Talk:Oh My Goddess!/Archive 1

message: AninEigo seems to use "Oh My Goddess!" now. http://www.animeigo.com/Products/OMG.t WhisperToMe 17:32, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming 

message: It appears that the "official" romanization of "Rindo" is Lind.  Cite:  Aa! Megamisama Collection (a 15th anniversary commemorative reference volume), and the collected editions that Lind appears in.
:Not official.  Neither Dark Horse nor Media Blasters have released any english releases that indicate that Rind should be named Lind. See Rind's discussion page. --Js2756 13:17, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
::Its Lind on the offical OMG website. --Cool CatTalk|@ 18:51, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: On one of the cover flaps of the Japanese release (around volume 18 or so: I need to double check where), Fujishima romanises it as Lind.  That does not mean Dark Horse will not end up spelling it differently in the end, but I would consider Fujishima as official as we are going to get for now. Elric of Grans 22:22, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rind -> Lind 

message: One of the more noticeable traits of Skuld is her love for her sister Belldandy. Personally, I feel it is almost as if Belldandy was Skuld's mother! Because of this love, Skuld feared losing the attentions of her sister. In this case, Keiichi is her biggest "rival", since Belldandy loves him. Every time Belldandy and Keiichi try to get closer, physically or mentally, Skuld usually appears to spoil it, even though Urd has tried several times to stop this. I personally tire of it, since in these cases, not only is Skuld violating Keiichi's rights, but also Belldandy's. Does Skuld truly consider what Belldandy wants in these cases? I truly believe Skuld is being selfish in trying to hoard her sister's attention for herself. Perhaps she will learn someday, but I understand that Skuld's interference is part of what makes "Oh My Goddess!" so entertaining, so I will not argue any further. --Chameleon
:Nice to see you again, Chameleon. As always, a provocative little essay; as always, I urge you to get a user account. --Maru (talk) 22:03, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion on Skuld 

message: I reverted and removed a lot of changes in the character section because a lot of information was redundant and not necessary on the main Oh My Goddess! page.  Peorth, Rind and Mara all have their own pages, so information that is pertinant to their characters should go on their own specific pages, and not the main OMG! page.  This will prevent the article from becoming too cluttered (especially considering that the character specific pages are generally sparce).  This is the same reason why the main characters have no information on them on the main page, but links to their own specific pages.  Also, be mindful of the links when editing.  The links to Peorth, Rind and Mara were all removed in the prior edit, and I had to restore them in this edit. --Js2756 13:47, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
:Completely removed all details regarding characters in characters section, all characters have individual articles now. --Cool Cat Talk 06:57, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing Characters' section 

message: I really think the two should be merged.  "Sources" is not actually serving as a reference section, with footnotes or such, or at least referencing the actual series/manga/other canonical material.  However... I did not do it because to merge them requires putting the "sources" into the OMG template, which would then show up on every page that has the template; said pages may not need those links, which then would be superfluous. So opinions? --Maru (talk) 22:20, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is painful to update every subpage however I think we could get away with a second template (which covers external links). A External links template + A NAV template? --Cool Cat Talk 09:37, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Nothing worth doing was easy.  I'll leave it to you, since you seem to have a plan. --Maru (talk) 14:44, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: External links have their own table now, this problem is solved. No? --Cool Cat Talk 13:55, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sources" and "External Links" 

message: :I think  its DVD. We could create a sub article for the soundtracks maybe? Since the page will get too long with only 3 soundtracks. (while there are 3 more singles) --Cool Cat Talk 09:35, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The voice actors are also proffesional singers so much of the dvd "soundtrak" was not heard in the DVD ;) --Cool Cat Talk 09:35, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

text: See: Oh My Goddess! Soundtracks I also migrated your list :) --Cool Cat Talk 10:03, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  OSTs 

message: We need fair use rationales on the screen capture images. That is one complaint from peer-review/FA that has only been partially addressed. --Maru (talk) 15:52, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you elaborate? --Cool Cat Talk 19:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. To wit, can we simply use screencaptures? Do they fall under "fair use"? If they do, why? --Maru (talk) 20:10, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I do not see a problem personally. --Cool Cat Talk 04:32, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  What matters is policy, not your personal view. — Davenbelle 05:32, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

text: I think there are way too many screencaps for this article... --DK 10:24, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  The listbox at Special:Upload says one screenshot per article;  :Template:Film-screenshot says " It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the film or television program and its contents on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law."  — Davenbelle 05:32, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yeah, if you look at the page an images, we have an image for every two episode. --Cool Cat Talk 09:20, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Actually, what bugs me is the lack of an infobox... --Maru (talk) 19:35, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Debugged (with a mallet). --Cool CatTalk|@ 18:49, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fair use 

message: While we're on images... The manga section could use an image of a scanned page, preferably from the early issues. --Maru (talk) 04:42, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Your wish is my command, done. Image is cover of volume 1 manga. --Cool Cat Talk 16:12, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

text: I am well aware that after "Ah! Compare and Contrast Goddesses and Queens?" is messed up. It will be fixed once i am done reviewing those episodes ;) --Cool Cat Talk 17:23, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, Cool Cat! You are too good to me. --Maru (talk) 18:44, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I just love that image of belldandy! --Cool Cat Talk 19:35, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: Wow. Just... wow. I am not sure how to tackle that section. That's pretty much a complete article in and of itself. Suggestions welcome. Also: Cool Cat, all the images in the TV series section, they are from the TV series, right? None of them need moving? --Maru (talk) 20:15, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the first image is the cover from the TV OST number 1, so that really belongs in the Soundtrack section. I'll be adding the entire OST 1 scans to the soundtrack section at higher quality, so it can just be deleted. The third one (Belldandy & Holy Bell) I believe is from the TV, but it could be from the OVA. All the rest are from the TV series, except for the Almighty, which I'm pretty sure is from the Movie. --Chequers 04:05, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright then. --Maru (talk) 16:17, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

text: All mighty is from the TV serries. But since his appearance from the dvd is the same, I do not see any harm in keeping his picture where it is. I have tagged where I got the images from (if I had taken the screen cap myself). Else I am not sure :P --Cool Cat Talk 15:45, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  TV series section 

message: Do any of you think we can get any Oh My Goddess! content up to Featured Content before it's 20th Anniversary on September 25, 2008?Arlj11 (talk) 12:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like that, yes. We have a reasonable amount of time till 25 August 2008. -- Cat chi? 12:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Anybody else upto the Challenge? It would be awesome if we could get all of Oh My Goddess! upto Featured Content, but we're going need help.Arlj11 (talk) 11:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

text: It's a nice deadline. Tricky, though. I've been working on Belldandy, and I think I can hit the deadline for her. It is also possible to get Keiichi up to FA status, based on the references I've come across working with Belldandy. But I wouldn't guarantee it - GA/A is more likely. The other main characters are out (GA at best, and I'd be happy with B). Lists are possible, though. This article is also possible based on the references - I'll help, but the references on Belldandy would be a good place to start, as most of those cover the series as well as Belldandy personally. - Bilby (talk) 11:58, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So you're the one responsible! I'd like to thank you for the hard work and dedication Bilby. I'll try to help out in any way I can. I'd like to see this article Featured, if possible. There's lots of work to be done, though. --KaiserCSS (talk) 16:22, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured 

message: I've tagged the article with a suggestion that multiple subarticles be cleaned up and merged back here. Per WP:MOS-AM, they should not be in separate articles as they are the same series, just different adaptations. They do not have significant enough differences to have separate, standalone articles. To facilitate discussion of each, I've made subsections below so they can be evaluated individually.-- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: May I point out that may make the page too long? Arlj11 (talk) 13:25, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It won't as they will be merged properly, and unnecessary stuff of course, wouldn't be done at all.  Similar merges are being done with Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon. Size isn't an issue with this. If it does somehow end up too large, first clean up, then if still too long, more appropriate splitting can be done. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 14:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: At this stage I expect the Oh My Goddess article to be about 2/3 the current size when cleaned up (pre any mergers), so any mergers may not extend it as much as you would expect. - Bilby (talk) 15:11, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Suggestions 

message: * Support This is the core, the primary work. Of all the subarticles, it belongs here the most. The primary work should never be split out from its own article. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Oh My Goddess! (manga)]]

message: * Support Almost all plot, which is already in the episode list. Pretty straight forward merge here.  -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Oh My Goddess! (OVA)]]

message: * Support Very short, little else to say about it, easily merged into the main in the "Media" section the article currently lacks as a single paragraph or two -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[The Adventures of Mini-Goddess]]

message: * Weak support with some seriously massive clean up, this one, out of all of them, is the only one I could see being able to maybe support having its own article.  -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Ah! My Goddess: The Movie]]

message: * Support Not much content, and what's there (and sourcable) can easily be merged here with a little work.  -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Ah! My Goddess (TV series)]]

message: This is a bit ridiculous...the article is titled "Oh My Goddess!" Well, that's not really the problem. The problem is, the rest of the article acts as if every facet of the franchise is title "Ah! My Goddess!". Take, for example, the manga. The article calls it "Ah! My Goddess! (manga)". Meanwhile, there's an image of one of the covers, which clearly says "Oh". The movie and TV series are different, since the they actually are titled "Ah", but everything else is "Oh"...—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 22:25, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As near as I can tell, the article was originally named "Ah! My Goddess" and was later moved. Which might explain the language. I'm planning to work through the article and change all references of "Oh My Goddess!", which I gather is the preference for fans these days, (given Fujishima's support). In the case of the manga it is a tad problematic, as at least one edition was "Ah!" not "Oh", but I agree it should (at the very least) be consistent with the cover. - Bilby (talk) 22:31, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Ah" or "Oh" in different titles 

message: I'd really appreciate any help anyone who hangs around here might be able to offer with List of Oh My Goddess! chapters, especially in terms of confirming/clarifying the English release history in the lead, but also in regards to adding kanji and romaji chapter titles, adding/confirming cover characters, adding volume summaries, and updating the first 129 chapter titles to the ones in the most recent release. Any takers? 「ダイノガイ千？！」(Dinoguy1000) 19:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[List of Oh My Goddess! chapters]] 

message: In preparation for the merging, I reordered the article per WP:MOS-AM. I was tempted to remove the entire "Oh My Goddess! Universe" section as its a big huge plot/in-universe section, however I'm sure there is probably some useful information in there. However, the section is excessive and needs a huge paring down. Anyone more familiar with the various series want to tackle this clean up per WP:WAF? 
I also think the "References to Norse mythology" is extremely excessive and needs a massive paring down. Its almost exclusively composing of a big list of individual, unsourced examples to back up the statement that "Fujishima has borrowed extensively from Norse mythology." This really needs to be redone as a single, well sourced bit of prose merged up with the rest of the main production section. Anyone have an actual source that backs up the statement without the semi-OR examples? 
Meanwhile, I've started the merging with the merge of Oh My Goddess! (manga), which was fairly straightforward since its the primary work. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 08:23, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Clean up 

message: 1-555-GODDESS has the following bio of Kosuke Fujishima on something like page 1 (there's no page numbers or TOC, but it's right between the title page and the first page of the actual manga):
Kosuke Fujishima was born July 7, 1964 in the wilds of Chiba, Japan. It was soon determined that he was a human, with blood type B. He then proceeded to grow up and go to school. But let us draw a discreet curtain over those days.
After graduating from high school, Fujishima landed a job as an editor for Puff, a comics news magazine. While there, it is rumored he was responsible for the parody comic called X'-pa no Yoko-chan" that ran in Puff.
One of his jobs as editor was to interview Tatsuya Egawa, who was running his groundbreaking "Be Free!" serial in Kodansha's Comic Morning magazine at that time. After the interview, Fujishima mustered the nerve to ask Egawa if he needed an assistant. Egawa looked at Fujishima's work and said, "Sure!" Thus, our unsuspecting, young editor plunged into the abyss of comics-artist hell.
Fujishima generally dates his debut as a professional with the publication of a comics-style report he did for Comic Morning on the making of the 1986 live-action, theatrical-movie version of "Be Free!"
The fans loved his work, and Morning received a fan letter raving about the policewoman characters Fujishima had used in the Making of Be Free! report. He was inspired by this letter to create his first series, You're Under Arrest!, which began in Morning Party Extra in 1986.
In 1988, Fujishima did a four-panel gag cartoon that featured the characters from You're Under Arrest! praying to a goddess. This was part of a contest in which readers could win various You're Under Arrest! presents, such as T-shirts. In the cartoon, Miyuki and Natsumi were asking the goddess to please let them win the contest. Fujishima was so pleased with the way the goddess turned out that she became the basis for Belldandy and inspired the creation of the Oh My Goddess! series for Afternoon magazine.
So, as you can see, Fujishima's stories are often inspired by some minor characters he creates for another purpose entirely.
Fujishima has a ridiculous number of hobbies, including: playing electric guitar and with his new Mac, building plastic models and garage kits, and taking care of his numerous tropical fish. He also owns, rides, and repairs his seven (!) motorcycles and three cars. He listens to DMX — a digital, commercial-free radio service — while he works, and he likes classic American hard rock such as Van Halen and Bon Jovi. Fujishima also likes Japanese idol singers — in fact, there is a quite convincing rumor that the name "Morisato" (from Oh My Goddess!) comes from the name of the idol singer Moritaka Chisato.
There's quite a bit of stuff here that could potentially be mined for info or allow existing info in OMG! and related articles to be sourced, not to mention the additions that could be made to You're Under Arrest! and (of course) Kosuke Fujishima. 「ダイノガイ千？！」(Dinoguy1000) 00:47, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Author bio 

message: "Oh my goodness" redirecting to some obscure manga series is just retarded. 75.164.162.111 (talk) 02:34, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: First, Oh My Goddess! being an "obscure" manga is rather debatable (but, then, I suppose it also depends on your perspective... *shrugs* ); second, can you recommend a better target for "oh my goodness" to redirect to? If not, it can always be listed at Redirects for discussion. 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:58, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: lol.. Oh My Goddess! is only obscure to those who dont read manga (or comic books for that matter..) but back to the main point. Oh my goodness is a euphemism for omg, not for Oh My Goddess! so i think player 1 is right in that respect, it is moderately ridiculous. oh my goodness should redirect to omg (and omg-disambig should have a direct to Oh My Goddess which im pretty sure it already does). Problem #1. i dont know how to rewrite a redirect... Mace Windu (talk) 01:31, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it shouldn't redirect to here, but I'm not sure where it *should* redirect to, though I suppose just to OMG would be fine. And editing redirects is almost as simple as editing an article (you just have to make another click to get to the actual redirect). 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

text: I went ahead and changed it to point at OMG. Satisfactory? 「ダイノガイ千？！」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 17:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: quite so, thx dinoguy..Mace Windu (talk) 03:43, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect 

message: Oh My Goddess and Ah My Goddess were not the same story and I have always thought it was too big a coincidence that Belldandy found a way to bring her favors to Keiichi who just happened to be the boy she loved and the center of her guilt over his lost memories. I think that it is worth at least asking if the "Goddess Help Line" wasn't just a way for Belldandy to become re-involved in Keiichi's life? It was what she wanted and very romantic that, after lost memories and the passage of time that what she wanted was what he ask for. I got a different feeling from the "Ah My Goddess" series and this was the biggest difference between the two stories. I think it's a question worth asking. Corumplex (talk) 06:41, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The Ah! My Goddess series is just the adaptation of the manga, which was named incorrectly as shown in the article. As for the rest, we don't add original research. everything has to be verified by reliable third-second party sources, but since this is more related to plot, a first party source wouldn't hurt. despite that, you would have to look up when exactly they said that.Bread Ninja (talk) 06:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goddess Help Line? 

message: I've recently added news that a second OAD for Ah! My Goddess is set to be released on September 23rd, 2011. The new OAD will be bundled with Volume 43 of the manga tankouban series. 68.60.60.117 (talk) 18:22, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Ah! My Goddess OAD Information Added