Talk:Death Note
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[edit] Regarding the Categories
Death Note is palced under some odd categories, namely the Drama anime/manga, articles with unsourced statements, and Motif of harmful sensation. First, does Death Note really fall under the Drama genre? Second, I think we've cited our sources pretty well, and it's a whole lot better than many articles out there, and I believe it doesn't need the articles with unsourced statements category. Lastly, according to the definition of Motif of harmful sensation, it's when harm befalls someone who has a certain sensation. Can someone please tell me how Death Note falls into that category? Thanks! SuperDT 02:48, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
- The Articles with unsourced statements category is automatically added by the failed verification template, which can be seen next to the final citations in both the Manga and Movie sections. The Manga citation doesn't exist anymore (and does not appear on the Wayback Machine), and the Movie citation doesn't appear to have anything to do with Death Note. When these two citations have been clarified and/or replaced with better ones (preferably in English), the verification tags (and, by extension, the unsourced statements category) will be removed. --Ppk01 20:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Death Note DS Game
I just found out that the Death Note game for DS is coming out February 2007! While I am excited, this raises an important question: Do we add the info now, while there's sacrce info, or wait a little longer and get some details, which probably won't come out for another month or two? Source: [1]
[edit] Shinigami vs. Death God
I really can't understand why shinigami is used in place of Death God. The term "Death God" is the one officially used within the series, and with all the uproar over the official names of the characters, surely instances of shinigami should be replaced with Death God? I cite the WikiProject Anime and manga article guidelines as a reference, which say "[c]haracters should be called what the series officially states their romaji names as. If that does not exist, use what they are named in the most recent or popular English translation, if it exists, isn't egregiously bad, and is the generally-used name". Though I have not read the officially translated manga, the original Japanese version of the anime certainly uses the term Death God in its English "How to use it" instructions. Therefore, I propose that within Death Note articles throughout Wikipedia, the term Death God be used in place of shinigami. --Ppk01 20:31, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
- To put it shortly, Shinigami is the casual term, used by people like Light, Misa, Mikami, some of the Task Force members, etc. Death god, or god of death, is the more formal term, used sometimes by L, Soichiro Yagami, etc., and in the Rules of the Death Note sections. To me, it really depends on the context. In Volume 7, the second most recent English translation, L calls Rem a shinigami, the Task Force members call her a shinigami, and Rem calls herself a shinigami. Is that enough to be the generally used term? SuperDT 00:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
- Okay, then. I must get around to reading the manga one of these days... --Ppk01 22:04, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, in the Japanese version, everyone says Shinigami, obviously. The instances you mentioned were choices made by the translator. Chibi Gohan 21:23, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Just curious
How much more does this article need to be improved before it can be considered an A, GA, or Featured article? SuperDT 00:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- I dunno. Let's nominate it and find out. --Ppk01 16:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Is the anime broadcast in HDTV?
Does anyone know if Death Note is broadcasted in High Definition? Because I looked at my episodes that I've got saved, and Episode 1 was in 720p High Definition, and the rest weren't. Was this the only episode broadcasted like this? RedEyesMetal 16:08, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
No it's not aired as HD/HiVision, however there are upscales I removed earlier today sentence claiming that it would air as 720p HD. 84.248.132.197 19:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- What do you mean exactly by "there are upscales"? It must be broadcast in high definition by some broadcaster if it's available in the high definition format for downloads. If they were just scaled in size during editing, quality would be much lowered, would it not? Nique1287 20:11, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Quality is lower, for example if you look at outlines you will see it is very blurry. I upscaled regular 480i (deinterlaced) to 1280x720 (Lanczos3) and it is sharpen than "that 720p" floating on p2p. More proof: There is no HiVision logo at start, while Death Note movie that aired at 810p had, both aired at NTV), further proof: There is a lot of other series upscaled floating on internet. There are even DVD-Rips upscaled to 1280x720. For image look at http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7600/untitledor4.png. 84.248.132.197 15:10, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Semi-Protect Death Note?
Should we get Death Note Semi- Protected? I've noticed a lot of reverts done to stop vandalism and loads of link spam, and I think getting it semi-protected would at least help to solve this problem a bit. --SuperDT 18:33, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
- I only see about 8 reversions over the past 3 days. Doesn't seem bad enough to merit going all the way to semi-protection, IMO. --Gwern (contribs) 20:40 10 December 2006 (GMT)
