Talk:Fushigi Yûgi

message: I've proposed that all of the Byakko Seishi be merged into one article - you can contribute to the discussion here: Wikipedia:Fiction/Noticeboard#Byakko_Seishi_Merging -Malkinann (talk) 21:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Clean up of this article, including the excessive character articles, is already on the project's to do list. See my fuller reply there for an explanation on part of the reason for the delay. :) AnmaFinotera (talk) 22:30, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Byakko Seishi merge

message: In this article, , a VIZ employee says that he reckons Fushigi Yuugi was successful because of Sailor Moon.  D'you think this is relevant to the FY article? -Malkinann (talk) 04:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm...not sure for here (thinking), but certainly is relevant to SM :) AnmaFinotera (talk) 05:15, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sailor Moon's success helping FY

message: I've noticed a lot of character pages, which have limited information or mostly plot summary centered around the character named, and their statistics.  Most of these pages could be merged into the character page for Fushigi Yuugi rather than standalone pages, which could eventually be deleted.  This applies not only to the characters of the original Fushigi Yugi series, but also the few that have sprung up for Genbu Kaiden.  142.58.82.39 (talk) 22:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All the character pages have now been merged into List of Fushigi Yūgi characters.  Most of them lacked the notability to stand on their own.  If there are disagreements, please discuss before trying to remake the page.  A22 (talk) 22:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging Character Pages 

message: I have tagged Fushigi Yūgi Eikoden for merging into this article. There is no valid reason for that OVA to have a standalone article that I can see. It is nothing but a mass of plot with one minor line of reception. Plot summary goes in the episode list. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 07:06, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah i say it should be merged. --Refuteku (talk) 13:58, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Can we merge it now, it's been quite some time? --Refuteku (talk) 08:12, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge ''[[Fushigi Yūgi Eikoden]]'' 

message: So exactly what in WP:SEEALSO precludes the addition of links to similar series? One of the main points of Wikipedia is that it allows linking to relevant and related material. As both of these series are based on the same legends, I don't see an issue here. AnmaFinotera obviously does. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:26, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree - putting the manga series in the article on the legends themselves is often regarded as "popculture/fictioncruft", especially as it's not a relatively discreet "See also" but rather an indepth original research analysis of the legend and the manga series.  (see, for example, Talk:Imperial Regalia of Japan.)  However, it is possible to remember either FY or Ao no Fuin as "that series that's based on this four constellation-animals legend" - and as FY is the more popularly known of the two, it's possible that people end up at Fushigi Yuugi when they meant to go to Ao no Fuin.  I think being based on the same legends covers the guideline's need for relevancy of the link. --Malkinann (talk) 12:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Ao no Fūin]] link in See also 

message: I really don't see the need for a new article for the books. But if they doesn't look so good here they could always be moved to where the volumes are listed.--Refuteku (talk) 08:14, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Normally, with that many volumes they would be split. The main reason they haven't, though, is that no one here can really summarize them, so they sit in limbo without the potential to become a proper list. They are not manga volumes, though, so they really wouldn't be appropriate there either. :( -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 12:32, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate book page 

message: The production section is weird. It doesn't seem like it has anything to do with the production of the manga or why it was created and subsequent anime, etc. And there is a character list missing. Could someone add that and out links to a character section? Also reception is very POV... It's all "Fushigi Yuugi was bad." It should be more balanced.--Hitsuji Kinno (talk) 14:31, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing and Mislabeled

message: Pop Culture Shock vol. 9
--KrebMarkt 10:30, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Review(s)

message: User:Calathan wrote on my talk-page:
I see that you've tried to change a sentance in Fushigi Yûgi to not use passive voice a few times now.  I think the wording you are trying to use just sounds unnatural.  While passive voice should be avoided when the actor in a sentance is the important part of the sentance, in this case the Fushigi Yûgi manga is the focus of the article and the focus of this sentance, so it makes more sense to word the sentance in passive voice.  Also, it seems unnatural to say that Shōjo Comic published the manga, as Shogakukan in the publisher (i.e. Shogakukan published Fushigi Yûgi in Shōjo Comic).  I also noticed that you listed WP:Weasel as a reason not to use passive voice, but WP:Weasel was just about making who did things clear when it would otherwise be unclear, and doesn't apply to this case where who is doing the publishing is obvious. Calathan (talk) 04:57, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your insights: we evidently have slightly varying views about what "just sounds unnatural" - so let's leave personal opinions aside and talk about some of the technicalities of style. - We can agree that the article focuses on the Fushigi Y�gi manga - but that doesn't mean that we should make the series the subject of each and every sentence. That would sound strange! - In the lede at the moment the first three sentences begin with that subject, so providing a varied style would suggest that we can change one - and in the process avoid a passive construction. - WP:WEASEL has changed a lot in recent weeks, but at the time I referenced it on 2010-03-06 it stated: 'although the passive voice is syntactically correct, Strunk and White, in The Elements of Style (1918), recommend that it be used sparingly, calling it "less direct, less bold, and less concise" than the active voice.' Moreover, I don't find it intrinsically obvious in the article text who did the publication. One would need to know to scan the side-box, and even that doesn't spell out in a complete sentence that Shogakukan has done all the publishing throughout the history of the work(s). We can quite reasonably highlight the publisher in the article as the topic of the second sentence. - I take your point about the difference between the publisher and the publication-vehicle: we can make all that clearer and more comprehensive by adopting your suggested explanation and writing something like "Shogakukan published Fushigi Y�gi in  Shōjo Comic in its original serialized form from May 1992 through June 1996." -- 192.190.108.28 (talk) 02:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Styles 

message: I've removed the unsourced section from the article. Specifically: "Megumi Nishizaki gained the inspiration to write the novel Eikou Den after a meeting with Watase and hearing her proposal of a story-idea in which Miaka gathers the re-incarnated Suzaku Seven. However, Nishizaki regarded Miaka's story as complete, so she invented a new character, Mayo Sakaki, intending her as someone whom people love to hate and to whom they can relate. Many regard Mayo as an evil type of person, but she is very soft on the inside. Nishizaki saw Mayo as representing all of the weakness in human character. She appears single-minded to the point of recklessness, impulsive, jealous, and bitter - but at heart she is a good person.  Nishizaki points out that due to all of the hardships she has faced, she has become very jaded, and it takes meeting the Suzaku Seven to realize her innocence again."
This seems to contain some OR and it is contentious. I've removed it for now, I need to work on other parts of the article to get it up to snuff. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:08, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvement time 

message: Corrected wording referring to a table not present on this page; wording used was same/similar to wording on the "List of Fushigi Yûgi chapters" page, where the referenced table is present. T3021 (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manga section 

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message: I've cut the character descriptions way down to what I feel is an appropriate length. IMO the supporting characters could be cut completely, but I don't want to do that w/o putting it out there first. Whether the supporting cast is cut or not, who would like to finish performing the actual merger? Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 02:35, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Merger done! Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger w/ Character List