Talk:Ayumi Hamasaki/Archive 1

message: If she released an album in 1995, how could she debut in 1998?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.196.17 (talk) 17:32, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debut single in 1998? 

message: Why do you all, try it on, you're not japanese (i apologise if you are.) so stop trying to figure out her name in japanese and the symbols,i have a boy at my school like that,he thinks because he has access to the internet,he thinks he can just look at the japanese language and say he knows japanese (he's american), and this is actually saddening to me, that people think like that.And why are people on other sites trying to translate their english name into japanese...argh, (not trying to sound racist), but why do people beg it?????? I realise that everyone in project is trying to make wikipedia more concisive, but calm down on oh,'this is her name' and 'oh about these symbols', i'm going to get my friend on this project,who is actually japanese!When people know about language they have to feel the essence of the language. (I know i'm going to get a telling off for this-contact me if you wish to dislay your opinions about my negativeness) Wongdai 10:05 13 April 2007 (UTC)
:What the hell are you on about?CFCF 11:11, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Figure out" her name in Japanese? New Flash: Her name IS Japanese! Wanting to know about the Japanese culture involves *gasp* learning about the Japanese culture!? It is possible to learn Japanese and NOT be Japanese. What makes you think your friend doesn't actually know some Japanese? Why are you criticizing people who want to? Sounds like your jealous because you can't grasp a culture other than your own. Maselphie 02:17, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Excuse me?? What the hell is this? What do you mean "figure out her name in Japanese and the symbols"? The Kanji associated with her name?! She's Hamasaki Ayumi, born in Japan, and is totally, completely 100% bona fide Japanese, so deal with it! Maselphie is absolutely right. You obviously have some jealousy, hate, or just oughtright intolerance to the Japanese... Your little friend seems to be what we call a Japanophile, and there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, many wikipedians, including myself, are Japanophiles. I don't know what the hell your problem is, but there is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with being of Western decent and speaking Japanese, writing Japanese, having a liking for Japanese culture, folklore, music, and Anime and Manga, like I do. Mizu onna sango15 22:32, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WHATS UP? 

message: I have changed the album name pages to fix with the naming standarsd set in Wikipedia policy. gren 09:27, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  album names 

message: i changed the picture from her A BEST cover to the cover of Popteen. I think she looks better in that picture.
:     i think we should update the main picture everytime a new image comes out. like if its from a magazine, or her website, or whatever. i think then people can see what Ayu looks like now, but then can look down and see other pics too.
*Stzr3 02:27, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think magazine covers doesn't look so cute in the article, I think it should be better to put official pictures of Ayumi without those Japanese letters on it, it's just an opinion but I think it looks awful. Clouded 02:50, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I've been noticing the changing Ayu images, and I think it's a good idea to keep them recent (latest publicity shots, magazine covers, album covers...) because she likes to play round with her look alot. Calicore 20:48, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I edited the main image down to a smaller size so you can see Ayu better --Stzr3 06:37, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks Stzr3! I think this image looks much better X2RADialbomber 09:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I am working on that, hopefully will have a good one by next week. -- ReyBrujo 13:34, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  main picture 

message: I removed the HTML font sizing, there was NO reason it needed to be that big. --Hersch 06:29, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted a lot since that IP seemed to delete a lot of content... gren 09:24, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Font fix 

message: Could someone explain her symbol? Is it a kanji? Has it something to do with her name? http://www.ayu.no/images/photoalbum/17.jpg Here's a photo of it. Salleman 21:07, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Symbol? 

message: Should her discography become a seperate page?  I think it's becoming too big with the growing number of her singles, albums, DVDs, and whatnot.
OH MY GOD. Who deleted the discography section? Too many false numbers? They were ALL correct!
I changed the discography to its original status. Please don't delete the discography. They all come from a reliable source. Iloveayu 19:54, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The discography goes in a separate article, as it is too long for this page. You can't have two discographies, as it would be too hard to keep synchronized. -- ReyBrujo 01:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I love how you always seem to make the rules. So you're the one who gets to say whether an article is to long right? And you're the one who has the authority to say you can't have two discographies. Man, you are so cool.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.161.60.71 (talk) 
The DVD section on Ayumi Hamasaki's main page should be taken off.  It's already in her discography page; that section is redundant.  I will remove if no one objects to it...It's just too cluttered.  If there's already a discography page, why are the dvd sales still there?  They seem insignificant to be on her main article page.
––Utadahikaru1259 06:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography 

message: I just entered to see the Ayumi Hamasaki to see why she's popular on the Minitokyo boards and look what I've found! Seems like the entire HTML code got jumbled up or the formatting got screwed. I can't read a thing on that page! - Acoyani Garrido Sandoval.
:Umm, it was vandalized and then the editor after that did something incorrect with the code, I am not sure what happened.  If you read the help guide it will teach you how to revert to fix such errors. gren 17:11, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: what's with these flamers? I had some crazed loon messing up the Kumi Koda page :-S I bet there are more of them running around. Chsf 20:27, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

text: if i wasnt so nice, i think i;d mess with the koda kumi page. byt yeah, people bette rnever mess with my ayu =] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Impracticable (talk • contribs) 17:15, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What the heck!? 

message: As a big fan of Ayumi Hamasaki I hope everyone who loves her will contribute bunches of her information to this page also it would be nice if the were more pictures of her albumes when you click ont he link. ArigatoFullmetal Alchemist 23:27, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please Help AYumi !!!!!!!!!!! 

message: I updated Bold & Delicious/Pride Single no someone has to put in the live performances and Chart update. Fullmetal Alchemist 05:15 pm, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
: I usually am the one who posts the charts and the performance schedule so i will get on that :) i'm thinking about changing the set up of the chart, though. i think it's too big on the HEAVEN page, so i'm thinking about doing something like this:
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)
Release         	Chart                      	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
30 November 2005	Oricon Daily Singles Chart 	1            	           	
30 November 2005	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	             	           	
30 November 2005	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	             	           	
i stole it from the Namie Amuro page, but i really like the layout. because you can get a lot of info without having a huge chart. what do you think? right now i put it in the HEAVEN and Bold & Delicious/Pride pages, but I think i'm going to modify it a little more. I want to have a spot for 1st week sales and 1st week position, then do total sales and weeks on charts. or something lol
*--Stzr3 02:09, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edited Bold & Delicious/pride 

message: (miss)understood shouldn't be a redirect back to Ayumi Hamasaki. Someone should actually put up some information about it, because they've at least said some things about it on her official website. -- Winterkill
Ok i worked a little on the (miss)understood page. Somebody will probably come in and finish it when the complete info is released. --Stzr3 20:56, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  (miss)understood 

message: like plastic surgery. Well I had a small chat with a Japanese girl on one of the numerous P2P networks, and she told me that the way Ayumi looks now was not the way she looked before her ... plastic surgery. Literally "you do not want to know how she looked before that!" Is this just another unconfirmed legend or is this the truth? Japanese guys might know this better, as they can read local yellow press :D -andy 80.129.82.245 14:04, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: She obviously had dental work, and (based on her unusually round eyes - which is rare for an asian person) that she's undergone an asian blepharoplasty. Calicore 19:54, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Various stuff ... 

message: I was looking at BoA page and shows a list of awards shes won can some one please add  that to Ayu's page 'cause I can't find it. Alot of Ayu fans I know are asking about it. you can IM me my Screen names are AIM: Naraku AKA Hell and MSN: McFadden828@msn.com
IM me if you wan to discuss the AYu page please.Fullmetal Alchemist 05:04, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I added all her awards ^_^ Maxker 13:20, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ayu's Award 

message: can we keep the album pictures in the front, causee now the page looks too plain Tomba
::The Biography was full of all the album covers, and it looked really bad, now it looks better. If people want to see all her album covers, they will go to her discography ^_^ Clouded 02:48, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added some little pictures to try to add some interest to the page --Stzr3 04:16, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  album pictures 

message: I'm getting sick changing her real name over and over, PLEASE STOP CHANGING HER NAME TO 浜崎 あゆみ, her real name is with Kanji.Clouded 16:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's obvious that you don't know Japanese law... The legal names of every japanese people legally MUST be written in Kanji. Just for you to know. If people keeps changing her real name I might talk with a moderator about vandalism. Clouded 16:46, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's because her stage name is 浜崎あゆみ, her name in the industry. But legally (by law) her name is 濱崎歩, and it's not spelled Bin Vi Qu like someone wrote in here, is just Hamasaki Ayumi. Clouded 21:55, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ayumi's real name 

message: In response to the mediation request by Clouded, can I request that both Clouded and the anon editor provide references to support their view of what the name should be written as.  Whatever the references say, is what should be in the article.  Please refrain from edit-warring on the article over the presence or absence of the legal name, and discuss the matter here.  Once a solution is reached the resulting text can be placed in the article. Kcordina  Talk  11:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mediation request

message: Real information based on this:  浜崎歩 is her "legal" name, 浜崎あゆみ is her "stage" name.  Since this article pertains to her as an artist and not as anything else, it should be written 浜崎あゆみ.  Everything she's ever released has been under the name 浜崎あゆみ and no one knows her as 浜崎歩, so I believe it should be kept 浜崎あゆみ.  Thank you. Amber 18:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Actually...

message: I think the Biography needs a clean-up, it's full of non-biographical facts, only matters about her discography.... I've removed the GEO of SWEETBOX compositions information from the "(Miss)understood Era" part and I've put that info on the article of the "(miss)understood" album. Clouded 03:58, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I support this. I think the biography is full of a lot fo information that is unneccesary and could be removed --Stzr3 02:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will try to take the un-biography info of some singles/albums and take that info to their respective single/album article. Clouded 21:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Biography

message: someone rewrote the (miss) understood era and the 2006 events and left out a lot of things so STOP!
So I fixed some stuff about the article but somebody please ACCURATELY rewrite it or restore it to the old one. It sounds like a english second language person rewrote the article. JEEEEEEEEEZ.
::I've edited the biography in the article, sorry for not write perfectly native english though, but her biography is full of non-biography things; in fact all the information is about her discography, so please just put the relevant information in the biography, not only "she released her #th single and reached the #? spot in the charts, then she released another single that reached the #? spot in the charts, and then she released her #th album that reached the #? spot in the charts" If you want to put that info go to the articles of those albums and singles. Thanks --- Clouded 17:42, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  heeey 

message: I think ayu's official site can be used as a source of citation since it contains extensive information about her releases. Perhaps Oricon will serve as another reliable source? mirageinred 01:53, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes i think both of those are reliable sources. --Stzr3 03:49, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I cited them. I'll look for more sources if I can find any. mirageinred 22:35, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  citations 

message: The current image :Image:Ayupopteen.jpg cannot be used in the infobox of the artist. The Fair use policy forbids this kind of use. In example, it is fine to add the image to a section of the article if the section talks about her presence in the magazine, but not to describe her. -- ReyBrujo 06:07, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Main picture again

message: Ayu, apparently vitoed this song getting a Japan Record Award. Where is a source for this information? I am having trouble believing this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.12.227.208 (talk • contribs) .
:Well, she chose not to accept any awards due to the scandal way back in 2004 when Max Matsuura was going to resign. Max Matsuura is pretty important to her since he helped her become a superstar she is today. So she said that she was going to move out of the record label along with him causing the Avex stocks to plummet resulting in a lot of chaos. mirageinred 20:56, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess her refusal was her own way to apologize for the brief ruckus. mirageinred 20:56, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sources?? Clouded 20:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  INSIRE Japan Record Award 

message: I was looking at the symbols section in the article, and I noticed that the picture of one of the symbol all the way on the right is... black? Clearly, she wouldn't just use the color black, right? mirageinred 18:08, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's with the symbols? 

message: 亜佑美　米沢　です。　あなたはTOKIOのJESSICAになってください。
愛美はじつは亜佑美です。EVERY　LITTLE THING　のファンです。
あたしは今全身が癌です。でも舞と言う親友と智衣と麻衣子と咲と沙貴子と智子と美弥子と亜佑美、そして、優と室井裕喜という愛する心友を救うためにあたしは世界で一番の絆という曲をあなたに作曲を頼みたい。小百合と詩織を捜しに石川に来てあたしの居場所を聞いて下さい。
PS、長瀬智也と結婚今すぐしてほしいです。　亜佑美は瀬古伸哉と結婚して幸せになります。
　　媛という子を授かっています。２１歳の１９８５年５月１１日生まれの丑年のおうし座です。
　　TIME　GOES　BY　をあなたに瀬古伸哉と亜佑美たちが咲たちと一緒にあなたに歌います。
　　瀬古はあなたの一番のファンであなたを愛しています。あたしよりあなたと結婚したいくらい
　　好きだそうです。亜佑美はまだSEXしたことがありません。でも、今は幸せです。
　　　堀田大貴が亜佑美のためにバイオテロを造ったからです。亜佑美はゴマを愛している。
　　ゴマちゃんを救ってください。亜佑美の大親友ゴマを救えるのはあなたと長瀬率いるTOKIOだけで　　　す。では、紅白歌合戦で対決しましょう。私たちJAYROCK　WHITE　は世界を制覇する。
　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　YONEAYUより —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.103.73.83 (talk) 01:06, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I know that. I told him that in Japanese. <3 ― Sturr ★彡  Refill/lol 04:05, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  愛美です。亜佑美ちゃんです。あなたの二番目に好きな人は誰ですか？ 

message: "So far in the year, it's the first best selling original studio album by a female artist selling total world wide (includes Japan) over 925,226 copies."
I took this off, because Christina Aguilera released her new album three weeks ago and it has already sold over a million copies worldwide, what unables (miss)understood to be considered the best-selling original studio album by a female artist worlwide of 2006.--Gihad 00:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: (miss)understood was never the highest selling orginal studio album by a female in Japan either, Koda Kumi's BEST ~ Second Session sold 1 million copies in its first 2 weeks.... but whether Second Session is an "Orginal Studio Album" what I dont know about xD Banzai777 10:27, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Her Best of album is not a studio album. mirageinred 23:28, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't understand how Second Session is not an original album, Have ANY of the tracks been on an album before? Whats the definition of an original album anyway....... Banzai777 08:08, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because its a "Best of" album... yet at the same time they have never been on an album before, so it's kinda open to debate. mirageinred 23:40, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  (miss)understood sales 

message: I've replaced "Surreaö" with "Surreal", because it looks like a typo. If it isn't, please change the l back to an o-umlaut. Shinobu 01:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo? 

message: The image is a great idea - using more free use images and less fair use images! Unfortunately, that's the only image Wikimedia Commons have, maybe take a picture of her if you can and upload to there... Bigtop 04:44, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have contacted someone who owns a picture, and although he promised to send the high resolution version of the image to be uploaded at Commons, he hasn't yet done that. As for this image, I have used it because it is in Commons, but I am not really sure it is free. I have contacted the site from where it was picked and the user who uploaded it to clarify its license. In any case, until the image is put into deletion, this image has a higher priority than any new promotional image, even though it was taken almost two years ago, so new images will be reverted (this is not aimed at you, but instead to anyone who may be wanting to upload a new photo). -- ReyBrujo 05:19, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, we're trying to find free-use images (PD and GFDL images) of Ayu because she's popular. Bigtop 17:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: Why was that section is her biography removed and by who? I think it is vital, becuase many people debate that she wouldnt even be a famouse artist if her father had never 'walked out/commit suicide' —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Impracticable (talk • contribs).
:Are there reliable references for that information? Without them, it may be offensive. -- ReyBrujo 17:45, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: whhaaaaat? isaid debate, not many people know for sure. im just saying because i think it important since she has songs that are written for her father. Also i think the information on GEO of SWEETBOX should hav ebeen removed. also, if someone has any information on Wataru Takeishi you should go updat his page xD (Impracticable 18:18, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a  tag to that article. Wikipedia focus in verifiability. We write information that can be verifiable. When writing, you must provide references to reliable sources, not GeoCities pages. Otherwise, anyone could write stuff like Ayumi Hamasaki has been selected as the most talented musician in Asia by a prestigious magazine. without having to point from where the information comes from. When that information is biographical or may be considered offensive, we are encouraged to delete it if not referenced. Note that, even when referenced, it may be necessary to remove it due legal concerns (as it happened with Natalie Merchant information about her marriage. -- ReyBrujo 18:42, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I .. dont think you should need a reference for debate? that dosent make too much sense. well, so be it. Anyway, do oyu kow where to get Wataru Takeishi information so i can update his page? also, im not sure how to reference, so can you tell me how? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Impracticable (talk • contribs) 18:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Various sites say Ayu's father "walked out". Some sites say when she was three, some say five. This article says five. Fans suspect that certain songs, like Teddy bear and the Memorial address album (in a photo in the booklet, June 30 is written in lipstick in a mirror -- this is supposedly the day her father died, or walked out) were written for her father, but she's never actually confirmed it: there's no sources for all of this, just fansites. ― Sturr ★彡  Refill/lol 17:31, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Exactly, knowbody is sure that its true or not. Some people dabate that its just a rumor, and some say its the truth because they "Know" her. Yeah, right. Unforgotten 20:06, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ayumi's father 

message: :Image:Aichi Expo 2005 Hamasaki Ayumi.jpg
Currently, the image you are showing (right) is nominated for deletion on Wikimedia Commons.
If this image is deleted, then we're missing an image of her for free use images!
If you see her, and if you have a camera, could you try to take a picture of her and possibly do upload it at Wikimedia Commons? Thanks. Bigtop 07:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image problem 

message: we should include the years active with Columbia Records and whenever she made the song 'A' with m.c.A.T. because she obviously was not only with avex trax —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Impracticable (talk • contribs).
:Indeed. If we can get that information, it may be good to put in the infobox. -- ReyBrujo 19:52, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's good information to have, but it should be added to the article's text, not the infobox (see Template:Infobox musical artist).  ShadowHalo 05:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, i mean look at namie amuro. the way it has the dates when she went from band to solo, like, do that with Ayumi, going from Label to Label, or however it must be done =] (Impracticable 04:36, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  years active 

message: I'm kind of unsure why we can't get free use images of her very much. Could anybody (especially if you're going on tour later this spring) take a picture of her if you can? Bigtop 23:23, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: I cahnge the name of A BEST 2 era to "A Best 2 and Tour of Secret Era" because i think TofS is pretty huge event, since it is her first time out of japan for shows. and, once its over, we should start expecting music anyway. [And i mean, hey, A BEST 2 era is over really ... where would we put all the new informaton?!?! on TofS]
also im making a page on Tour of Secret but i would really like some help with it ///
(Impracticable 14:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  TofS and A BEST 2 

message: What do you think the ranking should be based on? I think it should be weekly. Personnally, I think people want it to be daily so it can seem like all Ayu's albums have ranked #1. A BEST 2 ~BLACK~ only ranked #1 on ONE day and the difference in sales on that day with A BEST 2 ~WHITE~ was very small. Any opinions? Icaazn614 23:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I prefer weekly or monthly, however please add the source! Even if it is in a magazine, put the name, publisher, page and date. Sometimes I wonder if people just throw numbers at random. -- ReyBrujo 04:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think best compromise would be weekly. Monni 05:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it should be daily. i mean, technically, it DID rank number 1, did it not? (Impracticable 23:34, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was for one day and it was only by a few hundreds. Personally, I think having #1 gives a false impression that Ayu's had all #1 albums, not daily but weekly. Right now, we know the facts, but what about five years later. The fact that A BEST 2 ~BLACK~ was #1 for daily vs weekly might get fuzzier in the future. People might start thinking that daily #1 = weekly #1. Plus, most charts seem to care more about weekly ranking than daily ranking.Icaazn614 20:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I guess people have very different opions which one of the charts is more important, so I think it would be best to put up rankings for both. It makes it a little more crowded but pretty much ends this constant reverting. Monni 20:56, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  i agree with monni1995 (Impracticable 02:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree too. Icaazn614 02:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography (Ranking Weekly or Daily) 

message: I edited the first sections of the article concerning her early life some time ago, as they were a bit incorrect in the light of an interview that can be found here:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/morimasa/rockin.html
It's an interview from a magazine Rockin' On Japan, translation done by MASA.
I understand that citing sources is very welcome and I will try to provide with exact quotes from the article as soon as I can (it's a pretty long article, so I will need to go through it again). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.31.200.165 (talk) 21:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Life, Showbusiness in Tokyo, As an Artist colums 

message: Is it really necessary for promotional pictures of her various albums to just be placed in articles... It seems they have no relevance. Shouldn't the album covers of those albums that are important, or critically acclaimed be added? X2RADialbomber 10:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In this article, not really. In articles about the albums they have a better chance of being accepted. Currently, the paragraphs are illustrated decoratively by covers, but those paragraphs do not examine the cover in a way that could be said "Fair use is justified because there is a critical appraisal of the cover". -- ReyBrujo 12:02, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covers/Promotional Pictures not relating to the article 

message: Who is deleting the pictures of all the J-pop stars? I know Japan doesn't have fair use, but this is the the U.S.
Wikipedia. She is a public figure and for the use of education, so any photo would fall into the "Fair use"
terratory here... Or should I go around stripping the photos from every American singer I find on Wikipedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.97.122.193 (talk • contribs).
: Either way, you still have to follow the Wikipedia Guidelines, even though you may not believe they are right. We know it is very hard to take an image of a Japanese/Eastern Singer, seeing as though most of us fans live in the Western World. You aren't allowed to take images of singers at concerts in Japan, and even if you could, I don't believe the picture would be particularly good enough. X2RADialbomber 11:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if the free picture is not particularly good, it should be used. As for Japanese singers, I am guessing it is an Avex Trax restriction because their artist have personality rights. I will see if I can investigate further. -- ReyBrujo 11:35, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleting Images? 

message: I have added the Unreferenced banner again because I still believe that some of the statements we have put in our article need backing up by sources. I have put the Citation-Needed tag on the references I believe need sources the most, and we still need to cite many references for Ayu's early career. X2RADialbomber 00:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The unreferenced thing is pissing me off, to tell the truth.  Not every article has to be as referenced as Final Fantasy X, and to think that an overabundance of references (or lack thereof) changes an article's quality is foolish.  abarry✓ 19:19, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Biographies of living persons need as many references as possible, because information without reference can be considered libel. In example, the sentence because the chief of SOS felt she would not do well because of her short height and would do much better in other activities, such as appearing on television is dangerous because we are putting thoughts in the chief of SOS that we cannot reference. However, I kind of agree with abarry that the tag is not correct. We should use the  tag instead, because we have references, but not as many as we should. -- ReyBrujo 03:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well if you think that is the case, I'll add the more sources banner. I put some citation-needed tags for some statements, but many people just simply deleted them. X2RADialbomber 04:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: The link previously under the Discography section which led to the article "List of songs by Ayumi Hamasaki" is gone. Was there a reason for this? It was a pretty relevant and helpful article. If it was deleted on the grounds of being irrelevant or something, that's going a little too far. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hiiroshii (talk • contribs).
:I think it was deleted after a deletion discussion. -- ReyBrujo 12:06, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The article was filled with errors too, that no one really fixed. X2RADialbomber 12:30, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  why was this link deleted? 

message: I asked someone if they could put their picture of Ayu in concert on Wikipedia Commons. Is it alright for this article, since they did in fact take it? X2RADialbomber 22:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It should be fine enough. We are discussing if we need a new policy regarding pics of Japanese people in Commons, since it appears that Japanese law are more restrictive with them. I should be close to get another free image, hopefully this time they will answer me :-) -- ReyBrujo 02:36, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Months passed, but finally got the new free image :) -- ReyBrujo 19:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do you guys think about the new image? 

message: We're not allowed to put in CD/DVD Covers, or promotional images... So then, what type of images are we allowed to put? What makes a picture a promotional picture of that album/single? I remember a few days before the Secret album was announced, there was an image of one the Secret booklet scans on the frontpage. Do images such as these classify themselves to be "promotional"? X2RADialbomber 02:12, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that promotional images are ok.  However, some of those pictures which were recently removed were just scans of the CD booklet that someone labelled as a promotional image on Wikipedia; or, video screen caps.  It's obvious that not everyone pays close attention to the usage section of the various fair use licenses on the image upload page; but, for example, for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question means that video caps should not be used gratuitously to illustrate the artist's article. This image claims to be a promotional release, but its online source is a questionable website which has the rest of the CD booklet scanned in as well.  If there is proof that someone released that photo in a press kit on Hamasaki's behalf, then, I think it would be borderline-acceptable for reaching the inclusion criteria here. Neier 11:48, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Right. Well thanks. I'll try to find some real promotional images in the future. X2RADialbomber 06:27, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images in the article 

message: This is contradictory: The single debuted at #1 on the Oricon chart with sales of 116,000, and thus broke the record of most #1 singles in Japan for a solo (female) artist previously held by Seiko Matsuda. It was her 26th #1 single. However, Seiko still holds the record of the most consecutive No.1 singles for a female artist, a record that she has been holding for two decades and not likely to be broken anytime soon (Ayumi has 15 consecutive number 1 singles as of March 2007). Huh? Is it Matsuda who has 26 consecutive #1s? Jpatokal 11:59, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not contradictory; but, badly worded.  Of Seiko's 25 #1 hits, 24 of them came in a row.  Of Ayumi's 26 hits, her current streak is 15. Neier 12:29, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of #1 singles 

message: A lot of the biography needs to be reworded. Some of it is sloppily worded and a lot of it reads a bit like propoganda or at least NPOV. Cwilli201 16:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bio and Cleanup 

message: "...broke up with her 7 year boyfriend..."
it makes it sound like Ayumi Hamasaki's boyfriend was 7 years old. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.27.181.231 (talk • contribs).
:
Thank you for your suggestion! When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes.  Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the  link at the top. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).  The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills.  New contributors are always welcome. -- ReyBrujo 18:09, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This needs to be fixed. 

message: She has had a long career so her list of awards will only get longer. How about we create a separate page for her awards to shorten the article? mirageinred 22:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Her awards section is getting too long 

message: There are TWO Third Chapter.  I've deleted the second one twice, but it keeps being put back. 206.40.103.107 20:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is it even call "Third Chapter"?  Since the events in that section are happening AFTER her "A Best 2" era, it should be known as "Post-A Best 2 era" instead of "Third Chapter," which isn't making any sense at all considering the fact that all of her "eras" are named after a certain album.Too peachy 18:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Third Chapter

message: "This article or section may contain excessive or improper use of copyrighted images and/or audio files."
Where?  Last time I checked, CD covers were "public domain" as promotional images, and I don't know about PV screencaps.  Considering it has promotional built into the name I'd assume these were public domain as well.  Wintertwilight 18:21, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Being "public domain" (which is not in fact) promotional images, they are not fine. We focus on free media, not promotional one. Album covers should go in the article about the album, not in the article about the artist, not even in a discography list. This article alone has 12 fair use images, when it should have one or two at most (and only if the images are backed up by text, decorative images are not accepted). -- ReyBrujo 20:15, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  wait what 

message: No offense intended, but none of those songs enclosed in the "Notable tracks" section are notable. Just because they contain English lyrics doesn't even make them notable. Shouldn't we include songs such as "First #1 Single", "Highest Selling Single", "Highest Downloaded Single", and "Songs which won awards"? 
X2RADialbomber 08:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Songs of Ayumi? What? 

message: It says she is well known for her "deep and poetic lyrics". That sounds an awful lot like opinion to me.Magicallydajesus 10:19, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias in "Lyrics" 

message: The article makes mention of PV several times, but fails to explain what PV stands for.  Can someone correct this?  Thanks. ++Arx Fortis 21:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: From the article - "The backstage footage of her Best of Countdown Live 2006–2007 A can be found on the DVD for the Black edition, as well the PVs or promotional clips for the songs included." Pandacomics 00:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  PV? 

message: According to Wikipedia style guidelines, shouldn't the names of her singles be in quotation marks, and the titles of her albums be italicized?
Thanatous 21:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I’ll have to check again. My recollection is that singles are italicized since they are self-standing (i.e., discrete) works, as are albums. The names of the songs should be set in quotation marks, though; the confusion could stem from single names and song names usually coinciding. If enclosure in quotation marks is the preferred format, I’ll go back and fix them.By the way, thanks for your help in editing this. There’s so much that needs to be fixed that, after getting into it a little, it felt a bit overwhelming. Please note, however, that I disagree with your use of "#1" for "No. 1", since I believe this is a peg below the degree of formality preferred in an encyclopedia (it my be acceptable in music magazines and such, but not in relatively formal prose—even "No. 1" instead of "number-one" is stretching things a bit). Further, I strongly object to the use of a tilde (~) where em or en dashes belong in English, even when the original titles use them: Though rendered in roman letters to look like English, those original titles are still essentially Japanese titles following Japanese preferences/conventions and intended to catch the eye of Japanese consumers. Though original spellings—and, to some extent, capitalization preferences—should be maintained, use of symbols that have different meanings to Japanese readers and English readers should not, with English conventions preferred in English prose. Since this is common practice for terms and titles originating in other languages, such as German or French, I see no reason why variance should be allowed for Japanese. Best regards, Jim_Lockhart 01:55, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Indeed on the singles titles—my bad. As soon as I have time, I’ll fix them (unless someone beats me to it). Thanks. Jim_Lockhart 00:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formatting of the titles of albums and singles 

message: What do you guys think of the new categories? I kind of liked it better when it was divided by albums; "rise to fame" and "continuous success" are somewhat relative.
Thanatous (talk) 04:20, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you, I liked it better when it was divided by albums too. ― LADY GALAXY ★彡  Refill/lol 19:40, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: It certianly isn't a b-movie, it is one of the most highly regarded art house movies of the ninties in Japan  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.226.7.221 (talk) 22:11, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I fixed that. ― LADY GALAXY ★彡  Refill/lol 02:12, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Like grains of sand