Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Gundam/Archive 1

message: *Err.... Just notice the category is named Cosmic Era Battleships. Should we rename the category same as article Warships and spacecraft of the Cosmic Era? Previously the article was named Battleships of Cosmic Era, too. It is renamed because it includes civillian vessel such as Silverwind and the ships is not battleship but warship. Draconins 09:46, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Your suggestion sounds fine to me. --The Trashman 04:59, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cosmic Era Battleships or Warships and Spacecraft... 

message: Since this seems to be the hub for CE entries, I suppose it's best to put this here. Does every mention of the Japanese voice actors having worked togethor prior qualify as an 'in-joke'? I wouldn't doubt some of the cases are correct but it's not exactly suprising big name voice actors would work togethor so I think these trivia notes should be evaluated and removed if they seem to be reaching--HellCat86 16:24, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you, however I lack of competence to check this trivia notes. My sources usually don't state anything to do with the 'in-joke', however I think it is usual for famous seiyuu commonly working together. In reality, they also develop friendships among them. Draconins 18:32, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Suppose in-jokes

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replies: text: Sorry if you tried to update it before, and the corrections were gone. I have now moved the new draft in the old directory pages, so the links should work better. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused you. B2T2 14:07, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project Directory 

message: I have quite debate at Talk:GAT-X105 Strike Gundam and it seem go nowhere. Is there anybody care to take care of it? Even if someone can find a reliable source that clearly state Kira change Rouge OS and prove I'm wrong is better than this pointless speculation. L-Zwei 06:29, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ehh...could someone here take a look? 

message: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TS-MA2 Moebius Only I vote to keep at moment. And even if it's just about Moebius, not the falshier Gundam, I think you all should consider dissolve this WikiProject.  L-Zwei 15:17, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a shame. Whilst I can partly see their point, entries for fictional things are constantly persecuted here. I don't see why they're calling it fancruft, it's hardly that bad. From what I've read, Wikipedia's initial goal seemed more loose and fun then certain editors want us to believe. It's not like the Gundam entries are leaving no space for articles on famous scientists, deadly diseases, etc. To me, it stinks of people who want write a personalised encyclopedia which would never get published so instead they bully people here.--HellCat86 03:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Article for Delete occur... 

message: [] Heated debate on that page which strives to delete all the Cosmic Era mobile suit articles. Kyaa the Catlord 12:35, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another AfD that should be noted here 

message: So.. yeah, I changed the name of the project to WikiProject Gundam, as to include all things Gundam and not just Seed. Might help the project out in becoming active. -- Ned Scott 07:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name change 

message: Current Progress: 
Merged: 
*Minor Warships and Spacecrafts of Cosmic Era (Gundam)
** Arkansas 
** Des Moines
** Fraser 
** Kuraokami
** Petrie
** Aegis class cruiser
** Compton class land battleship
** Hannibal-class land battleship
** Gondwana 
** Tarawa class carrier / Spengler 
** Lesseps class land battleship 
** Vosgulov class submarine (Out-universe Rewritten) 
** Takemikazuchi (Out-universe additional references, and some rewrite) Update! 
*Minor Spacecrafts of Cosmic Era (Gundam)
** Agamemnon 
** Drake 
** Nelson 
** Girty Lue 
** Laurasia (Out-universe Rewritten)
** Nazca (Out-universe Rewritten)
** Izumo 
To Do:
* Home/Rehome
* Acidalium 
Help needed:
* Check the available link
* Check the grammar (there should be errors while I had tried to minimize it)
* Redirect if needed
I decide to start merging some vessels because, no major changes happened before and since I edited some vessels of cosmic era. See Minor Warships and Spacecrafts of Cosmic Era (Gundam). Though, I am against merging Lesseps, Takemikazuchi, Vosgulov and Tarawa into them since IMHO, it is important enough. For others, just wait... I got my hand full... currently. For all keepers, please pray that my boss does not scold me for this... (just joking... -_- ). Any suggestions are welcome. I really need your comment on Takemikazuchi and Tarawa matter. I also propose Minor Vehicle of Cosmic Era (Gundam) to be realized, IMHO, need to be separated between space, air, land unit. Draconins 14:29, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will add other minor vessels (which are not AfD-ed) soon. Draconins 11:41, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Tsiolkovsky and Silverwind added. Well I must ask you all: I believe that Home and ReHome should not belong here, even, if merged, merged them in separate Home/ReHome article. Both vessels are quite important in Astray Manga. Acidalium, is also quite important in later part of Stargazer, so we may need separate article for this, too. Draconins 12:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

text:  Izumo and Nazca also quite important, why not let it have separate article? Especially Izumo...Draconins 14:38, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I am kinda against any mecha or warship without a Model to have its own page.  The reasoning behind this is simple, models are the best verifiable source and outside impact to anyone who do not know or have interest in the series at all, and yes, I am refering to deletionists.  Archangel and Minerva both are released as EX model, which is an even better source since that series is not dedicated to Gundam.  If the mecha or warship did not appear in anything else like Super Robot Wars, I'd say do not let it have its own page.  Additional lists are desirable, since Astray is definitely considered to be another series and should recieve another page for its warship and mecha alike.  That is one of the main reason I have suggested the second merge option in that discussion, it is less likely that deletionist will find any policy against a list for a series. MythSearchertalk 16:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, because I find no other comment, seems like those four will be merged... Has to wait for a while though. Any other comment (regarding everything)? I also have checked Tarawa article, it is badly damaged and I must quite rewording and recreate much of its part. Draconins 14:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, Tarawa revised and merged. Still lots of works though, I expect to complete them in a week. Since, the article has become 44 Kb, I consider to split them on Water, Land, and Space based basis. How about it? Draconins 14:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Add references, and merged Laurasia which seems to be forgotten. Well, we now have ,wow, 51 kb. Now I that nobody object, I would decide to split them into Water, Land, and Space based basis. The page would be become list of those split articles. Please wait fow a while... Draconins 12:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Well, separate article had been born for spacecraft. Check Minor Spacecrafts of Cosmic Era (Gundam). Draconins 10:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just added Izumo. Now, 42 Kb already o_o. If I have rewritten the Izumo  article, seems like I should separate this article. For some days, I can't update because my work. if you want to help, please try to improve the merged article or merge the unmerged article. I will try to update again, if I can "steal" some time. Draconins 12:58, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I managed to steal some time, so I add the Lesseps. Please be patient for more update from me. Draconins 04:39, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Managed to steal some time again, so I add and rewritten Vosgulov. As usual, be patient for more update from me. ^^ Draconins 12:07, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Today addition is, Takemikazuchi. This ship is short lived in GSD but I love her elegant design. And wow, now "major" fighting vessels on the main plot of TV series is complete. Three to do (Home, ReHome, and Acidalium). As usual, be patient for more update from me. Draconins 10:23, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging of Warship and Spacecraft 

message: Now, if nobody opposes, I will expand this to cover UC related materials.  Later if possible, maybe other series should be included too. MythSearchertalk 12:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: An excellent idea. Originally this project was just about SEED related stuff, but there's definitely room to discuss all things Gundam here. -- Ned Scott 04:25, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I am about to request non-ce materials. I just notice the name have changed, yesterday... How stupid I am? A lot work to do... Draconins 10:04, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanding project to what its name says 

message: I have asked MAHQ about related content, and they have answered that they don't hold any copyrights. They only give credit on submission not to the content itself. They said, if you want to use the content, we actually do not need any permission from MAHQ, rather we should use them on Fair-use criterion. I also have asked if we may link pages inside MAHQ, and they answered yes.
Currently, I have requested formal permission  for using Gundam-images from Sunrise. I hope they will give the formal permission.  I am still wait for this. Draconins 12:01, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, yes I forgot to state that I have requested such permission on Bandai America. They answer that I should asked Sunrise instead. Hence, I wait for Sunrise statement. Draconins 12:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ah also, that means MAHQ copyvio problem allegations was clarified and cleared. Draconins 12:32, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, long time has passed, Sunrise haven't give any reply. So just use fair-use policy for now. Draconins 13:17, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  About referencing 

message: Well, I have no knowledge on creating infobox at all. So I pick one use in various Arm Slave article and modify it. Here is spec infobox for RX-78-1, for example.
Prototype Gundam
DesignationRX-78-1
Unit typePrototype general purpose Mobile Suit
ManufacturerEarth Federation
Head height18m
Base weight59t
PowerplantMinovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor1380 kW
ArmorLuna Titanium Alloy
Fixed Armaments60mm Vulcan Gatling Guns x 2beam saber x 2
Optional weaponsbeam rifle
As I said, I have no knowledge on it at all. Can anybody improve it? The problem I found is, while it look great on imageless article, aritcle seem to mess up when put the infobox together with image. I think it would work better than creat seperate spec section in article. L-Zwei 14:30, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well actually, I change all minor vessel with list style since in combined article it would be messed. If it is for specific article for particular ship, like archangel, I gladly recommend infoboxes. Draconins 14:44, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

text: That infobox looks good to me. We should probably compare it to similar real world mecha, like the f-15 or whatever. :P Kyaa the Catlord 20:12, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps try to make the box a little broader. Also there is the problem with articles that cover several suits who all have their own specs. How do we solve this problem? The infobox would become incredible long. Diabound00 13:22, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Broader? Ok set from 200 to 300. Well, as I have said, I only recommend infobox for article dealing single mecha, or slight variants. I had changed all minor vessel with list style since in combined article it would be messed.Draconins 09:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  About replace "spec" section with infobox 

message: The same thing also happen on RX-78 Gundam. Instead of proper AfD nom, the guy put simple deletion template without AfD nom (is that proper way to get article delete? Though I can see it would do harm if template is there too long). I remove it (hey, it's ZZ and RX-78!), but wonder if we can do anything as I don't think the guy will stop now. L-Zwei 04:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think we'd just be better moving to a Gundam centric Wiki at this point. I'd love to just work on Gundam entries here but clearly certain nice people aren't content to do that and just want to edit this place in line with their own preferences.--HellCat86 04:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to agree with you. I'm beginning to find the atmopshere to be uncooperative and rigid. 68.119.199.84 03:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Well, you have misunderstood that template.  It is a template for a Proposed deletion, that is, if the article was not improved in 5 days, it will have to go through the AfD nomination.  It is actually better than the last AfD, because it gives time for the editors to work on it and hopefully improve it enough to a point where it does not even need to go through the AfD process to be kept.  I am currently adding Gundam project tags on the mobile weapon pages so that if any one did anything similar to them, we can be noticed immediately.  (Also, feel free to start watching all the Gundam related pages.) MythSearchertalk 05:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  And I though the last AfD nom was bad... 

message: Hey. I just joined this but im a fan of gundam seed/destiny/astray. I have all 3 of the Astray manga (the third recently coming out in english) and was wondering if it would be okay to clean up the section that wikipedia has on it. I don't mean astray destiny, I have not read that as of yet, but I would like to take the time to change up Astray some, if I have permission.
Nikato 17:14, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to do so, this is wikipedia, you do not need permission to work on anything, just make sure your edits follow wiki's policy such as no speculation/original research.  Here is a simplified ruleset that is pretty easy to follow. MythSearchertalk 02:06, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gundam Seed Astray, need cleaning up? 

message: Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 16:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Day Awards 

message: User:Dudeman74 has been editing various templates and entries that use them. This includes replacing certain timeline specific templates to more bloated ones which feature tons of entries. A few months ago I created an SD specific one, which he replaced with a link to the then current AU template. I put it back and left a note on the talk page discussing how he had no right to make that decision. After several months of being left alone, Dudeman again altered the template and deleted my note.--HellCat86 18:56, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you are referring to Template:Gundam, I am pretty sure most people would rather have all the information in one place rather than in so many seperate templates, and having to click so many links just to go to a Gundam series in another timeline. Plus, they are still are Gundam shows even though they are in different universes, they should not need to be in seperate templates. Also, I never saw anyone write a comment or complain about the template being removed and never saw anyone reply to your complaint about me deleting the SD Gundam template. I really did feel it was not needed since so many articles weren't even written, so that is why I deleted the comment you posted. I altered your template because it had errors and did not really remove anything, you should not just revert it without a reason, since this is Wikipedia and anyone should be able to edit it, it is not only for you to edit even though you made it. Also, I see that you are the only person complaining about larger templates, but your views do not always reflect everyone else's or else they would have posted here as well and complained about the template being 'bloated'. I really do not see whats wrong with having a large template, its not like you cannot minimize it. Dudeman74 23:45, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So your whole argument is "Currently no one has replied, therefore you stand alone"?--HellCat86 03:17, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I personally think that the Gundam template is too large, Universal Century series itself is lengthier than all the other series added together, and a series with plot relationship should be left alone to avoid confusion. MythSearchertalk 03:25, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

text: His edits have made the standard Gundam template too bloated. For SD, before I reverted it he'd made the various areas much less distinct (said template is divided between the SD timelines)--HellCat86 05:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Actually the template is quite small for so much information and its not like they are not divided into sections for specific universes. I did nothing wrong to your template, I only made it smaller to match with the other templates. Dudeman74 16:25, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

text: HellCat, I agree that the template looks bad lumped together, but my point is that Dudeman didn't violate any rule or guideline by editing the template. This kind of thing happens all the time, and it's much easier to just revert and politely ask for discussion. Creating tension often makes the process harder than it needs to be, and many times the user who made the bad style change is willing to hear feedback and go with the flow. There's no reason to take offense to his changes, and because this is Wikipedia we can always revert back to old versions. -- Ned Scott 19:32, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm aware anyone is allowed to edit. The point is he's making choices on fairly major changes alone and then deleting arguments from those against them.--HellCat86 19:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No one made a comment about it or said anything after you posted the comment after a few months, so I thought that no one really cared and that it was no longer needed since you already reverted the template back and I took no further action, so that is why I removed it. Since you are the only person that ever complained about the edits I made, I did not think that your comment about the template was bloated was that important. So if everyone really dislikes the design you can always revert all the templates back, I just felt like trying something new and seeing if people would prefer everything in one place. Dudeman74 20:30, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Template 'vandalism'

message: They're currently listed as "Mobile Suits" and "Mobile Vechiles" but in the games they're clearly listed as Mobile Armours. In Gihren's Greed (both versions) the Ball is researched through MA research, Listed Under Mobile Armour in the Construction Listings, Uses MA stat for Pilots. I don't exactly recall all the sources that say this, but  there is other sources  to support this with Encounters in Space (PS2) and I think there is a brief mention of it in Zeta Gundam. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.89.197.245 (talk) 22:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Ball/Ball K/Space Pod 

message: I thought I should notify the wikiproject at large that I am nominating AMX-104 R-Jarja for deletion, a new article, but also all the articles in  for a merge or otherwise condensation. See the AfD for more info. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 01:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Heads-up on an AfD

message: Some [personal attack removed] have nominated RX-78-2 of all things for deletion.   A little help keeping it out of the hands of this deletionist anti-Gundam cabal Wikipedia seems to have going would be much appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yzak Jule (talk • contribs) 07:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The type of ignorance shown on AfD makes me hesistant to continue editting wikipedia at all. Seriously, one of the voters suggested that they punitatively dismantle this wikiproject along with deleting the article. WTF? Kyaa the Catlord 10:04, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well to be honest I was thinking the same thing (about the project needing a good hard look at) - the fannish details of the articles produced is certainly not in keeping with wikipedia. Don't get me wrong - as a general sci-fi fanboy I think the articles are great but in their current condition they don't belong here - too many long articles about things with no real world relevance - prose that is far too in-universe etc etc. 
Can I suggest two things:
1) You solicit a couple of wikipedia editors who are NOT fans of the series to assist with the project, they can help give you some balance with the general goals of the community (I've been suggesting this to various projects for a while - I think every wikiproject needs a couple of general editors rather than fans).
2) If there is not a Gundamwiki - people here have a look at setting one up. You have amassed a fantastic amount of material and I suspect a general gundamwiki would be a real hit.
--Charlesknight 10:18, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The project is barely 9 months old. Holding it accountable for articles created in 2004 is completely unfair. Kyaa the Catlord 10:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My thoughts exactly. Rather than blame a WikiProject people should be using them as a tool to help with the very cleanup they wish for. -- Ned Scott 10:32, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that people misuse AfD, it isn't meant to draw attention to articles needing cleanup, there are tags for that. It should be a last step in the process, not the first one as it has been in a number of these cases. Especially the CE mobile suit quagmire. Kyaa the Catlord 10:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I visited there last year and found it's ridiculous plague with fault info, something shouldn't happen when external wiki was creat, as staff should actively take care of them. I may have too high standard by compare it to X-Com's UFOpaedia, but that's my reason to leave the site alone. The founder just state at MAHQ forum that the site was pretty much abandoned long ago, as he really has no time to take care of it and though the site is already "gone" . This is the second sickest joke I ever saw *sigh*... L-Zwei 14:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text:  Semi-off topic. Ever heard the Budhist tale of donkey? It's about how a craftman spend several months to creat some beautiful pots, yet a donkey shatter them all with single kick. Does this mean the donkey is better than the craftman? No, while it can destroy all of beautiful pots so easily, it won't able to creat even single pot in whole life.... These deletionists just remind me of this tale...*sigh* L-Zwei 13:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: If you truly do believe that RX-78 has special well-referenced notability, I would suggest mentioning this in the AFD discussion, with reasons why it is notable.  This is better than making comments about 'the type of ignorance shown on AfD', or arm-waving about other articles that exist.  If you believe before the close of the 5 day period that article is very much different (i.e., better) from that which was initially nominated for deletion, let me know, and I will be only too happy to review my vote, and I am sure that many of the others who recommended 'delete' would do the same.  This is not using AFD as cleanup, that's always been a poor call - we can only assess the article and its referencing, reliability, neutrality, tone, etc, "as is". Proto::► 13:52, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your instruction, sensei. I've stopped taking you seriously. Kyaa the Catlord 13:54, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And with that, I shall not even try and help you any further. Proto::► 18:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You were trying to help? I must have missed it in all the patronizing you were doing. 18:54, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: In my case, who pretty much concern about now-removed spec, I translate it from Japaneese version of the article. So it is as reliable as any wikipedia article (which mean...isn't much?) *sigh* . L-Zwei 14:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that was Farix's doing. I didn't cut anything from the article. (IMO, if the JP wiki has some refs for it, you should readd and reference the specs again.) Kyaa the Catlord 14:16, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I've been tempted to do likewise, nominate something like the X-Wing or the Enterprise just to see how people justify keeping them. It feels like they're saved by geeks for being Western pop culture. It's the same annoying logic that has certain people think Wikipedia EN means Wikipedia America--HellCat86 18:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, its totally systemic bias. I've been arguing that all morning. X-Wing is worse than this article, imho. Kyaa the Catlord 19:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: No, you give yourself too much credit. The [personal attack removed] is not you. I'm sorry your beloved articles were deleted in the past, but laugh at you right now. Kyaa the Catlord 22:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't give myself too much credit. I was mistaken. 'laugh at me' all you want; those articles will all be deleted; wikipedia is against you. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 23:04, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Lovely drama, you should get a live journal. Kyaa the Catlord 23:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Go out in the streets in Hong Kong, ask what Gundam is, people laugh at you because you do not know what it is.  Go to Japan, well, a little bit better, people find you amazing since Gundam was and is the top ten Anime always listed in magazine polls, Go to Taiwan, Big cities in China, same thing applies.  Search for the word Gundam on Google, compare the number of results against X-Wing and Starship Enterprise.  You have no idea what kind of economic giant you are dealing with, Bandai got rich because of Gundam, they admit it, and used it as an icon on all of their model boxes as their copyright icon.  Yes, that is the specific RX-78-2 Gundam on the little corner on the model box.  Gundam was actually mentioned in a World War II weapon history book published in Japan, translated in Chinese by the author to make a similarity note. It might not be as popular in America or Europe due to the time of the showing in these few years (20 year old show having that kind of drawing is not going to appeal much to kids nowadays)  However, it has survived 27 years in the anime community in Japan and a Hong Kong Japanese merchant obviously is a fan of Gundam and Char Aznable planned to pay to go to space with the mask on and say the famous phrase of Char in Space.  SMAP(Japanese pop band) actually went on a TV show quoting Gundam phrases.  Mitsubishi cooperation heavy industrial department actually held a seminar when recruiting employees with a name of If we are building a Gundam to show the process of their industrial site.  Sources?  WWII book ISBN given later, Japanese merchant speech was covered in most of the newspaper in HK, he failed the physical test and cannot go to space at the end if you want to know the details.  SMAP TV show is NHK show called Akihabara life, Mitsubishi thingy could be found in their Japanese site.  BTW, Korean labeled the word Gundam to be a general term meaning Robot per high court ruling, this is culturally significant enough, no? MythSearchertalk 16:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  RX-78-2 is apparently not notable 

message: I decided not to tell you about my WP:PROD nominations of many of these fictional weapons articles. Moreschi  Deletion! 22:13, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for informing everyone of you WP:POINT campaign by deliberately throwing fuel on the fire of a contentious issue. The Administration board has been notified. --Farix (Talk) 22:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ...and when you do, they'll be sure to note the, frankly, raving quality of those interested in this project, you're contributions notwithstanding. I suggest you all take a chill pill and think things through. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 23:04, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't speck for anyone in this WikiProject, but I believe that the recent focus on Gundam articles by certain parties while attempting to make examples of and deride this WikiProject is entirely uncalled for. --Farix (Talk) 23:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know you meant 'speak', but the point is, no one has a hit, so to speak, on Gundam articles. I've read some of the comic books! They were pretty good! But that doesn't change the grounds of AfD. I suggest if you want to save them, work on the two currently nominated. Get them up to snuff, and you'll have a valid defense that they can be habilitated. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 23:52, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't believe there is a hit out on Gundam articles? Well you only have to look here and here. As for cleanup up for the now three AfD nominations, I have attempted to clean up one while suggested merging the other two into a list—which is entirely appropriate and encouraged by WP:FICT. --Farix (Talk) 00:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

text: This whole situation is getting stupid. Certain people keep consistently nominating Gundam entries, causing those of us for them to accuse them of bias. They then counter by accussing us of being raving fanboys. I'm sorry, it's childish. I'll admit there's probably bias on both sides but then I think this constant targeting of Gundam entries is practically bullying, carried out with an air that these are people wanting to subvert Wikipedia to their personal tastes--HellCat86 00:35, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not just Gundam.. people feel this way about most fictional articles when they see those massive nav templates. I'm a Gundam fan and all, but that's way too many articles. What we need is damage control, we need to identify the really non-notable ones so the more notable ones don't get easily lumped together with them. When there's that many articles people just get frustrated and do mass AfDs like that, and I understand their thinking. We need to come to terms that not every Gundam will get an article, in fact most won't. If we don't then things like this will happen and the notable ones will get thrown out with the non-notable ones. It's better than nothing, and it's more appropriate for Wikipedia. -- Ned Scott 06:14, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That is the problem of those articles.  I am all for merging and deleting things like R-Jayja and such, but wanting to delete RX-78 in order to set an example to delete all the others?  This is just sad, that nominator is simply some type of Gundam hater or something judging from his to do list.  He did not assume good faith and know little about wiki policies, or at least twisting them to serve his own purpose.  Wikipedia is not his own playground and these kind of nomination is doomed to stall and waste all of our time. MythSearchertalk 07:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The nom is your fellow Wikipedian, so please give him some respect. From the perspective of a non-fan, that article looks no different from the rest. Don't assume the worst out of people who are honestly trying to improve Wikipedia. His nom might not be the best way to go about it, but it is in good faith, so please, enough with this attitude. He has done nothing wrong. -- Ned Scott 07:58, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If he does not try to be the least respectful on the topic, and ignored sources in the article as well as not assuming good faith along with twisting wikipedia's policy to serve his own interest, simply put, being a dick, why do I even want to assume good faith on this WP:IDONTLIKEIT act?  What he is doing is just Oh! its fandom, burn it in hell along with all the sources.  I did not use any personal attack, I am just stating the facts.  I hold more respect to those contributors who go around deleting the spec portion and leave a little comment in the talk page saying the spec is not notable.  MythSearchertalk 09:52, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Then clean them up.  The point is not that they ought to be deleted because they need cleaning up, the point is that they ought to be deleted because they are not suitable for a general encyclopaedia, comprised (for the most part - not all, some are more notable and are more well-written than others) of original research ('some fans believe...', 'it is thought that...', 'many consider...', etc), all in in-universe language, and lack (and always would lack) reliable sources for verification (see what it says at the bottom of the edit window you're typing in?), thus shouldn't be on a general encyclopaedia. Proto::► 14:03, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, after we remove those 'some fans believe...', 'it is thought that...', 'many consider...', etc stuff, we got in-universe issue instead, happy? L-Zwei 16:23, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  After reading all the opprobrium here... 

message: Hey there.  I'm not a member of the Gundam WikiProject, but I do appreciate Gundam immensely, and I am an AfD regular- so when I saw the RX-78-2 up for deletion, along with a wide cross-section of other mecha articles, I was appalled.  I've always  thought Wikipedia's Gundam section was a section to be proud of in its comprehensiveness, but apparantly other editors do not agree.  The culture here has gotten entirely too deletionist for my liking, and I think the entirety of the incredibly comprehensive Gundam section is in danger.
:I think moving things to a Gundam-centric wiki would be the best course of action at this point, as the culture of Wikipedia now seems antithetical to the kind of hard work you guys have put in. Here is the first one that comes up on Google.  What do you guys think of moving absolutely everything in :Category:Gundam there?  I've heard of it being done in other cases, but I don't know if the process must be manual, or if there's a way to automate the process.  Does anyone have more of an idea how to do things, or should I just start copying pages over now, or is there a better alternative I'm overlooking?
:I really want to help you guys out- who might know how? Maybe one of the MetaWiki guys? -Toptomcat 15:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have decided not to do anything for now, there are stuff that I wanted to merge and clean up anyway.  Spending time with those irrational deletionist is just wasting my time, that is what they are seeking: editors in this project ending up with no time to improve the article and at the end making them able to try to nominate desembling this project itself.  They do not even want to follow rules in WP:FICT that minor characters should get a list. (The most unreasonable nom would be the RX-78 which is already a list)  They can shovel WP:ICANBULLYYOU all they want, the articles can be recreated one by one as long as we can create a process of deciding which should be kept and what should be in a long list(also what lists should there be).  All the articles go through this project's editor's inspection, rewritten to a point where any of those AfD is just going to make them look more irrational and vandal/troll like.  Join me, let them have their small victory over old and outdated cruff, and we will gain back a larger ground later and laugh at their short-sightedness.  For the admin up there, would you kindly try to be the closing admin of RX-78 Gundam and let them know what is the realistic side of the world they do not understand.  MythSearchertalk 15:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I pretty much loss drive to do anything right now. I do have plan to merge several articles together, but with AfD nom occur everyday, it demorale me. L-Zwei 16:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

text: There are enormously huge numbers of articles on every single gundam. Is well-written and sourced as these are, I took the liberty of merging some. However, the resultant article was huge. Such a price to pay. However, I did condense 20 articles into 1, so that's good. ~ Flameviper 19:47, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am sick of biased anime haters who make up their own rules saying anime magazines are not reliable sources for an anime(Which the wiki policy asks for expert published material as sources, and obviously anime magazines are expert published sources of anime) or anything of the anime sort is not notable, ignoring the fact that millions(a fool proof source of this can be any Japanese or Chinese magazine polling on which anime is the best, millions of people voted) of people are watching it, discussing it outside of their own little world lacking anime.  However, let them be, if they want fool proof sources, we will provide fool proof sources.  Wikipedia is here to provide information, as long as we can follow the policies, they cannot do anything but move to other things.  MythSearchertalk 04:06, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Export as fast as possible. Deletionists are on the move. Honestly, it would be pretty amusing if all that was left here were a couple of stubs with links to the new wikia. Shrumster 18:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Eh, I got about 100 MB so far of exported Gundam articles, including all the recently deleted ones, but no one really seemed interested in moving stuff over to Wikia so I kind of lost interest. We can still go that path, if people want. Also, even the deleted articles are not really in danger, as most admins are fine about undeleting an article so you can export it (deletion doesn't actually delete the data, and any article can be restored from deletion). -- Ned Scott 03:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I fully support moving everything to Wikia. The internet needs a centralized Gundam resource, away from the hands of realists who want everything they deem "unreal" and "unnotable" to be forgotten. Shrumster 05:43, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Hey, if those nuts and bolts that made up the SoL had their own (overpriced) model kits, toys and video games, I wouldn't mind. :) The problem with the sources though is that many people judge "wide circulation" with a slanting towards the english-speaking world. Many of the magazines that we can potentially use are in Japanese (and occasionally, Korean/Chinese).  I've only collected Animerica 'cause that's what I can read. Newtype, MS Hobby Magazine, etc. are in Japanese. And these aren't "fan magazines" any more than Fly Fishing Magazine is a "fan magazine" for the subject of Fly Fishing, or Fine Scale Modeller is a "fan magazine" for military scale modeling. Hmm, you can even think of Entertainment Weekly as a "fan magazine" for the American film & television industry. Being in the scientific field, I can definitely claim that Marine Ecological Progress Series and Copeia have smaller distributions than Newtype. I doubt that anyone would doubt using these "magazines" for sources about their topics though. The problem with the Sherlock Holmes issue is that A. C. Doyle never really published detailed stats on Holmes' pipe and hat. Bandai has done that for the suits. While I don't agree with listing down the specific stats for mobile suits in WP (Wikia is fine), they are official, and don't fall under WP:NOR/fancruft. I do agree however, that most of the Gundam articles need some work to address them from an out-of-universe perspective. And we're not sitting around (well, not me). We're just ranting while working. Shrumster 18:04, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ABANDON SHIP

message: Okay, guys, I hate to waste time with those deletionist, they obviously have nothing better to do and is not an expert in any field they can contribute and have to show their little significance in nominating AfD without really reading the policies.  Well, we do not have to play their game, especially we have little to lose anyway.  Let them waste their time in deleting the articles, playing their own little game without an opponent, helping us to create better ones not building on sand.  I hereby suggest giving up ALL the mobile weapons pages except for the few we actually have worked on exclusively, those that we have worked on siding with wikipedia policy that we can just laugh at those ignorant arrogant deletionists that they have ignored the policies and are just being irrational.  There will be a small time window where people cannot get these kind of information here, well, we have to deal with that sooner or later, not to mention a lot of those articles are actually providing incorrect information anyway.  We should now set up a plan to recreate articles, one by one, from scratch, build on concrete foundation, build with steel(maybe lunar titanium or even Gundarium Gamma :).</br>
Here is my plan:
# Set up an article creation guideline, and a review system, so that articles will be reviewed here before actually putting up on where it should be.
# Set up more reference templates that are general, make it as accessible as possible.
# Starting from the most famous units from the begining of the series, probably following something like the MG model releasing list, judge each unit on a case by case bases and see if it is notable.  At least 3 secondary source should be given.
# Ditch the detail spec, list only the height of the unit and main weapons types, link to mahq and Gundam wikia so that readers can find those specs.  The height is there so that people can have a good reference of how big the unit is and how the scaled model fits military scale models. (Fitting military scale models making it a big hit in the 80's is sourced from Dengeki Hobby magazine november, 2006 issue, cover featured topic, Page 5, 11, 15)
# Get at least one article good enough to be featured, shovel the featured article in the face of those deletionist while improving others to a point where the whole category is featured.</br>
We can discuss more details once we have a consensus, but I say we move as soon as possible, team up against the bullying deletionist, let those fanatic deletionism fans know their limit and they should stop twisting the rules. MythSearchertalk 16:17, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, too bad I'm so depress and unlikely to recover soon. Actually, I'm almost cry when see this, it's insult! (ridiculous lenght, so if my connection speed is low, I have no right to edit here?) If the guy who author it think this is help, I don't want one. Fact that he call all info shitload here (not that I see hope to save that article) mean the guy give no though of it at all (and I feel like he making fun of us). Sorry if my whinning bother you, if I'm few years younger, I would cry already. Sorry if you think I just think worst of people, Ned Scott-san. But I think they better tell the truth how they just think we have no right here at all, rather than cover it with fake beautiful words (it may be not, but I can't bring myself to believe that at all). L-Zwei 16:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There must be some type of complain we can make, what they are doing is obviously not helping, but vandalism. But I am not going to do that.  Let them do what they want, these kind of childish ganging up acts are not getting them anywhere, just ignore them and they will eventually know how childish they are.  All we should do is make useful contributes, good enough to shut them up. MythSearchertalk 16:51, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I seem to have made a friend so I don't dare make any edits on anything I intend to want to last. This has gone too far. Kyaa the Catlord 18:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

text: That is what I have just said up there, and sorry, what they have done is just making a point.  The RX-78 Gundam AfD nom was there to be a precedent on deleting the rest, it should be taken care of before nominating the rest.  But no, someone decided to nominate a dozen of others just because the RX-78 happened to have enough source and notability and they are losing the battle.  We keep the RX-78, forget about the rest and keep on.  They all look the same to non-fans, yes, but this is wikipedia, if they happen to have read the policy, articles of the same nature should still be treated on a case by case bases, which they did not, and just plan to delete them all without looking through them. (There is no way one can read all of those articles in two days time, the only possible way is open the window, see a short essay, decide it is not useful and tag it with AfD nom)  There are in fact tags like a stub or clean up for that kind of articles, tag it, let it sit for maybe five days each and if nobody cared to improve it, do an AfD nom then.  They have used personal attack, insulted fans and such, I did not even use any personal attacks or insulting words on any of them, I am just stating the fact that most of the delete votes are obviously showing how they did not care about the topic and disproval of all sources that are valid for wikipedia.  Let them be dicks, they have every right to do so according to wikipedia guidelines, I agree sometimes it is necessary, I have created none of the other articles they have nominated other than the MP-02A one, and I had thought of doing a speedy deletion on it because I wanted to include it into a list anyway.  They have been unreasonable, and they have started the battle.  We are just here to contribute to wikipedia, not fight a war.  BTW, the articles might not just be hidden, pass AfD have shown the so called salt it action that will remove all history record to prevent people from reverting.  I know I sound violent, I am just angry because the level of unreasonable and twisting of wikipedia's policy in the AfD noms I have seen shaped me this way.  MythSearchertalk 03:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They're not trying to be mean, they're just frustrated and see this as the quickest way to improve wikipedia for the better. Like I said, they could be very much wrong (or right), but their hearts are in the right place. Both sides have gotten pretty heated, but that happens in these situations, forgive and forget. The point now is to calm everyone down. Salted or not, a calm and rational discussion can restore articles. Consensus can change on Wikipedia, and we pride ourselves in not being set in stone in our decisions. The other point is that all of the Gundam articles can (and will) be transwikied to http://gundam.wikia.com, although some articles should stay on Wikipedia as well. -- Ned Scott 05:50, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe they are not, and maybe they are, that is not my concern as of now.  They can do what ever they want, as long as they follow rules.  What makes me angry is that some of them did not, and still thinks that they are.  The gundam wikia is not a place I have stayed, and I have no wish in going to.  I am an editor of wikipedia, not gundam wikia's.  I see no reason in moving to another place just because somebody pushes me around, saying everything they do not understand as fandom.  Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, but information with primary and secondary sources should be kept, nobody have rights to disregard the sources (like saying an anime magazine is not a reliable source on the case of anime). MythSearchertalk 06:07, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Since Wikia also uses the GFDL it's a great place to put things back into Wikipedia when they have improved. Think of it as a testing grounds for the articles in the gray area. In any case, because it's all GFDL, there will soon be a copy of every single Gundam article on Wikia, complete with edit history, for safe keeping. -- Ned Scott 06:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds reasonable, I suggest you vote a delete or merge in MP-02A Orgg though.  I created that article and I personally wished to have it merge to list of MS IGLOO mobile weapons instead of keep. MythSearchertalk 07:01, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Yes, this is very much the direction we should go in. Speaking of the past AfD articles, we can get those restored for a transwiki to the gundam wikia, so it's not actually "lost". -- Ned Scott 03:47, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree but I suggest go further, only keep 3 articles for now, RX-78, Z and ZZ.  Let them have the rest(of course if they do not nominate something for deletion, let it be), these 3 are the ones from the first 3 series, and all of them have further influence on other series, especially the originally unofficial Gundam Sentinel.  Gundam Century and Gundam Sentinel special edition is the best secondary source we can use, it is not written by a primary objective, in fact, most of the articles in it(Other than the novel itself) are critical reviews on earlier Gundams from fans of that time(They are not hired by the company, yet they are still working on a project like that).  Sentinel even sourced a Newtype issue reviewing the story.  BTW, I voted for a merge on the CE articles just like I voted for a merge on the other AfD nom on insignificant UC units, I might sound angry but I am following wikipedia rules. MythSearchertalk 03:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Hey Moreschi! The list would be helpful, making afd noms looks, well, complicated. Kyaa the Catlord 09:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say the pages with lengthy paragraphs should be saved until the end, the others, I have not even look at those much(Like I have said, it is impossible to work on so much stuff in such short time, especially most of the pages I am contributing in wiki is not Gundam related.) and I don't see much to protect out there right now. (So might have really good written articles, but it is really hard to judge their notablity if they are not even used by main characters.  However, I still suggest putting it up for AfM nom instead of AfD nom (Or just simply merge them without wasting time going through the process per WP:BOLD jjust do a better job than that Earth Federation list, delete the templates) MythSearchertalk 09:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Quick response go!
*The Zaku should be merged into the main Zaku article (which is also godawfully long and problem needs a huge amount of snipping down, omg stats!). I feel the Zaku should be kept since its the primary, grunt mech of the "enemy" forces throughout the inital couple of Gundam series but the articles NEED work.
*Sazabi is the mecha pilotted by the title character of Char's Counterattack.
*Rick Dias needs to be added to a list, not have its own article. Its gets a lot of screentime, but isn't terribly iconic. (Unlike the Zaku which is almost as popular as the Gundam itself.)
*Hell, I don't even know what the Gatsha is. :P I'm no help there.
*Thanks for posting these here before nominating them. (Um, anyone who isn't as clumbsy as me want to get started by merging the Marine Zaku into the Zaku II page?) Kyaa the Catlord 11:41, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Additionally, I think prod-ing these would be fine. I don't think there's too much need for discussion on them. (I could be wrong of course.) And, um, did you mean to list the Sazabi twice? (One of these days I HAVE to watch Char's Counterattack. Its been collecting dust for far too long.) Kyaa the Catlord 11:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Oh, and while we are merging, why not merge all the Zakus together. Removing the specs would help with the length of the article. There doesn't need to be a page for Zaku I, Zaku II, Zaku III... Zaku Infinity... Kyaa the Catlord 11:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Please note I've tagged MS-13 Gatsha, RMS-099 Rick Dias, MSN-04 Sazabi with PROD tags as seems to be okayed above.  I haven't touched the Zaku ones as I don't know where you are with the merge.  Proto::► 12:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to request the PROD removed from the Sazabi. Since its the primary mecha of the protagonist of Char's Counterattack, this is one of the ones that I'd like to improve rather than be rid of.... I guess I wasn't clear. Kyaa the Catlord 12:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are free to remove it at any time, if you believe it can be salvaged, no problem ... although, do you think a section containing what referenced and non-OR info there is in the Sazabi article on the Char's Counterattack article (Char's Counterattack?) might be better, with a redirect from the Sazabi page to there? Basically a merge. Proto::► 12:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm actually thinking of doing that from the individual pilot's pages in the end. Merging a bunch of them, having very short descriptions of the mecha (unless they are notable like the Hyakku or the Sazabi). But my wiki-fu is lacking, I'd like to do a lot, but I'm not terribly skilled at doing it. :( Kyaa the Catlord 12:42, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment I suggest doing the following for now:  Merge the mecha to the coresponding series itself.  For example, merge MSN-04 Sazabi and RX-93 Nu-Gundam and all the little target mecha of that series into the article Char's Counterattack.  Which seems to be what we should have done from the very beginning.  We then build up the section slowly and if it made the main article too long, we separate the whole mecha section out to an article called List of Mobile weapons in Char's Counterattack.  And if it is still too long (For the Zeta, ZZ, Seed, Seed-D series, it is surely the case) split it into factions.  And if that still does not work, separate out the main character units.  This seems to be the most reasonable way to keep most of those articles for now on wiki and follow the WP:FICT precisely as the character section. (We treat the mecha as characters, a lot of their pilots do not even have screen time) MythSearchertalk 13:25, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The above sounds reasonable to me. Kyaa the Catlord 13:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is the way to save time for everyone, and if someone still think it is OR or fancruff, they can tag an OR tag in those sections. I will not start doing this until tomorrow(It is 10:00pm here and I am very tired after a day's work, I usually steal time during work for wiki edits), so that anyone who opposes can leave their comments here.  I suggest not to put up the AfD noms because redirecting the articles essentially blank the page.  If someone really want to do something right now, tag a suggested merge tag on top of those articles and direct people here to discuss instead.  MythSearchertalk 14:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know that feeling. I spend a lot of time avoiding work by being here. :P Yesterday I was so stressed out by this I couldn't sleep and had to call in sick. I should not let this get in the way of my life, but... I fail. Kyaa the Catlord 14:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was really ill when all this happened, needed to stay on bed all day and when I happened to be a little bit better got off bed and wished to look at some random page, I saw the AfD nom on my watch list.  I guess I can never understand some of those deletionist, merging the article as a section of the series takes like what, 2 minutes?  Why even try to go through this process? Five days of frustration, possible personaly attacks, arguements that they are unlikely to win due to their opponents are experts of the field, etc.  MythSearchertalk 14:48, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Still not fully recover, though it really more of my real-life issue rather than this AfDs. Well, I guess merge it as section to specify series/faction should be best solution for now. Also, I think article on Zaku II, Dom, GM and maybe Gelgoog shall be kept (still need to clean-up by remove spec and trim detail down) as well. They're, especially Zaku II, influence many of later mech design (sometime not limit to Gundam, actually) they also have large number of variants and good place to merge other relate article (like GM III or Zaku I). Here is another question, is there any policy/essay involve translate or use Japaneese article as source? L-Zwei 05:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure about your question, maybe someone at wikipedia:translation will have an answer? Kyaa the Catlord 05:30, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, I remember seeing something saying it is best to include the original passage if it is translated, but I suspect that will violate copyright laws. MythSearchertalk 06:35, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I mean the Japaneese Wikipedia article. I doubt that it would be consider as reliable source, but unlikely to be count as mere fanmade source either. L-Zwei 11:56, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I kinda have every other reason for saying the Japanese wiki is very close to a fanmade source without actual sources.  I have read some of the linked page and see no references, I actually deleted some of the information found in the Japanese wiki articles because those are fan speculation.  The English wiki is the most confusing I have been to(I use and edit the Japanese and Chinese wiki as well) also the most unforgiving and unreasonable.  Given, it might just be the system is less set in stone in the other two, both of them consist all of the rubbish, fancruff, trash that need to burn with flames in the eyes of some of those deletionist. MythSearchertalk 13:05, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The Early Earth Trainwreck was created by someone who was pushing for deletion of the articles that he merged into it. It is a real mess and needs a blanket delete, he didn't delete the pages he tried to merge so we could probably PROD that list (at least as soon as he gets the AfD he made after making the trainwreck withdrawn. If it isn't withdrawn and his delete goes through, I'm not sure what to do since its so badly merged.) That list is one of the reasons I'm not jumping to merge the articles myself, I know I don't know what I'm doing and don't want to make a complete mess of it. The only one in this list that I even recognize (beside the Space Pod due to the utter stupidity of the damn floating eye) is the Hi-Zack, which could be merged into the propsed Zaku page, since its a derivative of the Zaku. This is my opinion and I'm not a guntaku, so I could be terribly wrong. Kyaa the Catlord 16:57, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps see WP:MERGE? It doesn't really matter how badly you balls up, this is a wiki and someone will come and clean up afterwards. Moreschi  Deletion! 17:04, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Depending on how good/bad tonight's scheduled maintainence goes at work, I'll start merging some of these. Hold on tight. Kyaa the Catlord 17:10, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Gotcha. Will do. If you could strike through the ones you feel appropriate for PROD, I'd be much obliged. Want some help, you know where to find me:) Cheers, Moreschi  Deletion! 17:12, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Went/going crappy. The only one I wouldn't strike through is the HiZack, cause I'm going to move that into the Zaku merge. I don't normally work outages, but everytime I do, they suck. Kyaa the Catlord 10:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

text:  For one liner articles with addition of spec, I don't think delete them is big deal at all. L-Zwei 03:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So I can PROD the lot with the exception of that one that Kyaa mentioned above, yes? Moreschi  Deletion! 10:59, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's how I see it. Kyaa the Catlord 11:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Prodded. I have not prodded RMS-106 Hi-Zack per request and NZ-333 Alpha Azieru  has at least the notability of being in the movie, so I've left that one for now. Cheers, Moreschi  Deletion! 21:04, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait, I don't get it. The Alpha Azieru is notable because it was in the movie, but the Jagd Doga, which was also in the movie, isn't? I'm confused. MalikCarr 20:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, if you want to prod that article, I'll endorse it for you. Moreschi  Deletion! 20:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is really not the time for inane humor. You've given a rationale that, since a mobile weapon appeared in the movie, it has some notability. If that was your criteria for not deleting articles, a great injustice has been done already. Was that a joke or is there some meaning to your statement I don't understand? MalikCarr 01:42, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't and didn't delete anything, I'm not a sysop. You are quite right: appearing in the movie is no provider of notability, the article contains no multiple non-trivial references to it from multiple reputable sources included to support notability, and as such is a prime candidate for deletion. The only reason why I left this one alone is because it contained some reference to the real world, which the vast majority of these articles did not, and by that time the nominations for deletion were starting to cause controversy. My criteria for deletion is not whether something appears in some movie: it's whether assertions of real-world notability are supported by cited non-trivial references to the subject from multiple reputable sources. Perhaps a redirect and merge for this article, or a transwiki and then a PROD or AFD? Moreschi  Deletion! 10:48, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:GUNDAM, Constructive Campaign 

message: This is what I am doing right now, it seems to be more crufty but there are indeed independent sources.  I tried to include it into the Mobile Suit Gundam article but it is already 44 kb after the battleships of Zeon alone. MythSearchertalk 09:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, I have seen the page. IMHO, if you want to merge, it is better to divide into vessels article and other support units article as CE articles, now. If you want to combine whole of them, I guess article explosion is lurking to happen. Draconins 10:45, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That is the main reason I stopped.  deciding on deleting the info-boxes or separating the articles.  I guess separating seems ok for this one, but I suspect the separated articles will be nominated for deletion again. MythSearchertalk 12:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Okay...the second reason I stopped is because any large edit I send out returns a cannot load page.  My home connection is really bad and if anyone got time to keep going, please feel free to do so, I cannot work on anything probably until Monday at work. MythSearchertalk 16:28, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[List of Military Units in Mobile Suit Gundam]] created, merging articles 

message: To export the articles and histories of Gundam articles to wikia:gundam I basically need to put their names into Special:Export (one at a time to get the max page revisions). It's a bit more insane than I first thought, since it's hard to just see a list of all Gundam articles (as in, all articles relating to Gundam). Not only that, but if an article is a result of a merge then I also need the titles of the articles that still hold page histories for that content.
I've already exported the articles and histories for all Gundam articles currently listed for AfD, but I would really like to give a full copy of all our Gundam related content to wikia:gundam. This would give the articles a safe place to be kept and would greatly help out the Gundam Wikia site by giving them a much needed quality boost.
So if anyone wants to help me compile such a list, I would be in your debt. -- Ned Scott 19:45, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I might be able to get them all via the categories and templates, but if anyone knows of any articles that are the result of merging, that information would be very useful. -- Ned Scott 22:38, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need help making a list of ALL Gundam articles 

message: What pissed me off the most is that the Impulse Gundam, as well as about every single article in CE, got deleted. I say, this time we draw a line in the sand; I will attempt to recreate it, but I will need as much help as possible. if they do it to Gundam, we will do it to star trek; we will do it to star wars; we will take it to every single western Sci-fi and fight it.
In any case, The articles that should nto be eliminated/reinstated are mainly the following:
High Priority:
*Impulse Gundam
*Destiny Gunda
(and more shall be added) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by George Leung (talk • contribs) 01:09, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please don't escalate this and make it even uglier than it already is. We've been able to get one of the nominators to scratch his "hit list" for the time being while efforts are made to improve the articles and bring them inline with Wikipedia's guidelines and policies. We don't need anyone else creating our own "hit list" in retaliation. --Farix (Talk) 02:10, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see why we have to appease certain individuals because they have an axe to grind in this situation. It feels like we're drawing up agreements with the Third Reich; "This is my last territorial demand, I promise." And then they invade France. The unsigned comment above really has a point, even if we don't like it. MalikCarr 21:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

text: These articles will all be restored on wikia:gundam. I'm still sorting through AfDs, existing articles, and so on, so if you want you can give me specific titles so I don't miss them. -- Ned Scott 03:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rebirth of CE, AC, and UC Deleted MS articles 

message: I'm starting a list of articles that have been deleted that should be imported to wikia:gundam. Feel free to add to the list so I don't miss any. -- Ned Scott 04:19, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleted articles to be restored on Wikia

message: I think about it, and I agree; some of them are way too much (Gundam RX-78-2's old version), but some should definitely be kept.
So here's the list that i think should be kept:
*RX-78
*Zaku Family  (Universal century) —group MS-05 and MS-06, as well as Hi-zack and Zaku-III to one.
*Zeta Gundam
*ZZ gundam
*Nu Gundam
*Formula Series (merge both F97 and F91)
*V series
*AC Gundams
*Impulse Gundam
*Destiny Gundam
*ZAKU (CE) and merge with GOUF
other ntoables that i haven't list is because they exist here... for now.
also, Instead of listing eveyr single specification, only list the main one (eg: for Zaku, only list MS-05 and MS-06.)
:I haven't checked these out in detail, but I suspect I agree. I certainly think that those articles which assert real-world notability should stay for now. Moreschi  Deletion! 11:03, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some I agree with, some not. Why Impulse and Destiny? That seems to be personal preference, like if I highlighted Shining and God Gundam.--HellCat86 21:59, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Shining and God should be kept, since they're the main mecha of G Gundam, much like how Impulse and Destiny are for SEED Destiny.  This isn't a UC only project. Yzak Jule 07:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The reason why I include Impulse and Destiny is due to the fact they are protagonist suit from GSD, whether you like it or not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by George Leung (talk • contribs) 09:13, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: By that logic though, then a lot of other suits need to be kept. GP01 to 3, NT-1 Alex, RX-79s. Turn A. etc. Main ones from X too. I don't really mind though, I like these suits. Shrumster 18:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only keep the important ones... truly important ones 

message: This is the biggest challenge facing Wikipedia at the moment: we don't necessarily need more, we need better. This is definitely relevant here. In my very humble opinion the direction this WikiProject should take is one more focused on quality and less on quantity, both for the good of Wikipedia and for the good of Gundam coverage on Wikipedia. And for the good of Gundam.
This may sound rather insulting, but I feel that I should make the point that reading 1 high-quality FA on Gundam - quite possibly the Gundam article itself - is far more interesting and informative than slugging through a hundred pages of one sentence and the weapon specifications. I am more likely to be attracted to Gundam by that one FA that gives good detail and explains its importance and cultural significance than I am by 100 pages of cruft that no one external could possibly understand. Nothing wrong with having that at Wikia, of course.
IMO the project ought to focus on getting the core Gundam articles and lists to FA and FL. Perhaps Gundam and List of Military Units in Mobile Suit Gundam are good places to start? Best to all, Moreschi  Deletion! 14:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quality over quantity? 

message: RX-78 Gundam page will need to be disamb.  We actually have something in the Real world named RX-78 GUNDAM, a personal computer released by Bandai July, 1983 is named as such. (And one game was release on it on September the same year.) I will be leaving the details out for now(due to bad connection), sourced from monthly magazine Maicon shounen(seondary source) and here quoting the magazine. MythSearchertalk 14:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hmmm... 

message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Moreschi
25 more today.  Good faith is becoming harder to assume.  Edward321 03:22, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It a bit frustrating how fast some of this is happening, but it is fairly clear which ones do need to go. I've been keeping up with the exporting of these articles so they can be imported to wikia:gundam (see how nicely we can make wiki to wiki links?). Personally, I would go about this differently, but so far Moreschi really has been only tagging the non-notable ones. It might not be the best way to go about this, but we are a wiki, and wikis are fast-changing by their very nature. It is hard to assume good faith, but this was a long time coming and has to be done one way or another. -- Ned Scott 05:39, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

text: While some of his nominate has notable by plot (Qubeley or The O for example), I really can't find much of real world impact to save them. We also most likely has to trim down the detail in most articles anyway, so remove some less important make sense. L-Zwei 05:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For real-world impact, appearance in media outside of the Gundam series can be acceptable. With that in mind, model kits, magazine articles and appearances in games can be a life(article?)-saver. Super Robot Wars is a big help with the unrelated-game-tie-in. Shrumster 18:18, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Shotgunning of Gundam articles 

message: Just so you know. Perhaps we could work on Gundam for FA? Moreschi  Deletion! 08:33, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How about babysteps and get it to GA first? :P Kyaa the Catlord 08:44, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Up to you, but IMO GA is virtually worthless for longer articles. It works for shorter ones but with longer ones GA reviewers always find something to nitpick over. I think it's best to go straight to FAC. Just my thoughts, others may say differently. Moreschi  Deletion! 08:48, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: True, I spent a long time trying to get Kashimashi GA status. Maybe I should nom it for FA and see if that works better. (Now there's a show I admit to being otaku over.) Kyaa the Catlord 08:55, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That one could do with a few more inline citations. Much as Gundam does, actually:) Cheers, Moreschi  Deletion! 09:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I was really thinking Strawberry Panic!. Similar shows, but SP got more cites. :P Kashimashi is on the brain cause I just got the first 'tank' of the manga. Mmmm, Yasuna. Kyaa the Catlord 09:09, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The main problem with SP and Kashimashi is that they've not really made it over the ocean yet. I'm a big fan of them, but yuri isn't omg!popular in the US, yet. This makes it hard to find material related to them I can source since its mainly in Japanese. But they're making their way over slowly, so maybe I'll be able to improve the cites soon. Its really too bad cause they are very cute romances. Kyaa the Catlord 10:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to remind you all that notability does not mean it must be notable in United States as Football (Soccer). Even in Asia is enough. ^^ 202.169.51.170 12:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We're aware of that, as has been discussed on the RX-78 AfD. We're doing housecleaning for the most part at this point. There are a large number of articles that aren't notable mechs or that are merely abandoned stubs. Kyaa the Catlord 12:41, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have no plans to nominate any more for quite while 

message: Views on this article? --Larry laptop 18:16, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ugh, takes ages to load, and.... 85 KBs.... Wow.... Can someone split out some, since not everyone has good connection. I also doesn't have always good connection. Anyway good work. Draconins 02:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Last time I looked at it it was 144kb, I guess someone deleted something already. MythSearchertalk 05:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Great job merging the suits into an article easier to defend from AfD than individual pages. However, the term "Early Earth Federation" kinda gives it an in-universe perspective (since it references the universe's timeline), going against WP:WAF. How about just Federation Mobile Suits in the Gundam Universe (Universal Century)? Might need to split the article across several pages...averaging around 40-60kb a page should be ok for formatting. See my post below for suggestions on improving coverage of individual suits. Shrumster 18:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AFD?  

message: === ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam ===
Well, I have tried to improve ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam in my current spare time, however since it is major (and probably highly controversial) changes, I decide to make it to my userspace first, see User:Draconins/ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam. I do major rewrite and try to conform known policies. Please see it, your suggestions and improvements always welcome. Hopefully, it may become featured article to show to the deletionists. (^^) Draconins 12:34, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's a billion trillion zillion times better than the rubbish that's there now. I recommend you move your userspace version into the mainspace right away - WP:BOLD. Good work, bravo! Cheers, Moreschi  Deletion! 12:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I want to, but I want to be careful, as my experience here show that many fan of the series is "fanatically" linked to Kira fan versus Shinn fan. If they fall to some debate, some of them may ... well you know....-_-; I should wait at least a day (that also part of WP:BOLD). I do like Kira because of my background, and since many would know this, I want to be careful enough, since I do not want my edit become topic of heated misplaced non-wikipedia debates which occurs in the past here (take a look on history of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, for example -_-# ). I usually want to be neutral (though it is okay to have some idol, right?), however in the past some Shinn fans also judging me, IMHO, false. I want to make sure that my article is "correct" enough for Kira's fan, not provoking Shinn's fan, and based of verifiable source not provoking anyone or can make them "shut their mouth".  Actually, I would like to make a little revision later, if I have time, duh remind me of unfinished vessels page. FYK, this are why usually my major edits on gundam here were on vessels page, which are usually "forgotten" and far from useless debate. Cheers (^^) Draconins 13:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  If you are not going to move the page to the SF page, I will do it for you. Frankly, it's time for Shinn fans to let go of that, and just treat this as a protagonist Gundam. If the director do want to make Shinn look real weak and Kira really strong, they can complain, but they can't change the fact that it's official. George Leung 03:49, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  If you wish, please do so. That feels that I am not enforcing anyone to agree with me. ^^ Draconins 05:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Don't worry much, none of Shinn's fanboys really help us in this reconstruction ^^; So if anyone object it, tell him to discuss here (and they might realised this isn't time for fanboy moaning). L-Zwei 05:36, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Nobody objects my rewrite for two days, so I moved it here. Have fun..^^ Draconins 12:55, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, from what I know, this seems to be a good alternative.  Looks good, and this way the spec will not seem out of place(especially good for the G and W series spec).  The FA Gundam should be merged, the FA-78-3 was already in the RX-78 until the delete of the list on that page.  It is easier to maintain that way.  FA Zeta and FAZZ are all kept in coresponding Zeta and ZZ pages, so I guess merging is better. MythSearchertalk 08:31, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Excellent, much better than the stuff that's currently in the mainspace. I recommend you move that into the mainspace ASAP. Cheers, Moreschi  Deletion! 12:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, current revision in User:Draconins/ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam have been much improved. The remainders to be worked out excessively are Characteristics and Features Section and In Service Section. Feel free to see and give comment to this. Draconins 10:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Changes to Existing Mobile Suit Page 

message: Well, I have tried to improve ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam in my current spare time, however since it is major (and probably highly controversial) changes, I decide to make it to my userspace first, see User:Draconins/ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam. I do major rewrite and try to conform known policies. Please see it, your suggestions and improvements always welcome. Hopefully, it may become featured article to show to the deletionists. (^^) Draconins 12:34, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's a billion trillion zillion times better than the rubbish that's there now. I recommend you move your userspace version into the mainspace right away - WP:BOLD. Good work, bravo! Cheers, Moreschi  Deletion! 12:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I want to, but I want to be careful, as my experience here show that many fan of the series is "fanatically" linked to Kira fan versus Shinn fan. If they fall to some debate, some of them may ... well you know....-_-; I should wait at least a day (that also part of WP:BOLD). I do like Kira because of my background, and since many would know this, I want to be careful enough, since I do not want my edit become topic of heated misplaced non-wikipedia debates which occurs in the past here (take a look on history of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, for example -_-# ). I usually want to be neutral (though it is okay to have some idol, right?), however in the past some Shinn fans also judging me, IMHO, false. I want to make sure that my article is "correct" enough for Kira's fan, not provoking Shinn's fan, and based of verifiable source not provoking anyone or can make them "shut their mouth".  Actually, I would like to make a little revision later, if I have time, duh remind me of unfinished vessels page. FYK, this are why usually my major edits on gundam here were on vessels page, which are usually "forgotten" and far from useless debate. Cheers (^^) Draconins 13:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  If you are not going to move the page to the SF page, I will do it for you. Frankly, it's time for Shinn fans to let go of that, and just treat this as a protagonist Gundam. If the director do want to make Shinn look real weak and Kira really strong, they can complain, but they can't change the fact that it's official. George Leung 03:49, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  If you wish, please do so. That feels that I am not enforcing anyone to agree with me. ^^ Draconins 05:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Don't worry much, none of Shinn's fanboys really help us in this reconstruction ^^; So if anyone object it, tell him to discuss here (and they might realised this isn't time for fanboy moaning). L-Zwei 05:36, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Nobody objects my rewrite for two days, so I moved it here. Have fun..^^ Draconins 12:55, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam 

message: I have done something to the MSZ-010 Double Zeta Gundam page.  And yes, I am bold.  However, my English is not as good as natives and someone with the ability please fix any grammar, spelling mistakes, typo, and/or strange wordings.  If this format is acceptable, I will get back to working on RX-78 Gundam, MS-06 Zaku and MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam with the same format.  Also, I suggest to move mobile suit pages to follow a more common naming convention, that is, exculding the numbering, use something like Gundam(RX-78)(Okay, this is the worse example), Zeta Gundam/Z Gundam, Zaku, ZZ Gundam.  It look less crufty and probably most people new to the series is not going to search for MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam and will only go for Z Gundam.(currently redirects to the anime page, which to my amazement, I have never read before and figured it probably need some major revamp itself before the mobile suit pages.) MythSearchertalk 17:51, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, from what I know, this seems to be a good alternative.  Looks good, and this way the spec will not seem out of place(especially good for the G and W series spec).  The FA Gundam should be merged, the FA-78-3 was already in the RX-78 until the delete of the list on that page.  It is easier to maintain that way.  FA Zeta and FAZZ are all kept in coresponding Zeta and ZZ pages, so I guess merging is better. MythSearchertalk 08:31, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  MSZ-010 Double Zeta Gundam 

message: Now , I tried to rewrite ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam. As it is far from finished and various reasons, I currently only make draft on my subpage User:Draconins/ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam by copy-edit current main article, adding some cultural impacts, and borrowing many of my edit's wordings of ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam. You may make suggestions.... For you know this version is far from finished and its complete form may far from current version. I really need to rewatch the Gundam SEED again as I now forgot which episodes some event happens. Draconins 13:18, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent, much better than the stuff that's currently in the mainspace. I recommend you move that into the mainspace ASAP. Cheers, Moreschi  Deletion! 12:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, current revision in User:Draconins/ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam have been much improved. The remainders to be worked out excessively are Characteristics and Features Section and In Service Section. Feel free to see and give comment to this. Draconins 10:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam 

message: I recalled that Freedom Gundam was originally designed as a simple merge of Aile, Sword, and Buster launcher pack; however, it was redesign sicne the original design is too cluttered. Does anyone know the source for this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by George Leung (talk • contribs) 02:42, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Freedom spec needed 

message: Well after browsing  for a while, I found The Bandai Action Kits Universal Cup Information Page. You may need it for referencing one real-world impact. I have added relevant informations in ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam‎. Never thought it would be there because, previously I only see the winners on modelling magazine. You may ask who is 2006 winners, well, since the competition is on the end of year, we will expect winners' list this year. Cheers. Draconins 14:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, this is rather new, the competition was held on December, 2006, it was BAKAC(Bandai Action Kits Asia Cup), however, this year there is a Italy team entering, and thus the name of the competition was changed. (sourced from Dengeki Hobby Feb, 2007 issue.  And yes, the winners' list is on the same issue.) MythSearchertalk 04:24, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  BAKUC, as real world impact 

message: This tag in Stargazer discussion page : 
Should it be removed? It seems like Stargazer seris ended already so no more information can surface.
OhanaUnited 14:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Start in the tag means the article does not provide enough information to reflect the object in question(beginner level article), not meaning the series have just started or anything.  This means people with the knowledge and sources to improve the article should improve it to a better article, that's all. MythSearchertalk 17:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stargazer tag 

message: Not that i provide much help anyway. But see history page of YMS-15 Gyan, they redirect it per AfD without notice on article!' (I'm not sure even if the AfD exist at all). Isn't that violate rule for AfD nom? Really, this made me feel like being a criminal here and they have right to beat us freely. L-Zwei 05:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Then you're taking the AfDs and redirects personally. Don't take it personally and don't stress about it. -- Ned Scott 05:46, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ah...see that it's redirected per FICT. At least it's straight and truly make sense. I just hate it if thing be deleted by fault reason. Sorry, for take thing in extreme sentimental way, but I have right to feel frustrated too, no? Don't worry, I'm nowhere low enough to go and vandal random article ^_^. Just need to rest a while. L-Zwei 05:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think I'm going to give up... 

message: Guys, losing articles left-and-right here. What needs to be done is that somebody needs to create a template for mobile suits that fits WP:WAF. Specifically, from a real-world perspective and then integrate the background information. Honestly, a lot of the suits can be saved into lists, such as List of mecha in Mobile Suit Gundam, List of mecha in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, List of mecha in Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta, and so on and so forth. Usually, we can prove notability for many of the suits by their appearances as toys & model kits, being featured in modeling articles and the like, and appearances outside their own series (such as the Super Robot Wars series. 
I'm thinking, each suit could have an initial blurb describing it as a fictional suit from XXX series in the XX gundam universe. Succeeding sections could be Appearances in Anime detailing where and under what situations the suit was encountered, and maybe its significance to the plot if applicable, Appearances Outside of Anime could describe the model kits, the games, magazine articles, etc. After those can be added a section named Background Information which can include in-universe information in subsections History, Armaments, Specifications, etc. 
I've noticed a seeming crusade against Gundam articles here on WP and I want to do what I can to thwart it. But I don't really have the time to clean up the suits' articles, so I hope you guys get to clean them up before they all get AfD'ed. Hope this helps. Shrumster 17:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, not exactly what I am doing, but take a look at Z Gundam (still working on) and ZZ Gundam, and have some input on those formats. MythSearchertalk 03:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good job. The articles are a bit overbearing though and could probably be trimmed. Most of the minor stuff could be moved to Wikia. To play by WP's rules, you probably have to cite stuff like "In episode XX of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, YY happened" or stuff like that instead of just mentioning in-universe stuff like "During the Gryps war, the Zeta played a major role in XX battle", etc. Shrumster 12:12, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AfDs 

message: Guys, a lot (all?) of the articles could do without the detailed specs, which I suspect is what is acting like a beacon to all the anti-Gundam crusaders out there. Let's tone the specs down and move them to Wikia. Shrumster 22:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unit Specifications