Talk:List of Slam Dunk characters

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[edit] Issues for discussion

Good work with this article so far, it's looking great.

A few points I'd like to bring up:

  • Kawata's Japanese name is currently incorrect. What's there right now is Sawakita's name. As I do not know Japanese and cannot type it, I cannot make the necessary changes.
  • I don't believe Kawata is 190cm. The manga I read (admittedly a Chinese translation) says he was 165cm when he enrolled in high school, and grew OVER 25cm over the next two years. That would place him at over 190cm, though we do not know how much. If I recall correctly, at no point does the manga actually state his height.
  • Similarly, we never see Kawata make any three-point shots, so how do we know he's an accurate three point shooter?
  • Sendoh's entry includes this line: "However, Sendoh plays Rukawa in a one-on-one match later in the series, and there was no clear winner." This seems to be beside the point, as during the match against Sannoh it's indicated that Anzai was referring to Rukawa's selfishness when he made the statement.

I'll probably go through the article and do a bit of a cleanup soon, as the many edits it's gone through has made the language a bit disjointed. Bhamv 16:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Addressing 2 of your points:
  • I'm going to pull out the kanji for Kawata's name for now and leave it blank, same thing I did for Hotta and Tetsuo cos I don't know how to do the kanji writing either.
  • It seems like the lines in Sendoh's description would better fit in Rukawa's.
I'm also getting the message when I preview the article that it's growing in size, currently ~52 kb so I'm thinking it could be broken up into separate articles, not exactly sure yet how the breakdown will be. BrokenSphere 16:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I created separate articles for Shohoku, Ryonan, Kainan, and Shoyo. If enough members of a team are covered in some degree of depth (Sannoh and Toyotama are other candidates), then creating separate articles for them should work. --BrokenSphere 03:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Huh, turns out I just had to check the Japanese Slam Dunk article for Kawata's name. Wonder why I didn't think of this earlier. Bhamv 16:23, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Naming conventions

I think the most commonly used names of the characters should be used when mentioning them; for most of them, this happens to be their last names. It'll reduce confusion and won't require having to double check the article to see who is being referred to. Given that the anime has expanded beyond Japan, I also think that Anzai should be referred to as Coach Anzai or Anzai instead of Anzai sensei. --BrokenSphere 20:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree about using the last names. I watch the Japanese version of the anime though, and almost everybody refers to Anzai as Anzai sensei. I'm 99% certain there's another word for coach, other than sensei, so my impression is that the word sensei is used to indicate the high regard Anzai is held in. Even opposing coaches use it. Therefore, I'm not sure if it's necessary to change it to Coach Anzai; though I do not feel strongly enough about this to insist on using sensei. Bhamv 06:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ryonan and Kainan coaches

I know I'm not really contributing here, but can someone add a profile for Moichi Taoka in the Ryonan article and another one for Riki Takato in the Kainan article? 201.9.163.176 23:09, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

If you think you know enough to start the entries on them, by all means, go ahead. --BrokenSphere 00:18, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I've added them in. --BrokenSphere 16:53, 2 April 2007 (UTC)