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こんにちは！ I came across the articleen:Sasuke (TV series) after finding it in the trivia section of a stage in Splatoon 3. Upon coming to the article, I noticed that it was 294,930 bytes in size. Me and some other editors have since cut it down to under 20k bytes in size. I took a look at this Wiki's equivalent (SASUKE) and noticed that it appears to be just as bad, being 276k bytes in size. I'm here asking for some assistance in cutting this article down as well seeing as it has some maintenance tags relating to cruft on it (and there's already a Fandom wiki for the TV series). I don't completely understand Japanese which is why I'm asking here instead of doing it myself.Blaze Wolf（会話）2023年1月27日 (金) 01:46 (UTC)返信
Koyata Yamamoto: the place and cause of death, his private life (parents, wife and children).
Giant Baba: the places and dates of birth of his parents and siblings (older brother and two older sisters), the days and causes of death for his parents, the dates and causes of death of his sisters, the name and dates of birth and death of his brother-in-law.
Ōkawa Haruyoshi: photos of him, his family, or others about his career.
Nakano Takeko: the name of the commander of the imperial unit against whom she died.
Sankebetsu brown bear incident: for the police captain Suga his full name, dates of birth and death; for the village head Ōkawa Yosankichi his dates of birth and death, his wife.
Is the anime presented inthis video already documented in the『ノンキナトウサン』Wikipedia article or not?I don't believe it is because the Kobe Planet Film Archive says the anime from 1926 while all the film works (anime and live-action) described in the article are from either 1925 or 1946, and the anime doesn't match the described content of『ノンキナトウサン 竜宮参り』--以上の署名のないコメントは、ArguaBILL（会話・投稿記録）さんが2023年10月2日 (月) 16:54 (UTC) に投稿したものです（Amayus（会話）による付記）。返信
I found two English sources about Nishiyamato Academy of California (西大和学園カリフォルニア校), a Japanese private school near Los Angeles. Are there any Japanese newspaper articles about this school? Finding them will help show the school's notability.
I am very interested in Shinto shrines. I have been making a lot of articles on English wikipedia. While I often read articles here, I am not confident enough to use Japanese language sources on my own, especially books.
I am currently working on a draft forWatatsumi Shrine (海神社) in Kobe. The article does not seem well sourced here. It is the highest Shrine in the Shakaku that has no English article, as a Kanpei-Chusha (官幣中社).
Is someone up to help me with it?
I am also interested inFurogu Shrine (風浪宮) which doesn't seem as significant, but I really love the name.
@Immanuelle Hello, the notability requirement on Japanese Wikipedia is not the same as in English one, I have the same trouble when translating some companies. You may want to search for more information on yahoo or google news.Lemonaka（会話）2024年1月23日 (火) 00:34 (UTC)返信
For example, characters from animations, companies, et al. A lot of articles even without enough citation for notability can be published here. While you cannot translate them to English.Lemonaka（会話）2024年2月4日 (日) 05:35 (UTC)返信
I was looking at this article天孫族 and it seems to be supporting the discredited Japanese-Israelism theory (日ユ同祖論). Can someone look over the article to figure out what belongs there and what doesn't? --Immanuelle（会話）2024年3月31日 (日) 09:18 (UTC)返信
Over atノート:アクセンチュア, I have submitted a few additional requests on the company's behalf to updateアクセンチュア, which has some outdated information. I do not speak Japanese, but I am trying my best to submit reasonable requests based on work completed on behalf of Accenture at English Wikipedia. Links to specific requests:
My goals are to make the page more accurate and up to date. With special thanks to利用者:Lemonaka and利用者:mirror-kt, who have assisted with previous requests, I would invite editors to please review the proposed change and update the Wikipedia article appropriately. Thank you!Inkian Jason（会話）2024年4月2日 (火) 14:43 (UTC)返信
I made a fair few templates recently but I am unsure about the rules about actually adding them to articles. In the past when I tried to add the templates, my edits were reverted and people said the template was not ready. This is the categoryCategory:神道信仰に関するテンプレート, it is navigation boxes about various traditions related to Shinto deities and shrines, I have one for Shinmei shrines for example hereTemplate:神明神社. Do templates need administrator approval to be added to articles or something like that? --イマニュエラ（会話）2024年4月18日 (木) 00:39 (UTC)返信
This categoryCategory:国造 has several entries I believe do not fit. Because it conflates the kuni no miyatsuko titles and individuals. Most are the titles. I put the ones about individuals here利用者:Immanuelle/国造主, the rest are about the title and are often more focused on the family.--イマニュエラ（会話）2024年4月18日 (木) 00:39 (UTC)返信
@FlatLanguage yeah that's correct. Can you propose it instead for me? I am not sure how CFD works here or whether I can adequately explain this to them. I also cannot find a splitting proposal thing. Should I propose it through this option? 品質保証提案中のカテゴリ--イマニュエラ（会話）2024年4月18日 (木) 05:03 (UTC)返信
Old IAFD film IDs (d:Property:P5098) are used in this template:Template:IAFD movie. IAFD has recently started using UUIDs for films. The old links still work. However, the old IDs are no longer visible on the website. As of today, the UUID can be retrieved from Wikidata:d:Property:P12654. All Wikidata items with an old film ID now also have a new film UUID. It would be advisable to adapt your template. --Reise Reise（会話）2024年4月21日 (日) 16:45 (UTC)返信
Hello! I just wanted to point out that there'sa recentMainichi article that might provide some extra information forthe page on Koshien Stadium. Apparently, aKansas-based photographer donated some photos of the stadium, likely taken at the time of the U.S. occupation after World War II, to a local archive inKobe. Obviously, I can't add this information myself, because of my language barrier, but I thought you might still find it useful. Who knows, maybe those photos could even be available under a Public Domain license in a few years! Cheers! --Oltrepier（会話）2024年6月17日 (月) 08:29 (UTC)返信
Hi all, I recently created en:nature-positive in English. I was wondering if anyone could please help to update the Japanese article for this (ネイチャーポジティブ) since it contains a lot of information on recent Japanese policy for NP andネイチャーポジティブ has not been updated since creation in 2023. ありがとうございます！Manxshearwater（会話）2024年8月1日 (木) 14:51 (UTC)返信
Possibility of misinformation on「在日朝鮮族」ページに誤報がある可能性
Hi everyone. The English "Korean Chinese in Japan" page (previously "Chaoxianzu in Japan") and the Japanese 「在日朝鮮族」page were made around the same time (2023/10) by利用者:Strategicasian, who is now globally blocked for abusing multiple accounts to promote a disputed view around Chaoxianzu / Korean Chinese (en:Sockpuppet_investigations/Strategicasian/Archive). If you look at old revisions of the English page and the Google Translated version of the Japanese page, they are very similar. Furthermore, it was later found earlier this year, 2024/02/14 by @Dekimasu to have both original research and misinformation that was either unsourced and not supported by the source (WP:NOR). While I can't fix the problem myself as a non-Japanese speaker, it would be helpful if a bilingual editor could look over Dekimasu's 5 significant edits ([1]-[2]) that day on "Korean Chinese in Japan" and look over the「在日朝鮮族」page to remove the possible misinformation and original research. While not as severe, there are also significant edits on「朝鮮族」 and 「在韓中国朝鮮族」by 利用者:Strategicasian and their puppet利用者:Auroradio. Thank you!三葉草 SanYehTsao2024年8月6日 (火) 06:12 (UTC)返信
For example, the section 「概要」("Overview") was found to be unsupported by the source and unlikely to be true.三葉草 SanYehTsao2024年8月11日 (日) 22:23 (UTC)返信
The English versions ofChaos Flare andGear 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 ina Google Books search came up for the Japanese name: ギア・アンティーク--BOZ（会話）2024年8月26日 (月) 16:48 (UTC)返信
That said, I have a general question: should Asano's name should be kept in the past members section or moved back? Thanks.--Sjones23（会話）2024年9月13日 (金) 10:19 (UTC)返信
Hello. I wrote an article about a Japanese manga (related to the famousThe Rose of Versailles) that does not have a Japanese Wikipedia article:https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2403249 (my article is on English and Polish wikis, and it is a Good Article; the other wikis have much worse entries). I'd like to take it to the top (Featured) level, but for that I need to know if there are any Japanese-language sources about this (reviews, academic works). Is there anyone who would be interested in working on this with me? (Note: the manga is famous in Poland, not English-speaking word; I am Polish and I found all the Polish sources; there is next to nothing about it in English; it is possible that there is little in Japanese too due to its focus on Polish history - but I'd love to learn otherwise). --Piotrus（会話）2024年12月3日 (火) 03:58 (UTC)返信
Is it OK to use English edit summaries on the Japanese Wikipedia?
I agree with the proposal. In general, edit summaries are very brief, and the recent advances in the machine translation allows an average Japanese native to understand the edit summaries in English. --GreatPatent（会話）2025年7月30日 (水) 06:38 (UTC)返信
Hello. I would like to edit the English wikipedia page onen:Han Unification, and found a primary source talking about a particular proposal in opposition to Han Unification called "UTF-2000":[3] (in English). This would be interesting information to add to the article, but we can only do so if there is asecondary source that discusses it. I was wondering if someone could search for information on this project in Japanese for me, and see if any secondary sources exist. 私の日本語は少しだけです。自信はありません, so it would be a great help if someone could check for me. I will understand if, unfortunately, no secondary sources exist. I just have hope. よろしくお願いいたします! --Fieari（会話）2024年12月24日 (火) 08:16 (UTC)返信
I am a filemover on Wikimedia Commons an my work on the japanese language version of Wikipedia is mostly limited to replacing image filenames that have been renamed on Commons. The changes normaly made with a script that uses my Username. Unfortunately it doesn't work for me because of the Captcha. So I replace filesnames without this script manually. I also replace old png files with svg manually. Is it somehow possible to remove the captcha input from me, or do I just need more edits to make it go away? Best regards from Switzerland.--Ziv（会話）2025年1月14日 (火) 12:48 (UTC)返信
Margaret Sanger - first foreigner to speak to Diet?
Hello. I am working on article of Margaret Sanger in English Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger There is a book named "A Fight for Women's Happiness", written by Japanese politician Shizue Katō, that says that Sanger was the first foreigner (or the first woman foreigner) to speak to the Japanese Diet. Katō says that the speech was given on 15 April 1954, to the Public Welfare Committee of the Diet. I have some good sources for the speech, including the official minutes of the Diet. But I cannot find a good source that says she was the first foreigner to speak before the Diet (or a committee of the Diet). I'm not sure if that is true or not. Can someone help me? Is there a source that says that Margaret Sanger, in April 1954, was the first foreigner to give a speech to the Japanese Diet? Maybe a Japanese newspaper from April 1954? If you have a source, I can use it for that fact in the English Wikipedia. I do not speak or read Japanese. Thank-you.Noleander（会話）2025年3月20日 (木) 04:07 (UTC)返信
I confirm that Margaret Sanger attended the Public Welfare Committee of the Diet on April 15, 1954. Mr. Minoru Muramatsu interpreted the speech by Margaret Sanger. The source is the official minutes of the Diet, which is available in the internet, as shown in the post.
The evening edition of Yomiuri Shimbun on Nov. 7, 1955 at page 3 describes that Sanger in April 15, 1954 is the first foreigner who speak before the Diet. --GreatPatent（会話）2025年7月30日 (水) 07:26 (UTC)返信
Japanese Description Needed for Japan-Related EPG files on Commons
On theKappei Yamaguchi article, his character for theSakura Wars OVA is listed as "俵の千松" (Senmatsu the Bale). However, in the Japanese ending credits of said OVA (which can be seen on the DVD release), the character is actually listed as "猿の千松" (Senmatsu the Monkey), so it's a misreading. Unfortunately, I can't make edits there, so can someone please look into this and correct it if it's necessary? Thanks,Sjones23（会話）2025年5月22日 (木) 04:22 (UTC)返信
On the page forKasuga Taisha there is the provided English name英: Kasugataisha Shrine. Why do so many articles have this? That one in particular seems out of place, since it is a Japanese building. That does appear to be theofficial name on their website even though it isn't used on English Wikipedia.--イマニュエラ（会話）2025年7月18日 (金) 08:10 (UTC)返信
In Japan, it is not uncommon forjuridical people to have an English name. The trade name ofkabushiki kaisha is specified in thearticles. It is not uncommon forkabushiki kaisha to have an English trade name in its articles. For example,トヨタ自動車株式会社 uses the English name "Toyota Motor Corporation". Similarly, it is not uncommon for someshukyo hojin to have English names.
However, there are various ways to write the names ofShinto shrines in English. In recent years, ○○神社 is written as "○○ Jinja" in English and less often as "○○ Shrine" in English. For example,神宮 is called "Ise Jingu" in English, is not called "Ise Shrine" in English.明治神宮 calls itself "Meiji Jingu" in English.神社本庁 calls itself "Jinja Honcho" in English.
Hello, I need to add some images of lawson stores in China in theローソン article's 店舗ギャラリー>日本国外 Section, but cannot because it's in "半保護" mode. The image I would like to add is the following:
[[File:Lawson Vending Machine at Wuxi Metro Longshanshao Station 20250810.jpg|thumb|中国江蘇無錫の地下鉄駅での店舗、二つの自動販売機しかありません]]
I believe Japanese Wikipedia restricts new users from creating categories because some LTA (Long-Time Abuse) users excessively create categories. If you become an autoconfirmed user, you will likely be able to create the category. (Please refer toWikipedia:利用者. After 4 days have passed since your initial registration (first login) and you have made 10 edits, you will become an autoconfirmed user) --ホーリーブライト（会話）2025年10月13日 (月) 00:52 (UTC)返信
I removed氏子調 from the category郷社 but undid it because it does not appear to be a blatant error like I thought. Should this be included in it though? It is a law that is linked to the actual shrine ranking, but if I understand it correctly, a shrine of a higher rank can be a "郷社" in the context of the law.--イマニュエラ（会話）2025年10月18日 (土) 03:37 (UTC)返信
コメント AsUser:Amayus pointed out, the article about conductor Matthias Daniel Manasi is subject to a cascading protection on the Dutch Wikipedia, and there are also several deletion logs related to Matthias Manasi on the Japanese Wikipedia. The log checked byUser:TillmannL contains an error in the specified URL. I don't know the content of the article you are trying to create, but it is difficult to restore an article that was deleted for promotional purposes. --火乃狐（会話）2025年11月7日 (金) 12:59 (UTC)返信
Thank you very much to all of youAmayus,221tamtam,Hinoko, andHolyBright, for your kind and detailed comments. I really appreciate the time and clarity you have given me.
I understand now that the article about Matthias Manasi has been deleted several times in the Japanese Wikipedia for promotional reasons, and that the Dutch version is currently under cascading protection.
As suggested, I will first review the deletion logs and contact the administrators on the Dutch Wikipedia to discuss possible consensus there.
Once an agreement is reached, I will come back here with an updated, well-sourced and fully neutral draft proposal.
Many thanks again for your patience, your cooperation, and your guidance.
