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Scope and goals
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This project is designed to help those interested in improving all of the Japan-related articles on Wikipedia to find a particular area in which they are interested in working. As "Japan" is a broad subject, there are many sub-projects and collaborations in which you can participate. We want to:
- Allow people to more easily locate groups working on Japan-related WikiProjects
- Create a body of articles that accurately depicts the history and culture of Japan and the Japanese
- Expand the number of articles regarding Japan and Japanese subjects
- Further #3 by expanding all Japan-related article stubs
- Highlight Japan's relationship and contributions to the rest of the world
- Properly source all Japan-related articles
- Standardize the style and format of articles on Japan or Japanese subjects; and
- Standardize the use of Japanese-language terms, names, and translations into English across all related articles, bringing them in line with the WP:MOS-JA.
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Article assessment
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The {{WikiProject Japan}} template has a class= parameter that provides an article assessment rating:
- {{WikiProject Japan| class=??? }}
The following values may be used for the parameter. Please note that you must type them exactly as below as they are case-sensitive:
If a rating is not assigned, the article will be filed in Category:Unassessed Japan-related articles. The class should be assigned according to the grading scheme. A list of Unassessed and In dispute articles can be discussed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Assess.
If you're looking for something to do, please consider working on the articles in the categories above in order to bring them toward (or to) Featured Article quality. The chart on the right shows how many of each class of article there are, and there's plenty to work on. We would like to have 10 featured articles from this project by the end of the year. This is a reachable goal, but we'll all have to work hard at it. So, please jump right in and help us out.
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Article stubs
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| In addition to those articles listed in the categories above, you can find a list of all Japan-related stub categories on the Category talk:Japan stubs page. All of the articles on the main Category:Japan stubs page need to be sorted into these more specific categories while they are stubs. Of course, you can also expand the stubs in such a way as to make them no longer stubs. If none of the existing stubs apply, please use {{Japan-stub}}.
If you want to make a new stub for a particular category, please note that all stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will probably be deleted. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on creating stub templates and categories.
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Help requests
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These are big tasks that require a lot of work from a lot of people helping out in order to improve something. Feel free to jump right in and help with any of them. We always welcome more help!
- Exploding Boy is seeking help with what has become a major Japanese tea ceremony project. The Japanese tea ceremony article is currently at Peer Review in the hopes of nominating it for FAC status soon. Please see Category:Japanese tea ceremony for the current list of articles (several of which are brand new as of May 10, 2006). There is still a vast amount of ground to cover. Added: the project continues to expand with more new articles (
two three four five SIX! of which have been featured in the "Did you know" section on the main page) and several expansions as of May 16, and there is still a vast amount of ground to cover.
- Fg2 has issued a call for assistance with bringing Japan up to Featured Article status. See more about this project here.
- LordAmeth has issued an invitation for anyone interested in Japanese artists to come and help out with the cleanup of the List of Japanese artists. Please see the Talk page there for more details.
- Education in Japan needs some major reworking to make it a better article overall.
- Gaijin was recently cleaned up and is now a big mess again.
- Rick Block requests help updating articles due to Gappei. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Gappei.
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Requested moves
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| Please participate in any discussions that interest you. Gleaned from Wikipedia:Requested moves. Please feel free to update this list.
10 June 2006
- Cooler (Dragon Ball)→ Coola - Same as below. — Talk:Cooler (Dragon Ball) — Onikage725 14:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
- Frieza→ Freeza - The latter is the official romanization, as well as official spelling in the manga (considered the highest source of information on the topic). The former is the spelling from one of three English dubs that is widely known to be riddled with mistransaltions. The page was moved with no discussion, and consensus had been reached prior to these moves. — Talk:Frieza — Onikage725 14:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
9 June 2006
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Proposed new or updated articles
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List any Japan-related articles on which you are working that aren't quite ready for prime time, or proposed replacements or updates for currently existing articles. This will allow an informal peer review of sorts by anyone interested in the particular topic, thereby helping Wikipedia to become better.
- Posting system (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
Update. The article was a mess and I tried to Wikify it, I think it would be great if someone who's more knowledgeable about baseball could make it more complete, since the posting system is a big story in Japanese baseball.
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Cleanup tasks
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These are anything smaller or more specific than projects and anything that individuals can work on.
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Requests
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These are articles that need to be created (or pointed to existing articles under slightly different names).
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Resources
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Similar WikiProjects which can be used for reference and ideas are:
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Templates
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To add a page to the project, please add one of the following templates to the top of the talk page of the article: {{WikiProject Japan}} or {{WPJ}}.
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Sister projects
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Find more information on Japan by searching Wikipedia's sister projects:
 Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary
 Textbooks from Wikibooks
 Quotations from Wikiquote
 Source texts from Wikisource
 Images from Commons
 News stories from Wikinews
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Use these shortcuts to access this page:
WP:JA — WP:JP — WP:Japan — WP:JAPAN
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You can participate in the collaboration below, or visit the JCOTW page. You can use the articles in the "Assessement articles" categories to the left as ideas for nomination for the collaboration.
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Pages marked for deletion
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Japan-related articles for deletion are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Japan. Please go and express your opinion regarding any articles listed there.
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Former FAC
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These are mostly well written articles that need a little improvement in order to become FA quality.
 Cowboy Bebop, see discussion- Final Fantasy IV, see discussion
- Forty-seven Ronin, see discussion here and here
- InuYasha, see discussion
- Japan, see discussion
- Japanese grammar, see discussion
- Japanese name, see discussion
- Japanese tea ceremony, see discussion
- Mega Man (series), see discussion
- Pac-Man, see discussion
- Spira (Final Fantasy X), see discussion
- Stroke order, see discussion.
- Tea house, see discussion
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FAC and Peer Review requests
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Editors of Japan-related articles are encouraged to involve the community by listing Featured Article Candidates and Peer Review requests here.
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Project family
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Project subpages
- /Dead-end Japan-related pages
- /Gappei
- /Orphaned Japan-related pages
- /Participants
- /Redirect requests
- /ToDo
Parentage
Active descendant WikiProjects
Articles
Categories
Collaborations
Groups of Wikipedians
Lists
Notice boards
Portals
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Project relatives
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These projects are related, but not directly, to WikiProject Japan:
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