Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga/Archive 1

message: I cannot agree with using the character names licensees choose. I think we shouldn't really follow the licensees, but the authors. For the series/movie/etc name I'd just place a redirection, but using their weird names for characters is a bit too much; I understand it as if we were supporting the value-destroying westernization some licensees apply to anime or manga, by doing evil stuff like renaming characters, destroying jokes, converting typical japanese phrase structures (ogenki desu ka?) to stuff which may be used in a similar way in english (how are you?) but don't mean the same as something more accurate like "are you in good spirits?" would. Maybe we should go with just listing them as alternative names, but that's my opinion. In whatever case, the original kanjis and transliterations must be there and must not be hidden. I'd also add a section commenting the differences between the real thing and the licensee's version, if the level of harm makes it worthy.Rvalles 06:38, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)
*I just added a qualifier to that section, to ignore the english translation if it's horrible. -Pyrop 22:51, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)
*In the case of Yu-Gi-Oh!, I am using the manga names (i.e. the original Japanese in most if not all cases) for the article titles for the characters. But they may be mentioned using English anime names in some YGO-related articles. WhisperToMe 06:13, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character names 

message: I would like for someone in Singapore to find and scan book covers of Chuang Yi's English manga titles, such as the Singaporean English Love Hina. WhisperToMe 02:05, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Singapore English manga

message: I've (re)added the todolist to this page. Anyone else add anything they consider pertinent. -℘yrop (talk) 01:46, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
*Fixed the template for the right namespace -- EmperorBMA|話す 17:32, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Todo list. 

message: I think we ought to hash out some article guidelines that are more manga/anime-specific, in an effort to standardize this sector of Wikipedia. An infobox template would also be handy, as well as other project-y things like cleanup tags. - mako 07:16, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project progress 

message: It has come to my attention the way the article about the Saint Seiya series has been the target of users (yes, more than one) adding several images to it. Thing is, most of them not only have no copyright status, but they just don't fit the article. They're not encyclopedic, and they were added with no formatting care at all. A good share of them consist of high quality shots of the new Cloth Myth series action figures. While there's nothing really bad about that, they don't really fit the article and have no real use there. I think they don't do a good job on representing what the article is really about. At least one other user has removed those images, but they are back again. I did as well, but not this time. They were all added back by another user, as well as with new ones.
Well, I know I don't post here very much, but I thought it'd be a good idea to call the attention of more of you people involved on this project. It'd be nice to have other users pratrolling that article in order to avoid things like this from happening. If anyone has different opinions regarding this, we can discuss about them here. Like I said, I didn't remove the images this time, but I think they should be. They should also be voted for deletion, by the way. Ah, some new info was added to that article in the last days, as well. I plan to work on that later, and adapt it.
Thank you for your attention.--Kaonashi 05:14, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Saint Seiya]] 

message: Hey, I just created the :Category:Anime and manga terminology category for, well, anime and manga terms.  This is meant to reduce some of the voluminous amount of articles in the root :Category:Manga and :Category:Anime categories.  I'm working to move over any anime terms right now; if someone could do the same for the manga cat, I'd appreciate it.  Thanks.--Mitsukai 13:18, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Category 

message: Hi folks,
I just wanted to let you know about a list of deletions related to comics and animation.  You can find it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Comics and animation.  Lots of anime and manga-related material on there.
Anyway, if you find the list useful, please help to maintain it by adding new items and archiving old ones.  Also you might want to check that anime and manga items are copied to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Japan.  Thanks!
Cheers,
-- Visviva 15:40, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion list 

message: Please feel free to pass this on to other WikiProjects that might have some input in this.  Thanks.
Though the Uke and Seme pages touch upon martial arts (where the terms originally came from), they're mostly about the sexual connotations.  In fact, they outweigh the original ones (on Uke, thee paragraphs for MA term, more than twice that for the sex term; on Seme, one vice five times that).  Needless to say, this really looks bad.
I'm proposing that we either merge the sexual terms onto one page, such as Uke and Seme, or that we take the martial arts terms and put them onto two pages, such as Uke (martial arts term), Seme (martial arts term).  Personally, I'm of the opinion that we should move and merge the sexual terms, as the MA terms were there first and have a longer meaning.  Conversely, though, from what I can see, most Westerners only know the sexual connotations.
Maybe it's not a big issue, but the terms are so dissonant (at least, when explained in English) that they jar, somewhat.--Mitsukai 18:34, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Uke]] and [[Seme]] pages 

message: It is sometimes useful to include screenshots from anime series. If you upload such an image use the image copyright tag template . I have updated fair use copyright tag film-screenshot description to also include anime screenshots. --dionyziz 19:58, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fair-use Screenshots 

message: Hi, I'm a member of the Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper.  We recently began assessing using these criteria, and we are looking for A-Class and good B-Class articles, with no POV or copyright problems.  Can you recommend any suitable articles on anime or manga?  Please post your suggestions here. Thanks a lot! Walkerma 06:23, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Articles for the Wikipedia 1.0 project 

message: The cleanup taskforce has had a go at cleaning up the article about Rave Master.  This article was originally tagged for cleanup during April 2005.  See Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/Ten Powers to see what has been done.  Can anyone with some background knowledge on the topic take a look and finish the cleanup process please? Stewart Adcock 14:03, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Ten Powers]]

message: Since no one voted on my proposal on the official proposal page for a week, maybe the members of this project will, or could adopt it as the official award for the project. See Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals#Proposal - Manga and Anime Barnstar. -- Ynhockey 22:46, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Anime Barnstar/Award

message: Ne ways, working on Oh My Goddess! with a number of users. It was a single article when i arived now its about 60+ (who is counting). Feel free to give a hand. --Cool CatTalk|@ 19:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: No fear, Cool Cat manifests!

message: Recently I've made a slew of additions to the Initial D article series, including a recategorization of the articles, inclusion of the infobox, removal of personal pronouns, and creating a seperate article for characters and teams.  If anyone cares to look it over and provide any additional info or feedback (I seem to be the only one), please dont hesitate to take a look.  Related pages are located at :Category:Initial D --Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 22:47, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: A few of the pages have non-standard capitalization (don't use them unless there's a name), and taking a look at this page, I see headings with all caps :O Good thing splitting the teams and characters into a separate article, the main article was a bit on the large side.—Philip N.✉ 21:12, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Initial D