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[edit] James Murdoch

Updated DYK query On January 2, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James Murdoch (Scottish journalist), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Larbot - run by User:Lar - t/c 14:36, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:IJA Divisions

Fair enough - would "Nth Division (Imperial Japanese Army) be an acceptable solution? The parenthetical disambiguation is preferred, and I would like to avoid using initialisms such as "IJA". Carom 05:09, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'll move them there instead. Thanks for the input! Carom 05:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't know what the deal is, but there seems to be some sort of technical problem affecting page moves - I'll come back to these in the morning, hopefully everything will be cleared up by then. Carom 05:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Kitahara Hakushu, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 5, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kitahara Hakushu, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 15:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Kambara Ariake, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 6, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kambara Ariake, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 01:51, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kunikida Doppo on DYK

Updated DYK query On 6 January 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kunikida Doppo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--— ERcheck (talk) 11:34, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Kobayashi Hideo, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 7, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kobayashi Hideo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 14:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jakuren

If it's not too much trouble, could you add a reference for Jakuren's birthdate that you inserted? --Gwern (contribs) 18:17 8 January 2007 (GMT)

No problem. I have also added an interwiki to Japanese, added the kanji for the name and a few minor details. --MChew 14:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Great, thanks. --Gwern (contribs) 14:48 9 January 2007 (GMT)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 8 January 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 8th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Savidan 19:00, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On January 11, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tachihara Masaaki, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Many thanks for the Japanese articles again MChew and Happy New Year to you! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:09, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 11, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 20:24, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oyama Iwao

Could you please expand on your edit summary of

moved Ōyama Iwao to Oyama Iwao: Macrons not to be used in titles ?

in this edit? The WP:MOS-JA no longer makes any distinction between titles and the text of the article when it comes to macrons. Thanks. Neier 21:34, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree, it should not have been moved back. The concern you identify about being difficult to find is precisely what redirects are for (and a redirect was created automatically when I moved the article to the macron version of the title). A user will have no trouble finding this article just because the title contains macrons, even if it is the first letter.-Jefu 01:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
As an example, if you go to Category:Japanese people, you will note that two names are macroned. Ōno Kurobei and Ōtori Keisuke. Non-macronned Ono Kurobei results in a dead link, and a wikipedia search for Ono Kurobei reveals no results. Non-macronned Otori Keisuke only because the current macronned page is a re-direct from the original non-macroned page. Therefore, anyone not familiar with the Japanese language and/or unfamiliar/unable to use macrons in their search will not find Ōno Kurobei. This is why I believe that macrons should be eliminated from the title as well as from the categorization. The alternative is to re-direct every macronned title from a non-macronned version, which exactly what User:Jefu has done, although many users will either not be so diligent, or else will not go to the extra trouble when they create a new article involving a macronned title. If you feel strongly about moving the title of Oyama Iwao back to Ōyama Iwao, I have no objections, but feel that some policy or consensus should be reached for consistency. Although we are in disagreement on the title, WP:MOS-JA is quite clear when in comes to use of macrons in categories, as User:Neier has once kindly pointed out to me. --MChew 01:14, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK!

Updated DYK query On 16 January 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Takahama Kyoshi, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Savidan 05:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Nikolaevsk Incident, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 18, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nikolaevsk Incident, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 15:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 19 January 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chuya Nakahara, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomanganitalk 10:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Naoki Sanjugo, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 20, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Naoki Sanjugo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 00:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Yumeno Kyūsaku, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 25, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yumeno Kyūsaku, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.


Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 15:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Yuriko Miyamoto, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 30, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yuriko Miyamoto, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.


Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 21:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 2 February 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mushanokoji Saneatsu, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomanganitalk 12:17, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK (again!)

Updated DYK query On 22 February 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kodō Nomura, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Mgm|(talk) 09:57, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK medal

For your diligent article writing, and for having a talk page filled with DYK messages, I award you this condign DYK medal. - Anas Talk? 16:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
For your diligent article writing, and for having a talk page filled with DYK messages, I award you this condign DYK medal. - Anas Talk? 16:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your hard work and dedication. I truly appreciate it! - Anas Talk? 16:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kitahara or Hakushū?

Regarding your hidden comment in Kitahara Hakushū, I was following Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Subsequent_uses_of_names. There's no mention of an exemption for pseudonymous Japanese writers either there or in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles). If there is a consensus on Wikipedia to use the given name in this situation, please point me to where it is documented. Ben Ram 11:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnsensu

WikiProject Japan Barnsensu Award
For your extensive efforts on literary figures of Meiji Japan and on a great variety of other otherwise neglected Japanese subjects, I award you this here Barnsensu.

I also thank you for cleaning up Mitsumasa Yonai, which has been in awful condition, and on the "clean-up" list, for many many months. An excellent article has resulted, on a fairly major and important figure. LordAmeth 16:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK nom on Arishima Ikuma

Hello,

Thanks for creating article on Arishima Ikuma. Just for your information, I have nominated a DYK on this article, by having the following hook.

Thanks, - KNM Talk 19:35, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 12 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arishima Ikuma, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--ALoan (Talk) 19:49, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 29 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Carabinieri 16:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Gomi Kosuke.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Gomi Kosuke.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Tellyaddict 14:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed that - please accept my utmost apologies and you may remove the tag their as their is no need for it anymore. Thank you - Tellyaddict 15:05, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks that means a lot to me, Happy editing!! Regards - Tellyaddict 16:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nihonga

Nice edits! Zargulon 23:06, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ogura Yuki

Updated DYK query On 15 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ogura Yuki, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 17:01, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources section Tashkent (Pakhtakor Incident)

Could you please tell which sources you used for this section? As it has been listed as 'POV' on the talkpage --Hardscarf 09:01, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Since the Pakhtakor Incident occured during Soviet times, when outside reporting was strictly forbidden, and Tashkent was a closed city due to the recent earthquake disaster, contemporary published accounts of the rioting are very sketchy. World Policy Journal (March 22 2002) http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-86744639.html, as some information, and the Lonely Planet Guidebook to Central Asia makes a brief comment. --MChew 16:18, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese painting

The Barnstar of High Culture
For taking on the challenge of expanding and vastly improving upon Wikipedia's coverage of Japanese painting. Such broad topics demand a lot of work and attention, and this is a crucial step towards improving the 'pedia's currently rather weak coverage of East Asian art topics. LordAmeth 09:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if there's some sort of taboo against the same editor handing out multiple awards to the same person, but I think you deserve it for this. The 'pedia's coverage of artistic topics, particularly non-Western topics is rather poor, and these sorts of majorly broad topics, I must admit, rather intimidate me. There's just too much to say, too much to make sure you include, while still being balanced, and I think you've done a fine job. Japanese painting is a page likely to receive a lot of hits, probably just as much as Japanese art or Ukiyo-e, maybe more, and ought to be good. Thanks a lot for that. I kind of wish I'd given you the Chevrons earlier so I could give you the Barnsensu now, but... given your track record, I'm sure you'll be earning a Chevrons soon anyway. Keep up the good work! Cheers. LordAmeth 09:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I came to thank you, but I see LordAmeth has attacked at dawn as usual & beaten me to it. Nice work! As he says, it's all too often the big arts articles which are the weakest.Johnbod 12:03, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your kind comments! --MChew 08:54, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 26 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tomioka Tessai, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--ALoan (Talk) 13:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shimomura Kanzan

Updated DYK query On 28 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shimomura Kanzan, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 03:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 29 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Takeuchi Seihō, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Carabinieri 23:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James Shigeta

That was very big of you to add the Japanese even when you disagree with the rationale. Thank you, you're a great Wikipedian! If I knew how to give you a barnstar, I would! And thank you for adding the Japanese to so many articles and improving them, especially ones dear to my late Wife. Domo arigato gosaimasu, Chris 03:49, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Uemura Shoen

Updated DYK query On 3 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Uemura Shoen, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 18:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 4 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hayami Gyoshū, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Carabinieri 23:41, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Asama class cruiser, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On June 5, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Asama class cruiser, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 23:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK (6 June)

Updated DYK query On 6 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Japanese cruiser Izumo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Laïka 16:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your Japanese cruiser articles

I've noticed that you've written and greatly expanded a number of articles about Japanese cruisers lately. I'm stunned by the quality of the articles and how well-sourced they are right off the bat. Good job! I'm writing to ask if you'd consider using an infobox template for the infoboxes of future articles. Templates allow us to standardize the appearance of all infoboxes and they can be easier to understand than looking at Wiki table syntax. You can read about the one that WikiProject Ships is currently using at Template:Infobox Ship Example and its talk page. If you're not interested in using templates for infoboxes, please don't mind me, and keep up the good work! TomTheHand 21:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I just realized that you've been working on many of these articles over the course of a year and when you created them we didn't have standard infoboxes. I just glanced at the article histories without noticing the years. I'm definitely not asking you to convert previously written articles to some new infobox format.
I do see that you just wrote the excellent Asama class cruiser article over the course of the past week and a half, and we do have templates specifically for use on class articles, but we're discussing creating a new one and so I don't want to recommend that you use one that might be obsolete in a week!
Please disregard just about everything I've said so far ;-) Let me start over: You seem to have an interest in ships, and you've done awesome work. Would you care to join us at WikiProject Ships? TomTheHand 21:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind comments! I would be honored to enlist in Wikiproject Ships. --MChew 04:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The 25 DYK Medal

The 25 DYK Medal
I, Smee, hereby present MChew with The 25 DYK Medal. For your (33) well-sourced contributions to the Did you know? section on the Main Page. Thank you. Yours, Smee 09:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quick question

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 10 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Japanese cruiser Yakumo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 08:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Non-free use disputed for Image:Kawabata_Ryushi.jpg

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[edit] Kawabata Ryushi

Updated DYK query On 12 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kawabata Ryushi, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 06:12, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know?

Updated DYK query On 18 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Naniwa class cruiser, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 15:48, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 18 July 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Japanese cruiser Kuma, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 15:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On August 1, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Japanese cruiser Chitose, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Good to see you again MChew! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:07, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nice to hear from you

I found some minor difference about Jiyuan or Saien in the infobox.My source suggest the lauch date 2 November 1883,but the page of Saien said 6 June 1883.Hopes you can verify it.--Ksyrie(Talkie talkie) 08:14, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK August 28

Updated DYK query On 28 August 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ijuin Gorō, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Andrew c [talk] 20:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On September 20, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Takarabe Takeshi, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Good to see you around again MChew. Hope all is well. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Akiyama Saneyuki

Updated DYK query On 23 September 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Akiyama Saneyuki, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 17:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Template:Katori class cruisers

I have nominated this template for deletion, as {{Katori class cruiser}} serves the purpose and is named more conventionally. I modified the one article that used the cruisers version of the template. Just wanted to let you know, in case I'm missing something here. Thanks! Maralia 04:44, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ishikawa Jun.jpg

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I think the problem was that the description linked to a DAB page, so, when the bot compared the list of articles where the image appeared to the list in the description, it didn't match. I think I fixed it, but who knows... Neier 11:00, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Neier! I will try to keep an eye on it. --MChew 14:15, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Golden Rendezvous, Article name

This article has recently been moved to "(novel)" for no consistent reason. I will not revert this but do please bear in mind that there is no need for Disambiguation name consistency apart from, if it is a novel then if a disambig name is needed then (novel) is what we use. Particularly in that the novel was the original form of the work it is quite sufficient to use "The Golden Rendezvous". The Golden Rendezvous even currently redirects to the novel. Have a look at the relevant pages on article naming and the use of Dab pages. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 09:26, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, and thus The Golden Rendezvous could have remained in place and then created the new The Golden Rendezvous (film) which is what has happen hundreds of times in similar cicumstances. There is no need even for a full disambig page, just mutual cross references between articles, using perhaps one or more of the {{otheruses}} family of templates. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:15, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 6 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yamagata-Lobanov Agreement, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel 10:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, MChew! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. βcommand 15:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Former countries

Welcome, MChew, to the Former countries WikiProject! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on a former territory, please tag their talk page with our project template {{WPFC}}. A few features that you might find helpful:

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project! - 52 Pickup (talk) 12:24, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good work

It should had been done a long time ago but you are the first one who finally take time to clean some of these «japanese militarism-nationalism» stuff. Good work ! --Flying tiger (talk) 22:44, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Just a little reminder...

That on each of the new articles you have recently created about Japanese armies, the link for the year 1945 has only one bracket, so it is not displaying correctly. I will correct the links I can. Kakofonous (talk) 03:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Happy New Year

Hello MChew, I hope you had a pleasant New Year's Day, and that 2008 brings further success, health and happiness! ...and further nationalist conquests ;) Take care in Japan!.... ~ Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] A Happy New Year is Coming !!!!!

Thank you very much for your kind wishes and compliments, I do not deserve that much... Your work sure brings a lot to the community. --Flying tiger (talk) 14:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 10 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Toba-Fushimi, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Wizardman 20:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Date format

Hi MChew! Congratulations for your great contributions to Japanese History articles. It seems we do have some interests in common!... Just a question on your date formats: you seem to be changing dates such as September 24, 1877 to 1877-09-24. Is it a new Wikipedia rule for date formating or just a personal preference? Best regards. PHG (talk) 18:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Nice! OK? (I added inline cites to support the hook as required by DYK). Victuallers (talk) 22:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 20 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Le Gendre , which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Maxim(talk) 16:04, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fuji class battleship

Updated DYK query On 24 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fuji class battleship, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 18:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese-Australian relations

Hi. Just wondering if you had any sources/citation for the pre-war relations between Japan and Australia (census data, economic ties etc). I'm fairly interested in that myself and it'd be interesting to see how the diplomatic ties developed after the Meiji restoration and up to World War I. By the way, what is it like living as a foreigner in Japan? I've been there just once on a school trip, and as a complete newcomer with only only a few years of Japanese learning, I found it to be both crazy and awesome. Mostly crazy. Bronzey (talk) 11:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Alistair_Maclean_-_Athabasca_book_cover.jpg

I have tagged Image:Alistair_Maclean_-_Athabasca_book_cover.jpg as a disputed use of non-free media, because there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please clarify your fair use rationale on the image description page. Thank you. Rockfang (talk) 23:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bad interwiki on Double Leaf Society

The Japanese wikipedia article ja:双葉会 is a later and different organization, not at all related to the organization described in the English language article Double Leaf Society. I have already reverted this once. Please delete from your bot list. --MChew (talk) 08:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I corrected interwikis in other lang too. In such case, please, correct all page else bot will continue to add the same iws over and over Phe-bot (talk) 09:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

I am still stateside, I will be in Japan in 68 days. :) Thank you for the welcome! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 17:02, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Zheng Xiaoxu and National Anthem of Manchukuo

Reviewing ja:満州国の国歌, I accept the lyrics of the 1933 anthem as written by Zhen Xiaoxu. However, it's not the same one that was used in the 1932 Olympics. They were two different songs composed by different people. The lyrics of the 1932 song is as follows:

地闢兮天開 松之涯兮白之隈 我伸大義兮繩於祖武 我行博愛兮懷於九垓 善守國兮以仁 不善守兮以兵 天不愛道地不愛寶 貨惡其於地兮獻諸蒼昊 孰非橫目之民兮視此洪造

Moreover, using Wikipedia as reference of Wikipedia articles is not a good practice. We should use the references for that fact in that Wikipedia article as reference. (BTW: I wrote the Chinese version of that article to, so...) --Samuel di Curtisi di Salvadori 19:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Novels

Sorry to see you go - all the best. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 16:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kwijau

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[edit] Imperial General Headquarters

Thanks for the new material. The article is now much more significant. I should have done this a long time ago... --Flying tiger (talk) 14:31, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] IJAAF aircraft

Hi MChew and a big thumbs up for all the work you're doing on expanding our coverage of these aircraft. Just a couple of tips, if I may, to iron out a couple of bugs that you seem to have run into here and there:

  • If you don't put in the power rating in kW for an engine, the engine specs won't show at all (to convert, multiply hp by .746)
  • If you cut out the "eng2" parameters, the specifications section will show an extra word - "each" - after the eng1 specifications. In any case, it's best to leave unused parameters intact in an article, since most people get started with these templates by copying-and-pasting them from another article. By cutting out parameters unused in this article, you're potentially hiding them from other editors who may need them elsewhere.
  • Please wiki engines and weapons in the specifications section. We actually have articles on a large number of Japanese engines and aircraft guns; it's very likely that an article exists, and even if one doesn't, redlinks are good - they help us grow.
  • If it's not too much trouble, when you've finished a new article, please list it here so that WikiProject Aircraft members can take a look.
  • The standard order for the supplementary sections right across Wikipedia is: See also, References, External links. If you've been modelling your articles on some of our older aircraft articles, you may have inadvertently copied an obsolete section order.
  • There's a template available to help kick off new aircraft articles in standard format: just type {{subst:aerostart}}and save the page.

Hope that helps! Sorry if I've bombarded you! Cheers --Rlandmann (talk) 03:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Iinuma Sadakichi

Hi, this is a question in regards to your recent edit on Iinuma Sadakichi-- if he was in the Imperial Japanese Army, wouldn't he count as "Japanese military personnel"? Just wanted to make sure if there was some nuance I was missing. Thanks. -Tadakuni (talk) 16:13, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello Tadakuni! Are you sure that he served in the Imperial Japanese Army? If so, I deleted the category in error and apologize. However, per the Japanese wikipedia, Iinuma served in the early Meiji government's Ministry of Engineering (Kobusho) from 1872 as a telephone specialist, and later served in the forerunner of the Ministry of Communications. I did not see any mention of military service, but if he was indeed in the army, his period of service must have been quite short.Do you have any other details? --MChew (talk) 07:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Greater East Asia Conference

Hi I nominated your article for DYK. Feel free to edit the hook as you see fit.--Lenticel (talk) 01:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 17 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Greater East Asia Conference, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your contributions. --PFHLai (talk) 22:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Some articles that could use your eyes...

Hi, I see you have greatly improved the article on Volunteer Fighting Corps, which I had recently added references to and moved (per this brief discussion). Would you also be able to look at the other two articles listed there (which I have also added references to and moved), as they could do with a lot of help and I'm not 100% sure they are now at the correct title, even if only to sense check what I have done? For reference they are:

  • Great Japan Youth Party - pretty unsure about the Theoretical Indoctrination Plan section?
  • Yokusan Sonendan - not sure if this is the best title for this article, and I can't verify the war crimes allegation?

Both need the name in Japanese script to be added. Any help to improve these articles (or feedback for my edits) would be much appreciated. regards, ascidian | talk-to-me 20:42, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello Ascidian! I will do what I can to help! --MChew (talk) 07:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Akiyama Saneyuki

Hi! Saw your message. According to the ja article Meiji and Keio, Meiji actually started on october 23, 1868 though, legally the Meiji started on January 25, 1968. That's why I moved the article but I'm confused now. What do you think? Oda Mari (talk) 15:46, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm... Emperor Meiji took the throne in January, but the nengo was not officially changed until October... Nitpicking, I would say that since WP:MOS-JA says since the start of the Meiji era, the naming order should change from October 23 1868 births, but I guess the argument could be made either way. Then again, I am biased since I am of the minority opinion and think that ALL Japanese names should be given in Japanese order, i.e. Family name, given name. --MChew (talk) 05:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Help to expand articles

Hi again!

Today, as I plod through the list of missing aircraft, I've added entries on two Japanese civil types of the 30s and 40s - the Hitachi T.2 and Hitachi TR.1. Both are pretty obscure, and I haven't been able to find much detail on either of them. They seemed to be right up your alley, so I hope you might be able to flesh them out a little more. If you can find any performance figures for either type (and I hope you can!), you'll need to remove the line of code that says "|perfhide=Y", otherwise the section will remain hidden.

You might also like to check out the missing aircraft lists - there are a few Japanese types still to cover under the main manufacturer types. Once those lists have been completed (late 2009 at current rate of progress), Wikipedia will have become the most comprehensive encyclopedia of aircraft ever published... :) --Rlandmann (talk) 23:33, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the challenge! The aircraft you mention are indeed very obscure, and it may take some time to locate info, but I will see what I can do. --MChew (talk) 05:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

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