Talk:Voice acting in Japan/Archive 1

message: I really want to change "Some fans are divided over if a particular seiyū has "perfected" a certain voice type (e.g. the ditsy schoolgirl, the deep-voiced loner). This can lead to speculation as to whether these seiyū have become typecast." to add "These fans need to find a new hobby." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.105.34 (talk • contribs) 
:Thank you for your restraint, and we understand the impulse. DenisMoskowitz 02:43, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tempted to vandalize this one 

message: There appear to be some words missing in the last paragraph of the introduction, as it makes no grammatical sense.  Can anyone tell what it's supposed to be saying?
:It took me a little while, but I think I figured out what they were going for. Recury 06:33, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  End of intro nonsensical 

message: Is it possible, or would someone like to undertake an effort to go through the individual seiyuu pages and alpha by character or series?  It seems to me that this would make more sense and make it easier to read. --Martin Osterman 16:31, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Making Sense of the Lists 

message: I've organized the listing into alphabetical order to be as broad and wide-reaching as possible, with characters each seiyuu might be recognized at.  Hopefully, this will assist in making Wikipedia an easier place to access information. :) Danny Lilithborne 01:10, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I already sorted them into alphabetical order by family name.. why have you put them in order by given name? Shiroi Hane 07:24, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's complicated, but the short story is that Japanese write names with the surname first anyway.  I didn't want to make the list difficult to read. Danny Lilithborne 08:39, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not that complicated and I do understand Japanese name order, however all the names on this page are written in western order; e.g. "Ai Orikasa" - Ai is her given name, Orikasa her family name. If you open her own article you'll find it even states "Ai Orikasa (折笠 愛 Orikasa Ai)" Shiroi Hane 09:06, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I know that.  It's easier on the eye to read a list organized in alphabetical order by the first letter in the name. Danny Lilithborne 09:36, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree strongly - are lists of English names sorted in this way?  No, because family-name first sorting is the standard.  Personal names can be dropped, abbreviated, nicknamed, changed... family names are more permanent, and that's why we sort on them. DenisMoskowitz 12:58, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If you like, you can reorganize the list yourself, but I'd request that you actually list the names Japanese style (surname first) if you do so; even if it's the accepted standard, the eye has a hard time dealing with lists that appear disorganized. Danny Lilithborne 13:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to work fine on pages like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1942_births. DenisMoskowitz 14:39, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Thanks for putting them back in the right order.. I couldn't face doing it a second time. Shiroi Hane 14:35, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It did take a couple hours to do it since I was unicodifying it at the same time. ^_^ ---nihon 15:35, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organized listing 

message: Moved discussion to Talk:Voice actor, which will hopefully bring this possible merger to a wider audience. — BrianSmithson 17:18, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Replaced template

message: This page has been marked "inuse" for two weeks now.  I'm removing the "inuse" tag, as it was never intended to be applied for more than a day or so.  Kelly Martin (talk) 15:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing "inuse" tag