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[edit] Project Dragon Ball


[edit] Guidelines for character, techniques, and other names

As a side note: I have never spelled techniques as "technigues". That is all. *whistles*

WP:MOS-JP#Romanisation

All names should be taken from the original Japanese text. Romanized under Wikipedia's Revised Hepburn romanisation standard, with exceptions.

  • Is the name derived from and English word?
    • If so, use the English word, and not a romanization of the kana.
    • If not...
  • Is there an acceptable romanization that is vastly more popular than the standard romanization?
    • If so, use the most common romanization.
    • If not...
  • Use the standard romanization of the name.

Specific to Dragon Ball, if the name involves a pun, especially an English word pun, it should be represented in the romanization of the name.


No distribution company's translations are to be relied upon exclusively. There are too many distribution companies to be able to choose one as more official than another. Further, all distribution companies have had problems with their adaptations - no company is free from fault.


There should be a small section detailing the name. Where it is derived from, what the pun is, and possible romanizations.

ie:

"Burdock"
バードック -- baadokku
バーダック -- baadakku
Burdahck
Burdock


[edit] Edit!

Quickly! No one must know the truth about the Sailor Moon pages =) VelocityEX 04:16, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

If you mean 'the truth' as in 'I watch Sailor Moon', it's too late :P --DesireCampbell 12:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Dragon World

Please see Talk:Dragon World dispute for your vote on whether we should keep the Human (Dragon World) article or have it merged into Dragon World. Thanks! Power level (Dragon Ball) 15:45, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red Ribbon Army

See that article which keeps getting redirected without consensus. If you could, begin a survey there. I'm out to lunch (be back in 20-30 min.) Power level (Dragon Ball) 18:23, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I think that if we worked together, maybe the Red Ribbon Army article wouldn't be so wierd looking. Should we begin a cleanup, or do you have something else in mind? Power level (Dragon Ball) 20:05, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
It needs to be written in an encyclopedic tone. Eat Snow knows his RR stuff so I don't doubt that the information's right, it just needs to be cleaned up. That said, I don't know jack about the Red Ribbon army, so I'm a bit hesitant to start cutting the thing up right away. I'll try and look at it later tonight (I'm out of here in a minute) and see if I can get a style going. --DesireCampbell 20:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
I fixed up the first two paragraphs of the article. So what do you think? I'm starting on the characters sections now. Please help me fix it if you think it's still worded strangely, but don't just revert it. Thanks! Power level (Dragon Ball) 14:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burdock (Dragon Ball)

I'm relieved that the Burdock/Bardock thing is [hopefully] over as the people must be convinced by your wonderful proof. So, shall we move on and begin romanizing and whatnot Mister Satan's, Madjinn Boo's, and Vegerot's article and their respective names? I really feel that we should go forth and start out with what the DBZ manga's original Japanese written language names were to these characters. Meaning, you wouldn't happen to have a japanese written language manga of DBZ, would you? If not, should we go by the Japanese Dragon Ball articles on the Jap. Wikipedia as a source? ----Power level(Dragon Ball)Stacy's Mom 15:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Nothing's ever "over" on Wikipedia. That much I have learned. There are only pauses between artillery volleys :P
I'm just about to start a template for character pages. One of the first sections will deal with the name specifically; explaining it's pun, how it is romanized,. why it is romanized as it is, other acceptable spellings...
It's just that I'm not too worried about any of the pages right now. A lot of them are pretty bad, but none are so bad they need to be fix immediately. I think the best thing to do right now is to work on building standards for DB articles. We need to figure out hoe the pages should look, right now we're taking one article at a time and there's no standard template to go by. Every page is different from every other page. There's needs to be consistency.
The thing with Dragon Ball names is they're not meant to be written in English (most of the time), so any attempt at romanization is difficult. The guidelines are clear on what we should use, but again, I'm fully supportive of ignoring any rules if necessary. I think the best thing to use is Daimao's subs. He's a professional, and a great translator, his names are never "guesswork", they're all well thought out (even if I don't agree with them all). Further, they're official romanizations (as the guidelines suggest).
Aaaaarrrgh! So much to do :p
--DesireCampbell 19:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A few rules before the Google test

1. Please set the preferences to search English pages only... we do not wish to count Spanish/French/etc - This inflates the search groups in favor of "Mr. Satan" because those non-English languages know him as Mr. Satan 2. Make sure a "-wikipedia" is thrown in WhisperToMe 23:14, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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