Talk:FLCL

message: I am going to revert the edit because it seems to me that the information that was deleted is germane to that section.  Maybe I'm wrong; but let's at least have a discussion about it first before we decide to delete, shall we? (especially when the information is cited)--NBahn (talk) 05:23, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for catching that; I agree that this is valid (and quite interesting!) information for an article of this nature.  I'm gonna change the section to "Reception and influence" to make the information more appropriate to the section.  As far as discussing before removing content, I generally think it's a lovely thing to do, particularly with sourced content.  However, it slightly goes against Wikipedia's policy to Be Bold.  But thanks to the same policy, for such actions, you can often just do a revert and leave it up anyone disagreeing with you to justify themselves on the talkpage.  Admittedly, this involves some level of idealism or a silent edit war ensues, so reverting and justifying at the talkpage as you did is often the safest best. -Verdatum (talk) 22:19, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FLCL&action=historysubmit&diff=332209147&oldid=331026793 Elliottsmith001's deletion] 

message: The section on the music seems a bit misleading. None of the episodes really have opening themes; the ones mentioned as such essentially function as insert songs (and some, like "Carnival" and "Runner's High," are used multiple times at different points in other episodes). It certainly does have an ending theme in "Ride on Shooting Star," but I don't even know that I'd call "Advice" a "battle theme" -- it usually does signify an action sequence (you could call it the "uh-oh" theme), but...
# Ends at the beginning of the fight, which is set to "Sleepy Head"
# Used through the first half of the fight
# Only used at the beginning of the fight, the rest of which is set to "Yorii Gallop"
# Not used
# Only used in the segment where the robot emerges; the actual fight scenes throughout the episode are set to other songs
# Again, not used
So that designation is iffy. And "Little Busters" is even more tenuous; the main thing is that it's always the last song to be played before the ending credits. Twice it starts when Canti eats Naota, four times it only starts after the action's all over.
Definitely looks to me like some cleanup is in order. --Shay Guy (talk) 01:19, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a definitive soundtrack out for FLCL. Just look it up and make the references to the scenes if necessary, but the guessing isn't. Sorry for the unsigned. I'm not active on Wiki, just a FLCL fan. 141.165.170.32 (talk) 18:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theme music 

message: I was reading the article, and it says currently that Haruko has a "Rickenbacker 4001 right-handed reverse strung electric bass guitar" in the series. While it IS indeed a 4001, it is clearly a left-handed model, rather than a right handed one strung in reverse; this is evidenced by the fact that the longer horn is on the left hand side of the body (from a front view).  is a good example picture from the anime; Comparing this to a right handed 4001 will prove once again that it is in fact a left handed 4001. 
Didn't want to edit the article out of the blue, will either leave that to someone else or wait for someone else's approval first.
--Pogs (talk) 03:14, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bass? 

message: Shouldn't it be mention that Haruko's Vespa is referred to as the "Cosmic Scooter"? Sarujo (talk) 00:38, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I see this phrase in reference to figurines, but I don't personally recall hearing it in the japanese vocal track or the English comentary.  Where might one go to verify this fact? -Verdatum (talk) 16:24, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I seem to recall it was in the manga, but now I'm not sure. Yet I have not read the novelisation. The only thing I know for certain that the name is feature on blister pack for Kaiyodo figure which is romanized as "Haruhala Haruko & Cosmic Scooter". I'm getting a vibe that marketing doesn't apply here. Sarujo (talk) 21:12, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Vespa's name 

message: what is the literal translation of the title, "furi kuri"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.188.155.226 (talk) 08:01, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Acording to the director Kazuya Tsurumaki it just a made up name. As he stated: "I got the idea from a CD in a music magazine with the title Fooly-Cooly. I like the idea of titles that are shortened long English words. Pokémon for “Pocket-Monsters” for instance, and an old J-pop band called Brilliant Green that was known as “Brilly-Grilly.". Hope that sheds some light. Sarujo (talk) 21:20, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

text: I wonder if anoyne noticed that they mistransliterated fooly cooly in the englsih one. Episode 6 spells it "Fooly Coolly"Bread Ninja (talk) 18:15, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  curious 

message: A friend has all six episodes on a single DVD. It's a replicated disc, dual layer, not a DVD-R. Bootleg? Bizzybody (talk) 03:13, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Single DVD 

message: *ANN: Brain Diving column Shelf Life BR
*Mania.com: complete series DVD complete series BR
--KrebMarkt (talk) 15:39, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Review(s) 

message: In addition to it's rather obvious nod to NGE, there is a set piece based on Lupin references, eyebrow references that made me think immediately of Cobra, etc. Somebody needs to start a 'sources' section and explore this angle a bit.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.115.31 (talk) 21:20, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  References to other anime 

message: Greetings!  Recently I ran a search for FLCL on ebay and found the following book "Flcl: List of Flcl Characters, List of Flcl Episodes, D" by Books LLC.  I was very excited because anything FLCL by Gainax or the Pillows has my undivided attention, but as I got ready to bid I realised this was not a new book or a doujinshi, but rather a copy-paste job from the FLCL entry in wikipedia.  I mean, they did not even bother to give it a title! Its the table of contents from the article!  It even says "Souce: Wikipedia" and the excerpi in the description is the entire music section  from the same entry.  Naturaly, I reported it to ebay as infringing on copyrighted material and as a listing violation as compilation media.
I am not sure if the ad expired or Ebay took down the listing, but it was gone for a while and everything was good in the world, until the seller relisted the item again. I report it anew, it goes away then comes back a few days later.
My question is, should I do this? Although I do not own the copyright to the original work and my contributions to this article are little I feel it is not right for a book mill/content farm to rip on two things that I hold dear, FLCL and wikipedia. Can Books LLC print entire enciclopedic articles from wikipedia and sell them online? Is this a widespread problem? 
Here's the particulars:
Ebay Item number 180786879511 (to change soon if my report goes through)
Title "Flcl: List of Flcl Characters, List of Flcl Episodes, Discography of FLCL"
Author Books LLC
Language: English 
Format: Paperback 
ISBN-10: 1156344808 
ISBN-13: 9781156344804 
Length: 28 pages 
Thickness: 0.2 in 
Weight: 2.4 oz 
Please let me know if Books LLC is within its right or how you would have handled a similar problem.
Mighty Ozymandias (talk) 18:28, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The key point is, "It even says 'sou[r]ce: Wikipedia'". Attribution is pretty much the only thing that Wikipedia requires from those who reuse its content. That's one of the points of it being a free encyclopedia (even for commercial use).--Remurmur (talk) 22:31, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Reusing content in another project is one thing; lifting it verbatim and selling it for profit is quite another.  I think Mighty Ozymandias makes a valid point and I'd like to see a Wikipedia admin weigh in on this.  Is attribution sufficient?  If the republisher is repackaging the info and including quotations as examples or as support for argument, that is covered by attribution.  When the republisher is simply selling for personal profit that which Wikipedia provides for free, you're talking a completely different ballgame.  Wikipedia already offers the functionality to convert articles to PDF or to print them out to whomever needs them, without requiring remuneration. Why should some eBay user rightfully expect to make money off this when Wikipedia (which is dependent on user donations to survive) doesn't see a cent?  12.233.146.130 (talk) 01:16, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  HELP! Internet Book Mills lifting entire entries from Wikipedia and selling them on Ebay... 

message: theres alot of confusion about the name FLCL. ive seen decades ago a couple of these, but always asumed it whas 'vespa girl' and manny like me, took me decades to actualy trackdown this serries (by catching writer's name on titles on a mange fan stream), i sugest adding this 'keyword'- 'vespa girl' if techical posible, not an od sugestion if you consider this whas orginaly in a difrent language and FLCL makes lil sense and hard to remeber. it would make this article/serries more accesable for all. im a wiki inliterate so ill leave this all upto peeple more understanding of it.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.85.94.241 (talk • contribs) 05:59, February 6, 2012‎
:You seem to be confused on multiple levels.--Remurmur (talk) 22:22, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: sugestion to add 2th name

message: I think List of FLCL episodes should be merged here.  With only six episodes, there's no valid reason to create a spin off article and this article would benefit enormously from the decent content that the list covers.  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *No, the list is featured, not the article.  And a merger should not be opposed simply because part of the content to be merged is currently featured. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:12, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *The list is what I meant. Regardless all the more reason not to merge. If merged, there will no longerr be a featured article related to the topic. I never seen a perfectly good featured list/article being merged (which inevitably means losing featured status)Lucia Black (talk) 03:50, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

text: *No need to nix quality for quantity here. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 23:41, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *Comment that doesnt make sense. Why demote an article? The list may be short but still a very acceptable list. Seems like this starting to become a matter of preference.Lucia Black (talk) 00:36, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

text: *I personally dont believe merging would improve the article that much.Lucia Black (talk) 07:21, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *so this article isnt far off B class and adding content from FL wont help bring it up, even if it doesnt ther eis no reason to have a article tha tis so small losing FL isnt a good reason not to merge unless you can provide me a policy that states we mustnt merge is a article is featured???Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 14:03, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *When it comes to Anime and Manga, featured articles are incredibly difficult, thats why our articles are filled with featured lists but only 4 featured articles. Adding FL content wont help it. What makes a B-class article is having enough sourced content and organized properly and of course well written. B-class is just an organized and well sourced, C-class.Lucia Black (talk) 19:27, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *what policy states because it s a featured list it should not be merged back to the main article when it should never have been split out in the first place. yes it good to have featured list an articles but unless i am missing a policies that states that as a criteria i dnt see why there is opposition to the merge, if i am direct to policy that shows this i will change my response on it but just now the only reason i can see why people are opposing it is losing a featured listAndrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 21:07, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *Its already an established notable list. Why merge it if its not what keeping it from being improved. Your question is far too specific but generalize it and you already got your answer.Lucia Black (talk) 21:25, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

text: * List of Firefly episodes was merged into Firefly (TV series) because the series lasted for 14 episodes in one season. Same goes for FLCL, but less episodes. --George Ho (talk) 07:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *How exactly does the list meet WP:LISTN, Knowledgekid87? I don't see it. Goodraise 07:40, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *and that looks like a worst decision considering the length of the article. It can easily be split regardles of number of episodes. Plus WP:OTHERSTUFFEXIST.Lucia Black (talk) 07:54, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *wp:size says when a article should be split wp:otherstuffexist doesnt apply hereAndrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 18:23, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *It applies perfectly. You brought up an articls situation and tried to use it as a valid reason. It applies wether you agree or not. Re-read it. And as what the anonymous IP editor said.Lucia Black (talk) 20:31, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *Do you have any evidence that WP:SIZE mentions articles because it specifically was meant to exclude lists. I personally have never heard that before and personally don't see any evidence of a prohibition of splitting content into lists.--174.95.109.77 (talk) 19:58, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

text: *Completely beside the point. The question is whether the list should exist. It's too small and if it's not merged, it will be demoted. Not to mention the fact that merging the list in here will improve this article. Goodraise 07:37, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *It wont improve this article at all....the difference is minimal because most of the information is already covered here. The only thing the list has is the actual list. Regardless, i believe the list should exist, even if its small, usually lists such as episodes and chapters arent just based on chapters and episodes bt to show its air/release history.Lucia Black (talk) 17:31, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: Normally, we would use the cover of the first manga volume or anime DVD in the infobox. But in this case given the monochrome covers of the original DVDs, I can understand why an exception would be made. However, there is one problem and that has to do with the identification of the image. Right now, we don't know where the image originated from, which weakens its fair-use case. Is it production art, did it come from a DVD insert, promotional image, or etc? If it cannot be identified, I would suggest replacing it with one that is part of the insert for the North American Blu-ray release. (Sixth image over) It features the same characters, but we can identify what the image is. —Farix (t | c) 01:58, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The image looks to be a piece of promo art used on the DVD cover of certain releases (for example, the Spanish language release ). I've updated the FU rationale to reflect this. Axem Titanium (talk) 20:33, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe its a promotional poster from the Japanese. For the most part we can just state its a piece of artwork from FLCL without worrying if it came from a DVD cover or poster (until we find out where it came from).Lucia Black (talk) 17:34, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox image 

message: Are there any Good articles using Amazon? --George Ho (talk) 23:34, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It has been determined that for the sake of referencing of otherwise uncontentious information surrounding release dates that it is typically allowed. Most parts of the industry do not do press releases for release dates and they cannot be sourced to anything else - and this data is, in particular, is deemed reliable. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 23:51, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amazon a reliable source for a Good Article? 

message: The only episode that did not have serious moments was episode five. Should adding this be considered? You may also want to consider Slice of life as a genre. --Toonipedia (talk) 16:17, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not a slice of life genre, but it is comedy, drama, science fiction according to ANN. Though FLCL is not a serious show, it is more of a parody show than anything else. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:22, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comedy-drama classification? 

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message: Is it really necessary to list the novel releases in the form of a table? In my humble opinion, it makes the article hard to look at with that large gap of space. Wouldn't it be better to just summarize it in text?
SIDENOTE: Once reviews start pouring in, would it be a good idea to split FLCL Alternative and FLCL Progressive onto a single article? Although they are confirmed to being second/third seasons, they seem detached from the original. i dont know how to phrase it. But basically i'm considering it a "reboot" (sort of, not really). If someone could help me out with the words.Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 11:55, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Novel table

message: https://ask.fm/Clarknova/answers/150639396841?utm_source=tw_share_own_ar&shareBy=Clarknova&utm_campaign=ui_v3#_=_ Knowing this, I think the article needs to be reworked a bit to establish that Alternative is a “loose prequel” and not a sequel.24.228.215.81 (talk) 08:41, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternative is a “Loose Prequel” to the original and Progressive