Talk:Kōban

message: Surely this isn't a police box, as in a police call box, merely a neighbourhood police post, i.e. a smaller version of a police station where members of the public can seek help from a real person rather than using it to call for assistance? --khaosworks 21:29, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is what British police boxes originally were - officers actually used them to sit in to have their breaks, do paperwork, and be accessible to the public. So it is a police box as much as they were. -- Necrothesp 22:32, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: neighbourhood police post

message: :The following discussion is an archived debate. Please do not modify it.
Merge tag has been placed.  I keep thinking to myself that if a Japanese user of the Japanese Wikipedia is reading the equivalent article over there and wants to see how a police box is described in English (by clicking on the English link on the left side of the Japanese article)...we'd be doing that user a great disservice by leading them to a page that only shows the Japanese version of things. --Roehl Sybing (talk) 04:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the merge proposal suggests discussing it at Talk:Police box, I've started a discussion section there. Fg2 (talk) 10:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge proposed 

message: It would be ideal to add to the article how many square feet or meters a Koban typically is. Could anyone research this and add it? I tried to find it online but I'm having hard luck at it. Thanks. --70.179.185.102 (talk) 01:44, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They vary widely, from small to larger. There is no one (or two or three) standard size. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 00:44, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

text: Although this doesn't answer the question about floor space, a couple of photos in the Japanese Wikipedia give an idea of size by including patrol cars. In one photo, the patrol car is parked in an alcove in the side of the building, so you can compare the sizes pretty easily. Fg2 (talk) 00:55, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Here are some links to make it easy for you: here, here, and here. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Square footage or square meterage 

message: Could this article be renamed to "Kōban", adding the macron and therefore removing the potentially confusing parenthetical? --TorsodogTalk 17:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think so, and I've been bold and moved it. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:19, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You rock!! --Degen Earthfast (talk) 18:09, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name change 

message: No mention is made of the numerous adaptations of the koban system in countries outside of Japan. Wakablogger2 (talk) 02:03, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not aware of other countries adopting it from Japan. If you have sources for this, you are welcome to add a section, however. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:08, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-Japanese koban 

message: Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but could "Although often translated to English as "police box",[7] the kōban bears little resemblance to the British police box" be interpreted as condescending? Why is it necessary to include "although" in that spot? Does the British police box qualify more as a police box than a Japanese kōban?
The statement could be changed to "The kōban is often translated to English as "police box"[7] but bears little resemblance to the British police box." I feel a nuance.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.238.246.167 (talk) 23:58, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The main difference is the Japanese "police box" is more of a building, whereas the British police box is a phone booth. I don't see it as condescending but more of "even though". ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:02, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  A condescending tone? 

message: Thailand also has mini police stations called "ป้อมตำรวจ" in Thai and "police boxes" in English. So far they are not mentioned either here or in the police box article. — Hippietrail (talk) 15:15, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Thailand 

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