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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthropologie edit

 
I, Sertrel, award you the Rescue from Deletion Barnstar for your work in keeping Anthropologie from being deleted.

Thanks for your work on the Anthropologie article! Sertrel 18:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Zanpakutou edit

Actually, you are incorrect, initial release and final release as English translations for shikai and bankai respectively, not 'descriptions' as you stated. 始 (shi) means 'beginning' (initial), while 解 (kai) means release (similarly for the final release). It is Wikipedia policy to use English terms whenever plausible, which is certainly the case here. We are trying to minimize the amount of Japanese terms used in general, although it was agreed that shinigami would be used instead of Soul Reaper at least until the time that the English version of the anime comes out. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 20:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Scanlation and fansub groups are completely irrelevant to Wikipedia. I should tell you that except Lunar Anime, none of the scanlation and fansub groups put major effort into finding correct translations for Japanese (or other) terms. As for your point, actually the characters do say Final Release when doing it, this is bankai in Japanese. Scanlation groups do not translate this, that is their problem. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 11:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)Reply
Just realized you may have meant the Viz translation of the manga. While Viz is more relevant than scanlations, it is not binding either and you'll notice we don't use its translations in many cases. Moreover, when we use the words 'initial release' and 'final release' in the article, we are also 'describing' the release, not releasing our zanpakutō (:S), so even according to Viz, final release would be proper. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 17:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

14 Year Old Girls edit

I have added info to the article that help establishes notability, and I was hoping you may re-visit the AfD. Please respond at the AfD rather than this talk page, since I am leaving this message for several editors. Thank you! PT (s-s-s-s) 18:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Ripped edit

Please look at this article, and the AfD, as well. Thanks. PT (s-s-s-s) 18:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free media (Image:ValentinoLogo.jpg) edit

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Anthropologie.jpg} edit

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