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[edit] Re: Random556

Thank you for your advices, if you ever notice somethgin that I would have missed in those new articles I made, or those articles I had improved, I would be glad to hear it. Ah, other thing. If by any chance you could help me (or know someone) to obtain a free-image of the cover for the article "The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow" let me know.

[edit] Neuro Anime Confirmation

http://community.livejournal.com/weeklyjump/47141.html (only source I have, and they say its from this week's Jump by way of AnimeSuki and Moonphase). -StrangerAtaru 22:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Air Gear was Toei. If Madhouse does a good job, it could be a nice psychological show like Death Note or Monster. But its up to them to make or break it. -StrangerAtaru 22:23, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Sayonarazetsubosensei.jpg

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[edit] Re: Lilia and Trais

You're right, I had mistaken. It is not clear whether the novel was completed. However, on second thought, I have doubts about the propriety of putting "ongoing" to the infobox. It is sure that the story "Watashi no Ouji-sama" was completed, and the author said that there was no plan for publishing next volume in volume six. Is it better to put "ongoing" to the infobox? Aren't there good ideas?--Swind 11:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Haruhi Suzumiya Translations

I can appreciate the fact that I did attempt to post links on the various pages of the light novel articles that would not be considered legal. However, I think it is in the interest of giving readers access to the materials that some translation be available. No licensed English translation of the novels do exist at the present, which could even then raise the question of why the articles exist in the first place. Please reconsider or at least provide a better rationale. Thank you... Ode2joy 21:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei

On point 2: At WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided on point 12, it states: Links to open wikis, except those with a substantial history of stability and a substantial number of editors. I do not believe the wiki you linked to satisfied this, so I removed it. As for #3, at WP:EMBED, it states that prose should always be used opposed to just listing things, and the fact that all that was listed were dates and ISBN numbers makes them less useful than, let's say, a list of useful links. And then if this article were to ever go to WP:GA, all lists would have to be converted into prose or removed (excluding references and external links of course).--十八 04:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Very few series have articles that just list the manga volumes, and if you did, you'd have to populate it with a lot more information, such as volume summaries, chapter names, and not to mention references. As for the wiki, it may be useful, but in terms of adding additional information that could not be listed in the article, I think it fails. It is after all a Japanese fansite on an English wikipedia. If it was linked on the Japanese wiki page, then it's probably more use to them than it could be to us.
But back to the manga. Yes, the source material should always be the top priority in an article on a fictional piece, but in terms of raw information and availability, the anime proves to be easier to gain and take information out of, especially for a manga that's never been translated into English. I don't see why listing when the nine volumes came out in Japan as a relavant piece of information to the article as a whole, since it as you said, just a list of boring numbers without any extra information, and not even referenced to boot. And I'm talking about good articles and featured articles here; you will be hard pressed to find a GA or FA with a list of ISBNs and when the manga were published, thus they should not be added for being extra information that could deter any article to promoting to GA or FA.--十八 05:00, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Missingnovel.jpg

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[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:Sayonarazetsubosensei.jpg)

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[edit] Thanks

For some reason I thought that Dengeki Bunko was used for manga instead of light novels when I made that edit; I guess I'm just tired...Thanks for correcting me.--十八 01:23, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Edits to The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow

Edit conflicts happen from time to time... especially when three editors are working on an article. In fact, just before I published my edits to the infobox, Random556 did some edits and I had to start all over again. I just copy-pasted the whole article, including the new infobox... that's what undid your fixes. I'll be more careful next time.--Nohansen 14:49, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] VS Imaginator 2

Looks like you haven't been around much recently, but it would be nice to get the third novel article up to at least a Start status before the new books start coming out. Anything I can do to help? Doceirias 19:43, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I have been waiting for my copy of this book to arrive all this time; for whatever reason, that was the only book I was unable to source locally, so I had to mess around with importing it. I expect it to arrive in the next week or two, at which point I shall finally be able to get stuck into the article. I had originally hoped to do it within a month of the release date ;) Elric of Grans 09:59, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Ooperhoofd

After seeing Ooper's responses in the forum, I posted User_talk:Ooperhoofd#French_MOS-JA - I wanted to bring my concerns about Ooper's responses in a civil, calm, kind manner. WhisperToMe 16:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Light novel source

Sorry to chop all that back out, but that source was just not reliable. Most of the statements you added were pretty far off the mark. Blogs are generally not considered a good reference, unless they have the credentials required, and being a massive Yuri fan doesn't really qualify her. Glad that poorly researched mess didn't end up in the Manga guide it was written for, since she clearly doesn't have any first hand familiarity with the topic. Doceirias 21:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Could you please provide a reference that you consider to be reliable that contradicts and clarifies the points of the source I provided rather than chopping everything out? -Malkinann 21:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Argument?

I wonder if you might want to take a look at this?

A different approach to dispute ...? --Ooperhoofd 14:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Revert

Yeah, sorry. Meant to do the opposite. :[—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 04:50, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Edits to Death Note

Whoops, sorry about that. I was using a javascript program to do some editing and I didn't notice that it made an edit to a URL, most editing programs can't tell the difference between normal text and URL's. Thanks for noticing :).--Sunny910910 (talk|Contributions) 00:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Death Note

I requested page protection, too much ip vandalism there. And I have a question about the series: does the person die if only their first name is written in the notebook? I think the pilot made this clearer but I'm not sure about the manga itself. Would you know? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 00:40, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I believe it was established that it needs to be the full name, spelled correctly and with the right kanji. Doceirias 00:41, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Interesting. I could not find a WP:SOURCE to back this up, been wanting to specify this on the article for some time. If there an official website or something that confirms this? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 00:59, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
It might be in the How to Use guidebook, but it was definitely in the early scene where he kills the thug on the motorcycle. Doceirias 01:00, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry, what is the volume, chapter and/or page exactly? I have the manga in my computer and I'd like to confirm it, if possible. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 01:28, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
No idea. Probably volume one. Doceirias 01:35, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Pre-Meiji Period: Use of Japanese era name in identifying disastrous events

Would you consider making a contribution to an exchange of views at either of the following:

As you may know, Wikipedia:WikiProject Disaster management came up with entirely reasonable guidelines for naming articles about earthquakes, fires, typhoons, etc. However, the <<year>><<place> <<event>> format leaves no opportunity for conventional nengō which have been used in Japan since the eighth century (701-1945) -- as in "the Great Fire of Meireki" (1657) or for "the Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji" (1707).

In a purely intellectual sense, I do look forward to discovering how this exchange of views will develop; but I also have an ulterior motive. I hope to learn something about how better to argue in favor of a non-standard exception to conventional, consensus-driven, and ordinarily helpful wiki-standards such as this one. In my view, there does need to be some modest variation in the conventional paradigms for historical terms which have evolved in non-Western cultures -- no less in Wikipedia than elsewhere. I'm persuaded that, at least in the context of Japanese history before the reign of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912), some non-standard variations seem essential; but I'm not sure how best to present my reasoning to those who don't already agree with me. I know these first steps are inevitably awkward; but there you have it.

The newly-created 1703 Genroku earthquake article pushed just the right buttons for me. Obviously, these are questions that I'd been pondering for some time; and this became a convenient opportunity to move forward in a process of building a new kind of evolving consensus. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 18:58, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fixes

I noticed your fixes. Keep up the good work. Category:Manga artist could use a few more members. :) Regards, Mercury 06:01, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Dang it. Sloppy work all round. First the broken link, now not even checking to make sure I had the Category right...I should never edit Wikipedia when I'm supposed to be getting actual work done. I swear, I don't normally cock it up like this... Doceirias (talk) 06:05, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh, I thought that was the correct CAT, I know nothing of Manga. :) Regards, Mercury 06:15, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Universal notability

"For our purposes, information about the article's subject cannot be non-notable at the English Wikipedia but notable at another language's Wikipedia" I think this discussion is getting away from the main point of that thread, so moving it here. I just can't comprehend this statement at all. The exact opposite - that every language would inherently have topics of no interest to people who don't speak that language - would seem to be true. So obviously so that I feel like I must be missing something. Feel free to just ignore, but if you feel up to explaining, I will attempt to comprehend. Doceirias (talk) 05:23, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

What you appear to be missing is that the English Wikipedia contains many articles about topics familiar to few native speakers/readers of English (which doesn't render them non-notable). If, for example, someone were to seek the deletion of Belarusian Republican Youth Union on the basis that the subject is notable only among residents of Belarus (most of whom are not native speakers/readers of English), he/she would fail. The subject is notable on the planet Earth (and therefore warrants an article here). And that happens to be a featured article, incidentally. —David Levy 07:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
That is a big point to miss. This all makes a lot more sense now. Thanks! That justification is one we often use on this project, since we do a lot of articles on books, authors, and shows that have not been released outside of Japan. We definitely wouldn't want to do anything to undermine that general principal.
I do wonder if you're not carrying it to a bit of an extreme, though. While allowing that any subject that is notable and one language must be notable in another, I think there is room for a variation in degree of coverage. A popular novel series that is only in Japanese might well be justified in having a page for each novel in the series and several of the main characters (assuming the usual requirements, sources, etc) but the coverage on the English wikipedia is more likely to be a single page on the series as a whole. I've never really had a problem with this variation. Thoughts? Doceirias (talk) 08:42, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
The phenomenon that you describe is a product of systemic bias, not a decision to limit the amount of coverage dedicated to non-English subjects. In other words, we might have only a single article (or even no article at all) about a popular non-English novel series simply because no one has written more than that here. If one or more editors wanted to (and could meet the usual requirements), that would be fine. The language barrier, unfortunately, renders this less likely to occur. —David Levy 13:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Dengeki Bunko

Really? But I'm sure that User:ChuChu has continuously cited Dengeki Bunko as a shōnen label. That aside, I own a single Dengeki Bunko light novel (Kashimashi), and there is some furigana in the text; not for every single kanji, but enough to make it seem like it's targeted towards a younger male demographic rather than the 18-35 seinen demographic which should already know all the kanji anyway. Oh, though I do have the first novel of Spice and Wolf scanned on my computer which includes the same density of furigana as in the Kashimashi light novel.--十八 10:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see. So should we use seinen for the light novel demographics, or just leave them out entirely?--十八 02:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Tite Kubo

I noticed that the "lies" were re-placed and taken off. I say we bring back the controversy sections, which cleared up this mishap. This is particularly because I don't think sites like TV.com and BleachExile will be correcting the information in their pages any time soon. Please reply on your talk page or on Talk:Tite Kubo so we can get this solved. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 05:43, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

It isn't a controversy, though; it's simply a bit of misinformation we can't get rid of. If it were being replaced frequently, it might be worth having a section like that for a while, but having to revert once a month frankly isn't that big a deal. Doceirias (talk) 06:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Maybe "controversy" is the wrong word. What would a more informal one be? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 15:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: You removed my links

I noticed you removed all the links to "Spectrum Nexus" on the reception pages I added. I saw your comment about them being a "fan site" and that reviews were biased... well aren't all the reviews that I posted under reception biased? That's why I included many different reviews (from ANN, Anime on DVD, Anime TALK, and Spectrum Nexus). You mentioned that I posted a "negative" review... well sometimes not everyone finds things to be perfect. The page you wrote that on was Death Note; I've personally watched Death Note and I think Spectrum Nexus' review of it was pretty accurate... the series dragged on for 37 episodes. Other people reviewed it and liked it, but is it so wrong that another site out there doesn't agree? Isn't that the whole point of reviews? So people can read various opinions out there? It's the reason there's sites like RottenTomatoes and MetaCritic.

I've been reading Spectrum Nexus' reviews for a long time now, and they are by far the most in-depth anime reviews I've read on the Internet. Did you bother to read any of the reviews you deleted? They are very long and thorough and that's why I put them, but you've deleted my contributions. As for that site using alias', I've sent them an email saying they should put their real names, so we'll see if they make that change.

What is wrong with me posting good quality reviews under the reception sections? That Spectrum Nexus website has been online for years... at least 8 years old if not older. Their reviews, though some might be average/negative, are all justified within 2000 words or so. Fusiongt (talk) 05:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Perlestellar (talk • contribs)

The above signature was slashed because it was actually made by Perlestellar. Regards, Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 15:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm very puzzled why you're posting from a different account than the one you made the edits on - that can give people the wrong idea. Or wait, you posted this with your actual account and signed it with someone else? Just use four tildies, and sign it with your own account, please! I don't make the policies; fan sites without strict editorial control are not reliable sources; anyone can post anything. But that isn't why I removed all the links to the page; if you click the history tab, you can see the edit comments for those other pages, and if you look at the discussion I liked to on the talk page of your other account, you'll see why - namely, that page links to illegal translations and other copyright violations. Wikipedia bans users for linking to that sort of thing, so I would not advise putting any of that back. Additionally, while a table with scores is better than no reception, it would be better if you took the time to except a few useful quotes, as they give a more accurate picture of the reviewer's opinion. Doceirias (talk) 10:28, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hellsing Trivia section

Rather than deleting the section, perhaps you should do like the guidelines recommend and integrate the trivia into the main article? It's so easy to delete, everyone does it, but usually the ones who do forget the guidelines recommend putting the info into the rest of an article rather than a seperate section. Nezu Chiza (talk) 18:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Rereading that guideline; may have been wrong to just delete, yeah. Didn't actually read the section, so I don't know if the trivia is worth keeping or not. Doceirias (talk) 19:28, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] All Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!

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[edit] Coda

Oops, thanks for fixing Gakuto Coda. Since it's an unusual spelling I added the info to his Japanese page & Koda.--Chiew (talk) 22:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning Hen, The reference is in the talk page

Good point. The reference is in the Gantz issue I mentioned on the talk page, I posting all the text I copied over from it. Hoping someone could read that bit, and find useful information to copy over to the main article. Dream Focus (talk) 19:54, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Merger and ASCII Media Works

Now that the merger has gone through, I've been updating most of the pages immediately involved with the company; namely, anything in the template {{ASCII Media Works}}. However, I am unsure how to go on with the series articles with material published by MediaWorks. I've figured that series that have already ended their publication under MediaWorks, such as Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, should be kept the same, but I am not entirely sure what to do with ongoing series which will be now published by ASCII Media Works, such as Kino's Journey. For one, do we list both companies in the infobox? Do we mention in the prose that the first 11 books were published under MediaWorks and subsequent novels were published under ASCII Media Works? Or what?--十八 06:00, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dengeki Bunko

Dengeki Bunko is a publishing label, not a publisher. The publisher in the case of this label is MediaWorks. What I did was to add a publishing label field on the novel infobox (as requested on its talk page), in order to make the distinction between label and publisher clear. Kazu-kun (talk) 00:19, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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John Carter (talk) 18:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks, among other things

Thanks for leaving a comment on the Planetes talk page regarding your reverting of my edit. I was going to leave a message here asking why you changed my contribution, but I am glad that I didn't. Also, I was wondering if you could direct me to any more hard science fiction anime. I watched Planetes because I grew bored of (among other things) mechas with teenage pilots and have fallen in love with its hard SF illustrations and intriguing plot. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any more hard science fiction anime and was wondering if you knew of any. Thanks again --SharkfaceT/C 07:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Planetes is pretty dang unique in that regard. (I actually couldn't stand the anime, which took the organic, natural romance in the manga and changed it into a cliche anime they love each other but they don't know it romantic comedy.)
I would probably start with Serial Experiments Lain, Ghost Hound, and Crest of the Stars; none of them are quite what you're looking for, but they're all a bit more mature than the usual run of things. Kaiba just started, and is amazing. Moonlight Mile is probably closer to what you're looking for, but I ended up disappointed in it. Doceirias (talk) 19:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I have Serial Experiments Lain and Ghost Hound in my queue. I know that the Ghost in the Shell series (both runs) was almost hard science fiction, but my interest is more in space development than crime fighting (although I love Tachikomas). I really think Planetes is the only hard science fiction anime with space development, which is saddening. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions. I'll check out those other series too (although I won't view Kaiba until after it finishes). --SharkfaceT/C 01:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIV - May 2008

The May 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. SteveCrossinBot (talk) 07:56, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gosick

I saw your name in the Gosick light novel... thought that was pretty cool because i'm working with you on the SQ. page. I want to read Gosick now, is it good? So where did the name Doceirias come from, Andrew? – 「ＪＵＭＰＧＵＲＵ」@Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 15:02, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm a pretty big fan of the Gosick novels, and all the novels I'm doing. I certainly hope they find an audience. The origins of my nickname are lost in time. Doceirias (talk) 19:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you work for TOKYOPOP? – 「ＪＵＭＰＧＵＲＵ」@Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 00:06, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
No, I'm freelance. Tokyopop just happens to have given me a lot of work; these days, I'm doing almost as much for Del Rey. Doceirias (talk) 00:39, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah, have you ever met Kazuki Sakuraba? – 「ＪＵＭＰＧＵＲＵ」@Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 20:03, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Never met anyone, no. 20:03, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
What other books have been published under the Gosick series? – 「ＪＵＭＰＧＵＲＵ」@Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 21:47, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Only the one in English; volume two is out in October. Gosick has a list of the rest. Doceirias (talk) 21:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I'll make the list in English too, maybe that might be a good idea since this is the English Wikipedia. Are you still gonna help on the Jump SQ. page, the GA rating is gone, it shouldn't have got one in the first place. But we can still work on it. – 「ＪＵＭＰＧＵＲＵ」@Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 19:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I've been meaning to fix that for ages, never found the time. I'm still watching the page, and when I have time, I'll help out a bit. Doceirias (talk) 20:28, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
What page are you watching? You could be reffering to either Jump SQ. or Gosick. – 「ＪＵＭＰＧＵＲＵ」@Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 00:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Jump Square. Doceirias (talk) 00:42, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] YuYu Hakusho

I asked User:Collectonian about the appropriateness of adding occult detective to that article and she couldn't come up with an answer. Can you leave a response at Talk:YuYu Hakusho#Genres or would you rather reply on your talk page? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 07:08, 8 June 2008 (UTC)