User talk:WhisperToMe
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Naruto
Now, I have an idea on how to settle this: For each quote:
* (Japanese text) (translation of Japanese text) * (Viz quote, marked as such)
Agreed, as I have suggested previously. The title should contain the Japanese romaji, followed by kanji. Then literal translation should be provided, along with various English translations in brackets. I took out the Viz translation previously because there are many people who are misinformed. They think the literal Japanese translation is the improper English manga translation, leading them to think the Japanese word "Bunshin" means "Doppelganger". I believe that the various English translations should be included, if users decide to add it, along with where it originated from.
NONE of them are. Translators always mess with little details so their works will make sense with English-speaking audiences
WhisperToMe: This is untrue. Most fan-works outside of Viz provide a much more accurate traanslation of the Japanese text. As Japanese, it is appalling to see Japanese text get translated so poorly -- especially when it is done to cater to the targeted audience. If Masashi Kishimoto knows about such translations, and if he had a say, he would not have let it be released. Go to this thread to see how many disagrees with you: [1] (http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=27931)
Naruto fans wishes the official Japanese to be used on Wikipedia. The English translation that you provide is only one of the many English translations out there, so to use the version you feel correct is misleading. In addition, having any Japanese text along side the inaccurate English translation only serve to mislead people into thinking those are literal translations. It is simply misleading to people who are trying to learn. As I have suggested, it is best to provide the official Japanese text, along with its Kanji, and then in the paragraph -- not in the title -- provide various translations. Encyclopedia is a compendium of facts, not as an advertisement to a specific product you wish to promote.
WhisperToMe: The Viz translation provided for the Naruto page is not the literal Japanese translation. To inform the users of the encyclopedia using the improper Viz translation is to provide inaccurate information. It is widely accepted by Naruto fans that the Japanese names should be used while other translations be in brackets, separating non-literal translation from the proper name. What I have provided on the Naruto page is the official Japanese words, as well as the literally translation. For example, "Bunshin" does not literally translate to "Clone". "Bunshin" is composed of two words "Bun" and "Shin" meaning "Split" and "Body" respectively. Please refrain from using inaccurate translations.
May I ask why you reverted all of my edits to the Naruto jutsu page? --JadziaLover 14:50, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I'm sorry I removed some English versions of the jutsu names. I added the Viz translation behind the Japanese translation where ever I could find one. If you don't agree with my format of Japanes name (Viz translation where possible or else literal translation) please tell me.--JadziaLover 23:20, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
How should the header title be? "Japanese name (English name)", "English name (Japanese name)" or something else? --JadziaLover 23:29, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
If both are fine to you then do you mind if I keep using "Japanese name (English name)"? I prefer this format, because, in my experience, more people prefer Japanese to English --JadziaLover 23:50, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Alright, then I'll switch to the English (Japanese) format for now. btw I don't understand why KageMonkey has such a problem with you. You seem like a reasonable person to me ps: You are right I should use the preview button more, sorry for that ^_^ --JadziaLover 00:01, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I don't see why we have to use the American spelling ^_^ personally I think the British spelling is more aesthetic. However to be honest I was replacing the 'ō' in Kidomaru's name with an 'o' because I saw that you missed one, and I noticed you changed 'armour' into 'armor'. Since all the links use 'armour' already it seemed more convenient to change it back. --JadziaLover 06:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
WhisperToMe, there's a language discussion going on the Naruto ninja ranks' discussion page. We are kind of waiting for your opinion ^_^ so if you would be so kind as to tell us what you think... Thank you in advance --JadziaLover 20:57, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Tokyo page
Hi W2M, The Tokyo page is getting long, and the lists of companies and of manga, tv shows, movies etc. are getting unwieldy. You and I have both added to lists today.
The Japanese Wikipedia has separate articles for lots of lists: One for manga, one for anime, one for plays (etc.) and one for movies (all, set in Tokyo); and one for Tokyo people.
What would you say to the idea of making a similar structure of separate articles for the English Wikipedia? Fg2 04:30, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)
Good --- why don't I do companies and movies; do you feel like tackling manga and anime? If not, I'll do them too. Fg2 04:48, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)
Better --- I've moved the companies; maybe the movies, manga, anime can all go in one article. Fg2 05:02, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC)
MEXT
What is with all the redirect pages for this article? Why on earth do you persist with this ridiculous campaign?? It's been agreed that, in most cases, redirect pages based on outdated romanization systems and misspellings/romanizations are not needed. Exploding Boy 21:23, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)
UAE's Ministry of Planning lists Abu Dhabi as the largest Emirate and Dubai as the largest city. [2] (http://www.uae.gov.ae/mop/UAE_figure/UAE_%2003.htm). What I was getting at was that since we are talking about the United Arab Emirates, perhaps statistics based on Emirates would be more pertinant to the discussion than statistics based on cities. AreJay 13:50, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Untagged image: Image:Map of Rio de Janeiro.jpg
Hi. I noticed you uploaded an untagged map of the city Rio de Janeiro in the month of May. It would be a great help to Wikipedia if you could add an appropriate copyright tag to that image and to other such images you have uploaded. Thanks. Vacuum 00:38, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
California maps
Hi WhisperToMe. I was tagging images, and I came across some that you had uploaded (e.g. Image:Map of California highlighting SFBayArea.PNG and Image:Map of California hightlighting the LA Metro Area.PNG). Are these public domain or gfdl or something else? Thanks so much, – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 04:37, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)
T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Hi WhisperToMe. Thanks for the box on the T'ai Chi article, it looks nice. There is a reason that I have been making duplicate Wade-Giles and pinyin articles in the T'ai Chi Ch'uan section. Most of the literature published about T'ai Chi in English is in Wade-Giles, yet the Chinese govt. pinyin is slowly becoming standard. So, you have an entire generation of traditionalists used to seeing it one way, and other groups equally committed to another. As well, loads of Chinese names and terms can look confusing enough to those not used to them, and all the duplications in parentheses may look even more inelegant and confusing to some. The Plurality subsection of Wikipedia is not paper covers just such exigencies and I haven't been having a problem maintaining the small number of pages so doubled. I hope this helps. Cheers, Fire Star 12:49, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Greetings again WhisperToMe. You are correct that pinyin is a new standard for articles concerning Chinese culture and I feel it is a necessary component. T'ai Chi is now a Western phenomenon as well, however, and a significant amount of Western scholarly literature on the subject (and other related subjects, Robert G. Henricks for example) is still being published in W-G. Look up the authors Jou Tsung-hwa, Robert Smith and Douglas Wile for prolific examples of T'ai Chi authors using W-G. So, the main reason that I want to keep two articles for the main styles is a concern for what first time visitors looking for info are going to search for. As this is a syndrome unique to T'ai Chi Ch'uan as far as I can see, we'll maybe end up with ten relatively small duplicated articles and one big one. I am a professional in the field with hundreds of students, and my opinions are informed by questions I routinely get from them and the general public. "When in doubt, use pinyin" but I am not in doubt. Anyway, please know that I'm not married to duplicate articles, I think it is nice to have someone else take an interest for a change and I will continue to consider the subject further. Cheers, Fire Star 14:35, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hi WhisperTo Me. The largest selling periodical in the English language on T'ai Chi, "T'ai Chi Magazine" by Wayfarer Publications and most other works published using Wade-Giles leave the apostrophes in. As well, most T'ai Chi schools using W-G leave the apostrophes in. I think that if we use pinyin, we should use pinyin, if we use W-G we should use W-G. I agree, however, there probably should be a compromise between those who can use romanizations correctly to represent Chinese and those who don't care. I'd like to propose basic pinyin without tone marks and W-G without diacritical marks and supernumerals but with apostrophes for the main body of our articles. The tone marks, diacritical marks and supernumerals should be included on the info box (which they are), but I agree they are too cumbersome for the regular text. The apostrophes, however, are included in the vast majority of English publications in my experience. How does that sound to you? Fire Star 20:34, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Rudolf Hess
It's Hess in English, not HeB (I know that's an ex-tzet, but that's not how a typical English speaker will think of it. RickK 05:33, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
Subway/Underground
I think in a New York City article a reference to "subway" doesn't need an aside about the British English being "underground" to preserve the international character of the encyclopaedia (in American English, encyclopedia), as it breaks the flow and draws attention to itself. I think in a London article a reference to "underground" doesn't need an aside about the American English being "subway"... You get my drift. The anonymous editor was right in this instance. I have not reverted the edit. Wetman 23:51, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Yu gi oh gx
These are name of Yuki Judai and Tenjyoin Asuka in Kanji.
- 遊城 十代
- 天上院 明日香
Kzhr 06:12, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hamburg cell
Good evening. Question for Mr. ToMe on Talk:Hamburg cell. – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 01:28, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
Kamen Rider
"Kuuga" is the official spelling. It is used in all literature and media, so please don't change it. Thanks!
Hasamij 06:19, 2004 Oct 18 (UTC)
NAMBLA
As I saw that you edited Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal I would like to invite you to help with conflicts in the article about the "North American Man/Boy love organization" as well. Get-back-world-respect 20:22, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Priscilla Davis, T. Cullen Davis, Stan Farr, Andrea Wilborn
This was posted to WP:LO a while ago; since you are the creator of these pages, I'm passing it on to you.
Priscilla Davis, T. Cullen Davis, Stan Farr, Andrea Wilborn -- I found their links at August 2, but I ain't sure if their murder story from 1976 should be in an encyclopedia like Wikipedia. Is this a landmark trial or something like that ? What is the significance ?????? -- PFHLai
Do with it what you will. JesseW 23:29, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
InuYasha Character Names
Why did you add character names to the parenthesis at the beginning of the Shinidamachū, Tōtōsai, Sesshōmaru, and Kikyō articles? It seems a bit redundant to me. [[User:JoshG|Josh | Talk]] 00:09, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
- That makes sense, I suppose, at least for the characters who have surnames. I'm not so sure about removing the macrons, though. [[User:JoshG|Josh | Talk]] 00:48, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)
Aeroflot
Please see Talk:Aeroflot. -Joseph (Talk) 02:48, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)
- It's definitely on that Talk: page. I just checked to make sure. There are lots of codeshares listed there. What's this "I think we" business? -Joseph (Talk) 02:52, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)
Edit summary
Please provide an edit summary. Thanks! Hyacinth 23:55, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- According to Wikipedia:Edit summary: "Always fill the summary field is one of Wikipedia's guidelines. Even a short summary is better than no summary. Accurate summaries help people decide whether it is worthwhile for them to check a change. Summaries often pique the interest of Wikipedians with an expertise in the area. This may not be as necessary for "minor changes", but (e.g.) "fixed spelling" would be nice even then."
- So depending on your interpretation of "guideline" all or none. I try to provide an edit summary for all edits, but no one is perfect. Happy edits. Hyacinth 08:33, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Manga Picture Straightening
As you requested, I cropped and straightened the Ranma ½ and Yu-Gi-Oh manga covers. [[User:JoshG|Josh | Talk]] 01:42, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
MegaMan
Hey Whisp. I got your message and replied on my talk page, but I figured I'd say the same here: I was aware of that distinction, and tried my best to avoid adding the space in references to Battle Network, but apologize if I did. - Vague Rant 06:41, Nov 6, 2004 (UTC)
Atlanta skyline
When you uploaded Image:AtlantaSkyline.jpg, you said "Skyline of Atlanta, from German Wikipedia". Do you happen to know the link, or the name of the pic in the German wiki? I'm trying to tag images. Thanks, – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 15:29, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)
An impressive body of work
Barnstar-rotating.gif
Just wanted to say "thank you" on behalf of the Wikipedia community. ClockworkTroll 18:46, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I just deleted a page you created
I deleted Hick.org/goat/. Why did you create this? Please don't do it again. - Ta bu shi da yu 04:21, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- OK, still a bit confused, but I'm willing to accept that I'm missing something. Incidently, I've blocked Ziegenpeter from editing for 48 hours. - Ta bu shi da yu 23:29, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
The ? symbol
Whoops, sorry about that. —tregoweth 00:12, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
Pan Am Flight 103
Whisper, regarding the article on Pan Am Flight 103, you wrote that it was the worst act of terrorism against the United States "by its own citizens" before September 11. Did you mean to write this? Slim 05:01, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for your response, Whisper. When I first saw it, I thought it was vandalism. Regarding the word "terrorism" being regarded by Wikipedia as POV, can you direct me to where it says that? I can't think of anything more worthy of the label "terrorism" than blowing 259 people out of the sky for no known reason, with no claim of responsibility. Slim 05:13, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)
Barnstar
Posted on User_talk:ClockworkTroll
Thanks for the Barnstar :) WhisperToMe 05:19, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- You've earned it. :) -- ClockworkTroll 05:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Article Licensing
Hi, I've started the Free the Rambot Articles Project which has the goals of getting users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to...
- ...all U.S. state, county, and city articles...
- ...all articles...
using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) version 1.0 and 2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to the GFDL (which every contribution made to Wikipedia is licensed under), but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles (See the Multi-licensing Guide for more information). Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. So far over 90% of people who have responded have done this.
- Nutshell: Wikipedia articles can be shared with any other GFDL project but open/free projects using the incompatible Creative Commons Licenses (e.g. WikiTravel) can't use our stuff and we can't use theirs. It is important to us that other free projects can use our stuff. So we use their licenses too.
To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}} template (or {{MultiLicensePD}} for public domain) into their user page, but there are other templates for other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:
- Option 1
- I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
- {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
OR
- Option 2
- I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
- {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}} with {{MultiLicensePD}}. If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know at my talk page what you think. It's important to know, even if you choose to do anything so I don't keep asking. -- Ram-Man 16:30, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks for agreeing to multi-license. Due to the range of licensing choices available though, I need you to explicitly place the appropriate template (see above) on your user page or a page such as User:WhisperToMe/Copyrights. Then we will have your clear and explicit permission and can put this topic to rest. -- Ram-Man (comment (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Ram-Man&action=edit§ion=new)| talk) 05:46, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
- Your comment on the copyrights page is helpful. It might be nice if you made a note stating:
- User:Ram-Man has permission to multi-license using the following:
- {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
- That would be a bit more clear. -- Ram-Man (comment (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Ram-Man&action=edit§ion=new)| talk) 13:53, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
- Your comment on the copyrights page is helpful. It might be nice if you made a note stating:
Jewel of Four Souls references
I have noticed that you have been adding references to alternate names for the Jewel of Four Souls to some InuYasha articles. While it is fine to mention the names in the article that is about the jewel, referring to it as "Jewel of Four Souls (Shikon no Tama) a.k.a. the Shikon Jewel" on other pages seems a bit unwieldy to me. In any case, including alternate references on other pages should not be necessary, because "Jewel of Four Souls" is a well-known name. If someone does not know it, the reader can simply check the Jewel of Four Souls article. Josh 03:43, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)
WikiProject Anime and Manga
You may be interested in joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and Manga. -Pyrop 00:13, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)
Hello
- Whisper, using the name table does not neccesarily means that it is for Korean. It can be used for any races as well, as I did not indicate anything that it is Korean. User:Chan Han Xiang
I agree, but having a name table would be even neater, and tells the names, now you removed it, how are the Wikipedians going to know their Kana names? If you add in within a sentence instead, it would be messier.
All right. Explain to me WHY YOU DO NOT LIKE MY IDEA. LETS ELABORATE THE POINTS SLOWLY. User:Chan Han Xiang I give you twenty minutes to explain starting from now, and give me good reasons why, otherwise I will show anymore hospitality towards you.
You are also attacking me. I follow the pattern based on Korean. You said: Now then, there's no need to post kana because Japanese speakers know it already, and it is irrelevant to English speakers. Without the kana, there's no point in putting kanji in a table.
Likewise, then why there is the Hangul and Hanja in the Korean name tables? Likewise, Korean speakers know Hanja already, and therefore Hanja is irrelavent to Hangul as Hangul is known as the standard script of Koreans. Without the Hangul, there's no point putting Hanja in the Table.
Okay. Now I see, the Koizumi table Not removed, and come back to the point. Do you agree with the table of names? Please Reply. Thanks. User:Chan Han Xiang
Look here. Here's a point. You said, people with only Japanese name should not have a Table of Names. Then why all Korean personalities in Wikipedia have a Table of Names? Please post my question to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) Anyway, I will be off in a week.
Thanks.
Your reply, I think I better consider your question during my one week leave. Meanwhile, Please post my question to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles). Reply to me once they have reched a consencus. Thanks.
Yamato Ishida
Thank you, WhisperToMe, for cleaning up Yamato Ishida. I didn't know the difference between Digimons and Pokemons till today ..... -- PFHLai 23:12, 2004 Dec 8 (UTC)
Unverified images
Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:
I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 22:05, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.
Unverified images
Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:
I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 05:57, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.
Unregistered Users
Can you vote in the second idea?
Second Idea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disabling_edits_by_unregistered_users_and_stricter_registration_requirement#Second_idea:_Allowing_everyone_to_register_with_any_e-mail)
I know there is no hope of convincing these people there either, but at least I hope there is more than just my one vote in support column :)) OneGuy 19:44, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
nice touch...
... on "antibiotic". i continued in the same vein, sanding down some other spots which i imagine you noticed but reluctantly let slide. interestingly, when i was your age, i wrote the in the same over-embellished style that we two have just been editing away. you are a precocious writer.Sfahey 16:14, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
dog care
I don't particularly object to your transwikiing How to choose your pet and take care of it, but I am curious when you're planning on fixing all of its links to correctly point back into wikipedia? Thanks. Elf | Talk 00:01, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Actually I was hoping they'd simply be fixed, not removed. Good luck on your finals. Ack indeed! Elf | Talk 00:08, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Bigley
Hi Whisper, thanks for your note. I couldn't find any recent discussion about this on the Nick Berg page. Can you direct me to it with an approximate date or the heading? Many thanks, Slim 04:18, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link. I'm afraid I don't agree that this was much of a consensus. I'm going to remove the link again, and we can start a discussion about it on that Talk page if you like. I'll also try to find out whether there's a Wikipedia policy on this, as I assume there must be against publishing snuff movies and pornography. Slim 04:22, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
- Editors on one page are not bound by what editors on another page choose to do. In any event, I don't agree that you had reached consensus on this at Nick Berg. I saw lots of dissenters. The very last comment was "What consensus?" As I said, I'm going to make enquiries to find out what Wikipedia policy is on publishing snuff movies and pornography. I will report back on the Bigley Talk page. Slim 04:28, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
- All editors have the right to edit Wikipedia so long as they stick to its policies. A discussion on one page does not exercise control over what happens on any other page. As you say, these videos are primary source material, not normally allowed in Wikipedia under the "no original research" ruling. We are, as you say, an encylopedia, which means a tertiary source. We provide published analysis and comment, no more. You would not find a link to these videos, or even a description of them, in the Encylopedia Britannica. Anyway, I have placed a query on the mailing list, and I will report back on the Bigley Talk page when I get a response. Slim 04:40, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
- If you want to debate this, could you do so on the Bigley Talk page, please, not on my Talk page. Many thanks, Slim 04:45, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
NewYork-sat.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:NewYork-sat.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Right now, I'll put it as unverified, but change it to what it's supposed to be when you get a chance. Thanks, Mattingly23 15:48, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Peach Girl
Great! The line "most people believe she is a whore" struck me (and, I imagine, the person who marked it for deletion) as pretty questionable (as is, of course, the attitude toward darker complexions that some ethnic groups seem prone to.) Your re-write of it, however, is properly encyclopedic: good job! --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 21:58, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Charactor of Warashibe
童部 is.
RE: Fixing links part 2
Cool--but all the links in Wikibooks:How to choose your pet and take care of it still need to point back into Wikipedia. Next on your list? :-) Elf | Talk 18:35, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Character in Yu-Gi-Oh!
Hi WhisperToMe:) I just notice something strange - why do you use Japanese names for article names of Yu-Gi-Oh! characters like Yugi Mutou, Katsuya Jonouchi, Anzu Mazaki, etc., but English anime names for others (e.g. Marik Ishtar, Ishizu Ishtar, Maximillion Pegasus)? (Isn't it better to use only one type of names......?) But anyway, please let me know your thoughts.
By the way, where do you think should I put the recently-added Yu-Gi-Oh! character profiles at? It seems that you prefer putting them at the bottom of the articles (am I right?), but in my opinion, putting a profile away from the top of an article is kind of weird......I prefer putting them somewhere at/near the top right-hand corners of the articles, but I also think character screenshots should be put there. What is your opinion? Please let me know.
Although a little too early, I wish you merry Christmas (Eve) and a happy New Year:)
Riddle | Talk 21:58, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. All profiles are in their own sections now.
Riddle | Talk 21:58, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
No, I don't have any profile of Miho. In fact, the profiles I recently added are from a Japanese book called Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guide Book - The Gospel of Truth (遊戯王キャラクターズガイドブック―真理の福音―). The information in it is based on the manga of Yu-Gi-Oh!. And for Miho, the book only includes a short description, no profile is provided.
Riddle | Talk 03:32, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Ryuji Otogi's profile:
| Appears in | Yu-Gi-Oh! manga Yu-Gi-Oh! 2nd series anime (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters) |
| Birthday | February 28 (Pisces) |
| Height | 179 cm |
| Weight | 64 kg |
| Blood type | B |
| Status | 2nd year at Domino High School (at his first appearance in the manga) |
| Favourite food | Chinese cuisine |
| Least favourite food | Vinegared dishes |
| Japanese Seiyu | Ryo Naitou |
| English Voice Actor | Marc Thompson |
Riddle | Talk 13:32, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
All character profiles in Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guide Book - The Gospel of Truth are on wikipedia now. Riddle | Talk 13:51, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Wade-Giles redirect links
I'm curious why you are creating Wade-Giles redirects for Zhang Yimou and others. Even Taiwan no longer uses Wade-Giles romanization, so most of these redirects will never be used. --- Curps 01:48, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I don't see your comment...
And also, I've stated my case with facts. Quite frankly, you editing the article based on simply an opinion is not acceptable. If you can find some facts to support your opinion, feel free to post them on India's talk page, but simply changing an edit based on your feelingings is NPOV, and could be constued as vandalism. I'll hold off reverting your edit to see if you can produce said facts.
Edit: I see your comment now. GregNorc (talk)
Edit: Since you have not provided any facts to support your case, I'll be reverting your edit. If you continue to vandalize the page, I'll be forced to report you. GregNorc (talk)
So we cannot post anything except the data on a country?
Whatever. Continue and I will report you, I'm reverting your vandalism.
I've reported you for vandalism.
Articles on wikipedia consist of more than bare facts. If this was not the case, no text would be present, just the data table on the side of the page. I suggest you stop immediately, I am reverting India for the last time. GregNorc (talk)
I'm standing down...
Ground also agrees with you, so I won't revert the article again, since it appears my view is in the minority.
Image tag
Thanks for uploading Image:Moscow landsat.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, Aqua 04:14, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
Reverting "naïve set theory" to "naive set theory" throughout
Hello. I'm reverting "naïve set theory" to "naive set theory" where you changed it recently. It appears you have searched for "naive" and have changed many instances to "naïve", apparently without considering the context in any way; for example, the title of the book by Halmos appears on the cover as "Naive Set Theory" -- this is not something you can change by fiat. I don't understand what is the point of this project, but outside of mathematics I don't really care. However, if you wish to change "naive set theory" to "naïve set theory" you'll need to take it up on talk:naive set theory where this has come up before. Please respond to my comments dated 2004/08/06 if you wish to pursue this course. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:16, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I've also moved naïve Bayesian classification to naive Bayes classifier and I'm reverting naïve/naive changes you made related to that article. See talk:naive Bayes classifier for the reasoning for the page move. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:24, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- To respond to your messages on my talk page: (1) Re: standard English. I can't find any dictionaries or other sources which state that the correct spelling is "naïve". Every source I have found shows "naive" as the primary spelling, and shows "naïve" as an acceptable variation of "naive". It is clear that both spellings are acceptable. Naïve/naive isn't mentioned at Wikipedia:Manual of Style or American and British English differences. If you have some other sources I'd like to hear about it. (2) Agreed that the Google test only shows what's more common. However, since both spellings are acceptable and "naive" is more common, and much more common in a mathematics context, a crusade to change "naive" to "naïve" seems pointless at best. (3) Incidentally the two dots are a diaeresis, not an umlaut. The diaeresis shows (in French) that the i is pronounced as a separate syllable from the a. Umlaut is something else. Wile E. Heresiarch 06:17, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I have reverted a lot (maybe most) of the naïve/naive changes in mathematics articles. If you wish to reinstate them, please discuss the changes at talk:naive set theory and/or talk:naive Bayes classifier first. Thanks. Wile E. Heresiarch 06:59, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I hope that you will consider the effects of your actions before engaging again in shotgun edits. You may wish to consider that the widespread occurrence of something that seems wrong to you, perpetrated by many otherwise knowledgeable editors, may indicate the problem is elsewhere. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:08, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Blocks are not expiring
I'm posting this message on every admin who has made a block in the last few days. The title says it all really: because of a bug in the new software blocks are not expiring when their time is up. Until this is fixed can you get in the habit of manually unblocking a few everytime you block one. If everyone does this we'll be able to keep on top of things until the bug is sorted out. Note also that another bug is displaying indefinite blocks as expiring at the current time and date. obviously you don't want to unblock those. If you want to reply please do so here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Blocking_bug) Theresa Knott (The snott rake) 09:40, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Quebec television series
The established consensus among Canadian posters -- by definition, the people who best know how to appropriately organize Canadian-related topics -- until now has been that Quebec and English Canadian topics should have separate articles. Most Quebec topics (eg. List of Quebec authors, List of Quebec musicians) are still separate, and unless you plan to go merging those, too, Quebec television series should not be treated any differently than those other topics. If you disagree with the consensus, there are avenues to express your concerns besides enforcing your individual preference over an already-established group consensus. For example, there's Wikipedia:Requests for comment. An RFC has been posted there; in the meantime, your most recent changes will be reverted and will stay reverted until the RFC process has been completed. Bearcat 03:35, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Ken Bigley
So far as I'm concerned, you can do whatever you like! All that concerned me is that we should handle it sensitively. Sounds like you plan to, so go for it.Dr Zen 01:17, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Japanese names
I'm wondering why you put the Latinized Japanese names of characters on Super Smash Bros. Melee? This is an English encyclopedia, you know. Andre (talk) 20:55, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)
list of the men responsible for the Tokyo Subway disaster
- Toru Toyoda:豊田亨
- Kenichi Hirose:広瀬健一
- Ikuo Hayashi:林郁夫.
- Masato Yokoyama:横山真人
- Yoshihiro Inoue:井上嘉浩
- Shigeo Sugimoto:杉本繁郎
神作(Kamisaku) 譲(Jo)
In the 'popular manga' section of the manga article, I think it would be best to use the title by which the manga is most popularly known. For instance, Boys Over Flowers is, I believe, more commonly known as Hana Yori Dango at this point. I don't see why the English-equivalent name should always be used if the romanji name is better-known. --Xaliqen 18:21, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Mega Man series
Note: discussion moved to User talk:Boco XLVII
Shaman King response
My deletion of information was accidential. --Crooow 12:41, 18 Feb 2005
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Thanks for updating that "Forbidden Memories" thing. It was so kiddie-cruftish that I couldn't make heads or tails of it. Later! - Lucky 6.9 20:35, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The manga is being published in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini, although I don't know if it's also published in other Spanish-speaking countries. Here (http://www1.dreamers.com/manga/Planeta/Series/YU-GI-OH) is a web. Sabbut 07:40, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Tessaiga
I have posted a request to revisit this topic at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related_articles). Thanks. LG-犬夜叉 07:52, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)
Macrons in the Spanish Wikipedia
I thought I had answered a few days ago in your talk page in the Spanish Wikipedia, but it seems like my edit was never saved. As you can see in my Spanish user page, I'm no expert on Japanese, but as far as I know circumflexes are often used in Spanish as a substitute for macrons for Japanese names (as there are circumflexes but not macrons in the Spanish keyboard), although the usage may be more common in technical geeky stuff (as in manga and videogames)than in other contexts. I also chose to use macrons because of consistency with the article on Hepburn romanization. Other Wikipedias also use macrons for long vowels in Japanese, like the German Wikipedia and (sometimes) the French Wikipedia. Also, other special characters which are not in the Spanish keyboard appear in the names of a few articles, like the Polish Ł in złoty or the Czech Ř in Antonín Dvořák. Sabbut 15:08, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I translated your userpage
I saw that you had a stub of an article on the French wikipedia for your userpage, so I translated your English page into French and posted it there. Why did you have one in the first place? The reason I did it was to reward such a prolific contributer -- people like you help make Wikipedia great! Keep up the good work! :) Zantastik 06:16, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
HTML code for "sup"2
If you just use the character ² directly, anyone editing the article from a Mac will inadvertently change it to a regular 2, since the character isn't in the Mac character set. The ² entity should be used instead to prevent this. Goplat 00:08, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- I know it happens on classic Macs, not sure about OS X, but it's still a significant problem - I've seen this on quite a few articles. A lot of people use old OS's, I myself still use Windows 98. Goplat 00:34, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Browsers that truncate textareas to 32K are rare nowadays. Superscript 2 getting changed to a regular 2 is still common, Ahoerstemeier has fixed about 80 occurences of this in the last week. Goplat 03:31, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Kana
I see, I realised that you removed the Kana version of Kuan Yin. But in the Thousand Character Classic, the Kana version is accepted. Can you provide a good and friendly explanation on your removal act? Thanks.
But Kuan Yin is different: all scripts are shown. Put it up then, like Thousand Character Classic. Otherwise, I think it is better to remove the Kana there as well. What do you think? Can you comprehend what I'm trying to decribe?
Then how about those in the Thousand Character Classic? I know that Kana is not often used in people's name, but this is a different case.
What's your decision -- reinstate the Kana only in Kuan Yin, based on the Thousand Character Classictable, or remove everything?
Kuan Yin is also listed as Kana -- use the yahoo or google search and count the hits, just like the Thousand Character Classic. Do you want to put it up again, or leave it like this? I do not refer to Japanese personalities.
Mr Tan 11:16, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Statue of Liberty
I am removing it because it is a horribly ugly image, and because the article as it stands is way, way, way too long and there needs to me content removed. I think the image of the statue of liberty in the harbour is a much better image, as it covers its location in New York harbour, as well as the Statue of Liberty itself. I think such a detailed image works better on the Statue of Liberty article, and the other image also does not fit very well in any location in the article. That's why I'm removing it. Páll 03:44, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Tokyo
- Thanks for telling me. However, many Towns and cities show a map, many show a map and some kind of symbol. The Tokyo Tower is not the official seal or sign or symbol of Tokyo, so if something should be there it's the map. Maybe both, the map and the Tower, could be included, see e.g. New York. ben 16:17, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)
- I think your intuition is right and I trust your judgement there as you are one of the main contributors to the Tokyo article. The only thing I don't like is that the map is out of sight completely and hidden between all those other pictures. Would be nice to have it stick out more prominently. ben 16:32, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)
- Why did you upload it? Didn't you see my change history at the pictures, the big and the small? Read it. The big one loads very slowly, so I put a downsized picture in the article and put a link to the bigger one. ben 16:56, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)
- Are you still there? ben 18:39, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)
- I explained everything here and on the talk page of the picture. Again: the big picture took a very long time to be displayed, even longer than a minute. With software-reduced resolution like image:..|npx it doesn't become faster most probably slower because of the computation for downsizing. That's why I uploaded a smaller pic and linked it to the bigger one, just as I explained before. Ok? Now... If you think that the big picture is fast enough, then it's perfectly ok for me to say it's just my connection, my browser, whatever, I leave it to you. I was just hoping for some comment on that.... ok? ben 06:24, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
- I have 5,5 mb/s at the moment (which is probably more than you have). Maybe wikipedia was just overloaded with queries yesterday night when i uploaded the pics. Now the loading ok and fast enough. ben 06:33, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
- I explained everything here and on the talk page of the picture. Again: the big picture took a very long time to be displayed, even longer than a minute. With software-reduced resolution like image:..|npx it doesn't become faster most probably slower because of the computation for downsizing. That's why I uploaded a smaller pic and linked it to the bigger one, just as I explained before. Ok? Now... If you think that the big picture is fast enough, then it's perfectly ok for me to say it's just my connection, my browser, whatever, I leave it to you. I was just hoping for some comment on that.... ok? ben 06:24, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
We should just watch that it doesn't get slow again, when wikipedia is busy (if that was the problem). The pic IS big for sure ben 06:35, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
- Oh, and you could have changed the obviously outdated caption at the picture talk page when you uploaded the big picture at the smaller ones place. I changed it now. ben 06:40, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
There has still be no official consensus or decision on the presentation of Japanese names. Why are you continuing to change the name order in articles? Exploding Boy 18:51, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
Image:Yami.sk.jpg
Greeting, Whisper. You tagged Image:Yami.sk.jpg as fair use, and noted that you didn't think it should be deleted on IFD. The trouble is, fair use can only be claimed when there is a use. (If the image were used in an article on the character, that would be a fair use; if you wrote a video game and used the artwork as one of the characters, that would not be a fair use.) Since the image is currently not used in any articles, a fair use claim doesn't really apply. Is there an article you think it should be in? – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 00:20, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
Powerpuff anime
Hi! Thanks for the heads-up. Looks like the misspelling of the title is what threw the Google search for a loop. Best, Lucky 6.9 05:25, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Please come and vote!
Following the long discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese) regarding proper titling of ROC-/Taiwan-related topics, polls for each single case has now been started here. Please come and join the discussion, and cast your vote. Thanks. — Instantnood 06:19, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
Tokyo image
Tokyo is a prefecture, not a city. All the other prefectures have the map at the top instead of an image. I'm actually in favor of putting an image at the top. We even discussed it and took a vote earlier this year. But few were interested and we agreed with the status quo. I put the image at the top of Shiga Prefecture, but someone put it down. So Tokyo will have to conform to the other prefectures unless there is agreement that we can have an image at the top for all prefectures. Photojpn.org 02:49, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- We discussed it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:JAWNB#Images_on_prefectures
You are welcome to bring up the subject again. If there is consensus for putting the image at the top for all the 47 prefectures, then fine with me. BTW, that Tokyo image, I don't like it so much. Tokyo Tower is ugly and not a beloved symbol of Tokyo. No temple can symbolize Tokyo either. The Imperial Palace would be suitable, but the one we have now does not show the entire double arches of the bridge. Photojpn.org 04:46, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Are you interested in being a Bureaucrat?
Hi, I am considering nominating you to become a Bureaucrat. The role would involve giving administrator or bureaucrat access to other users following consensus on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Although there are currently 18 bureaucrats, it may be helpful to have a few more. If you would accept a nomination, please let me know. Kingturtle 04:28, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Detective Conan picture
I am just replying to let you know that I have seen your request regarding the Detective Conan manga cover image (Image:CaseClosedmanga.JPG). I would be happy to fix the picture, but I can't get to it right now. (I'm too busy studying for my final exams...) I will do it eventually, though. Josh 01:37, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
- I just wanted to let you know that I finally did this. Josh 05:28, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
YuYu Hakusho
Alright, I'll keep hands off those ;) Fixing assorted refs in List of YuYu Hakusho episodes also. Sukael 23:00, May 6, 2005 (UTC)
Digimon
There have been some apparent Rv vandalism attacks on various Digimon articles lately, preferbly the articles from the Adventure series, especially the Digidestined profiles, unfortunately I don't know had to reverse it, but I can tell you it is all connected to 68.74.122.215, anyway if you can I would ask if you could look into it if you could. Sincerly - 24.20.153.45.
Airport on Collaboration of the Week
As grand poobah of Wikipedia:WikiProject Airports, I recently listed airport on Wikipedia:Collaboration of the Week. This article is about to fall off the page due to lack of votes, beaten by an article on ancient rome. You know what to do Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 22:45, May 13, 2005 (UTC)
- I assume you meant to vote on airport there, so I moved your vote over. Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 04:55, May 14, 2005 (UTC)
hey man you are smart but thats more than enough. In life we learn to be smart but NOT act smart... (Anon)
Hey SMART ALEX, SO AMOY AIRLINES FLY CHANGI?WTF! AND TAIWAN AIRLINES FLY TO SINGAPORE?WTF DID YOU CREATED THOSE AIRLINES.WOW MAN YOU ARE RICH! AND YOU ARE VERY CREATIVE...STOP YOUR CRAP PLEASE...IF THOSE CODESHARE AIRLINES DOESNT FLY HERE , CHANGI WOULDN'T HAVE LISTED THOSE AIRLINES AND IF THOSE AIRLINES DON'T FLY HERE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAVING VARIOUS AGREEMENTS WITH VARIOUS AIRLINES....SMART ALEX! (Anon)
somebody obviously has no balls to correct mistakes he obviously is creating trouble in wikipedia. (Anon)
Are you talking about the Changi Airport thing? I'm sorry but it's so true that codeshares should not be listed. WhisperToMe 20:05, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
codeshares IS RECOGNISED by changi and changi does recognise the iportance of these codeshare airlines why shldnt you...you are really a vandaliser and how do you explain the fact that TAIWAN AIRLINES and AMOY AIRLINES are in there...wtf do these airlines even exist? clearly the PERSON who changed it is some american sympathiser of TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE...what do you think?
Can you please talk in straight English?
Think of it this way. Just because American Airlines has a deal with another airline to take AA pax to Singapore does not mean that AA actually flies into Changi. For that reason, AA should be kept off of the list, because it can wrongly imply that AA actually flies into Singapore when they do not. WhisperToMe 05:59, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
WHISPERTOME I AM TALKING ABOUT THE SUPOOSEDLY EXISTENCE OF TAIWAN AIRLINES AND AMOY AIRLINES. DO THESE AIRLINES EVEN EXIST AND FLY TO CHANGI. BEFORE YOU DELETE THOSE CODESHARE AIRLINES DELETE THOSE AIRLINES THAT ARE ========FICTIONAL AND NON EXISTENCE======= DON'T YOU AGREE THAT THE CHANGE OF CHINA AIRLINES TO TAIWAN AIRLINES IS THE WORK OF SOME AMERICAN SYMPATHISER OF TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE? CAN YOU CHANGE IT BACK RIGHT NOW????
And when you say it wrongly implies that AA flies to Changi, you don't have a strong case because the very word...let me bold it for you ===CODESHARE=== is placed beside the airlines and that airlines does fly into Changi.Stop making a fool out of yourself thank you.btw carefully read what i wrote on TAIWAN AIRLINES/CHINA AIRLINES
And what if someone doesn't know what a codeshare is? If codeshares must be listed, they should be separate from the airlines that actually fly into Changi.
Since China Airlines is still China Airlines, I changed it back. WhisperToMe 17:12, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
Image of 2ch on Internet forum
Hiya WhisperToMe, as you've contributed to internet forum in the past, could you please read this part of the talk page, and offer your opinions, so we can reach consensus on which image to include? Talrias (t | e | c) 09:11, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
Shichinintai
Dunno. I was just updating it since they just showed that episode today on CN. -- EmperorBMA|話す 05:00, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Fruits Basket character template
Hi, Whisper, I've created a Fruits Basket character template (view it here). Before I add it to any Fruits Basket character articles, do you think some expansion or modification (e.g. - add "Minor Characters" or "Sohma Family" section) could do it some good? Thanks in advance for your input! Sango123 17:12, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
Yoju Toshi -> Wicked City
Hi,
Why the need to renamed the page Wicked City? Why does one version of the English translation be prefered over another? I figured it was less POV to leave it as Yoju Toshi and less culturally bias. - UnlimitedAccess 13:17, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Map coverage for the Houston Metropolitan Area
I was wondering if you could help replace the image for the area coverage of the Houston Metropolitan Area. I do not know how to do it nor do I know where to get the image. As of 2003, the metropolitan area covers 10 counties instead of the map showing only eight counties. Any help is appreciated!
The two new counties included as of 2003 are Austin County and San Jacinto County.
http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/List1.txt
UH Collegian 08:37, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- The ten (10) counties included in the metro area as of 2003 by the U.S. Census for the Houston—Sugar Land—Baytown, TX MSA are:
June from Saint Seiya
Hello. I noticed you edited the Saint Seiya article and added an accent to June (one of the Bronze Saints), making it "Juné". I was just curious. Where does that come from? Because I've never seen anything like that. Perhaps it's something from the American Shonen Jump, but I wouldn't know. I also don't know about the Jabu/Jab thing. Could be true as well.--Kaonashi 17:47, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Ah. Well, alright. If you saw it there, it's probably better to use it, I guess. Thanks for clearing it up. See you.--Kaonashi 02:34, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)