User talk:Sekicho

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[edit] Archive

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[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

• Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
• Multi-Licensing Guide
• Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. – Ram-Man ^{(comment) (talk)}[[]] 14:44, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Statue of Liberty

An anon POV-pusher is insisting that it's really in New Jersey because, based on its map location, he thinks New Jersey deserves it. Please help. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 11:06, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Call for AMA election

AMA Member Advocate,

There's a poll currently in the AMA Homepage about making a new AMA Coordinator election. Please, cast your vote there (though it's not mandatory). Any comments you have about this, write it on the AMA Homepage talk page. Cheers, --Neigel von Teighen 18:43, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Proposals for AMA Membership Meeting

As AMA Coordinator I am requesting that suggestions be placed on Wikipedia:AMA Membership Meeting plans for our first membership meeting, to be held in the near future, (hopefully before any election occurs.) Since we have never had any kind of "official" meeting we need to discuss how this will occur (i.e. Wiki pages or IRC channel), how it will be structured (i.e. meeting agenda) and if there will be any "chair" to supervise the meeting and meeting "secretary" to write up minutes or keep some kind of official record of what transpires. Thanks in advance for your input and your continued work as an advocate. — © Alex756 20:30, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] COORDINATOR'S OFFICIAL AMA MEETING NOTICE

The first AMA Membership meeting will be held on Sunday January 23, 2005 at 19:00 UTC on freenode IRC channel #AMA. That is 2 PM Eastern NA (Miami/Montreal) Time, 11 AM Pacific NA (Los Angeles/Vancover)Time, and 8 PM Central European (Amsterdam/Stokholm/Warsaw/Venice) Time. All members are invited to attend. — © Alex756 01:32, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Logs of first AMA Membership meeting

You may view the log of the first meeting on the following two pages: Wikipedia:AMA IRC Meeting log (1-23-05) (first hour) and Wikipedia:AMA IRC Meeting log (1-23-05) Pt II (remainder of meeting). If you are interested in commenting on the agenda of the meeting please do so here:Wikipedia:AMA Meeting (suggested topics).

[edit] OFFICIAL SECOND MEETING NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

"The second AMA Membership meeting will be held on Sunday January 30 2005 at 19:00 UTC on freenode IRC channel #AMA. That is 2 PM Eastern NA Time, 11 AM Pacific NA Time, and 8 PM Central European (Amsterdam/Stokholm/Warsaw/Venice) Time. All members are invited to attend."

The coordinator is requesting that members submit the following information for the upcoming coordinator’s report:

• How many individuals did you help as an advocate
• What is the maximum amount of time you put into a case
• Do you feel your work as an advocate was successful?
• How can the advocacy program of the AMA be improved?

Thank you. Please submit your responses here: Wikipedia:AMA Coordinator/January 2005 Survey

— © Alex756 23:30, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC) (The Coordinator)

[edit] OFFICIAL AMA THIRD MEETING NOTICE

The second AMA IRC Membership meeting was held on Sunday January 30, 2005 at 19:00 UTC on freenode.net IRC channel #AMA. Attending were Wally, Metasquares, Anthere, Sam Spade, and alex756 (coordinator). The log of the second meeting can be found here: Wikipedia:AMA IRC Meeting log (1-30-05).

"The third AMA Membership meeting will be held on Saturday February 12, 2005 at 17:00 UTC on freenode IRC channel #AMA. That is 12:00 Noon Eastern NA Time, 9 AM Pacific NA Time, and 6 PM Central European (Amsterdam/Stokholm/Warsaw/Venice) Time. All members are invited to attend.

[edit] Suggested Topics and Specific Proposals

MEMBERS PLEASE REVIEW

Suggestions for topics/proposals and agenda to be discussed at the next meeting are to be found at: Wikipedia:AMA Meeting (suggested topics). All members are requested to make proposals there and respond to proposals on the talk page there before the beginning of the next meeting so discussion can be held forthwith concerning such proposals. Thank you, your Coordinator.

The coordinator is requesting that members who have not done so already submit the following information for the upcoming coordinator’s report:

• How many individuals did you help as an advocate
• What is the maximum amount of time you put into a case
• Do you feel your work as an advocate was successful?
• How can the advocacy program of the AMA be improved?

Thank you. Please submit your responses here if you have not done so already. — © Alex756 23:33, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Azabu

Nice new article on Azabu. Thanks Fg2 19:50, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jeb Bush

Sekicho — I see that you were involved in the editting of the Jeb Bush article in the past. There is currently a dispute over the article's neutrality, photographs, formatting, and other issues. If you'd like to weigh in, we'd love your opinion. Thanks. --BaronLarf 18:38, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] AMA Meeting Proposal

Hi! I put together a proposal for another AMA meeting that I'm hopeful you can chime in on. --Wgfinley 20:09, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] BOS_map image

[edit] BOS_map.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, BOS_map.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. —MetsBot 18:59, 9 December 2006 (UTC) The image has been obsoleted by the updated airfield map in Image:BOS_airfield_map.png.

[edit] Tokyo railways

Railways and subways are not the same. Change it back please. Photojpn.org 14:02, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] lots of edits, not an admin

Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:12, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Human Rights Servey on Wikipedia (The final post of I_sterbinski)

Dear all,

Wikipedia was recently a subject of intensive research of an huge international human right organization. A team of people from different nationalities and ages were acting on Wikipedia for 20 days, investigating previously noted anomalities of Wikipedia free editing and forming a final report, which (between the others similar reports) will later be a guide to all future moves of the organization concerning Wikipedia. Acting under an account of a real person, their privacy is to be held private. Therefore, very few private information will be revealed.

Also, this is a result of the lack of final possition of the organization concerning Wikipedia and human rights, which was still not formed.

The team's final post on Wikipedia, where they explain their actions can be found on the following addresses:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:I_sterbinski

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Macedonia#Human_Rights_Servey_on_Wikipedia_.28The_final_post_of_I_sterbinski.29

The team would like to thank to all the persons who took part in the correspondence with us.

We also want to appologise for keeping our identity secret for a longer period.

Best regards,

Aleksandar, Biljana, Asparuh, Christos, Valjon, Michael and Ana Luiza

I sterbinski 01:43, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fairbanks photo

Hi, I've listed the Fairbanks photo Image:Fairbanks-overhead.gif, uploaded by you, for deletion as it's been replaced by Image:Fairbanks-overhead.jpg. Hope this is OK. Mysid (talk) 12:20, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User categorisation

Greetings, Sekicho! Please accept this message as an invitation to categorize your user page in the category Category:Wikipedians in Pennsylvania and removing your name from the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Pennsylvania page and the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Philadelphia County, PA page. These pages will be removed when all users have been removed. Even if you do not wish to be placed in a category, could you take a moment to remove your name from the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Pennsylvania page? Thanks!

For more information, please see Wikipedia:User categorisation and Category:Wikipedians by location. -- CComMack, fellow Pennsylvanian, on behalf of the User Categorisation Wikiproject

[edit] Shinkansen map

It's cool (Image:Shinkansenmap.png), but the high resolution vs. seems to be different, see [1]. Hmm why? feydey 23:00, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Seems to have been a temporary glitch. - Sekicho 23:37, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Could you upload your maps into commons:? And you can make your images smaller by using pngcrush. -- ChongDae 20:11, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] whatever it takes:

I want your MSN! ;-) I need to discuss something with you. PBS27 19:46, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Template/Workshop

You, or any Wikipedia user, can contribute your suggestions and comments to the /Workshop page of any active arbitration case. Comments on evidence or proposals can help in understanding the import of evidence and in refining proposals. Proposed principles, findings of fact, or remedies may be listed on /Proposed decision and form part of the final decision. Fred Bauder 19:16, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Philadelphia Project

Hi i have noticed that you have edited several articles on subjects related to the Philadelphia area. Several other users and myself have got together to creak a project to help improve, expand, and create articles concerning the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley region. While our project is still new, we are inviting people to join us to help it get started off on the right foot. You can find the project at Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia, feel free to add your name and drop off an suggestions that you might have. If you have any questions, drop me a line anytime. Thanks. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 04:15, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sources for Kozu Station

Hello, good work on Kozu Station, and thanks for the contribution. However, you forgot to add any references to the article. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and there is currently a push to encourage editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. From what websites, books, or other places did you learn the information that you added to Kozu Station? Would it be possible for you to mention them in the article? You can simply add links, or there are several different citation methods list at WP:CITET. Thanks! Lupin|talk|popups 19:57, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] deeceevoice rfc

Hi Sekicho,

You might be interested in commenting on the deeceevoice rfc:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Deeceevoice

-Justforasecond 16:23, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] deeceevoice arbitration

As a party to her RfC, you might be interested to know a request for arbitration has been filed towards deeceevoice Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Deeceevoice.

-Justforasecond 18:28, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] AMA

Hello, you are receiving this message because your name is on the list of members of the Association of Members' Advocates. There is a poll being held at Wikipedia talk:Association of Members' Advocates for approval of a proposal for the revitalisation of the association. You are eligible to vote and your vote and input are welcome. Izehar 22:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] KKs and American corporations

I was glad to see some of the changes you made to the article on kabushiki gaisha. It looks like an earlier contributor didn't know that any incorporated entity is a corporation, let alone many of the finer distinctions between types of corporations.

In your edits today (23 January), you refer to "closed KKs" and "non-closed KKs"; I'm uninformed about these terms (closed vs non-closed); could you elaborate on these a little? I'm familiar with "closely held" companies—ones whose unlisted shares are held by a small group of people—and was wondering if there is any distinction here; e.g., "closed" KKs being ones whose shares are all held by one person or other entity, and "non-closed" but also not public being ones whose shares are held by a limited number of people.

Could you also give the Kabushiki kaisha#History paragraph a once over? The statement that kabushiki gaisha resemble "prewar American corporations" looks a little fishy. Given the context, writing that they resemble prewar Illinois corporations would make sense, but saying just American corporations seems to me to be a bit of a broad sweep of the brush. I think it should say what kind of American or Illinois corporation as well.

Also, given your self-intro on your user page, I'd like to suggest that you take a look at the article on yugen kaisha, since some of the terminology there looks a bit imprecise. Maybe you can tighten it up a bit.

Thanks, Jim_Lockhart 15:50, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Godo gaisha

Great article! Solid writing, too. :)

One quibble: your English renderings of 定款 and 社員. Isn't a 定款 a document usually called articles of incorporation in English? I'm sure, in your position, you've seen numerous 定款; if not articles of incorporation, what is the equivalent document called in English speaking countries? (I realize that it might be different from country to country, and even state to state in the US; so what is the generic term?) And—please correct me if I'm wrong—but isn't the generic equivalent of 社員 called partner or founding partner in English?

In translating Japanese terms, I personally tend to avoid looking too hard at the constituent kanji used to express them and try to look for a functional equivalent that will ring a bell with the English reader. Though operating agreement for 定款 is probably defensible in certain contexts (e.g., when you're explaining what a 定款 is), I have some doubts about using it as a functional equivalent, especially when operating agreement can mean something else in English. Further, I think member is misleading as a translation of 社員, unless it is used in English as a term of art meaning the same thing.

Apologies if this sound pedantic, but I hope it'll help you make a great article even better. Best regards, Jim_Lockhart 13:10, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AMA Coordinator Election

Dear AMA Member,

You are entitled to vote in the AMA Coordinator election, set to begin at midnight on 3 February 2006. Please see the pages on the election and its candidates and the procedure and policy and cast a vote by e-mail!

Wally 11:31, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please check your WP:NA entry

Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:

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2. If you are currently interested in being considered for adminship, please be sure your name is in bold; if you are opposed to being considered for adminship, please cross out your name (but do not delete it, as it will automatically be re-added in the next page update).
3. Please check to see if you are in the right category for classification by number of edits.

Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BDAbramson T 03:03, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Florida university userbox collection page?

I wonder if there should be a portal or something where all the Florida university userboxes should go, so people can select theirs. I only really thought about it after creating my userbox.

Go Bulls! This user attends or has attended the University of South Florida.

Tell me what you think. Mike H. That's hot 11:11, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Table of regions and prefectures

The table you added to Japan is awesome! Thanks Fg2 13:23, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pan Am dates

I noticed you added the sumo wrestling tidbit to the Pan Am page. The sponser dates you included ran from 1961 to 1991. But Pan Am left the Pacific in early 1986 (after selling the division to UAL). Can you confirm that the sponsorships didn't actually end when Pan Am left the Pacific in 1986?

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Japan

Thanks for joining up! We look forward to working with you. (^_^)

I noticed that you know a decent amount of Japanese, and that you also have a decent command of legalese. I'd appreciate if you'd look over my proposed replacement page for the current Shōnen (which I would like to see moved to Shōnen manga, which seems more appropriate based on the content of the current Shōnen article). I'd especially like help making sure I correctly translated the legalese part of the Japanese article. I think I got it right, but there were parts that were confusing to me and had me guessing what they actually meant. Thanks for sany help! (^_^) --日本穣 06:02, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Trains in Japan

Hello Sekicho. I see you've been editing some pages on Japanese railways. I have proposed the creation of WikiProject Trains in Japan to improve the quality and visibility of such articles. If you're interested, please take a look at the proposal. I hope you can join! Thank you. - Tangotango 06:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] E2

Hey there, I'm avalyn on Everything2... and I noticed you contribute here as well as there. I recently made up a userbox for noder-wikipedians, if you're keen on using it. It's at User:UBX/noder. Avalyn 08:50, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Midwest Law Studnet

Hi, please see my contributions to Yokohama (if you plan on visiting). I'm a law student in the Midwest, and plan to work in Japan after graduation (2007). Hope to work with you on articles about Japan. Greenw47 05:05, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hikari (Shinkansen)

Thanks very much for your help with the Hikari article merge. JRHorse 12:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Sekicho: I was wondering if you could take a look at Island of Palmas Case. It isn't great, but it is a start. Any additions or comments or clarifications would be appreciated. Thanks! Tortfeasor 07:15, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging for Image:BettyCastorHeadShot.jpg

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[edit] Narita International Airport Corporation

I notice you've replaced the stub with a redirect. The company is quite distinctive from the airport and deserves its own article. It is a corporate identity not a physical airport Softgrow 21:31, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox Public Transit

According to Wikipedia:The German solution, here’s a a tip for you: {{User:Olve/Userboxes/Public transport}} (in lieu of the blanked template:User Public Transit). -- Olve 22:51, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Railway Route Maps

I am particularly impressed by your Seibu route diagram. What drawing package did you use? Softgrow 10:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anti Japanese sentiment

I can't believe that you think that "I just think a lot of the anti-Japanese sentiment in Asia (and a lot of the anti-Asian sentiment in Japan) is unfounded or at least very exaggerated."

Maybe its because you are in Japan, but I don't think you know anything about Japanese war crimes from the medieval ages all the way to WWII.

Read cruelties of Japanese soldiers during the Imjin War (1592-1597). Japanese soldiers raped, kidnapped, pillaged, looted, and burned buildings, people, women, men, even dogs.

You have no idea how Korean or Chinese people feel today because of Japanese crimes.

Take a look at the Rape of Nanking. Historians think at least 300,000 Chinese civilians were killed, raped, or kidnapped!

Read about the Unit 731. Unite 731 was a secret medical unit during WWII. Vivisections were perfomed. Japanese scientists put animal blood into humans (notably Russian POWs, Chinese, Koreans, and Mongolians. They put humans into extreme conditions (freezing them), and blew them up with various weapons (such as flamethrowers or bombs)

Japanese soldiers had contests between captains to see which one would kill 100 Chinese people first.

Looting was at a very large scale and the Japanese goverment did nothing to prevent it.

Is it because you are in Japan and think it is a great country? Of course it is a great country. Japan is a world power today.

But consider the Japanese crimes. Consider why you think that the "anti-Japanese sentiment is exaggerated" Its just ridiculous how so many people do not know the true horrors behind Japan. Good friend100 00:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] THanks Your advice

I use the Kansai translation machine[2]. I apologizes when feeling that my word is dirty.

まいど！あんはんの言うことはよくわかるんや。わいも朝鮮半島の影響を否定しまへん。せやけど、彼らの主張は大げさすぎまんねん。もうちびっとバランスを考えた記事にしてくれまっか。（韓国の記事を見たんやが、彼らは中国や日本から受けた文化の影響について、ほとんど書いとりまへん。）わいは幕末と戦国時代の記事を書きたいんや。日本の記事はもうちびっと韓国人が大人しくなれば、関わりまへん。ほなら、失礼しまんねん。　--HaradaSanosuke 18:52, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

わいは彼らの非難[JapaniseBias]に反応したちうわけや。これは正しい対応ではおまへんやった。Sekichoのアドバイスに従いまんねん。たしかに、感情的な主張は百科事典にふさわしくおまへん。せやけど、Edgerの主張は間違いをようけ含んでいまんねん。その指摘は続けまんねん。--HaradaSanosuke 17:43, 27 June 2006

(UTC)

この人の立ち居地は韓国支持ですよ？　竹島問題の投票も韓国を全面支持して、リアンクールロックからDokutoに変更したメンバーの一人ですし･･･。なぜ、欧米人が日本人ではなく韓国人を支持するのか、本気で考えたほうがよいのでは？　この人は日本に留学しているのに、日本よりも韓国を信じています。それは日本が信じられない国だからではないでしょうか

[edit] Nice Meeting You Again Too

So that was you? Wow! what a small world, even online.-Jefu 14:56, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:No Filipinos sign.jpg

[edit] Your AMA statement was deleted

Your AMA statement was deleted apparently carelessly from the AMA statements page (see this edit)if your statement needs to be restored, the text is at User:Pedant/AMA error Pedant 02:00, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help of article's expansion

Hello, nice to meet you, Mr. Sekicho. I'd like you to help me with expanding the article because I'm not so good at English language. I expand Masashi Tashiro's article from most of 田代まさし波瀾万丈伝 website now but not excellent English. (I do it while using Microsoft Word) I'll soon contribute that sentence in his article. Please, therefore, contribute your edit in his article after my contribution. Would you correct and expand his article? --Hatto 02:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I editted his article now. Please correct and expand it from reference 田代まさし波瀾万丈伝 from now! --Hatto 01:50, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roppongi

Your edit to Roppongi#History left a non-sentence:

"Although the area was trafficked for centuries and served as the site of the cremation of Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada's wife in 1626, [1]"

I cannot determine from the edit history what the second clause of the sentence should be. Also, what does "trafficked" mean in reference to a place? Do you mean there was much traffic through the area? Your edit also removes some seemingly relevant and interesting information:

"Roppongi was a simple crossing of two streets until after the Meiji Restoration when it became a quartering area for the Imperial Japanese Army."

[edit] Your userpage

Not sure if you already noticed, but another user, Winkie, edited your userpage[3] back on July 10, 2006. I see he has no talkpage so my guess is he no longer edits Wikipedia. Regards, Abc def 22:24, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Toshihiro Nikai

I saw that you created Toshihiro Nikai.[4] It's very good, but you did not cite your sources. Please do so. Thanks, Ya ya ya ya ya ya 20:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] {{User Pennsylvania}}

I was clearing out Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Pennsylvania. I added this template to your page. Feel free to remove it, and thanks for understanding. --evrik 04:58, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

You are invited to participate in WikiProject Philadelphia, a project dedicated to developing and improving articles about Philadelphia. We are currently discussing prospects for the project. Your input would be greatly appreciated!

--evrik 05:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Association of Members' Advocates

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[edit] barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For your hard work and dedication to improving Wikipedia, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Original Barnstar. Good job! Sharkface217 19:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Assistance in an area of possible expertise

Would you mind coming over here? Fg2 recommended that you may be useful for this little project. If you can help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 04:29, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Whitney MacArthur Almond 1950.jpg

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[edit] The "Yayoi" passage in Japan; see Talk:Japan#Suggesting "China and Korea"

Hello, Sekicho

I know you've been away from the Japan article for a while. But I was hoping that you can comment again, regarding where the "Yayoi" came from, at Talk:Japan#Suggesting "China and Korea"?

Our current discussion is between the following 2 choices:

Option 1 — Most recent consensus (as of 3 January 2007)...

• The Yayoi period, starting around the third century BC, introduced new practices, such as wet-rice farming, iron and bronze-making and a new style of pottery, brought by migrants from the Chinese mainland and the Korean peninsula. With the development of Yayoi culture, a predominantly agricultural society emerged on the Japanese archipelago.

• The points that differ are: "from the Chinese mainland and the Korean peninsula" in the 1st sentence, and "on the Japanese archipelago" in the 2nd sentence.
• Pros: Some of us claim this is the more stable and accurate wording, using "Korean peninsula" instead of "Korea", and will prevent any potential revert-wars.
• Cons: Detractors claim it is "original research" to replace "China", "Korea", and "Japan" with "the Chinese mainland", "the Korean peninsula", and "the Japanese archipelago", based on wording used by the majority of sources.
• This wording was agreed upon (on 3 Jan.) by the 5 of us: Endroit, Jefu, HongQiGong, LordAmeth, and John Smith's.

Option 2 — Currently suggested wording...

• The Yayoi period, starting around the third century BC, introduced new practices, such as wet-rice farming, iron and bronze-making and a new style of pottery, brought by migrants from China and Korea. With the development of Yayoi culture, a predominantly agricultural society emerged in Japan.

• The points that differ are: "from China and Korea" in the 1st sentence, and "in Japan" in the 2nd sentence.
• Pros: Some of us claim this is the more accurate wording based on sources, the majority of which uses "China", "Korea", and "Japan" (instead of "Chinese mainland", "Korean peninsula", and "Japanese archipelago").
• Cons: Detractors claim this wording is cause for content dispute, and the word "Korea" is particularly problematic because a "state of Korea" did not exist during the "Yayoi" times as claimed by Endroit in the discussions.
• This wording is currently being suggested by: Jefu, HongQiGong, and Sir Edgar.

FYI - Current Citations used for this passage...

1. The Yayoi period (c. 250 BC–c. AD 250). Encyclopædia Britannica (2006). Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
   • Note: This source uses "from the Korean peninsula or China", uses "China" but never "Chinese mainland", uses both "Korea" and "Korean peninsula", uses "Japan" but never "Japanese archipelago".
2. Diamond, Jared. "Japanese Roots", Discover Magazine Vol. 19 No. 6 (June 1998). Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
   • Note: This source uses "from the Asian mainland", uses "China" but never "Chinese mainland", uses "Korea" but never "Korean peninsula", uses both "Japan" and "Japanese archipelago", also mentions "Russia", "Russian mainland", "mainland Russia", and "Okinawa".
3. Pottery. MSN Encarta. Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
   • Note: This source says that Yayoi pottery were "made by a Mongol people who came from Korea to Kyūshū". This source uses only "China", "Korea", and "Japan".
4. De Bary, William Theodore (2005). Sources of Japanese Tradition. Columbia University Press, p. 1304. ISBN 023112984X. Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
   • Note: This source uses "Chinese mainland", "Korean peninsula", and "Japanese archipelago".

Comment

We are trying to build a new consensus again, and your comments will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!--Endroit 14:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FSU

Actually, I looked into the history of UF and FSU and FSU really has a better historic case as the "flagship". Since that designation is troublesome, I wrote the "one of two" text and added one of the significant links establishing/supporting the claim. Please, lets not inflame this particular issue more than it already is.Sirberus 15:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

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