User:Dekimasu

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Languages and Locales

en-∞

This user speaks English at a godlike level.

ja-3

この利用者は流暢に日本語を話すことができます。

大阪弁-2

この利用者はある程度大阪弁を話すねんで。

de-2

Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

This user lives in Japan.
この利用者は日本に住んでいます。

This user lives in Osaka.

This user's time zone is GMT+9.

Education

IB	This user is a graduate or student of the International Baccalaureate.

D	This user attends or attended Dartmouth College.

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology.

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Earth Science.

TEFL

This user is a teacher of English as a foreign language.

Attitudes and Beliefs

This user advocates pacifism.

This user supports the United Nations.

This user is interested in Buddhism.

This user is interested in existentialism.

This user does not believe in the existence of human races, except as a social construct.

11	This user has set foot in 11 countries of the world, but imagines that there aren't any.

Wikipedia

1RR

This user prefers discussing changes on the talkpage rather than engaging in an edit war.

This user repairs links to disambiguation pages - you can help!

This user is a participant of
WikiProject Japan.

Warning to Vandals: This user is armed with VandalProof.

⇔	I translate and proofread from Japanese to English on Wikipedia:Translation

This user has adopted Rurouniyuudai85.

This experienced editor is seeking to adopt new users. (Users requesting adoption)

This user does not insult vandals.

This user values third opinions and occasionally provides one.

This user is a proposed deletion patroller.

10 000

This user has over 10 000 edits on the English Wikipedia.

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Hikone-jō, Shiga, Japan. A little present from me to Wikipedia.

[edit] About me

I am a 24-year-old American who has lived in the Kansai region of Japan since graduating from college. I currently teach English and study the Japanese language and culture.

I have done various editing work for print publications, and in college I was the editor of a journal of the social sciences. I enjoy editing more than writing, and I find that I am better at adjusting and improving existing text than creating my own. In translation I find a happy medium; it is absolutely necessary to convey both the intended tone and the intended meaning of the author. I currently do translations for volunteer organizations whenever I have the opportunity. I am interested in the philosophical questions presented by translation and I consider it an art form. I would like to have a Rosetta barnstar more than any other. Because of these interests, a job translating Japanese works of art into English is my holy grail.

On Wikipedia, I am an advocate of exclusionism — the idea that the usefulness of an article can be maximized by removing superfluous information. I tend to remove trivia from articles when it is not adequately focused on creating a better understanding of the topic at hand. I am personally responsible for all of my edits on Wikipedia; I do not use AWB, and I have read and thought about each edit individually. I average over 1200 edits a month, although most of the edits are minor. I have too many userboxes. I assume good faith. I dislike SNOW, but I like snow. Please let me know how badly I am editing.

[edit] Pages I keep a more eagle-eyed watch over

Japanese disambiguation, where I have fixed well over 1000 ambiguous links
Japanese people, still in a sorry state, but getting there slowly!
Bleach (manga), the article that convinced me to make an account
Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/from categories, a one-man battle
Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) is good for my brain
Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan, Japan-related deletions and other related pages
Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links, which never reaches 100%
Ganguro, Melonpan, Raijin, and many more that attract trivial trivia
Genzō Murakami, one of my efforts to translate and expand from the JA Wiki
Electronic dictionary and other such pages which I have rewritten
The Gate and other such pages which I have changed from WP:COI violations
Sakai, Osaka and the Sakai disambiguation page

I hereby confer upon you this Working Man's Barnstar to thank you for your tireless disambiguation work! Russ (talk) 10:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pages I always intend to edit more

Kansai-ben / Mushishi / Kishiwada, Osaka / Junichiro Tanizaki / The Miner / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle / Takashi Shimura / I Live in Fear / The Ruined Map / Sumiyoshi Taisha

[edit] Pages I always intend to translate

Nankai Candies (from Japanese)
Akane Osawa (from Japanese)
Tutorial (owarai) (from Japanese)
Taka and Toshi (from Japanese)
Tenjin Matsuri (from Japanese)
And Then (Natsume Soseki novel)
The Reed Cutter (Junichiro Tanizaki novel)
Secret Rendezvous (Kobo Abe novel)

My current and perpetual Wikimood.
It's the part of Wikipedia that I care about, too!

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