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I've added every BLP I could find through January 2009. Just one more year to go and I'll have the big list caught up to today. We need a lot of people to work on these, so if you can start with the oldest ones and work forward in time, that would be awesome. We just need 2-3 references for each one (though 1-2 will do in a pinch to get the article off this list). Thanks for all your help! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 23:58, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I finally finished going through everything. You can find the big list here. I strongly encourage anyone with any amount of spare time to help with as many as you can, whether that be one or 100. Starting with the oldest is best as they are the most likely to be deleted first if they don't get any refs. If you need one undeleted, please let me know, but focusing on those which haven't yet been deleted will be the most effective. Thanks! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 08:49, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Still looking for help on clearing these out. The big list is here. Thanks! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 06:41, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This in not the fellow up from the unsourced BLP RFC but a brand new spin-out one on unsourced content in BLP article.

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people/Content

Cordially --KrebMarkt 07:41, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please help clean this turkey up. I gave it a rename and added a see also section, but... --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 07:02, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

History of Japan has somewhat different definitions for "ancient Japan" and "feudal Japan" in the periodization table and the article's sectioning. Which is more correct? bamse (talk) 21:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which ones are best supported by refs? ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 05:20, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• [1] This book uses the following dates...: Ancient Japan 300 - 1185, Medieval Japan (=Feudal Japan?) 1185 - 1615. bamse (talk) 10:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi people, at WP:TOL we would be very happy to have on Commons some photos of the amazing Japanese mukashitonbo dragonfly ムカシトンボ（昔蜻蛉・学名Epiophlebia superstes）.

It can be found in the mountains of all main islands of Japan, where it lives whereever little pollution exists. The adults emerge in these weeks (flying season starts in April on Kyusu and progresses north accordingly) and can be seen in the next months. Any help would be greatly appreciated. To us, individuals that fly around and those that sit at rest would be particularly important.

Thanks in advance! Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 01:51, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons (UBLPs) aims to reduce the number of unreferenced biographical articles to under 30,000 by June 1, primarily by enabling WikiProjects to easily identify UBLP articles in their project's scope. There were over 52,000 unreferenced BLPs in January 2010 and this has been reduced to 35,715 as of May 1. A bot is now running daily to compile a list of all articles that are in both Category:All unreferenced BLPs and have been tagged by a WikiProject. Note that the bot does NOT place unreferenced tags or assign articles to projects - this has been done by others previously - it just compiles a list.

Your Project's list can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Unreferenced BLPs. Currently you have approximately 314 articles to be referenced. Other project lists can be found at User:DASHBot/Wikiprojects/Templates and User:DASHBot/Wikiprojects.

Your assistance in reviewing and referencing these articles is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please don't hestitate to ask either at WT:URBLP or at my talk page. Thanks, The-Pope (talk) 16:59, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, we already made our own list at WP:JA/BIO#Unreferenced BLPs, and we've been working on it for a while. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 23:46, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I actually noticed it when I came to notify you of the DASHBot list. At WP:Australia we also ran our own list, which has the advantage of being able to be sorted/split up/tracked etc as you wish, but has the huge disadvantage of not being automatically updated. That is the main advantage of the new list - that and the fact that other than referencing, you don't need to do anything, the bot does it all - even if you just use it as a cross check on your existing list. Thanks for all your efforts to date. The-Pope (talk) 14:35, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I found quite a number of entries which weren't on the botlist, so we'll likely use both. We have several over 1100 entries in our handmade list. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 23:06, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, there is a notice on WT:CHINA about a request at WP:WikiProject Writing systems about cursive and semicursive, and grass and running styles. 70.29.208.247 (talk) 06:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone who (unlike me) cares much about whether we should say "Hirohito" or "Shōwa" (or some derivative thereof) may wish to speak up at Talk:Hirohito. -- Hoary (talk) 10:52, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please read History of Korea#User:Kuebie's repeated reverting. A user named Kuebie, who never admits any information unfacourable to Korea, has been trying to remove the information below.

"As a result of this war (Sino-Japanese war), China, which had had an enormous influence on Korea for centuries, was forced to recognize the full and complete independence and autonomy of Korea."

There is no doubt that Joseon had been one of the tributaries of Qing Dynasty. Japan tried to cut the tributary relationship between the two countries and that was the aim of the first Sino-Japanese war. The Treaty of Shimonoseki, which was concluded between China and Japan in 1895 after the war, says "China recognizes definitively the full and complete independence and autonomy of Korea, and, in consequence, the payment of tribute and the performance of ceremonies and formalities by Korea to China, that are in derogation of such independence and autonomy, shall wholly cease for the future." Althought this treaty was the first step of Japan's ruling Korea, the Koreans at that time regarded the end of the tributary relationship as their independence from China and built the Independence Gate. But for this treaty, the tributary relationship would have continued and Japan would not have ruled Korea. This treat has a lot to do with history of Korea. Kuebie, however, never want to admit this fact and it is not possible to talk to him because he never even tries to understand what I say.

I am not saying Japan made Korea independent from China for the people of Korea. Japan only did so in order to hold the control of the peninsula. But Kuebie claims Korea had been an independent country and the Treaty has nothing to do with it. It is impossible to solve this argument between only him and me. I need some help to put an end to this discussion.--Seven-Year Child (talk) 13:03, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have these books (though I wish I did), but if anyone in Japan can find them, they will be invaluable in helping to source older Oricon chart entries for albums and songs:

• Oricon No.1 Hits 1968-1985, ISBN 4906496121, October 1998, published by クラブハウス
• Oricon No.1 Hits 1986-1994, ISBN 490649613X, October 1998, published by クラブハウス
• 1970-1989 Oricon Chart Book LP Edition, ISBN 4871310256, May 1990, published by Oricon
• 1987-1998 Oricon Chart Book, ISBN 4871310469, July 1999, published by Oricon
• 1968-1988 Oricon Chart Book Artist Edition, ISBN 4871310213, September 1988, published by Oricon

So, anyone in Japan want to look for them and obtain them? ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 06:28, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, Kitsuné Music has been nominated to be renamed as Kitsuné; we have an article at Kitsune that is under the purview of this WPP. IIRC, "Kitsuné" is an alternate romanization for it as well.

70.29.208.247 (talk) 03:36, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having trouble translating this verb compound: 使って繰り出す

Also, could anyone provide a suitable translation of [2]?

Thanks!67.175.13.87 (talk) 18:13, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a compound, but two verbs 使って and 繰り出す, 繰り出す is a compound though. The context is needed for translation. Oda Mari (talk) 04:55, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

騎馬武者姿の魔人型デジモン。

A Demon Man Digimon which has the appearance of a horse-riding warrior.

ムシャモン軍団の将軍として君臨している猛将である。
It is a courageous warrior who reigns as the general of the Musyamon corps.

将軍でありながら自ら軍団の先頭に立ち、敵に切り込んでいく戦い方を好む。
Although it is a general, it voluntarily stands at the head of its own army, as its prefers to fight by cutting into the opponent.

下半身は戦場で動きやすいように馬と一体化しており、激しい戦闘でもバランスを崩すことなく刀を振るうことができる。
Its lower half is fused with its horse in order to move more easily about the battlefield, so that even during a pitched battle it is able to swing its sword without losing its balance.

必殺技は右手に持つ巨大な斬馬刀「龍斬丸」を使って繰り出す『打首獄門』で、たとえ相手が防御していようとも巨大な刀身で鎧ごと切り落とす威力を持っている。
Its Special Move is lunging(?) with the gigantic zanbato "Ryūzanmaru (Dragon-beheading Sword)" it wields(?) in its right hand (Uchikubi Gokumon - Prison Gate of Beheadings), and it has the power to cut through the opponent's armor with its giant blade, even if they are defending.

『十文字斬り』は左手に持つ妖刀を使って繰り出す技で、細身の刀身を素早く振りぬくことで発生する衝撃波を放ち、相手を十字に切り裂くことができる。
???

"『十文字斬り』は左手に持つ妖刀を使って繰り出す技で、" would be "The jyumonjigiri/cross cut is an attack/技 (a Demon Man delivers/makes/繰り出す), using/使って the sword in his left hand." Oda Mari (talk) 15:02, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, what is "妖刀"? It has an article on the jawiki.24.13.125.86 (talk) 21:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's very difficult to explain the nuance of 妖. It could be "having a mysterious/mystic/magical power". But why didn't you try g-translate first? Oda Mari (talk) 10:01, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to figure out the etymology of "Butenmon". The related characters are named "Burai", after a wandering vagrant, and "Hyoko", a pun on "Hyokohyoko" for unsteady steps and "Hiyoko" for baby bird. Based on the character's profile, in which it is named a god-type, I believe it is a reference to Japanese mythology, but I can't find anything named "Buten" so far. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!67.175.13.87 (talk) 04:01, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found one possible reference as this. Is anyone familiar with it? I'm not sure if it is a hoax or not.71.98.97.24 (talk) 14:12, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ten is something like a suffix used in a name of Buddhist deity. See List of Japanese deities#The Seven Lucky Gods and Skanda (Buddhism). As for "bu", it's a warrior/bushi. See samurai#Etymology of samurai and related words. Oda Mari (talk) 14:56, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I invite comments, questions and suggestions for the featured list candidacy of List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials). The nomination page can be found here. bamse (talk) 08:41, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shinichi Ikejiri is up for AfD. I can't find any sources on the guy, but there are various references that may establish notability. Could any of you guys check him out? NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 05:43, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, {{Japan portal}} has been nominated for deletion. 70.29.210.155 (talk) 05:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now replaced by {{portal|Japan}}. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:43, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's presently a discussion of the neutrality of the Japanese prisoners of war in World War II article and its content which editors active in this project may, or may not, wish to comment on. Nick-D (talk) 10:06, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For all the citation-obsessives, I created Template:NDL to provide an easy way to generate links for searching the National Diet Library catalogue by 全国書誌番号 ("National Bibliography Number"? Not sure of the official translation). This may be useful in the case of books which do not appear in the Online Computer Library Center catalogue, especially older books which don't have an ISBN and so can't be searched through Special:Booksources either. On the other hand, I don't know whether this is the best name for the template. Any suggestions? Cheers, cab (talk) 03:52, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if you use {{citation}} or similar templates for citing sources, you may find {{asiantitle}} useful. You use it inside the "title" or "journal" parameter of the citation template so that the title of the work will be underlined, rather than set in oblique type (which makes kanji/kana/etc. hard to read). It also lets you provide a romanisation and/or translation of the title. See Template:Asiantitle/doc for more details. Comments appreciated. Cheers, cab (talk) 06:18, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is a National Bibliography Number. Then it may have to be rendered as "NBN:jp 21005395" like "ISBN xxxxxxxxxx" instead of "NDL 21005395". However I have no preference for any of them, I leave it to others. ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 11:02, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since it turned up in this featured list candidacy, what is the guideline for supplying Japanese names together with their English translation in list articles? May I have Japanese for every entry in a list, or is it considered excessive? Also, is there a template like Template:nihongo which does not display the Japanese text in-line but instead in a footnote. bamse (talk) 19:51, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfectly acceptable (and encouraged, in many cases) to have the Japanese together with the English as it makes it much easier to associate them when they are listed together. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 23:06, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a controversy at talk:Tokyo#Definiton of 'city'. The article is currently specifically about the prefecture. A user is insisting the article should be about the "city" and not specifically about the prefecture. Other knowledgeable opinions might be helpful. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:15, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You should probably inform WP:TOKYO as well... 76.66.193.224 (talk) 05:10, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated Krill for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.-- Cirt (talk) 03:11, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd normally mention this in the talk page of the article, but I'm not sure too many people will see that - the Krill disambig is composed entirely of red-links. Do we really need a disambig with (give or take) ten red-links? TomorrowTime (talk) 21:23, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As none of the incoming redlinked pages had an links to them, they violated WP:MOSDAB. I've deleted the page. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 01:30, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lack of information on the concept of the "Banchou" (番長), even though it is a small part of youth culture, and is referenced in a lot of manga and anime, etc. The Japanese wikipedia has an article on it, if you want to start from there.24.13.125.86 (talk) 05:06, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I would do a translation of that article, but there's a serious lack of sourcing there - in that there isn't any. — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 11:58, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated Toilets in Japan for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 18:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to translate some information on some chess-themed characters in an anime, and they each have catchphrases. They all seem to be idioms, so I'm trying to figure out what they might be referring to, since the literal translation seems to not be close enough.

Need help with:

Knight: 一騎討ち！ (Joust!)

• This is an actual term in Japanese, referring (I think) to a horseback, informal duel between two samurai. The Japanese wiki has an article on it. I think this is meant to be analagous to jousting, but I'm not very familiar with the Japanese concept.

Rook: 我の後に敵は無し！ (The opponent is nothing after me!)

Queen: チェスの神よ、許し賜え！ (God of Chess, bestow pardon!)

I'm pretty sure these are correct:

Pawn: 前進あるのみ！ (We can only advance!)

King: 逃げるが勝ち！ (He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day!)

Any help you guys could give me would be very much appreciated. Thanks!24.13.125.86 (talk) 19:29, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I find nothing wrong. But I think "can" in "We can only advance!" is not needed. The phrase could be "Never retreat/back away!" Oda Mari (talk) 05:01, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about the other phrases, but the Rook phrase, to me, sounds like something meaning: "There are no enemies left behind me!" or more to the point:" I kill everyone in sight!". You'll have to be the judge, depending on the context, of course. TomorrowTime (talk) 21:19, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I stumbled across the recently created Arisa Ushioda article. Unfortunately the references cited are unverifiable, and Google does not seem to have heard of this "leading Japanese actress". I have tagged the article as a possible hoax, but could someone more knowledgeable have a look to see whether this is an intentional hoax or just the result of a name mix-up. Presumably the (copyvio) photos are of a real actress, who someone may be able to identify. --DAJF (talk) 03:05, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it was a hoax. There's no "Arisa Ushioda" in any of the media the article said she'd appeared in. I speedily deleted both it and the photos. Shimeru (talk) 03:32, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics is part of the topic Bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics, which is an excellent candidate to the Featured topic status. I wonder if there are editors interested in turning the Tokyo's article into a Featured one. Best regards; Felipe Menegaz 22:58, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, there is a proposal for a WikiProject on East Asia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/East Asia

76.66.193.224 (talk) 04:57, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, Tokyo Topless has been nominated for deletion. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 01:44, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I created this page a while back when cleaning up the Family Portrait dab page. Someone has suggested it be deleted, which I have concurred with (I was expecting someone to come in and complete the page - not much has been added). But if it is notable, it should remain. Unfortunately, since the name is common in English for many things that are not the movie, its hard to determine. Could someone with more exposure (and, most importantly, Japanese language skills), take a look at the article and the web and either pipe in on the deletion discussion page or beef up the article? Thanks --John (User:Jwy/talk) 06:36, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, Hadaka apron has been prodded for deletion. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 07:22, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]