User talk:LordAmeth/Archive8

Latest comment: 7 years ago by LordAmeth

This is an archive of my talk page for all discussions in 2013-2016. Please do not edit or add to any of these discussions here; please add any new material to my main talk page. Thank you. LordAmeth (talk) 12:39, 9 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013 edit

 
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The "awful" truth about Dioscorea opposita edit

Hi LordAmeth, someone deleted (here) something you added way back in 2006, and which had survived up until now. A discussion about this is on the talk page. Because it had a reference (Dunn, C. and B. Torigoe (1969). The Actors Analects. New York: Columbia University Press. p51.) which I couldn't verify (I don't have a copy of the book), I hesitate in reinstating it. I think the deleting editor probably just didn't want to read such things; but if true, the facts should be there regardless. Best wishes, Hamamelis (talk) 08:34, 25 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hi Hamamelis. Thanks for letting me know - I don't keep an eye on my watchlist any more, so I appreciate it.
Hm. Well, all I have is this one citation, so I don't know whether it's true or not. But, I trust Torigoe to know what he's talking about, and these guys haven't provided a counter-citation, so, I'm going to re-add it. LordAmeth (talk) 17:35, 25 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013 edit

 
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The Bugle: Issue LXXXIV, March 2013 edit

 
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Merge discussion for Opium Wars edit

Hi. There has been a reopened discussion ongoing at Talk:First Opium War#Merge discussion to merge the contents of Opium Wars into First Opium War and Second Opium War. A consensus seems to have been reached among all the users who contributed to the lede/Opium Wars#Overview section, and merging may be imminent. You have been identified as a major contributor of the article about to be abolished (see: User:Kiyoweap/Opium Wars) and thus are welcomed to participate in the merge, especially in the sections which you have contributed. Or, any other input under the Merge discussion thread given above would be appreciated. Thanks. --Kiyoweap (talk) 04:57, 18 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

My thanks for letting me know about this merge discussion, and for noting my past contributions and inviting my input. I have not recently been nearly as active as I once was, however, and so will sit out this one. Based on what I see being debated, I think whatever outcome is probably fine with me. Best of luck, however, for your own efforts! Cheers, LordAmeth (talk) 05:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Jōmyō-ji edit

Hello, LordAmeth. Jōmyō-ji, a DAB page you created in 2006, has been nominated for speedy deletion by User:Me and. I (and apparently other editors as well) can find no evidence that Jōmyō-ji (Kyoto) is notable, and there is currently no mention of it on Wikipedia. Cnilep (talk) 00:55, 23 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hi! Thanks so much for taking the time to write me here. I'm not nearly as active on Wikipedia as I used to be, and don't really watch my watchlist, so getting messages on my Talk page is wonderful. Genuinely appreciated. I'd created that disambig in order to sort of leave it open that someone (possibly myself) might come by at some point and create the Jômyô-ji (Kyoto) article. Wikipedia is never complete - there should always be redlinks, and there should always be people gradually, slowly, working to turn them blue. That's my feeling.
In any case, don't worry about the redirect / speedy deletion. It's not a big deal. I've added Jômyô-ji to the Requested articles:Japan list, and hopefully someone might come along and write them in. The Japanese Wikipedia has articles for temples by that name in Nôtô, Nagoya, and Arita, and red-links for temples by that name in Hiratsuka and Osaka. I have no doubt that all of them are notable in one way or another.
As for the Kyoto one, as the Japanese Wikipedia disambig page (ja:浄妙寺) explains, the former site of the Kyoto Jômyô-ji, also known as Uji-no-misasagi (or "Uji Mausoleum"), is the site of the graves of many members of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara family. It was built by Fujiwara no Michinaga to serve as a family temple, but was destroyed in the late medieval period. Empresses or Imperial consorts of Hokke Fujiwara lineage are also buried there. So, it seems a pretty significant site to me. LordAmeth (talk) 03:56, 23 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013 edit

 
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The Bugle: Issue LXXXVI, May 2013 edit

 
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Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library! edit

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Hi LordAmeth! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Multilingual editing encouraged!!! But being multilingual is not a necessity to make this project a success. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! 20:08, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVII, June 2013 edit

 
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Help in maintaining NPOV on historical Pacific War aviator edit

Hi LordAmeth. Because you listed "Japanese history" as an area of interest on the WikiProject Military history page and also have a high degree of understanding of Japan, I thought you might be able to lend some help.

I'm looking for some third parties to review a problem editor who (in my opinion) continues to violate the NPOV policy of Wikipedia on the page of a Pacific War aviator, Mitsuo Fuchida. After exhausting myself trying to maintain accurate content in the "Controversy" section, I'm asking for a page ban for this user. If you have time and motivation, I'd really appreciate your consideration to review this issue. The Noticeboard Request is to be found here: [1] I hate to take anyone's time, but this problem is why many won't trust Wikipedia. Thanks for your consideration.--TMartinBennett (talk) 19:28, 10 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue LXXXVIII, July 2013 edit

 
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Five elements (Japanese philosophy) edit

Hello. At least some of the Five elements article appears to have been copied verbatim from one of the listed external links. I see from the edit history that this goes all the way back to the article's origin in 2005, and that you were the original author. If you can remember that far back, could you comment on the talk page and perhaps help clean it up?--Wikimedes (talk) 08:40, 31 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue LXXXIX, August 2013 edit

 
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election edit

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXXX, September 2013 edit

 
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The Bugle: Issue XCI, October 2013 edit

 
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Minka edit

Hi LordAmeth, just to let you know that I will be contributing to the article you started on Japanese Minka. I've been reading a good book by the architectural historian Teiji Itoh and I'm hoping to refer to some of that detail. Regards Kenchikuben (talk) 17:24, 10 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Cool. Have fun with it. Best, LordAmeth (talk) 01:46, 17 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue XCII, November 2013 edit

 
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The Bugle: Issue XCIII, December 2013 edit

 
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Request for comment edit

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

File:Tamasaburo5Kodo.jpg edit

Dear LordAmeth, I have managed to get a free (CC-BY-SA) photo of Bando Tamasaburo V in another performance (Nihonbashi play instead of Kodo show), so I'll probably have to nominate your FairUse image for deletion, unless you find another fair use for it. Thank you for understanding. Tatewaki (talk) 03:30, 30 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sounds good. I'm glad we have something to replace it with. And thanks for letting me know :) LordAmeth (talk) 01:20, 31 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:Tamasaburo5Kodo.jpg edit

 

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election edit

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English-Japanese Translation edit

Greetings LordAmeth! I'm searching for multilingual editors who have the time and the interest to collaborate on the AIG business page? The Japanese version looks like it could use some help on content and formatting. Would you be interested? Regards! MsGingerHoneycutt (talk) 16:05, 26 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi! Thanks for thinking of me! However, I'm afraid I don't think I'll be able to help out. My Japanese may be good enough for reading and translating into English, but not for fine-tuned editing /in/ Japanese; I'm also not in any way an expert on business matters and terminology. But, best of luck with the project! LordAmeth (talk) 16:33, 26 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the reply! Best Regards, MsGingerHoneycutt (talk) 16:39, 26 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open! edit

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Category:Former bunraku theatres edit

Category:Former bunraku theatres, which you created, has been nominated for dual upmerging to Category:Bunraku and Category:Former theatres in Japan. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 00:31, 8 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Military history coordinator election edit

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ArbCom elections are now open! edit

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Military history WikiProject coordinator election edit

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Extended confirmed protection edit

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Asian 10,000 Challenge invite edit

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do you still do that thing you do? edit

Are you still about the task of translating JapanWiki articles into English? If so, I have a short wishlist, and just parking them at WPJ requested articles will get... korogi.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:07, 28 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Kintetsu! That's a familiar name! Nice to hear from you. I'm afraid, though, that it's been quite a few years since I've been active on Wikipedia. I've fallen way behind on the standards for formatting and tagging and all of that, and also, I wasn't a fan of the arguments that inevitably come up - and so I'm afraid I don't think I'll be coming back. Sorry I can't be of more help. Best of luck! LordAmeth (talk) 23:27, 28 October 2016 (UTC)Reply
残念 that's too bad, you're missed.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:17, 29 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins edit

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers edit

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open! edit

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Territorial disputes involving Israel edit

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