User talk:DAJF/2009 archive

Japanese train stations

Konnichiwa. I have signed up for Wikipedia. I was the person posting from 218.231.#.#. I spent 13 days in Tokyo including during the day when I posted that edit. I became very familiar with the Yoyogi-Uehara_Station. I spent hours each weekday trainspotting there. I honestly thought that noting the balance of the consists there was valid information. Having a camera also would have helped for the edit in which I noted that most trains ran between Yoyogi-Uehara and Abiko on the JR Joban_Line. The photograph of the train departures from the station would show that upbound trains destined for Abiko were unmarked on the schedule. Thus my deduction that this was the most common route. Trains bound for Ayase, Kashiwa, and Toride had characters denoting this. I also wanted to note that Tama Express trains from to/from Karakida on Tokyo Metro ran every thirty minutes during daylight hours. Even Hyperdia could corroborate that. ≈ Quark2 ≈ (talk) 04:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Without knowing which particular articles or edits you are referring to, it's rather difficult to respond. But based on what you write above, additions to Wikipedia articles that are based purely on personal observations are likely to be tagged or removed by other editors. Even timetable or service pattern details really need to be backed up by reference sources so that they can be verified by other editors. Does that answer your question? --DAJF (talk) 12:07, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

TJ articles

Apologies for the mess this morning re: stations, didn't realize that categorization was involved for year opened.

Anyway, I noticed that you've created a few new articles. Not sure if you're aware of Did You Know? Essentially, any article that has around more than 1,500 characters and with decent in-line citations can be nominated for front-page feature. Given the length of the Japanese versions, it shouldn't be too hard to achieve that. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 14:40, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. I only vaguely knew about the DYK articles, and didn't know they only involved newly-created articles. I'm not sure if any of the recent Japanese train articles I have created would be suitable, but it might be interesting to try in the future. Thanks for the info. --DAJF (talk) 15:30, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

> 5-fold expansions are also eligible. Time limit of nomination from creation/expansion is up to 5 days, though. - Mailer Diablo 15:32, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Edit war for Kando

I'm looking to open a discussion on the talk page for "Kando" whether it deserves to be a disambiguation page or not. I see Uncle G and DAJF change it back and forth. Could it be discussed? McKorn (talk) 23:57, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Futaba Channel

Hi there. You were a participant in the discussion for this article, which I closed as delete. I restored and relisted the article at AfD yesterday. I notified most participants, but somehow missed you and a couple of others. Please accept my apologies. The discussion is here. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 04:41, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

It's simple math (Transportation in Greater Tokyo‎)

The fare for Tokyo Taxis are ¥90 for 288 meters. The source tells us this. Take 1,000 (meters in 1 km) and divide it by 288. You get ~3.4722. Multiply that by 90, and that is how you get ¥312.5 per kilometer.

1000 / 288 = ~3.4722

~3.4722 * 90 = 312.5

Whereas the above is indisputable, using equivalent USD figures articles does have a policy page governing this, does it not? --Let Us Update Special:Ancientpages. 06:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

I can do the maths, but if taxi fares are calculated per 288 m, then that is how it should be stated in the article. Arbitrarily converting this to per km fares is an inaccurate interpretation of the reference source quoted. As for the need to add US dollar conversions, the MOS says that "Conversions of less familiar currencies may be provided in terms of more familiar currencies, such as the US dollar, euro or pound sterling." I would argue that the Japanese yen is hardly a minor currency, but if you think conversions are necessary for the benefit of less globally-minded American readers, then go ahead. --DAJF (talk) 06:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Starbucks article

Thanks for the headsup, I wasn't too sure what to flag the changes as. Thanks for clarifying... cheers! --sehsuan (talk) 09:21, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Heath Ledger

Modify my behaviour? I haven't done anything wrong! I added hyperlinks to those words a second time because I didn't understand why they had been deleted in the first place, but after they were removed again I took the hint and left well enough alone. And as for the comments on my talk page, I scrubbed them because I didn't want people to think that I was a vandal. Jesus! All I did was make a couple of edits and now I have the entire cavalry on my back! --Heslopian (talk) 15:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

JNR Class EF66

Just to let you know I've made a start on that article - basically using the japanese wikipedia as a source.

I have to admit it's a very basic start but hopefully it is not too bad.Carrolljon (talk) 22:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Personal Vendettas

Hey, uh could you stop following me around Wikipedia and reverting all my edits, as you've done on Usui Pass, Per mil, and Bank engine? I get it, you didn't like that I edited one of your pet articles (Tōhoku Shinkansen), but the fact is that

1. gradients in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia are indeed written in PERCENTAGES

2. You haven't contributed to these articles prior to reverting my edits.

I'm happy to "assume good faith," but the fact is there's ample evidence here to disprove that assumption. --- 68.90.45.10 (talk) 13:52, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to disappoint you , but I have no personal vendetta with you or any other Wikipedia editor. If you check the edit histories of the three pages, you will see that I have actually edited all of them (two within the past month), which is why they are on my watchlist, as was Tōhoku Shinkansen. Also, I think you'll find that railway gradients in Australia and the UK are normally expressed as "1 in XX", and not in percentages either. --DAJF (talk) 05:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Right you are; my point was that, where there's choice between percent and per mil, UK/Aus/NZ will go with percent. As for "personal vendettas," I've been paying attention to your edits the last couple days and you seem legit. Accusation taken back, and feel free to remove this section from your talk page at your leisure. --- 68.90.45.10 (talk) 15:14, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Upload Request

And now for something completely different: if you're actually in Japan, RIGHT NOW, do you think you could grab a pic of the double-deck Shinkansen/Yokosuka between Nishioi and Shin-Kawasaki? That's one of my favorite segments.

That's a section of line I travel over fairly regularly, but don't have any photos of. I'll see what I can do in the future. --DAJF (talk) 05:39, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

adding of reqphoto to article talk pages

Hi, I have notice over the last few months that you have added the template {{reqphoto}} to many pages, particularly stations and rail lines in Japan. May I point out that many of the images you are requesting are already available on Wikimedia Commons and can be directly references on the Wikipedia site. You can easily find them either by search or looking on the Japanese language page of the same subject. See Nishi-Kunitachi Station as example. Obviously if you still cannot find a photograph then please add a request to the talk page. I would however recommend rather than just adding a general request to be more specific. For example {{reqphoto|in=Japan}} and/or {{TrainsWikiProject|Japan|stations|imageneeded}}.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Traveler100 (talk • contribs) 16:27, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

OK, Noted. Thanks. --DAJF (talk) 00:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

For more assistance please read Wikipedia:Requested_pictures#Categorize_your_request.

Traveler100 (talk) 18:48, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Kazutsugi Nami

The matter I put there is all over in papers read it here :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/05/japan-kazutsugi-nami-ladies-gentlemen

just a link needs to be given...reply on my talk page Jon Ascton (talk) 00:19, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

C'mon, man. This time I gave proper references, did'ni I...?  Jon Ascton  (talk) 17:27, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Tanabata

Why'd you revert my edit adding Jirachi to the "See also" section? Jirachi was in many ways inspired by this festival, so it deserves to be mentioned. --75.13.227.161 (talk) 01:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Jirachi is a pokemon character with no apparent relevance to Tanabata. --DAJF (talk) 01:19, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

If I'd linked to Pikachu or Octillery or some other random Pokémon, you'd have a point. But Jirachi is clearly based, at least in part, on Tanabata. For example, Jirachi is shaped like a star and has paper tags on its forehead, and they're given out every year in Japan in celebration of Tanabata. --75.13.227.161 (talk) 20:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

If the connection is so "clear", why is Tanabata not even mentioned in the description of the character? --DAJF (talk) 22:40, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Tanabata is very famous, which means that there are tons of stuff influenced by it in some manner. Why does the mention of some minor Pokemon character deserve to be included in the Tanabata article? If a Pokemon character was based on Hamlet, should we go to Hamlet and include mention of it too? Please get some perspective. If Jirachi is based on Tanabata (and this can be sourced reliably), then it might be ok to mention at Jirachi. This does not in anyway imply the other way around (including Jirachi in Tanabata). --C S (talk) 08:48, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Recent edits to Tanabata

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.--75.13.227.161 (talk) 00:14, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Let's not be childish. The world does not revolve around Pokemon. --C S (talk) 08:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Just droped in to say hello, BTW how are you getting along with Nami page...!  Jon Ascton  (talk) 01:53, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Stac an Armin

Thanks for keeping your eye on this article--I appreciate your quick revert of that weird act of vandalism. Drmies (talk) 15:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Saya Mochizuki

What is your source for "former"? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 09:07, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

I was just trying to bring it in line with the Japanese Wikipedia article, which says she retired from show business in 2005. --DAJF (talk) 09:27, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Is there anything worth salvaging? I hate to see articles deleted if another wiki finds them important. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 09:32, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Haruna

Hi, thanks for your revision of my edit on the Haruna page; that got my point accross more clear than I thought it could be.

Take care! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by DiscardedDream (talk • contribs) 09:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Plug door

Thanks for KiHa 100 series. I was wondering what plug doors are, so I searched for it and found Plug door. Even after reading the article, it's not clear whether KiHa 100 series should link to plug door. . . although the bus example hints it may be what's meant. Fg2 (talk) 04:02, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. While the Plug door article doesn't really devote much space to describing plug doors used on trains, they are the same. I have added wikilinks to both sliding door and plug door in the KiHa 100 series article to help clarify what is meant. --DAJF (talk) 05:46, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Dante Carver

Hi, DAJF! Could you please add 予想GUY is punned on 予想外/unexpected to the article? I don't know where to insert it in. See ja:ダンテ・カーヴァー#CMエピソード. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 05:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Sure. I've now added an explanation. --DAJF (talk) 05:38, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy editing! Oda Mari (talk) 05:43, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

rising sun flag uncited

put the tag on all the sentences that need citation first and then put this back, or else don't know what is uncited and is confusing97.118.131.47 (talk)

KEEPING Article

KEEPING the article European Union €uro as this is a extension of article European €uro. Showing that the Euro is mainly used in the European Union Mr Taz (talk) 16:12, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Creepy-crawlies

Sniff! Well it's kind of a museum, and I created the category while you were deleting the sole link to it.

Damn.

We'll just have to create an article on a Gunma museum, won't we. -- Hoary (talk) 01:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Oops. My apologies then. I'm still not entirely convinced that this could really be classified as a "museum", but I have reinstated the category. --DAJF (talk) 01:56, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Feel free to re-remove it. Asama Volcano Museum (article age, circa two minutes) to the rescue! -- Hoary (talk) 02:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Regarding your accusation of canvassing

If you could please assume good faith and review WP:CANVASSING policy. I unbiasly asked two editor for a response. One was an admin, and in fact had said that I had not committed canvassing but to watch out for it because I only asked two editors and was completely neutral in my request which you can find here and on Everyking's page. Secondly it was consensus on the AfD that we needed an expert in the field that why I posted asking for editors familiar with Japanese gravure idols. Now that I cleared up any misunderstanding could you please remove that comment. I would remove it myself but I normally prefer the original editor to remove it to prevent any controversy. Thank you. Valoem ^talk 13:47, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

My concerns still stand, but if you have read and heeded the notice, you are free to remove it from your talk page. --DAJF (talk) 14:20, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Gaba Corporation article

Please revert the article to replace the data your removed about how Gaba operates. If it's noteworthy to mention that they differ from other schools because they offer one-to-one lessons, it's also noteworthy that Gaba's instructors are not considered employees, and have no guaranteed income or benefits. I posted this here because you did not discuss your change on the article's talk page prior to making the change, so there is no discussion to post it to.118.4.190.177 (talk) 01:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

It was removed because it was unsourced. If you can provide a reliable reference source to support the statements, then please feel free to re-add them. --DAJF (talk) 02:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Magibon

In what sense can someone's real name be considered "controversial"? If she's enough of a public figure to have her own Wikipedia page, then why shouldn't her real name be part of that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Famous Mortimer (talk • contribs) 08:59, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

It's controversial because it has not been published in any reliable sources, and so we have no way of confirming that that really is her birth name. I'm afraid a blog written by an individual is not considered a reliable source. Please read WP:BLP if you're not convinced. --DAJF (talk) 09:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

You're being deliberately obtuse. You said "blogs can't be used for controversial information". A person's real name cannot possibly be classed as controversial - it's just information, even if it hasn't been published by a Wiki-reliable source. If blogs can't be used for any information of any kind, then fair enough, but I'd hazard a guess you'd be fairly busy removing all the information given to Wikipedia by blogs if that were the case. The WP:BLP says I can't use blogs, which is fair enough, but don't make out like a person's real name is "controversial". Famous Mortimer (talk) 09:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

A person's real name can indeed be controversial when it is information that has not been made publicly available. It is clear in this case that the subject of the article is not keen to have her real name published anywhere, and it has not been published in any of the numerous magazine articles or TV interviews about her. If it has been published in a valid reliable source, fine, but we have no way of verifying whether a name posted on a blog is genuine, and as such, it is libellous. I did not write that blogs cannot be used to source any kind of information, but that they cannot be used to source controversial or personal details in articles about living people. --DAJF (talk) 10:09, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Zeni-geba

Zenigeba is local issue in Japan, the translated book doesn't exist.ピノキオ (talk) 07:12, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Sure, but no one is questioning that. The issue was about whether English-language reference sources could be found. Do you not understand the difference? --DAJF (talk) 07:50, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Sakura Asagi

Hi, I managed to add some references to the article. Is it suitable? I tried Google to source them, but there's nothing much. Most info are taken from the Japanese version.

Can one of the tags be removed?

Samantha Lim88 14:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I looked at the article again, but it still needs reference sources to back up the biographical details - not just publications. --DAJF (talk) 12:39, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Pixie Lott

Hi there, I was wondering if you could help me with my Pixie Lott submission that was deleted. I believe I have enough reputable references now to warrant an article, but I am unable to publish it. Could you please advise on what I should do?

Many thanks,

Ben —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moore.benjamin (talk • contribs) 12:20, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

I've looked at the references you have dug up, and I agree that in-depth interviews in two major national newspapers suggest notability. The Pixie Lott space has been permanently blocked to prevent repeated recreation, so you need to contact the admin User:Lectonar to explain how notability has now been demonstrated and ask him to unblock the Pixie Lott space. Give us a shout again if you have no luck. --DAJF (talk) 12:43, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Airi Meiri

Do not vandalize the article. They are not related to each other, and they were never advertised as such either. It is a "biography" on living persons and saying such things is defamation towards them. I worked at luckmark as a freelancer last year, and on Risako's photoshoot. She is a cool girl, and doesn't deserve such nonsense written about her. I checked quickly, and this article has already been deleted once, if you continue to add such information, I will take the time to report the article for deletion again. 114.198.17.100 (talk) 06:35, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Yawn... See WP:NOTVAND --DAJF (talk) 08:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Hitatchi Super Express Picture

Thanks for the info. I wasnt sure wether or not to revert it but i thought you would explain if i did.

Cheers lordmwa (talk) 17:15, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hey! I see that you've reverted my edits in which I added {{WWTBAM series}} infobox to some articles. But why? Those Japanese people have won the Japanese version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kuizu $ Mirionea). Kubek15^{T CS} 10:07, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

The reason was because I don't see how winning a celebrity quiz show on TV is a significant enough event in the lives of important people such as Junichiro Koizumi and Dewi Sukarno to warrant a large infobox. I suppose could add a line in the main article text saying that they appeared on the show, but this certainly needs to be put in perspective against their more significant contributions to society/politics/showbiz etc. --DAJF (talk) 03:09, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Translation

Your infobox says you can speak Japanese,so I was wondering if you could translate the refs on List of number-one albums of 2008 (Japan) into English? ^~Moon~月と暁^~Sunrise~ 21:30, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I am flattered by the request, but that's not really an area of interest to me, so I can't really help. Sorry. --DAJF (talk) 03:10, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thank you for your time. ^~Moon~月と暁^~Sunrise~ 03:15, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

PC Load Letter

On the talk page for PC Load Letter I combined your new section with an existing section that is very much related. I hope you don't mind, but if you do, feel free to revert me. Thanks for adding the template to the page. Vicarious (talk) 05:59, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Your attention please...

...a while ago you delivered a rather stern warning to a disruptive editor, here. They did it again, here. I don't know if you're an admin or not, but if you are, bring down the hammer! Thanks, Drmies (talk) 23:31, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for your message. I'm not an admin, and it looks like the last edit by that person was over 6 weeks ago. If something like that happens again, you are entitled to warn the editor yourself, and report the person to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism if vandalism continues despite repeated warnings. --DAJF (talk) 14:03, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Ricard Bofill

Is libel to say he has a mother who had jewish ancestry?? Not relevant. However, it do is relevant to be catalan (ah, he is called Ricard, not Ricardo) because it has influenced him.--83.58.251.176 (talk) 15:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Request

Hi, DAJF! It would be grateful if you'd post your comment at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Romanization of "ou" in words of foreign origin. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 01:53, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Use of www.hyperdia.com as a reference

www.hyperdia.com has in its engine all japanese train routes and time tables in english. This is the only site that I know that provides this service in english. Most wikipedia articles on japanese train lines lack good references in english. Foe example the Chūō Line (Rapid) article doesn't even have one reference.

The www.hyperdia.com could become the main reference for all train routes and time tables. The site is first in Japanese but it has a link to the english version. I don't know how to link to the english version directly.

I'm new here and I just want help to provide good references. I don't speak Japanese. I just want to help my fellow english speakers in Japan. Bravehartbear (talk) 04:42, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I agree it's certainly a useful site, but it is not directly related to the Chūō Line (Rapid) article, so doesn't really belong there --DAJF (talk) 00:19, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Tags

Can you stop removing the language tags just because you feel they don't belong? You have yet to provide a guideline that says "do not use the language icons in the references". As I told you in the past, there are PLENTY of articles that use language icons. Some of the articles that use them are even FA's. If you can provide a guideline that says exactly that or to that effect feel free to remove them and I won't have a problem. But if you cannot leave them along. Thanks. 月 (Moon)と暁 (Sunrise) 00:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

I removed the language icons because they duplicate the "in Japanese" field already included in the "Cite" template. Of course there are no guideline that says you can't use language indicators twice in each reference citation - presumably because it is pretty much common sense obvious that it is unnecessary to mention something twice. Honestly, looking at those references with "Japanese" mentioned twice for each one, don't you think it looks really silly? --DAJF (talk) 00:17, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

The Cite template says that the language parameter is OPTIONAL not REQUIRED. You are just removing it because you do not like it. Don't you think (in Japanese) looks silly? We can debate about this all day long but I'm really not going to because its not even something that big that really requires discussion. The cite template says optional meaning it does not have to be used. But I'll revert the edit its really stupid to argue about this. Have a good day or night, I don't know your location so just have a good one. 月 (Moon)と暁 (Sunrise) 00:42, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

I removed the {{ja icon}} templates because they duplicated the language field already provided and used in the {{cite}} template. If for some reason you want to use the {{ja icon}} template instead of the language field, then I suppose that would be acceptable, although it seems to be an unnecessarily clumsy way of doing it, but having "Japanese" mentioned twice for each reference citation is totally unnecessary, and frankly just plain silly, as I mentioned before. --DAJF (talk) 03:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

MEG

You have removed her page for the song "Kasa to Shizuku" for not being "a single which charted", but in reality it certainly did chart as part of the double a-side single "Ikenai Kotokai" / "Kasa to Shizuku". The song's pages were simply being separated the way that an old-fashioned American double-a-side would be. Anyway, to the point, Kasa to Shizuku charted. And also, I've realized you doing large amounts of things which took away from the overall positive attributes of pages, which would be destructive behavior, no? Please stop that. Jdut because you think something is right doesn't mean it is. Impracticable (talk) 14:34, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Sayuki

The Terminator has a Wikipedia entry as a character, and Arnold Schwarzenegger has an entry as a person. Please stop undoing my posts for trivial reasons! —Preceding unsigned comment added by FiG8 (talk • contribs) 11:55, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

In case you weren't aware, the "Terminator" is a fictional character, and is not comparable here. Wikipedia articles about living persons are not treated trivially, and, as I said, continue deleting valid material from articles in that way, and you will be blocked from editing. --DAJF (talk) 12:01, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

It makes no sense at all to put publications by Fiona Graham, academic, written long before Sayuki existed, under Sayuki!! Sayuki is a geisha name, for a geisha role, came into being on the day of Sayuki's debut, and will cease to exist if Sayuki ever retires as a geisha.

If academics interested in Fiona Graham's academic history look her up on Wikipedia it is confusing and irrelevant for them to find an entry for Sayuki, especially if they don't know about her current fieldwork. This is potentially damaging for Fiona Graham's career, and unfair and unreasonable of you to take down her biography as an academic. Please put it up again.

On the other hand, geisha DO NOT reveal their names. Even though the media has irresponsibly broken this pact, you do not need to add to the damage. If you have any respect for other cultures or traditions, then have some respect for the geisha tradition of not revealing names. If you have no respect for geisha tradition, then what are you doing editing the geisha entry on Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by FiG8 (talk • contribs) 22:55, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Just thought I'd try suggesting a compromise. Would it make sense, since Fiona Graham has done more than the work as a geisha, to have the Sayuki article redirect to the real name? As far as not relating the geisha name to the real person, since the cats already out of the bag, its not up to Wikipedia to put it back; Wikipedia follows other sources. Shell ^babelfish 17:30, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Ishihara

Greetings. I have added a New Internationalist reference to the Shintarō_Ishihara article, to support his being a nationalist and rightist. I don't know if the original term "far right" is correct though, (if the modifier 'far' is supported) what do you think? RomaC (talk) 09:18, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I see no problems if it is properly sourced - as it now appears to be. The article does mention "extreme right", so "far right" should be OK. --DAJF (talk) 11:18, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

British Rail Class 395

I have added the reference that you considered erroneous. Clearly your knowledge of trains is less than you like to think. In future, try doing some "research" rather than reverting edits out-of-hand and making yourself look foolish in the process. I have worked very closely with Hitachi as part of a group responsible for acceptance of these trains onto Network Rail Infrastructure. What's your qualification? Bhtpbank (talk) 18:40, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for digging up that reference source. Don't you think, however, that the line in that reference that says "[they] have their origins in Japan's Series 400 'Mini-Shinkansen' sets" is meant to be interpreted more along the lines of, say, something saying that "Mallard" has its origins in Stephensons's "Rocket"? That the 400 series was the first, but not the most recent, 20 m shinkansen design seems to back this up. I would argue that it is mistaken to interpret this as meaning "based on". In this case, about the only similarity is the 20 m long vehicle design. If you are closely involved with Hitachi and the Class 395, I would be genuinely interested to hear what other areas of the Class 395 design are derived from the Japanese 400 series. It is touched on later in the Railway Gazette article, but the 400 series design dates from the early 1990s, had a steel body shell, and used DC traction motors, so there really are very few similarities between the two. Also, it was not even a Hitachi design let alone an "A-train" design. I would be grateful for any clarification. --DAJF (talk) 01:29, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Mimori Yusa

You reverted my date delinking according to WMOS. let me quote:

"Month-day articles (February 24 and 10 July) should not be linked unless their content is germane and topical to the subject. Such links should share an important connection with that subject other than that the events occurred on the same date. For example, editors should not link the date (or year) in a sentence such as (from Sydney Opera House): "The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007", because little, if any, of the contents of either June 28 or 2007 are germane to either UNESCO, a World Heritage Site, or the Sydney Opera House.

References to commemorative days (Saint Patrick's Day) are treated as for any other link. Intrinsically chronological articles (1789, January, and 1940s) may themselves contain linked chronological items.

Year linking

Year articles (1795, 1955, 2007) should not be linked unless they contain information that is germane and topical to the subject matter—that is, the events in the year article should share an important connection other than merely that they occurred in the same year. For instance, Timeline of World War II (1942) may be linked to from another article about WWII, and so too may 1787 in science when writing about a particular development on the metric system in that year. However, the years of birth and death of architect Philip C. Johnson should not be linked, because little, if any, of the contents of 1906 and 2005 are germane to either Johnson or to architecture."

According to my understanding of this policy, what i did was entirely correct. please dont threaten banning me as an editor without first talking to me about this policy. If we cannot come to an agreement about what this policy means in regards to the article in question, perhaps we can get help from an administrator. i will not revert the changes. please assume good faith, as i do with you.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 15:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

i found the arbitration ruling about delinking dates. I had no knowledge of this ongoing problem when i edited this page. I honestly thought it was firm, unambiguous policy to do what i did. ok, ill abide by that arbitration, of course, but i dont actually think my edits are controversial. ill absolutely let your revert stand until someone can look at the page and give another opinion. (and i dont expect this any time soon, its not a big deal in the big picture. i have patience) sincerely, Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:56, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Miwa Asao images

Sorry about the mix-up there; I have been in touch with the photographer on Flickr and he agreed to release them, but we had a miscommunication and he marked them with the wrong CC license. I've sent him a message and it should be fixed (CC-BY or CC-BY-SA) within the next 24 hours (I have also left a hangon notice at Commons so the images aren't deleted in the meantime), so once that's done I'll probably restore the images to the article; just didn't want you to think I was blindly reverting you. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 02:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Miwa Asao

Re this edit: I removed that information on purpose. When I removed the infobox, I preserved whatever information was important and verifiable (her birth date and location, which were already in the lede, and the name of her partner). The only information that I didn't preserve was her height and weight and her supposed nickname, which are unsourced and unimportant. In another article I might have left the unsourced information there, but this is a BLP so it's important to be careful, and besides there's no need for trivia like that anyway. Furthermore, the infobox takes up far too much space for such a short article; it dwarfs the actual article text, and doesn't aid the reader. If you really think her size and nickname need to be included, you're welcome to add then to the intro paragraph, but there really is no reason for the giant infobox. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 06:26, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Infoboxes are a useful way to summarize information　contained in articles, and are widely used for articles about famous people and sports people on Wikipedia. It's not at all uncommon for the infobox to appear larger than the main article text in the early stages of an article's development, and this is currently marked as a "stub", but that is surely no reason for removing the infobox. As for the height and weight details, I would argue that this is not at all trivial in an article about a sportsperson, and I have now added a reference source for this information. --DAJF (talk) 12:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Request for comment

I see you have the misfortune of being acquainted with the edits of Mr Taz. These are currently being discussed at Administrators' noticeboard. Your comments would be appreciated. Regards, Enaidmawr (talk) 17:55, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Tomboys

come on, anyone who has seen even a minute of Avatar can tell Toph is the definition of Tomboy

Mooka, Tochigi

Hello. Please do not simply revert my changes without commenting in the discussion on the talk page. Do you have any reason to believe 真岡 is not pronounced with a long お (making Mōka more appropriate)? Just because the hiragana is も + おか does not mean the も and お are pronounced distinctly. -Amake (talk) 00:54, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for not seeing the discussion on the Talk page first, but I have now added my reasoning there. --DAJF (talk) 09:07, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Rize Shinba

Hi! Ah, so you dont think that the Name 神葉 理世（しんば りぜ) should be read Shimba because of the Hepburn_system#Syllabic_n rule? (I did changed it from n to m because another said that would be the case.) --Stan T. Lor (talk) 01:53, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

I have now moved the article to Rize Shimba, which hopefully clarifies the situation. It is a difficult area, but I think writing her name as Rize Shimba (神葉 理世, Shinba Rize) is the most accurate. See Shimbashi Station or Ippommatsu Station (Saitama) for similar treatment. --DAJF (talk) 02:34, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, no I dont think thats right, since the author/illustrator called themself in romanisation Rize Shinba and also all american or european publications use the name Rize Shinba and I would say for this case would this rule be in use. --Stan T. Lor (talk) 20:55, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, if you think that Shinba is how she normally romanizes her name, I would have no problem if you want to move the article back to Rize Shinba. --DAJF (talk) 00:28, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Reversal of speedy deletion

OK, you're right now reverting some of my speedy deletions. I don't mind, but explain me this: CJ Group (Hangul: CJ 그룹) is a large South Korean chaebol (conglomerate), producing food, retail, chemical, industry, entertainment and financial services products. CJ owns the Progamer StarCraft team CJ Entus. How does that assert importance? I mean, there's thousands of companies in each country that are "large". Can they all be added, unsourced, to Wikipedia? I wouldn't call a "large" company automatically "important".

Same goes for most other articles I marked. --DanielPharos (talk) 08:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

The CJ Group describes the company as a large conglomerate, which in itself at least asserts importance. Also, the fact that Korean and Japanese language articles exist is another indicator that this might be a notable company. Sure, there may be one or two articles that wouldn't pass AfD, but they should at least get the chance to be discussed - not speedied. Thanks. --DAJF (talk) 09:07, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

OK, in that case you should contact User:Tnxman307 to get Dongbu Life back, because that already was deleted. Also, if you read the Korean and Japanese articles, they are the same as the English one: a bit of text, but no links (OK, the Korean article has one, that has something to do with stocks, but it errors out).

But still, simply saying "large company" in my eyes means nothing.

Anyways, I'll start AfD-ing them all, then. --DanielPharos (talk) 09:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

OK, I've made the AfD for CJ Group. We'll see where that goes first, before I mark the entire rest too. --DanielPharos (talk) 09:37, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Tokachi Airport

Well I can't find anything definite, mostly stuff like this, but it does appear to be a military airfield. Is there anything here that helps? Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 21:08, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

How about JGSDF Camp Obihiro. I searched using 帯広駐屯地 in Google. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 21:15, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Quick change

Wow. You reverted my edit quickly. It is very obvious to me that you are taking a personal interest in this issue. As such, I will let you make Wikipedia what you will, even though you have not addressed the issue at hand.

Good day. Svyatoslav (talk) 08:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

By the way, referring to my edit as a "joke" is quite insulting. Svyatoslav (talk) 08:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

I reverted it quickly because it appeared to be mischievous vandalism adding an offensive Japanese slang term. As I explained on Talk:Ramen, what you added was neither hiragana nor had anything to do with "ramen". If you were insulted by its being labelled as a poor attempt at humour, try looking up the word you wrote on Google again and see what sort of websites it takes you to. --DAJF (talk) 08:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

How about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CIVILITY —Preceding unsigned comment added by Svyatoslav (talk • contribs) 08:36, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Tina Anderson

It was brought to my attention that someone questioned some things in my Entry. Honestly, our circle history is irrelevant and so I removed any and all circle information from the wiki page [I'm allowed to do this right? Did I break any rules?]. By removing this I assumed that the Unverified-Tag would be removed from the page - is there more that needs citing or a reference? Thanks again for your response, Tina Anderson —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gynocrat (talk • contribs) 16:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi. People are allowed to edit articles about themselves, but it is generally discouraged in order to ensure neutrality. As far as I can see, the article still lacks reliable third-party reference sources to verify notability of the subject, so the concerns raised still apply. --DAJF (talk) 03:00, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Now I'm very confused. Before it was just one comment that was questionable, now my very notability is up for question? I will try to add references that have nothing to do with a blog, a tweet, or a weblog and hopefully this will help? Not trying to be rude or sarcastic here, but what exactly is the guideline for being a notable subject? -Tina Anderson —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gynocrat (talk • contribs) 20:04, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Just spoke to a Wiki user who told me how to 'reference' things. If the references I add are invalid - please let me know. ^_^

As I mentioned above, the article needs more reliable third-party reference sources so that we can verify that the subject is sufficiently notable to justify an article on Wikipedia. The guidelines for notability are laid out at Wikipedia:Notability. --DAJF (talk) 00:30, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Is it because I make erotic manga? Is this why I wouldn't be notable enough for an entry here? I'm curious because there's a slew of Tokyo Pop manga creators on here who've done one book at best, and yet their pages stand untagged.  :/ Sorry to be a pain in the ass about this, I'm just trying to understand exactly what is notable. I read the guidelines, then checked out other English-comic makers who have pages with less books and info on them then mine, and yet they're allowed to stand without issue or tag-citation. Thanks for keeping replying to me though, I do appreciate it.

Toho Gakuen School of Music

Ok, mate, tell me, what's the problem? Since when it is neccesary to put references on every single alumnus on alumni lists when in their articles the persons listed say that they studied there (and most are sourced)? I don't see any tags in Juilliard School#Notable alumni, Royal Academy of Music#People, Harvard University#Alumni, Yale University#Notable people, Curtis Institute of Music#Distinguished alumni etc.--Karljoos (talk) 02:45, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Strictly speaking, it has always been necessary ever since WP:BLP was written, but I only removed the Kokia link because it wasn't even mentioned anywhere in her article that she was an alumnus. There's no rush, but it would certainly be a good idea to try and gradually add reference sources for each entry in that list where possible to comply with WP:BLP. Incidentally, just because other articles are unreferenced doesn't mean that it is OK, as explained in WP:OTHERSTUFF. You will note that List of Yale University people is comprehensively referenced, as it rightly should be. --DAJF (talk) 02:58, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Yumi Miyake

Hello DAJF, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Yumi Miyake - a page you tagged - because: Not blatantly vandalism or a hoax. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:46, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Added References: KernerFX

Hi there. Sorry -- should have sandboxed.. went away to get the reference, after saving, and whamo, you had already deleted my addition. Now references and not a promo piece. It is, in fact, interesting trivia. Is there a better header? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterchasefx (talk • contribs) 01:27, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

I have again removed the text as I am concerned that the The Cove (film) article is being used as a vehicle to promote KernerFX. If you are closely connected with the subject of that article, I suggest you read WP:COI, as it is important to maintain a neutral tone for articles such as these. --DAJF (talk) 05:25, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

I have undone the removal. If you believe that you can make the text more 'neutral' then please go for it. In the mean time, HOW the team captured this footage is noteworthy and referenced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterchasefx (talk • contribs) 15:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Interpreting

Hi! You opposed moving the Interpreting article a couple of days ago. Would you mind checking out the new proposal on the talk page and saying what you think? Thanks, Jafeluv (talk) 18:18, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

213 series in BVE Trainsim

Hi. Recently there has been a bugging problem about the 213 series trainset in BVE Trainsim. I've noticed that the train's panel (Panel.bmp) is way different from the actual panel (and doesn't look like that of JR Shikoku's 5000 series train at all!), and that the picture of the train (Train.bmp) is a picture of another train. The train is located at http://tksoft.cool.ne.jp/bveseto.html. Pls investigate and reply about this problem asap, thanks.

P.S I wonder why you once opposed a picture of a 200 Series Shinkansen train (set F8, pointed nose variant) in the Gala-Yuzawa Line page from being copied to the 200 series page itself on 26 July 2009 (as well as JNR being added to the operator section in the infobox in the said article), though its kinda late to complain about that. --Mbssbs (talk) 09:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but I have no idea why you are asking me about BVE details. As for the 200 Series Shinkansen edit, I don't recall which particular edit you are referring to, but maybe the image duplicated a similar one already on the article? I don't remember, and without a diff, it's hard to say. I removed the "JNR" reference because the trains are no longer operated by JNR (as JNR no longer exists). Details of past operators are better included in the relevant history section rather than cluttering up the infobox, which is meant to be purely an at-a-glance summary. --DAJF (talk) 11:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Dave, what I meant about the BVE 213 series train was that the panel doesn't correlate to either the 213 series itself or JR Shikoku's 5000 series. Also the train's picture is of a green-coloured train with a slanting windscreen that I don't recognize. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbssbs (talk • contribs) 09:28, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't see any image of a 213 series in the BVE Trainsim article, so I'm afraid I'm still not clear what this conversation is about. --DAJF (talk) 12:53, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Dave, today i've had the time to read the 213 series article on Japanese Wikipedia. The train I was talking about was a Doraemon-themed KuRo 212 car.--Mbssbs (talk) 11:18, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Fukui Railway Fukubu Line

Please do not revert the changes made to the History section. The date format MM DD, YY is allowed under Wikipedia:MOSNUM#Full_date_formatting, and the entire article is consistent. The article was originally written with that format, so please follow that format. Thanks. - 222.228.90.150 (talk) 22:53, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Certainly either date format is acceptable (although autolinking is discouraged), but, as stated in the Wikipedia:MOSNUM#Full_date_formatting section you quoted, it is considered common courtesy to maintain consistency with the format first used in the article, as was the case here.

In the early stages of writing an article, the date format chosen by the first major contributor to the article should be used, unless there is reason to change it based on strong national ties to the topic. Where an article that is not a stub shows no clear sign of which format is used, the first person to insert a date is equivalent to "the first major contributor".

Thank you. --DAJF (talk) 00:21, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Miwa Takada

My removal of the template, was a mistake, because I thought that I resolved the matter when I aligned the filmography. Thanks for the informative tips, and thank you for enlarging the article. Regards. --Revizionist (talk) 15:31, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Satoshi Yamamoto‎ and Hidenori Kusaka‎

Apparently, the dynamic IP editor doesn't know the difference between Anime News Network's news side, which is a reliable source, and the user editable encyclopedia, which isn't. —Farix (t | c) 15:05, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Regarding AnimED

Hello, Dave. Sorry for my clumsy English. My name's Dmitri, i'm the author of Russian "Ever17", "Tokoyo no Hoshizora", "Natsu no Hi no Resonance" and other VN translations, and i'm working on "AnimED - Visual Novel Tools" project for about 4 years. This tool primarily was made as support effort for international Visual Novel fan translation community, since there were many "universal" data ripping tools (the mostly known are "CRASS" and "ExtractData"), but no repackers and reconvertors - that's why this project has been started. Concerning recently made Wikipedia article, it was done in order to help people who seek for editing tools/SDK for VNs, so i've tried to be as descriptive as possible. Unfortunately, according to Wikipedia rules, i can't provide "reliable" secondary sources, because the page at NovelNews.net forum, the page at AnimeForum.ru and even page at tsukuru.info are all maintained by myself. Nevertheless, i hope some people outside of those three places will start to use this little yet powerful toolkit before the page will be deleted. ^^' WinKi-tyan (talk) 07:50, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for volunteering information, but I think that really means that the article should not be on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not inteneded to be a vehicle for people to promote their products or websites, and maybe it would have been better if you had waited for someone not directly connected with the software to start an article. "Wikipedia:Conflict of interest" explains the situation regarding articles like this. If notability cannot be proven for this article, then it will probably have to be put up for deletion. But there's no rush I guess. --DAJF (talk) 09:39, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

GABA

Hey DAJF, I know where you're coming from when you removed the text containing "unique", I'm just struggling with putting that female oriented language studio in the greater context of how eikaiwa market - it's certainly not promotional to say that GABA's marketing approach is unique, or at least was - as far as I know it didn't work out for them. What I was trying to relate was that eikawa has always targeted females but GABA's foray into a direct marketing campaign towards women didn't really have a precedent. What's your thoughts?Statisticalregression (talk) 00:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

CUSTOM MADE 10.30

The film title is designed with capital letters by film producers to show their taste and muances. So please rename as the original title.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ffbear (talk • contribs) 15:10, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

If you read Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks), you will see that Wikipedia articles should not be given names in all-caps unless the name is an acronym. There is no need to be a slave to the Japanese habit of writing everything in all-caps here. --DAJF (talk) 15:17, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Miwa Takada and Al Pacino

Ok, I understand, but how come in Al Pacino's article there are screenshots from his movies? --Revizionist (talk) 15:52, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I haven't been involved with that article, but they could be in contravention of the free-use guideliness too. --DAJF (talk) 23:38, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Kyoto

Those Kyoto Station pictures are much better on the right side of the page. Thanks for looking at it. Malcomsbridge (talk) 23:42, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Indonesian Universities...

...thanks! --Merbabu (talk) 03:38, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Love hotel

Thank you for reverting my edit on the Love hotel article, stating the reason as "Dubious - re-add when properly sourced". Please note that the correct course of action would have been to insert a tag. I have reverted your edited and added sources. Qwerta369 (talk) 15:31, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Shinkansen average speed

Where did you get the data? The distance between the two stations is 553.7 km, and according to the timetable, the fastest train covers this distance in 165 minutes, which gives 201 km/h. Python eggs (talk) 16:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I'm not sure if these qualify as reliable sources (which is why I was initially reluctant to add them to the Land speed record for rail vehicles article), but these sites mention the fastest average speed of 242.5 km/h... 1, 2. Note that this applied between 1997 and 2003. In 2003, additional station stops were added which increased the fastest journey time between Hakata and Shin-Osaka from 2 hours 17 minutes to 2 hours 21 minutes (see here). Now, I don't think there are any Nozomi services that run only between Shin-Osaka and Hakata at 300 km/h, so the average speed will be even lower. I hope this clarifies the issue. --DAJF (talk) 00:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Takayuki Kubota vs Takayuki, Kubota

Please note that the first entry (without the comma) is a martial artist and the second entry (with comma) is a graphic artist. jmcw (talk) 23:54, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi. That's what I understood, but it is not normal to use commas within people's names like that to disambiguate articles about people with identical names. If the graphic artist is notable enough to justify a wikipedia article, the article can easily be moved to something like Takayuki Kubota (artist). --DAJF (talk) 00:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

GCT2

An article in the hot-off-the-press Railway Gazette International (December 2009, p36) calls the Japanese VGA train the "Gauge Change Train" or GCT2.

There is even a "Association of Gauge Changing Trains".

Tabletop (talk) 07:12, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Maybe there is, but I'm afraid that that is likely to be inaccurate reporting on the part of Railway Gazette - as reliable a source as it normally is. As explained in the Gauge Change Train article, the second train currently undergoing testing in Japan does not have an explicit classification (as it is an experimental train not owned by any of the JR operating companies), but is numbered in the GCT01-2xx series. The third train (as yet unclassified) was officially scheduled to appear in 2010, but as the entire project is running several years behind schedule, that train is unlikely to appear for a while yet. So you see, the "GCT2" classification mentioned by Railway Gazette is likely to be a name made up by a well-meaning reporter, which unfortunately is not that uncommon in the English-language press when all they have to work on are Japanese language press releases. I hope that clears up the confusion. --DAJF (talk) 07:53, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Love hotel photo?

You removed this File:Pussycat love hotel.jpg, stating it's "not related to love hotels." The photographer says it is. How do you know otherwise? Thanks, Pete Tillman (talk) 17:54, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi. The poster is a recruitment poster for "image girls" to work in a sex establishment known as a "health" in Japanese. It is not connected with love hotels, which is why I removed it from the Love hotel article. As far as I can see, the photographer on flickr doesn't claim that it is for a love hotel, either. Hope this clears up any confusion. --DAJF (talk) 23:11, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I"ll put the poster there. Best, Pete Tillman (talk) 03:56, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

References

Several of the items I reverted the tag additions on are articles on buildings, regions, or major aspects of Japanese history. These have references or make no unsubstantiated claims that would require references.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 23:56, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

If you cannot add references yourself, please leave the tags on the articles so that someone else more capable can add references later. --DAJF (talk) 23:57, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

The external links clearly provide enough of a reference, as there are no unsubstantiated claims being made on several of the articles. One of these articles is about a bridge. I doubt there was any major news coverage on its construction and there are no claims made in the article that are so outrageous that they require links. Similarly, requesting inline citations for an article with one or several bibliographic references is unnecessary.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 23:59, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

In many cases, the external links alone do not source all the details stated in the article, which is why reference sources and inline citations are required. As I wrote before, if you do not wish to or unable to add references yourself, that is fine, no one is going to delete the pages, but if you keep removing valid maintenance tags without addressing the problems, then you will probably be blocked. --DAJF (talk) 00:12, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

One of these pages has only one reference (Keian uprising) and another page is on a major aspect of Japanese history (Meiji period). These only have bibliographic references. There is no reason to request inline citations on these two pages. Also, I know what I am doing and it is certainly not vandalism.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:18, 28 December 2009 (UTC)