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News and Announcements Archives - March, 2006

March 1, 2006 – March 4, 2006

March 5, 2006 – March 12, 2006

  • AfD debate on Soukou has finished. The result of the debate was Delete. MikeDockery 04:04, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
  • All entries in Category:Japanese mythology converted to the new stub as needed. Articles in its subcategories still need to be converted. MikeDockery 06:27, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Added a new secondary source, Yokai World. Be aware its primary function is to entertain (and showcase the creator's art) than to inform, so take a grain of salt with it. Also, it's in Japanese, so if need be, you may have to babelfish it - and watch out for bad mechanical translations.--み使い Mitsukai 01:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Split Nekomusume off from Catgirl so we can talk about the mythological aspects of the creature. There's a listing for a {{citation needed}} there; I put that there myself so I can dig up the info when I get home (I'm at work atm). If someone wants to cover that aspect before I do, by all means, feel free and do so.--み使い Mitsukai 19:33, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
  • All entries on List of legendary creatures in Japanese mythology converted to the new stub as needed.--み使い Mitsukai 19:05, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
  • {{Japan-myth-stub}} is live! I went ahead and used the oni netsuke image, as it had the least amount of opposition (there was never much consensus on any one image). This is easily changed, however, so don't shy from voting for it to be replaced. — BrianSmithson 17:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Hidatori has been marked as a possible hoax, and the article has been edited to reflect that opinion. The article text is basically useless in its current form ("Some people think..., but that's not true"). Needs to be either cleaned up or deleted. MikeDockery 06:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
  • I've finally finished delving through the Japan category at Commons tagging everything related to folklore or mythology. Editors might be interested in browsing the folklore and mythology categories to find images worth adding to relevant articles. — BrianSmithson 04:03, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Doubts have been raised about the validity of the information on this website: Youkaimura (see Talk:Kamaitachi). The accuracy of the information on this site should be verified before using it as a source. Also, any articles which use only this site as a source need to be rewritten using multiple sources. MikeDockery 13:25, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Soukou has been listed on AfD. See Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Soukou. MikeDockery 11:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Added {{jmyth}} to all the articles in Category:Japanese_deities. Other subcategories of Category:Japanese_mythology still need to be done. MikeDockery 08:11, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • There is a possible copyright violation (plus possibly bogus information) in the article Kamaitachi. See the talk page for the possible violations. MikeDockery 07:51, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Copyright concerns have been addressed. Doubts have been raised about a source. (See above) MikeDockery 13:25, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Suguri F, a Japanese user, has questioned the validity of Soukou. He/she suspects it's from anime or games but not from real mythology. Anyone able to do a Google.jp search on this? — BrianSmithson 15:46, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
    • I asked some of my fellow teachers about this - the best they could come up with was Hō-ō (鳳凰), which is a creature somewhat similar to the discription given in the Soukou article. It's connection to Mt. Fuji is tenuous; It can appear suddenly in sacred places, so an appearance on Mt. Fuji (which is sacred) wouldn't be unexpected (in mythology, of course), but it isn't said to "live" there. They checked the web and dictionaries and couldn't come up with anything regarding "Soukou". Likely something from a game (per Mitsukai's explaination on the talk page), but most likely not from Japanese mythology. MikeDockery 01:55, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Removed from to-do list: "Move Yebisu to Ebisu? Or to Ebisu (god)?" Submitted for your disambiguating enjoyment: Ebisu, Ebisu (god), Ebisu, Tokyo, and Yebisu. — BrianSmithson 03:41, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
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