am ja:User:Kanjy, a Bureaucrat at Japanese Wikipedia. Today I usurped ja:User:Jinnai for you as per your request. Cheers! --Kanjy (talk) 15:32, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Image strengthening

I've found that a lot of good articles and probably a lot of featured articles (I haven't check them yet) are abusing the use of copyrighted images on Wikipedia (for example, I've seen several articles that use three images to visualize content in the article even though the first image demonstrates everything that the other two images are trying to do). Would you be interested in helping fix this problem? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 18:40, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

I can definatly do some help.Jinnai 03:29, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Alright, coolio. Basically it's not a concentrated effort (not yet anyway), so all I'd ask of you is to go around and check pages when you have the opportunity and either remove excessive images or try to strengthen the images present. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 23:44, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Trade dollar

Hi Jinnai. I have addressed your comments at the FAC for Trade dollar (United States coin). Thanks for taking the time to review it!-RHM22 (talk) 03:23, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi again. I've fixed the section you noted in the FAC. Thanks!-RHM22 (talk) 21:02, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Dragon Quest character class table

Hi Jinnai. Why did you remove the table that summarizes the classes? You didn't like it? Was it too much incomplete? There's an identical table in Final Fantasy character jobs, and many users are contributing to it about the videogames they played. It comes just out of logic: three traditional or "pure" class-types (Fighters, Wizards and Healers), plus three "hybrid" ones that are Fighters with magic, Full-range magicians and Mixed classes, all sorted from "pure attackers with no magic" to "strong healers with little offense". Please let me know. Cheers :-) --Abacos (talk) 09:42, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

It's OR to classify one type of class within a broad spectrum of a type. In addition its even further OR to classify the DQ games that had no classes as such. I know a few RSes may have done so for DQ8, but that I think was the only one and I'm not sure if how they did so would be usable (ie can't remember if they listed who was what or just said it was a basic party). If the table had indivisual classes like "Wizard" and such, it might be okay if it didn't try and link characters without formal classes to them, unless a RS says they were.Jinnai 15:33, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

I was pretty brutal. I'm going to try to shorten the derivative releases part with the same zeal. But I figured I'd stop and give you a chance to revert or re-add anything if I've been too brutal. I still ultimately trust that you think there's a good reason for this guideline. I'm just a skeptical sympathizer :) ... so my efforts to keep it really short reflect the idea that we don't need to say much. Shooterwalker (talk) 14:56, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Well we keep having the discussions on WP:VG as to why something can't have an article and we're trying to get the wikiproject guideline to actual MOS quality. That requires stuff like this to be removed or split and removing it would be detrimental.Jinnai 16:22, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Well I made some minor tweaks to the lead which need to be there to clearly define the score because of some fuzziness in what consitutes a "video game" or "computer game."
However, your changes do one major thing that undermines things. Specifically that for older or only foreign-released (usually Japanese) games that one (non-average-reviewer) reliable source notes that a game was influential in a genre or 1 source that gives critical commentary may be all that's accessible. Since Wikipedia has had numerous cases where after an article was deleted in VGs, experts came in and attested to it, (usually in a not so friendly manner, but that's an aside), there is serious reason to give some benefit out the doubt when only 1 of those sources list them. It's meant to do the same thing an award does, but hopefully with more force (since that info, even if its passing, should usually come from higher level sources).Jinnai 16:42, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
That's a good point. I tried to add something like that but keeping it as short as possible. Shooterwalker (talk) 14:35, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
I also took a stab at radically shortening the derivative release section. The guideline has now hit the (arbitrary) 8kb goal that I mentioned, which I think will really help avoid WP:CREEP. It still needs work, but if we can keep it from getting much longer, there's a better shot at this becoming a guideline. Does the "derivative releases" section really need all those "see also"s at the top? Shooterwalker (talk) 16:21, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Naming conventions could be dropped and maybe content forking, but that won't really remove all of them. The others should stay; the derivitive articles is a very contentious subject that while it has consensus in WP:VG, still has enough vocal opponents that don't think it should be in and would just use the GNG to determine things, even if there was no new content.Jinnai 21:40, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
For "deritive releases" patches don't really need to be covered. DLC could probably be removed too or just briefly comment that DLC should be based on what type it is, a new game, an expansion, a patch, or an in-game element. Translations I would think would have some policy/guideline out there that deals with this, but I can't find any. It's not usually an issue, unless there was some serious or contriversial changes AND they weren't covered by RSes, just fan community.Jinnai 21:58, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
I think it's shorter and less WP:CREEPY now. I would support it. I'm not sure about everyone else though. Again, the main standard is barely different than the GNG. You've convinced me that the award section and derivative release section are both important but it might be too trivial in other people's eyes to justify a whole new guideline. Either way... you'll want to get a bit more feedback and then try putting it to a larger RFC if the feedback is positive. Shooterwalker (talk) 22:24, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Update ...

... on our FAC editorial in the Bugle, including your comments, here. The idea for this editorial was to give a lot of brief statements by a lot of people to convey the idea that there's broad support for the idea that anyone can (and more should) review at FAC. After we see if the editorial has any effect, we can try to do something less scattershot in another editorial. Please let me know if you are (or aren't) happy with any effect this might have at FAC. - Dank (push to talk) 19:44, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

FAR notifications

Hi Jinnai - Last year, the FAR process instituted a new first step. This requires editors to notify in advance the talk page of the article they are planning to nominate for review. Because this wasn't done on your recent nomination of Halo 3, I have removed the review from the FAR page, hidden the banner on the article talk page, and placed a notification on the article talk page. If there is no work done on the article in the next week or two, please feel free to reverse my actions, or ping me and I will do so. Thank you, and please let me know if you have any questions. Dana boomer (talk) 01:06, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

So my review won't be deleted within that timeframe? That's a lot of text to retype and a pain to get undeleted.Jinnai 01:14, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Nope, the review page won't be deleted unless all of the issues are resolved and everyone agrees that no FAR is necessary. In the meantime, I've copied your comments over to the article talk page and posted a note on the FAR page that it is on hold. Dana boomer (talk) 01:22, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

While you may be busy, I was hoping that you could give Glass Joe a copyedit and/or provide a comment on its FAC. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 03:41, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Sakura Wars TV episode list

Hi Jinnai,

I stongly disagree that the episode list for the Sakura Wars TV series should be included in the main Sakura Wars article, at in its current form. The article only barely mentions the anime in the lead, and otherwise is entirely about the games. As it currently stands, the episode list appears completely out of place. There also is currently no explanation for what the list is in the article, so that someone who doesn't know it is a list of the TV series episodes would have no idea what it is. Furthermore, the episode list is currently unsourced. Even if the list were sourced and cleaned up, it would belong in an article on the TV series, not this article which is mainly about the parent game series. WP:PRESERVE says to retain additions if they would belong in the finished article, but I don't think it means to retain out of place additions that would belong in a different, as yet unwritten article (and anyway, the episode list will still be present in the history if someone wants to use it to create a new article later). If you really think that the list must be retained somewhere visible (though I don't really think it should be until someone gets around to writing the Sakura Wars TV article), then perhaps you could undo the redirect from List of Sakura Wars episodes and add an explanation to the lead section to that list to make it clear what it is a list of the Sakura Wars TV series episodes (as opposed to the OAV episodes). Even better in my opinion would be to write an article on the Sakura Wars TV series and include the list there, since the TV series would certainly pass the notability guidelines with multiple reviews from reliable sources. Calathan (talk) 05:37, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

The basic thing is one doesn't spinout before they can clearly make a new article that is above and beyond a stub unless you intend to work on it in the near future. For SW episode list, even if its spunout, mention of the anime is still relevant there. The article is about the franchise.Jinnai 02:06, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
I think I disagree on that basic point. I generally think that having a stub article on a notable topic is better than having no article for that topic, as a stub shows people that the subject needs more work and provides them with a good place to do that work. On the other hand, when a notable topic is covered only in a section of a larger article, it may not be obvious to people that move coverage on that topic is needed. I've never really understood why a lot of people here seem to not like stubs. That being said, in this particular case I was removing the text from the main Sakura Wars article for the same reasons you suggest it shouldn't be in a new article - namely that someone was adding it without appearing to be willing to do the work on it. The list didn't even state what part of the franchise it was for (a user unfamiliar with the topic would probably have thought it was chapters in one or more of the games). I don't see why you and Malkinann seemed to be so against hiding the text away until someone was willing to at least do enough work on it to make it understandable to someone reading the article. Calathan (talk) 04:22, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

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MuZemike 14:19, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: Halo 3

Hey, you have time to take another look at how the article is shaping up? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 16:28, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Your edits might not all be incorrect, but they show you haven't read the article thoroughly or are tagging sloppily (Elites are defined earlier in the article as a race, yet you tagged a mention as if it were being used as an adjective.) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 16:00, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Launch section on Dragon Ball character list

Hi, I saw that you were a supporter of Launch getting her own section on the List of Dragon Ball characters from the consensus from a few years ago discussing which Dragon Ball characters should be kept. Since Launch failed to get one back then I have started a new consensus to try to get her section back on the list. I was wondering if you can help by going to Talk:List_of_Dragon_Ball_characters#Launch and put down your vote. Thanks and I would appreciate it. - SuperTiencha (talk) 16:17, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Template

It breaks the template. Period. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron gets all messed up after you do that edit. I will take the time to find out what you're doing that messing it up. Thanks. --TorsodogTalk 04:47, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

There, I have fixed it correctly and now it doesn't break every template that uses the awards section. --TorsodogTalk 04:51, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Dragon Warrior

Hi

Just to let you know I have completed the copyedit. Chaosdruid (talk) 03:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Sorry it has taken some time, Jinnai, I'm going over the article now to improve the prose. As with Glass Joe, I won't do a complete peer review, so just revert what you don't like. Prime Blue (talk) 18:24, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey, you haven't been on for a few days, but whenever you get back I've addressed your concerns at the FF13 FAC. Thanks! --PresN 19:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Dragon Quest and Warrior

Hi

I am a little confused, so have asked MuzeMike to try and help sort out any problems before a copyedit.

The discussion is here: User_talk:MuZemike#Dragon_Quest_and_Warrior Chaosdruid (talk) 00:20, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

OK, I will do the copy-edit, though I would appreciate some more clarity before I start it, probably later tonight or first thing tomorrow. Chaosdruid (talk) 02:32, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Invited

Been invited to be part of the discussion to share your opinion whether List of LGBT characters in film, radio, and TV fiction should be deleted or not. this discussion is here.Bread Ninja (talk) 02:18, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Re; Popotan

I'll take another look tomorrow or the day after. Cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs(talk) 22:49, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Template:Cite GameFAQs has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Odie5533 (talk) 16:50, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Mega Drive to Sega Genesis move

Hey Jin, have you seen the most recent edit on the talk page about the multiple article names?--SexyKick 04:15, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Interwiki links in mainspace

I'm not sure if you've seen my question in the discussion - could you please tell me where it is "highly discouraged" that interwiki links be used in mainspace? I've been looking around and can't find anywhere where it is discouraged - only H:ILL, where it is encouraged. Thanks for any assistance. --Malkinann (talk) 03:51, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

It looks like it was removed some time ago. The only mention of what to do for any type of interwiki link is linking jargon to Wikitionary if a Wikipedia page doesn't exist and one still feels the word needs a link WP:UNDERLINK. It's not addressed in the positive or negative one way or the other anywhere else which leads me to believe its up to local consensus.Jinnai 13:22, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your response.  :) Where was the discouragement removed from? --Malkinann (talk) 20:55, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Dragon Warrior interlanguage link test

As the person in question has apparently won an award, this could mean that she would pass WP:ANYBIO. The Japanese link assists to disambiguate her from any other person by that name.--Malkinann (talk) 21:59, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Casshan

Hello. Casshan has this weird romanization thing going on, so I thought you would know what to do for his name in the article Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars#Playable characters‎. English name in-game is this, in Japanese its that. Those are the only sources I can find on the matter. Regards, « ₣M₣ » 22:54, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

It's キャシャーン which is kyashan. However, the name キャシャーン is the translated name for Casshan in Japanese.Jinnai 23:01, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Just remembered Japanese TvC is the localization of America's. So nothing has to be done? Just making sure since people have changed it to Casshern. « ₣M₣ » 23:25, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
That's what google translates it as, but google translate doesn't realize their are numerous ways to spell names.Jinnai 01:06, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
neo-human casshern is the dirrect translation to the original series however I could not find any source that uses that translation that doesn't mirror wikipedia. The only localized name that was given was "casshan" so I moved the article. The series might not affect the character himself anymore. If there's enough information to make his own article, it would be named casshern and mention that it was originally localized as chasshan in early works.Bread Ninja (talk) 05:02, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

re:Power-Up

Hey Jinnai, here are the scans:

From Chapter 4, "Quests and Fantasies: The Japanese RPG"
From Chapter 8, "Lost In Transration: This Game Are Sick"

And here's the reference:

{{cite book|last=Kohler|first=Chris|title=Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life|publisher=[[BradyGames]]|year=2005|isbn=0-7440-0424-1}}

I included the Mother section from Chapter 4 since it discusses Dragon Quest a bit. Just let me know if you need anything else. Cheers! -sesuprime 00:39, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Halo 3

Hi Jinnai - Would you have a few minutes to revisit your comments at the FAR for Halo 3 (review page at WP:Featured article review/Halo 3/archive1)? The FAR appears to be getting close to being able to close, but it would be great to get any final comments you have, and if you feel the article can now be kept or if it still needs more work. Thanks, Dana boomer (talk) 12:30, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Dedicated Wikipedia Contributor Award

Dedicated Wikipedia Contributor Award
For all your amazing contributions. We're so glad you're here! ★Pinkstrawberry02★ (talk) 01:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Please reply on Pinkstrawberry02's talk page, or if you still would like to reply here, just send them a {{talkback}} and reply here. Thanks.

VG newsletter interview

Questions are posted at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter/draft#Featured editor: Jinnai. Thanks. (Guyinblack25 talk 16:32, 19 September 2011 (UTC))

Re: Award

You're most definitely welcome. You deserve it. ;) Pinkstrawberry02 talk 21:50, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Compound title for Genesis and Mega Drive

Hey, just wanted to say Thanks for pointing out WP:AND - I think if we'd been fully aware of that policy several years ago (or perhaps it didn't exist then? *shrug*), we could probably have just gone straight from "Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis" to some variant of this new proposed solution, and probably saved ourselves a lot of headaches. Thanks for bringing it up and the comparison with the Pokemon games, and for your well-reasoned argument on it. I'll admit my misgivings are a bit far-fetched and indicative of my tendency to way overanalyze things. :)

I do honestly support this idea, and I felt it would help to turn it into a full proposal. I certainly don't want it to seem like I'm taking credit for your idea. I find myself hoping it passes. — KieferSkunk (talk) — 03:04, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Sailor Moon

Then Harry Potter books and movies needs to go as Harry Potter 1, Harry Potter 2', etc. And if you say no then your hypocriting what you say about Sailor Moon cause Harry Potter 1, Harry Potter 2, etc. are common names for the Harry Potter books and movies but yet we don't put them like that. I'm sorry but it seems to me people need to pick and choice their battles here. If Harry shouldn't go by that then neither should those Sailor Moon chapters and they should move cause like I said it's hypocritical to not do it to all. JamesAlan1986 *talk 14:47, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

There is clear evidence. Look at the picture of the manga. Amazon.com has it as Sailor Moon Vol. 1 but the book says Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon That's the third one. The first and second show them with their proper titles (the second is an import of the Japanese manga on the US Amazon.com.) I also own a copy of the release and can strongly vogue for all this as if you look on my fan site you'll see my copies of both Codename: Sailor V and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon JamesAlan1986 *talk 15:01, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
When primary sources (the manga in this case) differ from secondary sources (amazon.com's webpage, reviews, etc) we tend to go with them while noting the original name in the prose.Jinnai 15:07, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Well the only other page I can think of is.Kondansha Comics USA but they too (I think I haven't looked for awhile) for some reason post them in short instead of what's on the book itself. JamesAlan1986 *talk 15:15, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry I just went and double-checked and I was wrong they post it as both they're advertising it both ways. JamesAlan1986 *talk 15:17, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I got 5 in total now. lol! JamesAlan1986 *talk 15:25, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Check this advertisemt Kodansha Comics USA did. JamesAlan1986 *talk 15:26, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Again those are advertisements, promotional material, etc. While those do matter, they don't matter as much unless you can find reviews or place like Amazon that use it on their title pages and find a number of them. Wikipedia isn't a marketing tool; we go with what most sources use, especially those independent of the publisher/licenser. If there wasn't a clear majority toward one or the other or other sources routinely used the official title, then that's what we use. In most cases that's so, but Sailor Moon is one of those exceptions.Jinnai 16:58, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
What about my copy of the book? JamesAlan1986 *talk 17:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Scratch that I'm such a blonde! LOL! The manga is the primary source. Well two amazon.com pages from Japan and the import say that it's Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.JamesAlan1986 *talk 17:03, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

You need to find secondary English sources that call it Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. When its foreign sources vs. English sources, English sources trump for naming and independant secondary sources (such as reviews, catalog listings (not the image on the manga, but the catalog reference, independant news reports (not press releases) and commentary, etc.) trump primary sources (the book) and those heavily affiliated (the translation company and publisher (if different). That's only if there is a clear trend with those secondary sources, which has been shown previously to be the case. If you want to have it changed back, you'll have to find those secondary English sources that use Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.Jinnai 19:37, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

How's this? JamesAlan1986 *talk 03:15, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Amazon.com's not a great reliable source at all check this out. There's 2 Sailor Moon, Vol. 1's. The original English release and the second one. CONFUSING! X_X JamesAlan1986 *talk 03:40, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
The first one you'd have to confirm if its a reliable source or not for Wikipedia standards. I'm not going to say one way or the other. However, even if you do that's only 1 source vs. many others. That's giving undue weight to just 1 reviewer, just as it would be if things were reversed. The amazon thing is, yea not so good. It's marginal at best and I doubt it would really fly when push came to shove.Jinnai 03:48, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

When I went to Barnes and Noble (that's where I bought my copies of both Codename Sailor V and Sailor Moon) I almost burst into tears cause I thought they didn't have it (cause I looked for it in Sailor Moon) but then I saw Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon and I knew it was the new manga. Commercially and store wise I learned that they will not be putting it as Sailor Moon but as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon as that's the title of the book regardless of common use names. But I'm starting to wonder about the amazon thing and I got a theory. Technically the manga was never originally translated right as the new ones are (the official site claims this) and I have a feeling that that new one was posted prior to it's release as Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 instead of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon based off what is posted on the official site (though they are using both names) but in Japan it has a different name. Usually when Amazon.com gets them they change them to their proper names instead of a slang name, so to speak. I think if it's given time Amazon.com will change the name to separate from customers getting confusing between the original release and the re-issue. JamesAlan1986 *talk 04:42, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

When it comes to Sailor Moon I personally think all needs to be done under Japanese names. The first season and second season of the anime is commonly known and called Sailor Moon cause that's how it was dubbed but if you look you won't find that on here. It shows the second season as Sailor Moon R though that is not the common name for the arc in English, but it goes by the Japanese name. Why should the manga be any different? JamesAlan1986 *talk 04:52, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
You are entitled to your opinion, but that's not how things are done here. You need to convince others that it should be changed and do so through secondary sources that don't use marketing/advertisment mechanisms to push product because they always try to angle for what makes them the most profit, not nessarily what most people use. Case in point, several years ago a lot of games were labeled as RPGs because players player a character even though they were nothing like a role-playing video game, but by labeling it that, it helped increase sales. Those kind of examples are why Wikipedia takes busineses doing stuff with a grain of salt.Jinnai 16:56, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
I just found this and I think it rules in my favor as the manga page makes no mention of the actual title in the article itself. JamesAlan1986 *talk 13:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Just pointing out a little something...

Pokemon Blue and Red Pokemon Red and Blue.

Just pointing out the search results here. The most common combination of titles, at least according to a google test, is pretty clearly "Red and Blue". Also this probably could've used some discussion. Just saying.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 03:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

You have to be careful. You would have to exclude sites made anytime after the article was named Pokemon Red and Blue because of WP:CIRCULAR. There is also the whole RS issue and what they use (again those before the article was created) because the title is a constructed name; it isn't an official title since there is no game out called Pokemon Red and Blue or vise versa.Jinnai 03:33, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Regardless my point is that the joint name is more commonly seen as one and not the other according to the above test, and that's quite a gap, and it does appear when doing a book or scholar search as well. Regardless I do think this needs some discussion. WP:AND does state very plainly to move "If there is no obvious ordering". However even Nintendo's website favors "Pokemon Red and Blue": the reverse actually turns up no results on Nintendo.com.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 03:46, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Ultimately, I don't care. Yes, I think Blue and Red is better, but it's not something I'm going to get worked up about. However, yes we could have a discussion, especially to make certain there are no issue WP:CIRCULAR in the Red and Blue naming order (yes it does matter even if google hits have more of it). My biggest concern is that the redirects to it from Pokemon Blue and Red and Pokémon Blue and Red stay. They are still likely search terms and neither was linked to it which made me kind of suspicious given the policy.Jinnai 03:52, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
I don't understand what would make you change it to Blue and Red in the first place. Did you read an old, official source which stated this? I thought the ordering of these pairs was very clear. It is the ordering used on Guidebooks, websites[1], etc. Blake (Talk·Edits) 13:15, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
Well what about independent RSes. Do they confirm that or do they use blue and red, particularly before the name change? As I said though, I'm not going to get particularly worked up about it. It's not IMO a fight worth going after since they are essentially saying the same thing.Jinnai 17:03, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Copyedit

Eh, you're right. 15 minutes isn't long enough for a real review, I was just guesstimating because of the relatively short length of the prose compared to say, an FA candidates'.

Anyways, I'll give Dragon Warrior a copy edit, hopefully today or tomorrow. I'm not the best at copyediting, but I'll do what I can.

Thanks for the review! –Drilnoth (T/C) 13:27, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Opinion

Can I get your opinion on this? I think I made a decent argument about making compromises on here when it comes to the whole "common name" argument. But it doesn't hurt to have a second and third opinion. Please read it thoroughly and take into consideration what I am saying before throwing a big opposition. LOL! JamesAlan1986 *talk 11:23, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

About what you said. I don't know how to post in the Japanese name using that {{nihongo}}. There's figures and all that that I don't understand I do know that it says in the book itself Bishuojosenshi Sailor Moon Shinsoban, Volume 1 which translates into Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon but I don't know how to do all that. JamesAlan1986 *talk 17:25, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Follow the code in Sailor Moon.Jinnai 18:11, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

I asked a member of the team and I haven't gotten a response yet. Is there anymore comments you can add for the benefit of the article? GamerPro64 23:50, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

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Rock on man. JORGENEV 07:42, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

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Making factually unsupported statements of derogatory opinion about other editors, like "unlike what you think COMMONNAME is not absolute" [2] is a violation of civility. For the record, that's not what I think. Anyway, "comment on content, not on the contributor".

Please retract accordingly. --Born2cycle (talk) 17:51, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

My point is that you have been only looking ar COMMONNAME as the only criteria for which to use in spite the fact it is a controversial topic and as such is therefore an exception rather than a rule. Ie, its a matter of degree; it appears from the wording that you are unwilling to accept anything that doesn't follow COMMONNAME irregardless of the precident shown for other controversial articles. If that's not the case, please explain then so I can be clear. If you won't, then while my remarks may have been uncivil, they were clearly on the mark. You have also acted in ways that have made me question your good faith, such as that policy change proposal.Jinnai 03:36, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Notability

RE. Wikipedia talk:Notability#Articles need multiple sources

Jinnai, apologies if I was not clear, but I think you misunderstoon what I wrote.

Benin is a country.

But I am talking about the creation of articles about several small places which are in that country.

Lougba is not a county; it's not a city; and there is doubt as to whether it is a town; it does not seem to be on any maps.

Dr. Blofeld has created that article, and lots more, based on a 1-line entry in a census - which lists "Lougba" as an arrondissement, which is a small governmental region.  Chzz  ►  10:14, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Sailor Moon English adaptations

I think we're ready for the next stage of dispute resolution - noone else is participating in the discussion at the noticeboard. --Malkinann (talk) 01:48, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Then it would be a mediation request at this point. All of us have to agree. We can go for an informal or formal one. After that, its Arbcom.Jinnai 23:58, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
If my last comment doesn't convince then I agree.Lucia Black (talk) 01:03, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
also I suggest we go formal.Lucia Black (talk) 05:03, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

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Removal of spaces between words from Template:WikiProject Anime and manga

Hi Jinnai,

It looks like your edit to Template:WikiProject Anime and manga earlier today removed spaces before some wikilinks, causing words to run together (e.g. "the project page" was changed to "theproject page"). Can you please try to fix that? I don't have any experience editing templates, but I could try to fix it myself if you want. Calathan (talk) 21:58, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Yuji Horii

I work as a Japanese translator even in real life. Unfortunately, the pc Im using in this cafe doesn't have Japanese. I will try to change PCs and go back to this from time to time.--Jondel (talk) 05:44, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

This may help in the meantime http://translate.google.com --Jondel (talk) 05:45, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Wong Kim Ark 2nd FAC

Hi. Just FYI, United States v. Wong Kim Ark is being considered a second time for Featured Article status (here). — Richwales (talk) 04:25, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

P4A

And as a summary, the fictional media itself is the only source you need when you are discussing characters' biographies or opinions. And you should not have labeled the revert as vandalism, particularly because I rewrote it to get rid of your grammatical errors and the statement that you accused of being original research when it clearly is not original research as it is a direct report of the fictional media.—Ryulong (竜龙) 07:21, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Hey

Since you responded to my thread on the talk page at WP:FAC, I was wondering if you accept c/e requests? Best and happy holidays, Jonayo! Selena 4 ever 21:38, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm probably not the best to go for if you're trying to get prose to FAC level. I could fix some stuff probably, but as my prose has been heavily criticized at FAC before, I'd suggest you not rely primarily on me for FA-level article editing.Jinnai 03:29, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Oh okay thanks for replying :-) Best, Jonayo! Selena 4 ever 22:28, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

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We've initiated the discussion for the Sailor Moon mediation here. Sunray (talk) 02:51, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Reply

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at GoingBatty's talk page. GoingBatty (talk) 20:33, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

*'s in conversation

If you are going to use asterisks in commenting, please remember not to put an extra carriage return between the last person's and your comment. It just breaks the whole asterisk format.—Ryulong (竜龙) 20:18, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Reverting

If you have an issue with a minor thing I did in a massive edit, don't press the god damn revert button to undo everything I did. If you could please point out what specifically in my massive copy editing edit was bad, we might be able to fix it.—Ryulong (竜龙) 04:04, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

And another issue, these things do not need citations as they come from the episode. I do not know why you tagged anything as citation needed when it is an event from the show itself. Morooka says "you are going on my personal shitlist". Why is a {{cn}} tag needed for that? And the word "cartoonish" should not need an inline citation either. It is a physical descriptor.—Ryulong (竜龙) 04:07, 15 January 2012 (UTC)


They are all mostly minor things that are incidental. By including all of them, none of which is really essential to understanding the story you basically undid all of my efforts to shrink the size and remove much of the excessive plot detail. Pretty much you are blatantly ignoring WP:WAF by not summarizing the plot and ignoring minor details that, if removed or glossed over don't impact the readers ability to understand the plot as a whole. Stuff like the DVD incident don't add any value to the understanding of the episode. It doesn't matter why Chie decided to come with Yu and Yosuke the following episode; she was there. That's all that matters because the DVD is never referenced again. That is not all though. You did a number of edits like that under the blanket term. Copyediting isn't adding things. If I add or remove stuff (not just rephase) I try to point that out.
Now as to the seond issue, your revert violates WP:BRD and WP:V, epseically that fact that all quotes, doesn't matter if they are in the episode, must have inline citations. That includes Moroka's reference as "shit list" because that's a quote. As to Cartoonish, that is a WP:PEACOCK term that will be flagged as requiring a secondary source or direct quote from a character because what is "Cartoonish" to you, is not to someone else.Jinnai 19:45, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
I am not using the word "cartoonish" to describe his actions. I am using it because he's supposed to be a cartoon character in contrast with the humans, so I'll replace "cartoonish" with "cartoon". And I do not see why I need to reference an exact point in the episode when we are already describing the episode itself. It makes no sense. There is nothing in WP:V that even comes remotely close to it. Also, you are removing plenty of other words that otherwise make the prose readable.—Ryulong (竜龙) 21:21, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
I've added citations to the items you so vehemently opposed me adding. However, I still do not see why I need a source for the phrase "cartoon bear", as he is most definitely not defined by "bear" on its own.—Ryulong (竜龙) 21:50, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Bishōjo/bishoujo

Hi Jinnai; Probably not, sorry. While bishoujo is certainly better than bishojo, I still am of the opinion that there is currently no clear bias against bishōjo, and therefore we should stick with the form specified in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Romanization. - JRBrown (talk) 01:21, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Wong Kim Ark 2nd FAC (restarted)

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Tidying for delegates

Its best for the reviewer to do this, hence why I'm here. Can you move our conservation to its talk page and link to it, or collapse the conversation if you feel that's better. edit: Actually, if the conversation is still ongoing then it could wait until its finished. Thanks, « ₣M₣ » 17:35, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Pretty much, unless someone else comments on those things.Jinnai 17:51, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Nobody did. lol. So excluding DS region locking, how is Nintendo DSi now? « ₣M₣ » 21:14, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Looking at it with fresh eyes, my convern with jargon is mostly about phrases such as flash memory, but moreso codec integrated circuit. Hell, even I don't know what the latter ies exactly and just taking an educationak guiess. Those kind of convepts should not requie a wikikiki to explain the very basic concept. If that's fixed, then those will be the last (other than the compability which imo was the biggest issue). Sorry if my words are messed up. My eye is making it hard for me to see.Jinnai 02:57, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

P4A

Could you copy-edit episode 13 and 14's summaries? Tintor keeps removing my attempts to show that it is linked to episode 14 (removing Yuuta's sighting of Nanako in her costume and Nanako seeing Shu Nakajima). I believe you are much better at determining what is and is not valid content than he is, at the rate he's going.—Ryulong (竜龙) 02:54, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Due to mediation closing

i invite you to this discussion, due to you being part of the discussion before hand that never got resolved. the discussion is hereLucia Black (talk) 17:42, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Copy-edit of Dragon Warrior

Hi Jinnai, just a note to tell you that I've finished the copy-edit of the above article you requested; I'm sorry you waited so long. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:57, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Feedback requested

This might intrest you: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#AnimeCons.com AnimeCons.com is being questioned as a reliable source and it is used in alot of articles. There has also been a recent push to clean up WP:A&M/ORS . -- Knowledgekid87 (talk) 00:53, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:19, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Precious again

anime and manga
Thank you for quality articles on anime and manga, such as School Rumble and List of Popotan soundtracks, based on knowledge of Japanese and experience, for tagging, assessing and reviewing, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:38, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 984th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:03, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:55, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:35, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

R.I.P.

I'm so sorry to hear about what has happened. Thanks for everything you have done for Wikipedia and everything you have done to help individual editors. My deepest condolences to your family and close friends. Vaya con dios! Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:05, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

RIP

I'm shocked to hear that you passed away all those years ago. I've always wondered had happened to you since you stopped editing so suddenly, and it never occurred to me that this was the reason. Rest in peace. -- クラウド668 08:16, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

I would like this death was just an April's Fool, but apparently you passed away. You did some amazing works in wikipedia. I would have liked working with you. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 15:20, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

R.I.P.

I never got the chance to work with this Wikipedian, but I heard of their contributions and send my heartfelt condolances to their family and friends, and all fellow Wikipedians who knew Jinnai and got the chance to collaborate with them. --ProtoDrake (talk) 15:42, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

  • I'm very sorry to hear this. Thank you for all of your good work, Jinnai. It has been an honor editing alongside you! -Thibbs (talk) 16:32, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
  • I'm so sorry to heard that, and it's regret that no chance to co-work with Jinnai in Dragon Quest articles. Thanks for your contributions. Rest in peace. --223.104.11.114 (talk) 06:33, 3 April 2016 (UTC)