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Akita

Akita (dog), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Aircorn (talk • contribs) 21:35, 11 March 2013‎ (UTC)

Nominated for deletion

Category:Tokusatsu actors is being considered for deletion. Anybody interested in commenting, can do so at Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_November_4#Category:Tokusatsu_actors.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Elaqueate (talk • contribs) 14:10, 6 November 2013‎ (UTC)

Japanese School in Bucharest: AFD: Is there sufficient sourcing?

The AFD for the Japanese School in Bucharest has not gotten responses since my post. Would anyone knowing Japanese mind checking out the sources and seeing if there is sufficient notability demonstrated? WhisperToMe (talk) 00:12, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Help at Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Japanese Resistance to the Empire of Japan in World War II

If anyone has a stance on the topic, we have a novice trying to get a draft through AFC. If anyone has any input, you can type and sign it directly at the top of the page, or use the {{afc comment|1=WRITE COMMENT HERE}} template to add any suggestions or comments for reviewers or the originator. Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:35, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to User Study

Would you be interested in participating in a user study? We are a team at University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within a Misplaced Pages community. We are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visualization tool. All you need to do is to prepare for your laptop/desktop, web camera, and speaker for video communication with Google Hangout. We will provide you with a Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 23:18, 18 January 2014 (UTC).

Circulation of Japan Spotlight (Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry)?

Does anyone know how to find the circulation of the Japan Spotlight (Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry)? It might be useful for that article.

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 14:45, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Ryūkyū TaskForce Request

Hello, At the urging of Kwamikagami and Ryulong, I've decided to come to WikiProject Japan. I noticed that there were many poor/missing articles about the Ryūkyū Islands and the Ryūkyū Kingdom, so I created WikiProject Ryūkyū. Although I object to it, I was told that my WikiProject would be more efficient and have better support if I converted it into a WP Japan TaskForce. So I'm here, asking for your help. Much obliged in advance. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 03:27, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

I'd like to add that many existing Ryūkyūan articles are stubs full of red links, and it'd be nice if anyone would help me take care of them. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 15:26, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

• Comment New WikiProjects are proposed through WP:COUNCIL, so not going that route ends up in deletion at WP:MFD. Since WP:WikiProject Ryūkyū was redirected (Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Ryūkyū (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)) to WP:JAPAN, there's no current actual wikiproject. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 06:26, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Reply: Yes, the WikiProject was deleted and the page was redirected. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 18:20, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Comment an Ainu/Ezo/Karafuto/Kuril task force would also be a good idea. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 06:29, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
    • Reply: There already is an Ainu TF. See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Japan/Ainu task force. - Boneyard90 (talk) 13:47, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
      • Thanks, I couldn't find it on the banner before. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 05:53, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
        • While we're at it, perhaps we should also establish Portal:Ainu and Portal:Ryukyu -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 11:38, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
          • Ok, but I don't know how to go about doing that. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 12:36, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
            • Instructions are here Misplaced Pages:Portal/Instructions -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 01:38, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

• Support WP:JAPAN/RYUKYU / WP:WikiProject Japan/Ryūkyū task force ; a WP:RYUKYU would be good in listing topics needing editor focus in the subject of the archipelago/island chain/island arc, its people, politics, language, history. Though if you did not want a parent of WPJAPAN, there's always WP:WikiProject East Asia that can also function as a parent to such a task force. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 06:26, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Reply: Thank you, I'll see what they have to say. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 18:20, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
    • The former Ryukyu Kingdom is now a part of Japan so it doesn't make much sense to go with the East Asia WikiProject. Also, you don't need to have all this Reply and Comment formality.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 18:37, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
      • Well now that I've looked at a few other WikiProjects, I agree that I shouldn't have tried to start one by myself, but I would like to point out the existance of WikiProject Soviet Union and WikiProject Ottoman Empire, since they're also former countries belonging to other countries presently, which also have their own WikiProjects. The scope of the WikiProject is bigger than just the Ryūkyū Kingdom anyway. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 18:54, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
        • You can't really compare major world powers and major players in world history to a chain of islands that was a tributary state twice over. I don't mean to belittle the islands but the Soviet Union and Ottoman Empire were vast nations of major import.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 20:37, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
          • Sure I can. The Kingdom lasted much longer than the USSR, and almost as long as the Ottoman Empire (not including the Gusuku Period). It was a major player in the trade routes of Medieval and Renaissance East Asia. Size or strength don't make any country more important than another when it comes to history. And again, I wanted the WikiProject to cover more than just the Ryūkyū Kingdom. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 22:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
          • I figure I can't just convert my WP into a task force myself, a WP:Japan administrator has to create the task force, right? So I'll just stay on my own until that happens, and move my "office space" after the fact. Agreed? ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 21:35, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
            • Holy cow, there's no such level of bureaucracy for task force. Make Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Japan/Ryukyu task force and get it over with.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 21:57, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
• And so it has been done. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 05:43, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
  • An administrator needs to update {{WPJAPAN}} to account for the new taskforce. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 01:30, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
    • Yes, I saw and renewed the request. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 06:34, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
      • It's still on hold -- 70.50.148.248 (talk) 06:40, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK Kanako Momota

Moscow Connection nominated Kanako Momota at Did You Know and has been asked to make numerous changes to the article. Japanese is not this editor's language, and the sources are in Japanese. Can anyone here help on that template? — Maile (talk) 22:34, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

I have come in possession of a Japanese source that can be used in expanding the article to meet the DYK requirements. I can send it by email to anyone who is willing to help. But keep in mind that it is a scan. --Moscow Connection (talk) 10:03, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Many pages nominated for deletion

There are many pages listed for deletion which have been tagged with this project banner. See: Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Japan/Article alerts. Just wondering if any members here are actively involved? XOttawahitech (talk) 15:51, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Yamanoue no Okura

This page desperately needs more eyes. One user with a clear political agenda and no interest in discussing disputes with other editors has been threatening to drastically change the article even though all reliable sources and every other Wikipedian has disagreed. User:Cckerberos posted once, but otherwise I have been trying to protect the page alone, something not easy when I can't edit from my computer and therefore can't log in. 182.249.240.5 (talk) 02:58, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

• こんにちは！ I've reviewed the article in question and tried to take in the entire discussion. The disruptive editor seems to have had past trouble with vandalism and edit warring outside of the article in question, but he made some good contributions to the article. I noticed your last comment about how he had added information only up to 1981; it'd be best for you to just add on the needed information yourself. I would also advise that you add a section to the article that states both sides of this argument on the man's foreigness as supported or rebuffed by sources (since it is a stub). If the user continues to make reverts without discussion beforehand, then you should report him to an administrator. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 05:36, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

But what about WP:WEIGHT? Juzumaru has to date been unable to name a single scholar in the field of classical Japanese literature who has argued that Okura was not born in Baekje. I have already named two specialist sources that specifically state this to be a view held by scholars outside the relevant field (歴史学者 as oppoed to 文学研究者). And I already summarized the debate as discussed in a huge number of reference works, only to be completely ignored by Juzumaru. 182.249.240.8 (talk) 07:07, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Again, if the debate is significant enough, use it to expand the article. Also, are you looking for mediation with Juzumaru, or help adding to the article? I would be more useful with the former than the latter. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 07:55, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Ainu Flag

Has anyone seen this? ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 18:26, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Nanshu is kind of an asshole, but it makes sense that the Ainu flag is not free.—Ryūlóng (琉竜) 18:31, 1 February 2014 (UTC)