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The main article about Trains in Japan is Rail transport in Japan.

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[edit] Scope and Goals

There are currently over 500 articles about Trains in Japan (see Category:Rail transport in Japan), many of which have been translated from the respective Japanese version (see the category on the Japanese Wikipedia).

Some articles are in states of bad disrepair, with awkward grammar, formatting and spelling. This WikiProject helps highlight these problems, and seeks to improve the visibility of articles about trains in Japan.

Although "Trains in Japan" may sound like a narrow topic, in reality there are hundreds of pages to be created and expanded.

The focus at WikiProject Trains in Japan will mainly be articles in Category:Rail transport in Japan.

[edit] Goals

Our goals are to:

  1. Provide a centralized discussion point for articles about railways in Japan
  2. Standardize articles about Trains in Japan
  3. Provide information that's useful for both railway enthusiasts and visitors to Japan
  4. Create an interesting portal
  5. And of course... improve as many Japanese railway articles to featured status

[edit] Inter-wiki Relations

Since many of the articles in our scope originated as translations of the articles at the Japanese Wikipedia, one of our aims is to improve relations with Wikipedias in other languages. In particular, we could improve the quality of the articles here by inviting English-speaking users from the Japanese Wikipedia, and translating articles as part of this Project.

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This WikiProject's parents are WikiProject Trains and WikiProject Japan.

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[edit] Participants

Please keep the list alphabetical by display name for ease of reading and reference.

  • Amishchief I've lived in Nagoya for a little over 2 years. Nagoya Subway, Meitetsu, JR Tokai, or even help with proofreading or translating (to a point) articles from the Japanese Wikipedia.
  • Apiquinamir I live in Yamaguchi Prefecture. I can write about stations and lines in this area, and to an extent translate.
  • armage (lived in Japan and can translate articles from Japanese to English)
  • bananagenes Lived in Kansai for a year, and can translate articles 日本語->英語
  • Behemoth14
  • BilabialBoxing Currently living in Saga Prefecture. Can translate some.
  • Broad-Sky I live in Japan. I'll edit little by little.
  • changeup
  • CosnahanG Infobox Station and correct line sequences! Done Aterazawa line now working on Ōu Main line
  • DAJF (particularly shinkansen and Kanto region topics)
  • Dekimasu I'm a native English speaker in Osaka. I'll accept individual requests for translation/fixups for Kansai-related pages. I noticed my train station doesn't have an article yet!
  • Dex1337 Travelled extensively in Japan, although reside in Australia. Have lots of photos of trains and stations in Japan willing to contribute pictures and info!
  • Djiann (aka 地下鉄博士) Lived in Tokyo in the 90s, where I was a huge fan of the Japanese train systems. I've lost touch a bit since returning to the US, but will be contributing to train info about the capital district.
  • Ehroru Living in Niigata City and have done a lot of travelling around the prefecture by train. Would like to add more about the area. Translator by trade.
  • El Cid
  • Endroit (I will work on Yokohama & vicinity topics)
  • Fg2
  •  freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ  (I've done a few articles in Kanagawa and Tokyo, but I will take requests for anything if needed.)
  • 巌流
  • Geoking66talk 18:28, 17 February 2008 (UTC) - I usually work with formatting such as infobox succession and style.
  • Hirohisat - Currently focusing on station, line, and limited express train articles.
  • 星川藤 - Hoshikawa Fuji (I live in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo. I am working mainly on articles related to the JR Kōbe Line. I'm trying to create articles for those stations that don't have one yet, and I'm trying to clean up and improve the existing articles.)
  • huwlepolonais2 Kantō-related, mainly.
  • Iaineight I used to live in japan and I specialise in Tokyo, Saitama & Kanagawa Stations
  • Izumi5 Stations and lines (and templates) in Kanto or Chubu region.
  • Japanese Tsugaru Man A station of Tohoku and Hokkaido region. If there are mistakes because much English is not proficient, I am happy if I have you correct it.
  • JRHorse
  • KU Focusing rapid transit either Mass RT or Light RT.
  • limitedexpresstrain
  • LeeWilson I occasionally write translations of train lines or stations, and make line templates, among other things.
  • Lets Enjoy Life Working on Shizuoka stations of the Tōkaidō Main Line and on Shizuoka Railway station articles.
  • LordAmeth - Meiji-era, and other historical related subjects
  • Mailer Diablo
  • Manmaru My focus will be on Kintetsu, JR Central, and maybe Meitetsu. I'm mostly interested in line and station articles. I will correct poor (non-native) English in any articles, usually without notice.
  • Masake I am a smattering English speaker in Tokyo. I will write about the station in Tokyo mainly.
  • Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 18:39, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Matthew Davis I can work on almost any page, but aim to focus on freight.
  • Neier (Yamagata towns are now linked to their stations, like Miyagi. Debating Fukushima/Iwate next....)
  • 西柳 京 - Nishiyanagi-Kyo
  • 日本穣 (Trains/Lines in Hiroshima Prefecture), finished Geibi Line, working on Kabe Line now
  • ninja138 American in Osaka.
  • paullb Living in Japan (Osaka and Tokyo) for almost 5 years and generally enjoys travel (train and otherwise)
  • Picturetokyo I have lived in the Tokyo are for the last 2 years. I ride the train alot and can help somewhat. maybe photos if needed.
  • redracer (it has been suggested I do the Tōkyū Setagaya line, and I would also like to expand the Keikyū section)
  • Rockfender (I will focus on developing Hokkaido's rail system pages.)
  • ShonanSummer
  • Softgrow
  • Staka
  • struggle (Gimme Kansai Train to-dos)
  • Sudachi
  • Tangotango
  • Terence Ong
  • Tbo 157talk 19:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Tsian (I will focus on the Utsunomiya and Nikkō lines. Specifically working to translate content from the ja wiki and bring over pictures.)
  • XinJeisan I have taken and passed the Timetable Test, so I should join up here.
  • William McDuff (Just went on vacation to Yamagata and photographed the remaining Riku-Tou, Kurihara Den'en stations, as well as the remaining Tohoku stations from Furukawa/Kogota to Ichinoseki. And Iwanoshita on Oofunato. Expect those to go up shortly.)
  • Wnash90 I will concentrate on the Shinkansen Series 300 page.
  • Ytny My focus will be Kansai area, cleaning up and expanding stubs.
  • Yume Ringo I participate in Japanese Wiki Project Train. I edit a railroad of Kansai area-related item.
  • Zsolt (I travelled on the JR Sobu-Chuo line every day for six months in 2003 between Ichikawa and Yotsuya. I can help out with descriptions for some of these stations.)


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[edit] Structure

  • Please see the Style page for information about the style used in articles about trains in Japan.
  • Please see the Station Stub page for a suggested starting point for an article about a station

[edit] Tasks

Below are some open tasks. For a complete list, please refer to this page. You can, of course, choose to work on something completely different.

Here are some open WikiProject Trains in Japan tasks you can do:
Improve: Hankyu Kobe Line, Shinkansen
Expand: Hikari Rail Star, Kakegawa Station, Narita Airport Station, Keio Inokashira Line
Write:
Translate: M250 series (Original)
Requested: Train-related on Requested articles/Japan
Illustrate: Chiba Urban Monorail, Hotarugaike Station, Jingu-mae Station, Ikebukuro Station
Review: Sobu Line (Rapid), Keiyo Line, Twilight Express, Sapporo Station
Edit or discuss this list.

[edit] Adopt an article

Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced. Please list your name next to the article you are working on.

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