Talk:1611 Sanriku earthquake

Name and other stuff

To match the convention here on the English Wikipedia, the title should include the date, so the preferred title would be 1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquake. I'm having a lot of difficulty understanding some of it as written, I will attempt too improve it but I may inadvertently change the meaning. I will also look for other english language sources. Mikenorton (talk) 14:17, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:Japan Assessment Commentary

The Lead section and the first sentence of the text are fine, but then it devolves into complete gibberish. I'm not sure how much is due to Google-Translate and how much (if any) is vandalism or sloppy editing. I hope somebody can fix this article. If I had any idea of the intended meanings, I'd give it a go. As such, I assessed it Stub-class for WP: Japan. Boneyard90 (talk) 17:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that it's just mistranslation. I fixed the bits that I could work out, but some such as " "Muto for six anti-director-driven," "The earthquake three suppliers" " are beyond me. I can guess, such as thinking that the three suppliers are three seismic sources, but I'm nowhere near sure enough to make any changes. I have some information on this quake in english language sources, so at worst I could just blank those sections when I add them (in a few days time probably). I've attempted to contact the creator on their talk page but with no luck yet. Mikenorton (talk) 18:03, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I thought the same when I looked at those three phrases in quotes. Good luck.Boneyard90 (talk) 18:33, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I tried running the Japanese Wikipedia article through Google Translate myself and made some real progress (at least I think so). Mikenorton (talk) 20:24, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your work! I bumped it up to Start-class. It mostly falls short on references, and although there might not be much information on it, it would be considered a little light for "Coverage". I'll keep an eye on it, and maybe at some point go digging through some Japanese sources.Boneyard90 (talk) 07:00, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

User:Michitaro sorted out the parts that I couldn't manage and polished those parts where I was more successful. I've just created an article on tsunami deposits and turned up a few sources that mentioned the 1611 event, so once I've finished working on the references there, I'll add what else I've found here. Mikenorton (talk) 07:07, 28 November 2011 (UTC)