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List of high schools in Japan and listed pages cleanup
[edit]List of high schools in Japan is cluttered, not to mention a lot of pages listed are old and extremely short. I'll be checking through the list and prodding unsalvagable ones (No notability, no reference) while saving and expanding ones that may be savable. I'll work on this when the current PROD on Taku High School is not challenged, to check if anyone objects. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 13:39, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Concerning ones (Just an example there's actual dozens)
- ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 13:50, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
Since the Taku High School one is not contested after 7 days, I'll start to mass PROD articles that meets this as phase 1:
-Completely unreferenced or only has primary sources, with google check in both English and Japanese failing. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 12:17, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Durian Lollobrigida
[edit]I've created a stub for Japanese drag performer Durian Lollobrigida, if any project members are interested in expanding or creating an entry for Japanese Wikipedia. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:08, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Eyes requested at Ainu people
[edit]A new editor has been repeatedly replacing mentions of "Hokkaidō and Northeast Honshu" or "Hokkaidō and the Tōhoku region of Honshu" with "Hokkaidō and Tōhoku region", which clearly doesn't scan in English ([1], [2], [3], [4], etc.). I have tried a variety of versions that do scan in English, but the reversions have continued. I've welcomed the editor and given the necessary information on using accurate summaries and not violating the 3RR, but I also don't want to violate it myself. If you have any thoughts, please try to help resolve this simple question at Ainu people. Dekimasuよ! 20:57, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Toshio Suzuki (producer)#Requested move 13 August 2024
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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Toshio Suzuki (producer)#Requested move 13 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:27, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Rewrite of JGR Class 150 from ja:国鉄150形蒸気機関車 on Japanese Wikipedia
[edit](I understand this is better suited to Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains in Japan, where I have also posted this, but that project has recently been marked as Inactive, and I'm not sure that I will find anyone to help there.)
I have just finished rewriting JGR Class 150 almost completely, basing the rewrite on a translation of the Japanese version ja:国鉄150形蒸気機関車, including its list of sources cited. However, I have made many further edits for style and content, including rearranging some portions of text, and I also omitted a few parts of the Japanese version (mostly concerning appearances in modern media) as probably not wanted on the English Wikipedia.
I am still pretty sure about the basic correctness of the results, but I really want people to look this over, particularly people knowledgeable of Japanese railways and people fluent in both Japanese and English. My Japanese ability is, in my own judgment, non-existent; while I have learned some features of the language on my own, and I do know bits of vocabulary, I've never been anywhere near Japan and I'm pretty sure that I couldn't so much as read a road sign or ask a cop for help on my own. I'm utterly dependant on machine tools like Google Translate (carefully applied and checked — I'm well aware that it can't be simply trusted as is!), the "10ten" dictionary-lookup browser plugin (an invaluable aid), and Google Lens (for OCR-reading graphical Japanese text) to do something like this.
Unfortunately, the original Japanese article does not have inline citations of its sources, and none of those sources are online anyway (they're rather old and Japanese-only), so I haven't been able to check them directly. Colin Douglas Howell (talk) 08:19, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for Asia League Ice Hockey
[edit]Asia League Ice Hockey has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 09:15, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Translation of fighting game play
[edit]Hello. I wish to add an appropriate translation to an article about a meme(Umehara ga kimeta) that originated from a fighting game in Japanese.
I would appreciate it if someone who has knowledge of martial arts or fighting games and is a native speaker of English could help me out with the text.
The original 17-second video can be found here, and the text in the Japanese source is as follows
「ウメハラがぁ!捕まえてぇぇ!ウメハラがぁ!画面端ぃっ!バースト読んでえぇっ!まだ入るぅ!ウメハラがぁっ!…つっ近づいてぇっ!ウメハラがぁ決めたぁぁーっ!」
The “つっ” part is important, and the play-by-play announcer originally wanted to say “捕まえて,” i.e., catch and throw, but this part cannot be omitted because it indicates that the game did not unfold that way and that the players moved beyond the play-by-play announcer's expectations.
If there are any improvements to current translation, please revise it.狄の用務員 (talk) 03:26, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:East Asian age reckoning#Requested move 21 July 2024
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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:East Asian age reckoning#Requested move 21 July 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Reading Beans 10:19, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Japanese tabletop role-playing games
[edit]The English versions of Chaos Flare and Gear Antique were both deleted by AFD in 2018. I was hoping to see if someone knew of any reliable sources in Japanese to help restore them? They may have been reviewed in offline sources that would not easily be found online. For the Gear Antique game, some passing mentions in a Google Books search came up for the Japanese name: ギア・アンティーク BOZ (talk) 16:48, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Template talk:Infobox Chinese/Japanese#Requested move 31 August 2024
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There is a requested move discussion at Template talk:Infobox Chinese/Japanese#Requested move 31 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:18, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
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Yasuke has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Brocade River Poems 02:33, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Template talk:Infobox Chinese/Japanese#Requested move 31 August 2024
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There is a requested move discussion at Template talk:Infobox Chinese/Japanese#Requested move 31 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Frost 16:52, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Nana's Green Tea
[edit]I've created a new page for Nana's Green Tea. Are any project members able to add more information about operations within Japan? ---Another Believer (Talk) 00:17, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Women in Green's October 2024 edit-a-thon
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Hello WikiProject Japan:
WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!
Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.
We hope to see you there!
Grnrchst (talk) 11:39, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Japanese source
[edit]Hey all. A query. I've got a three-page article in Japanese for an en.wp page. I don't need it translated, but I wondered if someone could glance through it and let me know how frequently my topic is mentioned. Basically, if the article mentions it frequently, or in depth, it will be worth me getting a translation done, but if the topic is, say, just mentioned once, in an introductory sentence, for example, then I'll know I don't need the source after all. If anyone feels they can help, I'd appreciate it! SerialNumber54129 17:14, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- You're asking for someone to glance through this article but haven't provided a link or any other way to access it. If it's available online, you should be able to use Google translate or something similar to give you a rough translation for assessment. If it's not available online, I'm pretty sure there are smartphone apps available these days that allow you to translate documents using your phone's camera. If all you're looking for is how many times a "topic" (e.g. a name) is mentioned, you can usually use search feature (usually Ctrl+F) of most browsers to search a website/document for a particular term. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:20, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
You're asking for someone to glance through this article but haven't provided a link or any other way to access it
. Ah, all I wanted was someone to volunteer before putting out the details.If it's available online, you should be able to use Google translate or something similar to give you a rough translation for assessment
. It's not; it's a scan from a hard copy. How advanced are your experiments in transcribing/lating Japanese logographs via G-translate ;)I'm pretty sure there are smartphone apps available these days that allow you to translate documents using your phone's camera
. Very kind of them to allow me to do this! More apps!you can usually use search feature (usually Ctrl+F) of most browsers to search a website/document for a particular
Please let me ctrl-f a Japanese character. Oh Yes!- Thanks for your help Marchjuly :) do you think I'm from 1956?! (friendly lol) All the best, SerialNumber54129 11:13, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Actually, a kind soul sent me a basic translation overnight, which was pretty generous, I think—and unexpected, as you know! Cheers pal, SerialNumber54129 11:13, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- (By the way, and on a serious note, I do appreciate your answer, and so prompt too—it was only after I had posted here last night that I realised that, while this board seem to attract a lot of questions and commentary, no one seems to have actually replied for months. So thanks! SerialNumber54129 11:16, 11 September 2024 (UTC))