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q And qw

In the http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ku_%28kana%29&diff=198155624&oldid=195292345 of Ku (kana), why is q appearing before qw in the "Other additional forms" table? Is it because it appeared first in Japanese literature or is it because it is more common?Asrghasrhiojadrhr (talk) 04:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I have no idea. It's not there now anyway, so the question is irrelevant. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

But it WAS there. The problem is that the page was changed, and the change maybe have been wrong.Asrghasrhiojadrhr (talk) 05:30, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

The change was not wrong. If you want to discuss this, please take it to that page's talk page as those interested in the discussion will participate there. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, what's wrong with impetration.Asrghasrhiojadrhr (talk) 05:43, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Nothing, but you're impetrating in the wrong location. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:49, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, lots of people don't know something about a specific article until someone tells them.Asrghasrhiojadrhr (talk) 06:00, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Reference library request - Mechademia 1 for Marimite

Hi Nihonjoe, I was hoping you could please look up for me in Mechademia 1 the review/commentary which compares Maria-sama ga Miteru and Azumanga Daioh by Marc Hairston, of course, at your convenience and leisure. Thanks for your time. -Malkinann (talk) 06:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

You can access the article here, here, here, and here. Please let me know when you've grabbed them. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 21:11, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Grabbed! Thank you very much!! :D -Malkinann (talk) 21:34, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem. They have been removed from the server. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 21:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Advice request

I notice from the MoS guideling on Japanese stlye that you have a template there and appear to know a thing or two about it. I was wondering if you could give me your advice about a page I came across recently. 坂本 is the redirect. I had figured it for nonsense until it was redirected to a disambig. I had requested speedy on it and the author kept removing the tag. I now think it just needs a more clear title but I can't make out what I'm looking for in the MoS. Any thoughts would be appreciated. SynergeticMaggot (talk) 09:36, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I have several templates there (meaning I made several of the templates there), so which one are you talking about? As for the kanji redirect, there is an entry at Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Disambiguation of CJKV character names which addresses this point specifically. I also just created the CJKV taskforce which seeks to coordinate the efforts of this sort of disambiguation. You're welcome to participate. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 19:14, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

No this clears up my mistakes. I know next to nothing about the topic but thanks for responding. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk) 12:51, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

CJKV taskforce

The CJKV taskforce has been created to assist in disambiguation of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese when using Kyūjitai, Hanja, Hán tự, Simplified Chinese, and Shinjitai (Kanji). If you wish to participate, please come and help out. Just thought you'd want to know. (^_-) ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 19:01, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

David Weber

Hi Nihonjoe and thank you for your message. Sorry I didn't know the standard way of moving the article. I first moved David Weber to David Weber (science fiction writer). I then made the David Weber page into a list of people named David Weber with appropriate links to the clarinetist and science fiction writer. Somehow someone changed the David Weber page to make it loop back on itself and I couldn't find the science fiction writer's page to restore what had been changed. I saw something about a "housekeeping" measure and it wasn't clear what was meant by this. So as a interim measure until the David Weber (science fiction writer) page was restored/found, I undid the self-loop on the David Weber page and directed it to the David Weber (clarinetist) page, with the intention of changing it to a page with links to both the clarinetist and science fiction writer once the latter's page reappeared out of housekeeping. Could we model the David Weber page after this one on Emma Johnson? - Casadesus —Preceding unsigned comment added by Casadesus (talk • contribs) 02:49, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't think there are any other David Weber's that are anywhere near as well known as the science fiction author. Additionally, there are only two David Weber articles on the site, so there's no reason to make a disambig page. If one is necessary in the future, I would support one at David Weber (disambiguation). ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 02:57, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Highschool Kimen-gumi-Pachinko-F.gif listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Highschool Kimen-gumi-Pachinko-F.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —PNG crusade bot ^(feedback) 21:21, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I deleted it. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 00:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

LardAss-tro Boy

Hi, Nihonjoe. Mainichi has this interesting little article on Tezuka Productions' newest incarnation of Astro Boy. Not sure which article it should go in, but it should go somewhere, I would think:

• Connell, Ryann (April 15, 2008). "New, fat version of Japan's most famous superhero creates 'LardAss-tro Boy'". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved 2008-04-15. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

"LardAss-tro Boy"? Ryann Connell has outdone himself. Cheers! Dekkappai (talk) 17:48, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Hiromi Ishikawa (and others)

Oh. Sorry. Didn't know that. I just don't want to make a redirect out of my own test page.Kitty53 (talk) 00:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

If I moved the test page after testing it, since there is a message on my test page, I'd bring the whole message with it when I moved it. I'd be turning it into a redirect. Then I'd have to copy and paste the entire message that came with it! Then it would be ridiculous! I just want to create articles! And I do need to test my articles! If I moved my test page, it would give me more work. That's all I'm saying.Kitty53 (talk) 02:21, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Totoro

I've left a comment on Talk:My Neighbor Totoro. Please read it.--Michael Friedrich (talk) 13:50, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Japanese Music Charts

Hi, I'm just writing to you to request your help and assistance in referencing the Japanese Music Charts. Through out alot of popular english songs I have viewed I have noticed that they have been noted as performing well in Japan and have also read that the Japanese music market it very big. But in saying this every song I have seen has not got a Japanese chart position in the charts box. So if you are into music and willing to try and provide information on the Japanese Music Charts it would be greatly appreciated so then wikipedia users can start adding the Japanese chart positions into the chart boxes for popular songs. TeePee-20.7 (talk) 03:47, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Is there an article for this? ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 04:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Request for Mediation?

Hello - I am alerting you that we are preparing a Request for Mediation regarding Gavin.collins. BOZ (talk) 03:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 04:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I am alerting you that we are now considering a Request for Arbitration regarding him as an alternative to mediation, and would like your opinion on the matter. BOZ (talk) 13:44, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

JA Wikipedia

Hi, Nihonjoe. I know this has nothing to do with English Wikipedia, but there are some errors I have fixed on Japanese Wikipedia, but some of those revisions I have made to fix the errors were reverted. That's what bugs me about that Wikipedia. For example, the Japanese article on Norio Wakamoto has his blood type listed incorrectly, and the JA article on Yasunori Masutani has the incorrect birthyear. I've corrected both of those, but they were later changed back to the misinformation.Kitty53 (talk) 21:01, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

If you mention it to Kasuga, he may be able to help you. He's an admin on the Japanese Wikipedia. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 23:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

DreadStarr

DreadStarr has TWO albums on iTunes. The lead singer is the son of neville staples " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Staple " from the specials " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Specials " and has contributed on those albums. DreadStarr has toured the world and left a significan't impact on the web. please undo the deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.45.72.27 (talk) 23:00, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

If you wish the page to be undeleted, please bring it up at Deletion Review. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 23:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Culture of Japan

Hi! Please take a look at the intro of the article. I don't understand the edit by the user Globalscene. It seems to me that is a pro-Korean edit. And as far as I know, yakuza has nothing to do with the Japanese culture but the recent pop culture. I reverted the user's edit a few times, thinking it was a mistake or vandalism. But the user reverted my edit as vandalism and I asked him/her about his/her edit. But no reply. I just don't know what to do. Please help me. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 15:50, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiDragon

You may want to add your userpage to Category:Wikipedian WikiDragons if you wish to have your name displayed on that page with other WikiDragons. Note that even though the link is red, the names are still displayed. Bob the Wikipedian, the Tree of Life WikiDragon (talk) 02:25, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Totoro and Shinto

It seems that most people in discussion agree to remove the section and that you are the only one who don't. If there're no dissenting opinions by the 30th, I will remove it.--Michael Friedrich (talk) 06:12, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

You know, you're being a real ass about this. You complained that there weren't refs for everything, so I provided them and removed the unreferenced stuff. Now you just want to remove it altogether. Why don't you go do something actually useful instead of removing relevant and referenced material from an article. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 02:53, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Would you please tell me your idea how to edit the article?--Michael Friedrich (talk) 11:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I've expressed my opinions, and I've edited the section to be fine all by itself. I don't think there should be an "every Japanese cultural element we can think of" section as that belongs somewhere like Nausicaa.net. In fact, I suggest you submit that information there, with references, as they may be interested in something like that. They are always looking for new information and new ideas for content. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 03:32, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 17:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

TfD

At the risk of someone yelling WP:CANVASS at me, I thought I'd let you know about Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 May 1#Template:List of Anime Ep TV. I'm not wild about the template myself, but I recall you stating a preference for it in the past. -- Ned Scott 06:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I think I've seen an episode or two of Canvass. (^_-) ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 03:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Reference library request - Mechademia 1 for magical girls

Hi Nihonjoe, I was hoping you could please look up for me in Mechademia 1 "Metamorphosis of the Japanese Girl: The Girl, the Hyper-Girl, and the Fighting Beauty" by Mari Kotani, as I'm hoping it mentions Sailor Moon (although if it doesn't, I'd still try and incorporate the information into other articles) - again, of course, at your convenience and leisure. Thanks for your time. -Malkinann (talk) 08:29, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll look it up, though it may not be for a few days. Thanks for your patience. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 04:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know it'll be a while. :) If you don't do these reference library requests at your own pace, then you'll end up absolutely hating taking part in the Reference Library and not doing it any more - I'd much rather that you go at your own pace and hopefully not hating it.-Malkinann (talk) 09:17, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I don't mind the requests. You just caught me a t a busy time (I[m preparing for a convention art show at the end of the month). ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 03:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, the two mentions of Sailor Moon are only in passing. I'll work on scanning the article for your reference if you still want to use it for something else. It mainly talks about Revolutionary Girl Utena. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 01:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh yuck, one of my least fave shows. If it's okay, can we just leave that one be? Hope you went well with your art show. :) -Malkinann (talk) 22:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I won't scan the article for you. The art show went well. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 22:41, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Please mediate

Hello. The Kofun Period of Japan has received destruction[1]. I need your mediation. Could you help? --Princesunta (talk) 11:50, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Deletion of non-orphaned redirect pages

Thanks for the heads-up and I apologize for any inconvenience. Ironically, linking them on my talk page will prevent them from being labelled orphaned in the future. : - ) Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 18:23, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that's true. Generally, redirects are never considered orphaned unless they redirect to a non-existent page. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 18:47, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

Deepest apologies. I'm more than willing to oblige. It's an extremely rare thing that I edit someone else's userspace (with the exception of User:NoSeptember's admin project); I was merely adding the members of WP:HAU to the required category to ensure that HAU's online/offline mechanism works correctly. Without this category in place, the functionality of HAU is limited. Useight (talk) 05:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem. It just uses some tricky formatting and such, so I prefer to mess it up myself rather than having others do so for me. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:58, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I hope I didn't mess anything up too badly, usually categories are down at the bottom of the page away from the rest of the formatting, but your userpage is way more complex than mine. Obviously, feel free to revert my edits, just know that without that particular category on the page, your entry at WP:HAU won't update automatically. Useight (talk) 06:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Sourcing "Igzex"

Thanks for the reply on MOS. Concerning "igzex", how exactly could that be sourced? I imagine the language iself cannot be claimed as a source. Satoryu (talk) 05:54, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

If there are any game magazines (or sites) which explain how it's pronounced, that would be a good place to start. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 06:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Why couldn't the language itself not be considered a source? Katakana tell us how the title is to be pronounced. That's a source. 88.161.129.43 (talk) 23:41, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

If it's in a third-party source such as a magazine, then it could be used. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 22:49, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Er... What's "it"? The katakana reading is all over the place (the official site, for starters), if that's what you're talking about? 88.161.129.43 (talk) 01:38, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Hello again. The Highly Active Users project has gone through a complete revamping per popular demand. We believe this new format will make it easier for new editors to find assistance. However, with the new format, I must again ask you to verify your information on this page. I attempted to translate the data from the old version to the new, but with the extensive changes, I may have made some errors. Thanks again. Useight (talk) 03:55, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 04:03, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

JapanWiki

Thanks for offering your help Joe! I really appreciate it! I have replied to your comment in japanwiki Jubeidono (talk • contribs) 06:35, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I have left a message for you on japanwiki joe ;) Please check it out ;) Jubeidono (talk) 16:27, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Removing Comments

The comment I removed is my own. As Cardinal Raven. I was getting ready for bed and I removed my comment I didn't feel like logging in for something like that. I knew my question wasn't something for the reference desk. It was just my emotional response.

Always

Cardinal Raven

71.142.222.245 (talk) 14:27, 16 May 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

Okay, though if it was a computer near where you sleep, why don't you just stay logged in? Seems that would be easier (not that logging in takes more than 30 seconds (if even that). ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 02:56, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

User:198.85.213.1

This user, 198.85.213.1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), is not listening and reverting edits again. I've already reminded him about edit warring, but it seems does not listen, he again reverted valid reverts on Makie Sasaki and especially Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: The Movie. He's getting on everybody's nerves now. Clearly WP:BRD will never work with this editor. You can also take a look his reverts at Chachamaru Karakuri and Evangeline A.K. McDowell.

I hope regardless of whether you are aware of the subjects of the two articles or not, you will do something about this. This user's edits are now becoming desctrutive. I've already tried WP:AN/I, but so far, it has gotten no response.

What can you about this user? Can this address be blocked because of his actions? I hope you respond ASAP. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 07:41, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I've already replied on the WP:AN/I topic. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 08:33, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Steve Lavin

I am a friend of Steve Lavin's and I have been posting a picture of him on his page, Steve_Lavin, but the image keeps getting removed. I have been given permission by Mr. Lavin to use this picutre for this site. I was wondering what I would need to do to make sure his image is not deleted. Also, in the past couple of months, there has been a lot of changes made to his page by users who are using personal comments or vandilism. I was wondering what is the best way to monitor his page to make sure that his page stays in tact? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frankiev (talk • contribs) 02:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

If you have permission from him, and he owns the copyright to the image, then you need to have him write to the Wikimedia Foundation at permissions-en@wikimedia.org. He will need to release the image under the GFDL and/or under a Creative Commons license acceptable to the foundation. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 02:19, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

MfD close reverted

FYI, your close of the MfD for WP:School_threats has been reverted (again). Avruch ^T 02:36, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Again? I've only ever closed it once (outside of closing it again when you added your comment after it was closed). ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 02:53, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for being unclear - it had been closed, reverted, closed and reverted prior to you closing it. Avruch ^T 03:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 03:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

User Kittymitty999

I've filed a sockpuppet report on blocked user Happyone2 (talk · contribs) because I've suspected that Kittymitty999 (talk · contribs) is its sockpuppet because of the similarity of MO. Can you look into my report as well as this user? Thank you. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 09:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)