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I've toyed with this idea for a while, but given the recent scuffle with China and editwarring on related pages, I think a focus group is needed. Anyone?--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 17:35, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
I'd ask people interested in things Okinawan to pop over to MOS:JP and give your opinion on how the language should be romanized on Wikipedia, there's a <cough> lively discussion on the Talk page. Jpatokal (talk) 12:04, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
This question of mine may be of interest to one or two people here. -- Hoary (talk) 13:00, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
There is an archived discussion thread about changing the name of Eulsa Treaty to another name.
Summarizing the so-called discussion which began at Talk:Eulsa Treaty in early August here:
In the many weeks of so-called discussion thread development, those opposing the move have either been unwilling or unable to present refutation or counterargument; and therefore, I propose we delay no longer.
In other words, I suggest that there is a consensus to act now on the basis of the Lexis-Nexis search outcome. The time has come for this article to be renamed Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905. If not, why not? --Tenmei (talk) 19:54, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
C. The fundamental invalidity of the document was asserted by Koreans in 1905, in 1907, in 1910, in 2010 and in all the intervening years as well. In other words, there is an historical chronology which identifies this so-called "treaty" as a "non-treaty". Although one or more specific sources can be cited which identifies this as a "convention" or as a "protocol," it does not help resolve our wiki-naming dilemma. Rather, fiddling with the word "treaty" only adds a further layer of conflated issues which are better addressed in the article itself.
Shinkansen Fan is correct.
Korean Wikipedia | English Wikipedia | Japanese Wikipedia | |
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ko:한일의정서 | Japan-Korea Treaty of 1904 | ja:日韓議定書 | See Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal, p. 34., p. 34, at Google Books; excerpt, "Treaty of Alliance Between Japan and Korea, dated February 23, 1904." |
ko:제1차 한일 협약 | Japan-Korea Protocol of August 1904 | ja:第一次日韓協約 | See Korean Mission, p. 35., p. 35, at Google Books; excerpt, "Alleged Treaty, dated August 22, 1904." |
Japan-Korea Protocol of April 1905 | See Korean Mission, p. 35., p. 35, at Google Books; excerpt, "Alleged Treaty, dated April 1, 1905." | ||
Japan-Korea Protocol of August 1905 | See Korean Mission, p. 35., p. 35, at Google Books; excerpt, "Alleged Treaty, dated August 13, 1905." | ||
ko:제2차 한일 협약 | Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 | ja:第二次日韓協約 | ko:을사조약 (en:Eulsa Treaty) |
제3차 한일 협약 | Japan-Korea Treaty of 1907 | 第三次日韓協約 | See Korean Mission, p. 35., p. 35, at Google Books; excerpt, "Alleged Treaty, dated July 24, 1907." |
This is outside the scope of this thread, but I was simply wrong.
Shinkansen Fan identifies a noteworthy problem in related articles. --Tenmei (talk) 20:59, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
I found Romaji.org, which translates kana to romaji, but not the kind we use in Wikipedia. Is there a free online translation device that will romanise kana appropriately? --Malkinann (talk) 22:57, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
I wonder if some other editors can have a look at the Hiro Mizushima article. The subject of this article has recently been in the news following a literary award win which also made his real name (Tomohiro Saitō) public. All the official Japanese news sources I have seen write this as "齋藤", but another editor insists that the article should also include the alternative "斉藤" because this (mis?)spelling has been used on a number of other sites in the past. The problem with this is that none of these sources appears to be reliable, and they were published before his birth name was made officially public. --DAJF (talk) 02:31, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
The article on actress Shōko Hamada has been tagged as an unreferenced BLP since December 2008, which is the current focus month for the BLP Rescue Project. I have tried, and failed, to find any reliable sources for this article. Even looking at the Japanese Wikipedia article with the aid of Google translate only seems to bring up promotional sites (as far as I can tell). I am posting here in the hope that a Japanese speaker could find at least one reliable source and make a decision about the subject's notability.--Plad2 (talk) 21:50, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Apparently, this website provides access to papers written, in both Japanese and English, by Japanese academics. FYI as possible sources for articles. Cla68 (talk) 00:39, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I was just going through the historical capitals of East Asia and flagging them with the WPEASTASIA template (the WikiProject East Asia assessment template) when I stumbled upon the article Heian-kyō. For a capital city, the fact that this only has one source, is at stub/start length, and half of the content is the technical specification of the city walls, is... well... an embarassment. Either this should be merged with Kyoto, or expanded dramatically. Since I only count three contributors in the past year that have edited it more that once, and since there isn't a Japan WikiProject tag on the page, there is the possibility that none of you knew about this, so I'm posting this here and hoping that the experts can clear this up.
I'm sorry to be so blunt about this, I was just really, really surprised at what I saw.
By the way, WP:WikiProject East Asia was just founded, about a week ago, and is recruiting members. The scope of the project is mid level (broader than "Japan" but narrower than "Asia"), and aims to serve as an eventual hub for coordination among various more specific Wikiprojects, and to improve articles related to issues, entities, and events that cross national boundaries and have a regional impact on East Asia. If that definition seems a tad ambiguous, it's because we're still so new that we're defining ourselves, and it's 1:30 AM where I am. Please stop by and join or weigh in if it interests you. Sven Manguard Talk 05:38, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
We have ja:京都 to cover History of Kyoto before the establishment of the Meiji government and the city of Kyoto as we know it. Yes, this article is an embarrassment. Sorry, my translation is incomplete because I have recently shifted my focus to energy and economy. I'll be back to this topic when time allows. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 08:16, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
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A thread in WikiProject East Asia, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject East Asia#Future of article Joseon missions to Japan, may be of interest to the members of this WikiProject.
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Regards, Sven Manguard Talk 04:16, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick (talk) 21:03, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Here. Cla68 (talk) 00:45, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Found and tagged, please help clean up!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 19:48, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Yes, the link would disambiguate it (for a little more effort by the reader). But the ((USD)) template was criticised for over linking, so we put in a flag to make the link optional (typically enabled on the first use and disable for further usage). I've been thinking of putting this link flag on all the currency templates. This would fix over linking but would reintroduce ambiguity. Stepho (talk) 02:49, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents) is currently a featured list candidate. It has so far received 3 support (and 0 oppose) votes. It needs a last look from someone before it can be promoted. I'd be very happy if somebody could have a look at it and leave comments, questions, suggestions and/or a vote ("support" or "oppose") on the nomination page. Otherwise it is in danger of failing. Thank you. bamse (talk) 19:56, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
I have need help with Video gaming in Japan I know there is more information out there if you can help to help to improve the article it would be appreciated. Dwanyewest (talk) 01:17, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
FYI Yasoshima has been requested to be renamed, and that Chinese cruiser Ping Hai be merged with it; see Talk:Yasoshima#Move? and Talk:Chinese cruiser Ping Hai ... 76.66.203.138 (talk) 06:00, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
This article needs a bit of help with the cleanup. I've added one source, though I'm sure there are others to be found), and I've done a quick-and-dirty combining of the two POV section which now make up the Timeline section. If there are others who would be willing to help with putting a bit more polish on this one, I'd appreciate it. This is an area of history I'm not as familiar with, so I'm just groping around in the dark. Thanks! ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 03:05, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
I request a rewrite of People's_Republic_of_China_–_Japan_relations. This article is far from neutral because Japanese views of the PRC, and more specifically, policy of the ruling CCP, are not explained. Also, pre-modern history is poorly written, compared to ja: 日中関係史. Readers wouldn't be able to understand the complexity of the bilateral relations. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 11:47, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
See WT:Article titles#Non-Roman characters in redirects to articles, where an RfC has been opened on the use of non-English characters in page titles for disambiguation and redirect titles (and there appears to also be discussion about article titles) 76.66.203.138 (talk) 09:31, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed something... In October Kōtō, Tokyo was moved to Koto, Tokyo - An admin said that "Requested at Wikipedia:Requested moves as uncontroversial" - The move request was posted here Bunkyo was moved too
Other Tokyo wards have macronned titles, like Ōta, Tokyo WhisperToMe (talk) 12:02, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
An RfC has been opened regarding the title of the Senkaku Islands and Senkaku Islands dispute pages. The discussion can be found at Talk:Senkaku Islands#What should the title of this article be?. As this page is of interest to this project, we invite your comments. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:17, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I'm currently working on the article for the Japanese video game Another Code: Two Memories. However, there is an interview with the game's developers in Japanese that would undoubtedly improve the article, but which I cannot translate. The interview can be found here. I would be grateful if anyone could translate it. Thanks in advance, 72.69.112.222 (talk) 20:18, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
The discussion is going on at here. Please participate the discussion. Oda Mari (talk) 09:51, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi!
I wanted to have a brief discussion on Talk:List of mountains and hills of Japan by height. User:Alpsdake has been making some improvements and I want a sanity check to see if I am the only one, who has problems with the changes. Plus, someone who is a table expert might be useful. Thanks!