User talk:Nihonjoe/Archive 71

Archives 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73

Neil Peart

Ha, I was just reading that article on the mobile app; thanks for cleaning that up a bit. I assume that in the next couple of days folks will turn this into FA material. Did you read any of his books? Are they any good? I'll bear a lifelong grudge against him for penning "The Trees"--I loved Rush but hated those lyrics for their easy allegorical condemnation of progressive politics. Now I'm going to go upstairs to bring down some old CDs. Permanent Waves may still be my favorite. Drmies (talk) 23:59, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

@Drmies: I've never really listened to their music much, though it came up on the radio and in mixes on occasion. I've read a little of the Clockwork series with Anderson, but I haven't read any of his nonfiction. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 00:01, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

70 in Japan and 29 BC in Japan

Hi, hope you're doing well. I happened upon these articles and was wondering if they're really needed: the only events here are apocryphal, yet it looks like they're being set forth as historical facts. Do you have any additional insight on why you created them? Best, Dekimasuよ! 15:02, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

@Dekimasu: They are based on the contents of the linked articles. If that information is incorrect, then we need to fix the linked articles. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:12, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

The linked articles don't treat the events described as factual, however. They are described as "legendary narratives". Both articles state that "there remains no conclusive evidence though that supports this historical figure actually reigning." I think the way Emperor Suinin lists him as having died at the age of 138 is sufficient to make it clear that the timelines should not be treated as historical information. Similarly, we don't have the birth of Methuselah listed at 31st century BC, nor is his death listed at 22nd century BC. There is also no mention of King Arthur at 5th century in England or 6th century in England (though he is mentioned at 537, it just says "(approximate date)"). Dekimasuよ! 18:35, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

@Dekimasu: Do whatever you want to them. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:37, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you so much for answering my questions for the WikiProject Report! I greatly appreciate it. Puddleglum 2.0 04:11, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

@Puddleglum2.0: Sure thing. Glad I could help. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:36, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

"Kawaii/Archive 1" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Kawaii/Archive 1. Since you had some involvement with the Kawaii/Archive 1 redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 22:06, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kyoto Animation arson attack

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Kyoto Animation arson attack you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MX -- MX (talk) 23:01, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kyoto Animation arson attack

The article Kyoto Animation arson attack you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Kyoto Animation arson attack for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MX -- MX (talk) 05:02, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Kyoto Animation arson attack

The article Kyoto Animation arson attack you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Kyoto Animation arson attack for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of MX -- MX (talk) 00:41, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Bureaucrat chat for RFA - Money emoji

I've opened a bureaucrat chat for the current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Money emoji/Bureaucrat chat. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 15:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Request to give your view at very tight CratChat

It's clear you're busy IRL so please excuse the nudge.

If you could possibly give an opinion at Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Money_emoji/Bureaucrat_chat (asap), that would be just lovely. Thank you! And if not, no worries. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 20:42, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

 Done. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:30, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

February flowers

Alte Liebe

Thank you, on Handel's birthday, enjoy --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:48, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Today's Alte Liebe became especially meaningful after yesterday's funeral. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:42, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

March Madness 2020

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

DYK nomination of 1992 St. George earthquake

Hello! Your submission of 1992 St. George earthquake at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it 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! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:19, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mukaihara Station (disambiguation)

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Mukaihara Station (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an orphaned disambiguation page which either

• disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic);
• disambiguates zero extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title; or
• is a redirect with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" that does not target a disambiguation page or page that has a disambiguation-like function.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time. Please see the disambiguation page guidelines for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. ◢   Ganbaruby!   (remember to ping!) 10:43, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Interview request

Hi Nihonjoe, I'm a freelance journalist (print/audio) researching a story about the unappreciated community that bustles behind the scenes here. I was wondering if you might be interested/available for a brief phone interview to talk about your experience as an editor? If so, is there a way I can pass along my contact details privately? Thanks so much.

Yar dain (talk) 02:49, 5 April 2020 (UTC)yardain

@Yar dain: I'm sorry, but I do not have the time right now to participate. Thank you for the invitation. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 14:47, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Boshin War FARC

Relief! When you went missing from March 27 'til today, I was quite worried (re the pandemic). These are dangerous times-- let people know you're OK! Should I ask for an extended delay on the Boshin FAR? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:21, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia: Yeah, I've been busy IRL with work and other things. Yes, an extended delay would be good. Books are slow to arrive, and the ones in local libraries that might have the info are not accessible due to the libraries being closed. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:30, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

OK, I'll add a note to the FAR page; be well. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:49, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

I'd like to perform a short review of sources and prose, but now that the article has been moved to FARC, where should I leave it? Eisfbnore ^(会話) 03:20, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

@Eisfbnore: Feel free. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:03, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia: Yeah sure, but where should I leave my review? In the FARC section? Eisfbnore ^(会話) 07:23, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Yes, in FARC section, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:13, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Quick translation request

Hi, I am currently in the process of making some changes to "Doesn't Really Matter", which is currently in the process of a good article review. I happened to see you at Wikipedia:Translators available and was wondering how to interpret this source. I am able to generally understand what was mentioned on the website, but the inconsistency of Google Translate has muddled people's names (Kan Chinhua) and phrases (the lyrics of Sabi are colored with the greetings of Asian countries such as "Malamine Tamara Dannyabad ..." I made a unique device) in the second paragraph, as well as misinterpreting the first sentence of the third paragraph. The latter has caused some confusion on this section of the article. Google Translate has printed out the translation, "However, after the song was completed, Janet himself requested that the release be discontinued, saying that the lyrics image is different from the original song". The reviewer and I have misinterpreted her reasoning, as she either mentioned not to change the lyrics of her song, or wanted new lyrics to be written instead. Are you able to briefly summarize the website since it only contains four short paragraphs? Thank you. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 12:40, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

@Angryjoe1111: I've tweaked the wording in the "Doesn't Really Matter" article to match what the article says. If there are any additional specific things you want addressed, let me know. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:11, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. If there is any information I missed in the source, feel free to include it. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 18:09, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

@Angryjoe1111: I did reword something to make it a more accurate representation of the content of the article. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:43, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for 1992 St. George earthquake

On 24 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1992 St. George earthquake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1992 St. George earthquake caused more damage outside St. George, Utah, than within it? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1992 St. George earthquake. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 1992 St. George earthquake), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:01, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

"List of media of Doraemon" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect List of media of Doraemon. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 7#List of media of Doraemon until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 13:51, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Rename discussion for Category:WikiProject Japan barnstar templates

A rename of Category:WikiProject Japan barnstar templates has been proposed. You're invited to join the discussion. —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

User:Jef04

Hello. I am not at all sure if this is the right place to raise this, so apologies if it isn't!

On 6 April 2013, you courtesy vanished User:Jef04. However, the user has contributed a number of times since then, most recently inserting vast amounts of material into the article with which they had a previously identified (and declared) COI. Accordingly, I believe the user should be un-vanished. Frickeg (talk) 08:06, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@Frickeg: That's kinda hard to do since the "new" account is actually the same account as before (since we now have global logins. The rename was done two years prior to global logins being implemented, so there is no way to connect the vanished account edits to the Jef04 account now since accounts can't be merged. You can bring it up on WP:ANI and see how people want to handle it. I'm happy to implement whatever is decided. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:49, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll ask at ANI. Frickeg (talk) 23:25, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga#Revisiting the category schemes

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga#Revisiting the category schemes. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 09:17, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

BarnSakura for excellent edits

		The Anime and Manga BarnSakura
		Thanks for changing disambiguation links from Animate to Animate (retailer). lullabying (talk) 01:39, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:47, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Improving the articles about the Culture of Japan and Chinese culture

I observed that you reversed my edits from the pages about the Culture of Japan and Chinese culture. My main interests are related to quantitative cross-cultural research. I want to improve the articles by adding information about the characteristics of those cultures as explored by global comparative studies. You wrote that my edits were confusing to the readers. I recognize that I added too many graphs that were visually unappealing and the texts elaborated too much on various statistical details which may not be suitable for encyclopedic articles. Also, many quotes from the section about stereotypes, which I added in the article about the Culture of Japan, were too long and redundant. Apart from the scatterplots, I also used maps that showed cultural differences using shades of color. I think those were quite clear and informative. What do you consider was wrong with them? I want to continue working at those articles and I consider that quantitative research, as well as viewing the features of cultures from a global and comparative perspective are just as important and informative for the readers as the many qualitative descriptions about customs and traditions which are presently contained within the articles about Japanese and Chinese cultures. Apart from the problems which I recognized about my edits, what other suggestions for improvement do you want to give me? Thank you very much. --TheCultureDemystifier (talk) 20:59, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

@TheCultureDemystifier: As I wrote on your page, start up a discussion on the Talk:Culture of Japan and Talk:Chinese culture pages. Get a consensus about what's appropriate to include. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:14, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Age of consent in Japan

Hello Nihonjoe, I have a request for you that is a bit of a shot in the dark.

The #Japan section at Ages of consent in Asia is one that I see often cited by people all over the Internet, but it has major gaps in coverage/sourcing problems that have not been resolved for years. I suspect this is because the relevant sources are all written in Japanese. For instance, the article vaguely states that Municipalities and prefectures have their own particular laws. I have never been able to find any source in English that shows a prefecture-by-prefecture map, or any sort of legal text. The current source that gives the age of consent in Tokyo as 18 appears to be a blog post (!!!), and the second is a dead link (!!!). Are there close-in-age exemptions? What entails "parental approval"?

Would you be willing to take on this subject yourself? If not, do you know another user I could reach out to? — Goszei (talk) 08:23, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

@Goszei: I suggest asking at WT:JAPAN. This is not an area in which I am familiar with the topics, and I wouldn't know where to begin to look for information. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:12, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Will do. On an unrelated note, I left a message at Template talk:WikiProject Anime and manga § Comments related to WPBannerMeta conversion about moving the sandbox to the main template. — Goszei (talk) 03:44, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Disputed shoal

Hey Nihonjoe~ Great template! I wanted to ask you about Template:Infobox disputed islands. The James Shoal page uses this template, but there are no actual islands on James Shoal. Is there a way to write 'disputed shoal' instead of 'disputed island' in the infobox? I feel that writing the word 'island' adds a bias to the page because it implies there is something above the surface of the ocean on the shoal. Malaysia's claim to the area is partially based on the fact that there are no islands on the shoal. Thanks for any feedback. Geographyinitiative (talk) 14:47, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Can you see what I mean? The infobox on the James Shoal Wikipedia page prominently displays the words 'Disputed island', as if there is such an island, when in point of fact, none exists. If an artifical island is ever created on the shoal, then we could reconsider this. However, I think the wisest course at this juncture is to either remove the inaporopriate infobox or make it so that 'Disputed shoal' can be subbed in for 'Disputed island'.Geographyinitiative (talk) 14:51, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

It should show shoal now. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:03, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative: It should work now. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:28, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

delete a fair use image no longer in use?

Hi, can you delete this image for me? Someone on Twitter wanted it changed to a more flattering fair-use image, so I did so, but this one needs to be deleted now. I'm not sure if there's a deletion tag for that. Thanks, Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:47, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@Rachel Helps (BYU): Done. The new image is better (both in how he looks and because it's free use). ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:22, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! The new image is not free use, but it is another fair use image.Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:25, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@Rachel Helps (BYU): Odd. For some reason, it looked like it was free. Maybe I'm going crazy. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:30, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson first edition.jpg

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson first edition.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:38, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

TH1980's History of Japan edits

Hi. As a result of this, can we get you to undo TH1980's recent edits to History of Japan (since you've got the page protected)? As when he was first TBANned, his edits are extremely problematic and exhaustingly time-consuming to sort through. Curly "JFC" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 23:04, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

@Curly Turkey: The protection ends tomorrow, so they can be undone then. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:58, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. Curly "JFC" Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 21:39, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Inappropriate to edit a candidates page

It is inappropriate for anyone either associated with the campaign or with their opponent to edit a wiki page. I have reverted your edits back multiple times. Please refrain from making any additional changes without first discussing them with the community. In deleting any controversial topics and replacing them with glowing reports of the candidates awards, and his achievements just prior to an election, you are undermining the integrity of the article.

If you feel a change is warranted please bring it up with the rest of the community first. Thank you very kindly. Vayapues2 (talk) 00:56, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

@Vayapues2: What are you talking about? I've never edited the page more than the one time when I reverted your edits. In fact, I've never even viewed the page before now. If you continue edit warring, I (or another admin) will block you for it. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 15:44, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Responding to the message you left on my page:

I have neither added nor deleted anything. All I have done is revert the changes you made back to what they originally were prior to your making them. When you come onto a candidates page and alter it a few months out from an election, and when all the changes you make erase potentially embarrassing facts, and when you replace them with lists of his awards, etc, that is always going to trigger concern about objectivity, and cause the rest of the community to revert your edits. Vayapues2 (talk) 16:00, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

The Sim Gill Article, as it is currently written is the same as it has appeared for the past many years. With the exception of a few grammatical updates, and it looks like a few updates relating to current events, such as a fact added by someone recently about an event that occurred in 2020.

Over the past month, various individuals, usually anonymously, have been repeatedly vandalizing the page, removing things less favorable to this candidate, and rewriting the article to include flattering information from his bio page. I and others have worked to revert these inappropriate changes, that are presumably being made by the campaign or on its behalf. I know of at least one member of the project who has gone so far as to email the media regarding the changes being made to the page.

The article as it currently sits is in its original form. Those of us who have worked to restore and protect it have not altered it in any way, other than to revert the changes being made by individuals favorable to the campaign.

If your intent was not to do this, then I apologize. Perhaps you didn't realize that we were reverting back to the original article. In which case I would invite you to help us monitor the page to help ensure that those logging in anonymously and otherwise who keep altering it to look like a campaign website rather than a neutral article are kept in check. Vayapues2 (talk) 16:15, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Vayapues2: Again, you have no clue what you're talking about here. You're tossing out accusations left and right, accusing people of bias for which there is no evidence. Seems to me you might be protesting about things too much, given your virulent activity on that article. Perhaps it's time to take a step back and stop editing it. You seem too closely connected to this topic (most likely a candidate opposing Gill). ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:18, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

I haven't accused you of anything. My comments have been professional and respectful. I am in no way associated with either the campaign or against it. If I were, I would be the one altering the article. All that I and the rest of the community are doing is restoring the article to its original form. No need to raise the temperature of the discussion.

I will just leave my earlier offer out there on the table. If you do not have any bias, than I accept that at face value, wish you the best, and invite you to join with us in protecting the article from those trying to edit it to either favor or harm the campaign. It is important that we protect the integrity of any political article around an election! Wish you all the best my brother! Vayapues2 (talk) 18:08, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

@Vayapues2: Your very first comment was "It is inappropriate for anyone either associated with the campaign or with their opponent to edit a wiki page." That's basically saying that I'm one of those two. Also, you don't speak for the "rest of the community", so stop saying that you know what they want. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:39, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:06, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

Look at today's Main page ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:15, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thanks! What am I supposed to be noticing on the main page? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:17, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

What would you notice if nothing was singled out? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:19, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: There are several things that interest me on the main page. Which one were you trying to point out? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:41, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

It's two to three, and I didn't want to brag, + have little time ;) - You could look at my talk, perhaps? TFA, one DYK, and Jürgen Schadeberg should have been on ITN but they argued for too long. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:45, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi!

Can you please semi-protect my user page? Multiple users have tried to vandalize it. See here. Thanks, --◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 03:08, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@Prahlad balaji: Done. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 15:17, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! --◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 16:55, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

About my category edits.

Hi, I just wanted to know that I responded to your message on my talk page. I'll stop with my category moving until this issue is fully resolved. I invited annother administrator to discuss this. Scorpions13256 (talk) 22:48, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. In the future, feel free to use the {{ping}} template when you reply on your page. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 00:12, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Japan Music

Hello @Nihonjoe, I find you on WikiProject Japan Music. Other user moves my article to Draft:Yasuko_Endō and says it needs more sources, but article text is sourced to reliable place. I know other magazine of that time covered the subject, but may be difficult to buy it now. Since your focus is 1980s Jpop, perhaps you may know good source? If you may have the time, please look at the draft and tell me what you think. Thank you kindly Giocabene (talk) 15:33, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Giocabene:I have not had a lot of time recently due to job changes and being really busy in real life. I'll see what I can do, but no promises. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 00:10, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, I understand. It is appreciated.Giocabene (talk) 06:05, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Arcadia-of-My-Youth DVDcover.jpg

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Arcadia-of-My-Youth DVDcover.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:24, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Translation request

I'm requesting translation of jp:昭和49年台風第8号 to Typhoon Gilda (1974). This storm as far as I'm aware, this is a well-known storm in Japan, and that's why there is an article for it since 2007! I can't create this article by myself since this is a large article. SMB99thx my edits 04:20, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

@SMB99thx: Sorry, but I do not currently have the time to translate the article. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:15, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Tottori Prefecture

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Tottori Prefecture requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:24, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

@Liz: These are all maintenance categories, so I've removed the tags you placed and added {{Wikipedia category|empty=true}} to each of them. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:12, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Akita Prefecture

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Akita Prefecture requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ehime Prefecture

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ehime Prefecture requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:22, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Fukui Prefecture

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Fukui Prefecture requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:23, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Okayama Prefecture

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Okayama Prefecture requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:25, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Toyama Prefecture

A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Toyama Prefecture requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:26, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Use images of Studio Ghibli

Hello Nihonjoe, on 18 September 2020, Studio Ghibli released images of 8 anime movies on their website. It says "Feel free to use it within the bounds of common sense." Can it be used on Wikipedia? Also see this article on Soranews. - Artanisen (talk) 01:02, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

@Artanisen: No. Unless they explicitly release them into the public domain or under an appropriate free license, we can not use them except as specified under our fair use policies and guidelines. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:02, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Alright, thanks for responding. - Artanisen (talk) 17:36, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Translation for Paper Mario: The Origami King

Hello! I've been sent by SandyGeorgia because I need your help in translation of a reference on Paper Mario: The Origami King that's in Japanese. It's reference 30, a review by the Famitsu Magazine. All I need to know is the title for the "title translation" parameter. Hope you can help! Le Panini ^Talk 22:39, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Revoking permission to move pages

Hello Nihonjoe, since you commented on WP:ANI#Concerns about AichiWikiFixer's competence and lack of communication, I'm hoping you can coach me a little, since I'm out of practice with most admin tools. SnowFire's suggestion to revoke permission to move pages sounded like a no-brainer, so I thought I'd just go ahead and do that. But then I realized two things: ① I don't know how to remove user rights, and I see no how-to instructions for admins on Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Granting and revoking user rights and Wikipedia:Page mover. ② The user doesn't have the page mover permission. If I understand it correctly, then, what they do doesn't require any permission. So the only thing we can do is ask them. Right?

On a related note; asking you since you have 日本 in your username: Do you think the lack of communication might be explained by a language barrier? ◅ Sebastian 14:00, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

@Sebastian: It's very possible, though they don't seem to have responded in Japanese, either. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:56, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:19, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jerm (talk) has given you a Turkey! Turkeys promote WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a turkey, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy Thanksgiving! Spread the goodness of turkey by adding {{subst:Thanksgiving Turkey}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!

Wishing Nihonjoe a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:28, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

User:Aquakulturinfo

Is a scientist I am just teaching Wikipedia. As I don't see any edits except his "Hallo" can you please tell me how you knew what his purpose in Wikipedia was and blocked him? -- Dirk Franke (talk) 18:17, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

@Dirk Franke: He created a spammy userpage, which has been deleted. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:35, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

TfD Closure

I am a little confused by your close of Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2020_November_17#Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_assignment. Mainly, I don't understand what PAG rationale makes the keep votes (which were roughly equal in number) "stronger" than delete votes. And I'm also not sure why it was closed very soon after the 7th day when discussion was still active - with 3 extra responses on the day of closure; why wasn't it relisted? I'm also a bit concerned by the principle that a third party software (to my understanding, anyway) can mass-put a template on various articles, not bother clean it up after it is no longer relevant, something even multiple keep voters expressed concerns with and supported the removal of. TfD is, and often does, have closes which deal with these problems, and I think your close, despite all the discussion and substantial support for talk message conversion / orphaning expired usages, puts us right back to before the TfD started with no progress made. Hope you can advise on these concerns. Thanks, ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 07:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

@ProcrastinatingReader: My rationale for the closure was very clear: those arguing for keeping the template had stronger arguments. And progress was made: deleting the template is (currently) not an option, so other remedies for fixing the issue need to be explored. If you are concerned about "third party software" doing things, that's not a discussion for TFD or my talk page. Bring it up at the appropriate venue and express your concerns so other editors can participate int he discussion and come to a consensus regarding that. Perhaps the Village pump or Wikipedia talk:Education program. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:26, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

that's not a discussion for [...] my talk page no, but this is the place to respectfully question the accuracy of your close, whose short statement and claim of stronger arguments is slightly dismissive to a torn TfD. I think it's fair to ask how you came to the conclusion of them being "stronger arguments"? For example, is there any PAG support or precedent for this kind of template? ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 16:46, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

I've modified my close. Hopefully, that addresses your concerns, even if you don't like the result. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:00, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Yes, that's clearer and helpful. Thanks! ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 19:08, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Nihonjoe, I'm glad to see that you at least expanded on your close rather than just being dismissive to ProcrastinatingReader, but to be blunt with you, it's still a bad close. Lines such as Any discussion regarding converting the template into something else can be had elsewhere reflect that you are not very familiar with TfD, where the D stands for "discussion", not "deletion" as at AfD.

There were significantly more !votes for some sort of modification than just for keeping (at a very rough count, about 14 to 9), and some of the keep !votes were just arguing "I like to know when a student has edited a page", which isn't an argument against converting to a talk page message and thus I would've expected to be discounted.

Regarding the weighting, you wrote in your expansion that However, talk page messages are often archived, which makes it so that information no longer appears unless you go digging through the archives as a rebuttal of the argument for conversion to a talk page message. This is, unless I missed it, not a point that was raised in the discussion itself, which raises supervote concerns. It also isn't particularly compelling: the obvious response is that, if an article is active enough that discussions on its talk page are being archived, it's also likely to be monitored well enough that contributions by student editors will have been reviewed and integrated by the time that happens.

Given the above, I would ask that you please reconsider your close. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:09, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

I was thinking of {{DNAU}}, but that works too. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 11:47, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I don't have time to keep re-evaluating it for everyone who comes along. I have too many IRL things on my plate. I've completely undone the closure and you can have someone else do it. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:35, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open

G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Could you please rollback Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) to the last stable version, or change the protection to partial from full? All I'm seeing is a number of new SPA accounts and ips edit-warring there. --Hipal (talk) 17:09, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

hi @Nihonjoe: in applying protection, the last stable version was not protected. Instead, you've protected the edit-warred revisions. Is that what you intended?  JGHowes  ^talk 17:36, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

@JGHowes: I simply protected the article to prevent it from being reverted during the discussion. We can always restore it to whichever version is deemed appropriate by the discussion. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:37, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

My understanding is that full protection is a last resort, not something triggered by SPA's and ip's that can be addressed in other ways. --Hipal (talk) 19:12, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Full protection can be implemented any time there are concerns over continued edit warring. It's only for two weeks, too, which should allow plenty of time for consensus to be reached. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:24, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing

G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

I need some help for the "Wicked City (novel series)" article

Just now, I noticed that you needed the English titles for the "Wicked City" light novels back in 2015. So far, I improved the Wiki article so that it would be more encompassing of the series. I was wondering if you were able to create a synopsis (and review section) from Japanese sources. Yoshiman6464 ^♫🥚 06:07, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

@Yoshiman6464: I've never touched that article, so I don't know what you are talking about. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:48, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

@Nihonjoe: I thought you might be interested in the article because you discussed the English titles back in 2015. My apologies for not clarifying directly. Yoshiman6464 ^♫🥚 04:06, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@Yoshiman6464: Ah, yes. I was trying to find information for a different project. I'm not really interested in the topic. Thanks for asking, though. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:32, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Brian Niemeier for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Brian Niemeier is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Niemeier until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Dronebogus (talk) 00:22, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Date article Nihonjoe

@Nihonjoe: Hello, I saw your year calendar editation, and it is absolutely all right. This user Elizium23 is just professional bully who just overturns Wikipedia rules and tries to devastate good environment of editations with his agressive litteral sticking to the rules paragraphs, and turn them over. Thanks for your time. --ThecentreCZ (talk) 06:53, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

@ThecentreCZ: There's no need to ping me on my own talk page. As for Elizium23, I think they are sincere in their efforts to improve Wikipedia. In this case, I think they were a little overzealous in how they applied a rather obscure guideline. I hold no ill feelings toward them. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:03, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Misato Katsuragi § Misato on Rebuild.

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Misato Katsuragi § Misato on Rebuild.. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 07:24, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:Infobox disputed islands

Template:Infobox disputed islands has been nominated for merging with Template:Infobox islands. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Izno (talk) 01:18, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Leader of Japan

who is the leader of Japan? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6080:6F08:C200:1142:561:89C1:9D55 (talk) 18:58, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

@2603:6080:6F08:C200:1142:561:89C1:9D55: Depends on what you mean by "leader". The Prime Minister of Japan and the current emperor both have leadership roles. Or are you meaning something else? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:43, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

FYI

An then-new-ish (since July 2020) editor you blocked late last year has a new, unblocked declared alt-account.[1]

It's been a few months so if his current edits are not themselves disruptive, perhaps a "block with an opportunity to unblock ONE account, with appropriate conditions" either immediately or after a short "block-evasion-penalty-period" (say, 4-5 days, the age of the new account) might be in order. If his new account's contributions are similar to the old one, then it's just a routine block-evading sock. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:34, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

@Davidwr: Looks like they were blocked by Dreamy Jazz. The best thing to do in cases like this is to report them on WP:SPI. They get handled faster that way. Thanks again! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:03, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

SPI would've almost certainly led to a fast-block without a nuanced comparison between the two editors' conduct. Since you blocked the first editor, you were presumably more familiar with his past than others, and could make a comparison. That said, if Praxidicae took the time to look into this and came to the conclusion that the new account's edits were the "same disruptive edits", well, that pretty much closes the case. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 00:02, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

I mean they quite literally admitted it. CUPIDICAE💕 01:23, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

WP:ANIME/Magazines subpages

Hello Nihonjoe, I've been cleaning up loose ends at the WikiProject lately, and noticed that there are several hundred subpages that you created, mostly circa 2010 (see [2] for a list), dedicated to the monthly issues of anime/manga magazines.

For the sake of reducing the number of pages to maintain, would you object if I substituted those individual month subpages to the main year pages (for example, this one) and got rid of the monthly ones? Related question: if they should be subst'd, should they be redirects (none of the samples I checked had incoming links except from each other and the month links at Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Magazines, which I would remove), should I CSD them with G6, or should you CSD them with G7? — Goszei (talk) 03:11, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goszei: Feel free to subst them if you wish. Space really isn't an issue, though, so it's not really necessary. If you do, let me know when they are all substed and I can delete them. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:19, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

I now have subst'd all the ones listed at [3], so the month pages are ready for deletion. Re:space, I meant 'reduced maintenance' in the context of future editor effort, rather than WP:PERFORMANCE. — Goszei (talk) 19:38, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

I have an unrelated question that I should ask since I have a thread open. What was your process for making the "On this day" entries for the portal (see the examples for February). I wanted to revamp the entries as a whole and add more dates, so I wanted to know if you used some semi-automated methods or a search technique that would make it easier. — Goszei (talk) 23:55, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

@Goszei: (edit conflict) Mainly just doing a search for "DATE" and "anime". It's tedious, but it let me find things. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:58, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Kaworu Nagisa § Expansion

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Kaworu Nagisa § Expansion. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 22:29, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Outlanders

Hello. I'm currently making improvements to the Outlanders (manga) article offline and plan on posting a complete revamp soon. With your vast collection of academic works, I was wondering if, when you had time, you could provide me with any information they contain on the manga, its OVA, or even its author Johji Manabe. I know that Manga: The Complete Guide and 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide both have reviews blurbs on it, but I can't access those pages on Google Books. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Haitch2PointOh (talk) 17:44, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

@Haitch2PointOh: I'll see what I can find. Send me an email to remind me. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:04, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

I have published the changes to the article. I managed to get my hands one of the resources, but if you still have time to provide some of the others, I would still be appreciative. Haitch2PointOh (talk) 20:45, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:They Were 11 DVD cover.jpg

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:They Were 11 DVD cover.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 04:09, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Brian Lee Durfee

On 13 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brian Lee Durfee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brian Lee Durfee, a prison guard at Utah State Prison, has a painting in the permanent collection at the Grand Canyon National Park visitor center? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brian Lee Durfee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brian Lee Durfee), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive

Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:26, 31 March 2021 (UTC)