User talk:MightyAtom

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This is awfully late, but:

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I noticed Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai; thanks for contributing it! Could I ask you to cite your source(s) for all the information? Cheers, Melchoir 06:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for the info! I am really just getting started being active on wikipedia, and I appreciate the info!

--MightyAtom 02:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Japanese mythology

Hey, MA. I noticed you had signed up as a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese mythology. We've been pretty dead lately, mostly for lack of sources on the subject. There's only so much you can do for an article when you have to rely on the web for your information. Since you're in Japan, I thought you'd be a good one to ask about this. Are there any English-language sources available over there for this type of thing? I'm headed to Japan in August with the JET Program, and I was hoping stuff like this might be available. -- BrianSmithson 14:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


Hey Brian. You coming over on the JET Programme? That's cool. Where are you going to be? You're going to be here pretty soon, eh? Be sure to give me a shout.

I joined up with the Japanese mythology project mainly to focus on Japanese ghost stories. Not really the same thing as mythology, but... I found the wikipedia pages on Japanese ghost stories to be shockingly incorrect. It scares me to think that someone might actually use them for a resource! Well, I will get to it as time allows.

As far as English language resources...not really. Probably the best website I know of is this one:

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml

That one helped me a lot when I was working on my MA degree. You are probably already aware of it.

Good to get the greeting! Thanks!

ZACK

Wow, that page has quite a bibliography. I'll post a note on the project's talk page about it; perhaps someone can make use of those resources. As for me, I'll be in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima. (And just a wiki note: Don't forget to sign your comments with ~~~~.) Four weeks and counting till I'll be in Tokyo . . . . — BrianSmithson 12:56, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


Fukushima eh? Well, that is quite a ways away, but everyone should make a Kansai trip eventually!

Thanks for the wiki note. Being new to wikipedia, I am sure to make more than a few errors. Hopefully, they will all be style-wise and not bad information!

And hey, seeing as you are an admin, how does one go about getting a subject heading changed? The entry "Kwaidan" should really be "Kaidan." "Kwaidan" only refers to Lafcadio Hearn's book, not to the genre of ghost stories as a whole.

MightyAtom 13:23, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I definitely want to see the Kansai area eventually! As for your suggestion, once you have enough edits, you'll be able to move pages using the Move tab at the top of the page. In the meantime, I'd recommend bringing the issue up at Talk:Kwaidan. The editors who are watching the page will then be able to comment or follow up on your suggestion. (My Japanese level is woefully low at the moment, so I can't comment one way or the other . . . .) — BrianSmithson 15:13, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I brought it up on Talk:Kwaidan, but I don't think there is an editor watching the page. Someone else mentioned the same thing back in December of 2005, but nothing was done, and the message wasn't even responded to till March 2006!

Thanks for the advice, though.

MightyAtom 21:35, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. I see that. Try Wikipedia:Japan-related topics notice board or Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan if no one responds at Talk:Kwaidan any time soon. — BrianSmithson 22:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
Further note: If you haven't gotten responses on your inquiries, just go ahead and change or move things how you think best. It's great that you're asking first, but sometimes you just have to be bold. -- BrianSmithson 16:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Botan Doro

You can be offended all you'd like, but I really couldn't care less. After six days you hadn't made a single change. Seven days is the maximum hold period, not an extension for you personally. When did you budget the time for your article to be reread and critiqued? Or was that not important? Should I have simply failed you outright? Furthermore, you don't get a rebuttal to a pass or fail. If you had put the article up in proper form to be a good article, it would have passed. Do the work next time and it won't be a problem, but don't pester me on my user page because an article fell short. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, and if you had a timeline, you should have been keeping everyone on Wikipedia informed. This is not YOUR article, you are just a major contributor. You may refrain from telling me what I will and will not do in the future, and it is my suggestion you sit back and chill out a bit; if you had a question, you should have responded in good faith, not in a tantrum. For goodness sake, all you have to do is relist the article! Was behaving like this really necessary when you've lost absolutely nothing? Chuchunezumi 17:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

  • I appreciate your comments, but I will refer you to what I said in my response above. To begin, this isn't a report assigned by a teacher or some important task your boss gave to you. It is a mark that can be taken away just as easily as it is given, and vice versa. There is no lasting mark on this; all you have to do is resubmit it. Furthermore, there was no contract between us. I presented a hold to the entire Wikipedia community, not just you. The maximum time allowed is seven days. That means that the article has to be updated and reviewed in seven days, not just updated. I'll remind you that your last comment was asking where to look about citing sources. You never said anything about continuing this work, nor did any other editors; I felt I was being charitable granting the extension in the first place. You gave no indication whatsoever that there was any further work to be done; I asked in the message for an explicit statement of intention to improve. This was not accomplished by you or anyone else. You say that I established no criteria, nor did I establish that I needed time. I established the criterion of notifying me of intent to improve, which was not done, and I WRONGLY (I'm apologizing here and acknowledging my mistake) assumed that you would factor time for review into your schedule. In the future, I will be more explicit about such things, and rather than giving generous extentions blindly, I'll require a detailed statement of intentions to improve an article, complete with a time frame, or I'll simply fail it. As for the comment about the rebuttal...no, you really don't get a rebuttal. There is no dialogue required or expected in the good article review process. I would have been within very reasonable boundaries to fail this article outright. If you disagree with what I or any other person rating for good articles says, you ask for a review or you resubmit the article. Here...as a gesture of good faith, I'll do it myself (renominate this article for GA status). I do wish to apologize again for this misunderstanding, as it was never my intention to frustrate you or make you feel as though I was being heavy handed in my reviews. This is an excellent article, as I said before, and I actually look forward to working with you on future articles as editors, rather than in a review process. I hope that this makes things better. I want no ill will between us. Cheers! Chuchunezumi 00:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Dotonbori

I agree with you, this was not made clear that it was only 1 street especially because when I search the internet to find more information about such a topic, it doesn't give the limits of this street so WP should state it more clearly.

As for the attractions, maybe the restaurants are a necessity for the article as the street may only have this to offer. As for my other comments, it is preferable to have an attraction section in order to bring what is important for this street together.

In light of what you said, I may re-review the article after your further changes. I'm awaiting for your modified version, please tell me on my talk page. Lincher 14:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Japanese baseball

Hello mighty atom. I see you live in Japan and I was going to ask you a question regarding the japanese professional baseball leagues.

Do you know who won the central league this year, unfortunately I can't read japanese and there is very limited info on the internet?

Also, what happens after October (when all league games cease), is there any baseball action after that?

Thanks in advance Tonycdp 11:10, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 9 October 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Curse of the Colonel, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Peta 05:13, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiJET

Hi there. Seeing that you're a regular contributor to the Japanese articles on Wikipedia, and also over at BigDaikon, I thought you might be interested in my idea about creating a wiki related to the JET Programme over at Wikia.com. It is just in the idea stage at the moment but I'd be interested to hear what you think. Cheers, Bobo12345 11:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. I'll check out that Takepedia wiki. :) Bobo12345 00:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Just to keep you up to date, I've now started WikiJET properly over at Wikia.com. Check it out if you have time. :) http://jet.wikia.com Bobo12345 08:54, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category Osaka

Hey, just thought I'd point you in the direction of a new category I created: Category:Wikipedians in Osaka. Figured there might be enough Wikipedians living in Osaka to make it worthwhile. --Brad Beattie (talk) 03:46, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christmas

I noticed that you've been working on this and I've made several edits myself recently to both Main and Talk pages. The more I reviewed it, the more dissatisfied I became. Especially after following threads and reviewing the FA version of the article. It's actually embarrassing how the quality of the article has declined, and I'd really like to try bringing it back up to FA standards, especially with the holiday season so close. If you have the time and inclination to assist I think your continued participation would be invaluable. Thanks for all your good work so far, and happy editing! --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 20:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, glad to hear from you! Getting the dates in order sounds good. So does reworking sections. There also seems to be a fair amount of duplicate material that could be consolidated or removed. I started with some of the easy stuff if you want to check the article history. Let me know what you think. --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 08:43, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! I don't want to cross 3RR, but that was getting silly. I'm glad you're here :) --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 00:48, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Arigoto MightyAtom-san, domo arigoto. Sadly, that's the extent of my Japanese. Kudos to you as well, for your contributions to the article as well as your efforts to "hold the line" against nonsense. I strongly suspect that if the IP editor makes one more disruptive post he's going to end up blocked. At least one can hope... :)
PS - I have revisited the issue of the article's length on its Talkpage; there's quite a bit more work to do, and I suspect there's going to be some resistance to streamlining it. In the meantime, happy editing! --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 23:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Heh, that's what I was going to suggest. I think the Nativity section is one of the more problematic areas, both in terms of content, and probable resistance to change. I almost think that the best way to tackle it is with an axe; leave a brief outline and a link to the main article. Are you ready for some fireworks? --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 00:00, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

You are good. Really good :-) Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 06:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Hi, you've been helping with this article so I wanted to drop you a note. User:Kauffner has recently made many (30) changes without prior discussion, including the deletion of well-sourced material that was added to the article by consensus. I have started a new section to discuss these changes here and I hope you will join in. Thanks. --Doc Tropics 17:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maria Ozawa on Christian Academy in Japan

Hi MightyAtom, I don't see any references on the Maria Ozawa page, or a claim on that page that she attended the Christian Academy in Japan. Could you please add the appropriate reference to the claim on the Christian Academy in Japan article so it doesn't get lost would anything happen to it on the Maria Ozwa page. Thanks - Siobhan Hansa 12:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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