User talk:Oda Mari/Archive 1

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Thanks for the thanks! Yes, some of this can be a bit complicated initially, but you will find that your rate of learning will accelerate considerably as you begin to grasp the basics and find your way around. Adrian M. H. 12:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Rokkoku

Yes, but why is it easier for Japanese people to pronounce? That's the interesting question! :)

Welcome to Wikipedia! --RJCraig 10:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha! Hello, again, Mari-san. It's not that I don't accept it! I think it's very interesting that Japanese people switch the morphemes around this way and just want to understand why (in linguistic terms). Can you think of any similar examples? --RJCraig 15:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
OK. But what about a word like 穀物 kokumotu? Why isn't it reversed to mokkoku, since that is easier to say/has less "syllables"? --RJCraig 15:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello!

Hi, I just wanted to say that I like your username ^_^. I wonder if there's a "Kawa Yui" somewhere... -Egocentrism04 16:04, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

You knew, you knew. Congratulations, you are the first person who noticed. Mine is a perfect name. But I never knew a person called Ms./Mr. Kawa. Thank you.--Oda Mari 16:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't get it. Could you explain, please? It seems interesting. Also, I am curious if my usage of 「それを知らせてありがとう」 was correct in the discussion on my talk page. Thank you! LordAmeth 16:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An Invitation

Hi Oda Mari,

Thanks for helping with Japan-related articles on Wikipedia. Here's an invitation to visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan. There, you can meet other Wikipedians working on articles related to Japan. You'll find lists of new articles, projects, and links to resources such as



Hope to see you there!

Best regards,


Fg2 10:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Akechi Hidemitsu

Hi Oda Mari,

Apparently, there were two different men with similar names. The famous man was Akechi Mitsuhide. He was the general of the army that killed Oda Nobunaga. The other man was Akechi Hidemitsu. He was a member of Mitsuhide's family. The Japanese Wikipedia has articles about both men. When you read one of those articles, you will find a box on the left under the toolbox; it says "in other languages." You can click the 日本語 link in that box to read the article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

I hope this helps. If you have more concerns, please ask me or put a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan. Lots of helpful people read Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan.

Thank you very much for helping with these articles!

Fg2 00:02, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Oops. It was really stupid of me. Ha-ha-ha. Please forgive me, Fg2. --Oda Mari 04:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] aru/iru

Are you asking which I, personally, would use or which are supposed to be "correct"? If the latter, you're the native speaker, so you tell me!

I would say 死体がある and 幽霊がいる. Do those correspond with your intuitions as a native? --RJCraig 15:16, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I just asked. よくできました。Then why did you and the other editor talked about that matter that long on the JGrammar talk page? The article is wonderful! But you know there are small mistakes in there. I wrote about it on Fg2's talk page. Will you please take a look at that? --Oda Mari 15:33, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Standard WP practice is to answer on the other person's talk page, but a lot of people ask that you keep the whole conversation on one or the other page; it's up to you, in other words, but if you prefer the latter way, you should make that clear to people. :)
I forget what the point of the aru/iru discussion was now. Animacy as a feature of Japanese nouns, maybe? It was all a matter of different theoretical perspectives, so there wasn't a lot of sense in continuing to argue it.
I'm not as wild about that article as some people. It relies too heavily on the traditional Japanese (kana-based = kana-limited) analysis of the language and thus, in my opinion, gives a skewed picture of the realities thereof.
The traditional analysis is brilliant as far as it goes (and it goes pretty far given the limitations of working only in kana), but it isn't completely "scientific" from the viewpoint of modern linguistic analysis. It makes sense that more advanced learners should be familiar with it as they move to textbooks and dictionaries used by native speakers, but I think it obscures the regularities of the system and makes it more difficult for beginners.
The point here, of course, is that Wikipedia is not primarily intended as a language learner's resource. The grammar page should indicate that it is based on the traditional Japanese view of the language, which may not be the most accurate one possible. --RJCraig 02:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re. Sushi

Hello Oda. I've re-checked the external links on Sushi and removed one that added little useful information to the article, thus not complying to WP:EL. The others appear to be fine. As for http://sushi-master.com/usa/index1.html, although it does have some related info, I don't find it very suitable as an external link - too commercial with the sushi machine advertisements. Best regards, Húsönd 22:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Onigiri

I saw your message on Husond's page, and have sorted out the issue. For future reference, there's a small line, just below the article's title, that looks something like this:

(Redirected from Onigiri)

Clicking that link will take you back to the Onigiri page, and due to the "redirect=no" at the end, will allow you to modify the page despite the redirect. Jouster  (whisper) 08:01, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Board Candidacy

Hi! I'm leaving you this note because we've had extensive and/or productive interaction over the course of my time on this Wiki. I (yep, little ol' Jouster!) am running for election to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees. I would greatly appreciate it if you would please take a look at my submission of candidacy, and consider endorsing me, as that is a requirement for me to stand for election.

If you have any questions or concerns about this notice, please don't hesitate to poke me on my Talk page. If you object to this solicitation for endorsement, please do not hesitate to remove it from your Talk page with my apologies; it will not appear again.

I look forward to serving you all on the Board! Jouster  (whisper) 18:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Magnum Marine

Hi. You placed a PROD on the Magnum Marine article. The original authoer removed it, and a bunch of other tags. I'm assuming this means he wants to contest the deletion. I re-added the other cleanup tags but not the PROD. I've tagged the article as unreferenced to give it a chance for improvement. If you still think the article should be deleted, I suggest you nominate it through WP:AFD. Regards. -- Whpq 18:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Republic of China

You must be joking: [1]. I don't see this as vandalism. It's more like a content dispute to me. I agree, the IP's other edit can be counted as vandalism, but stating in the edit summary that the edit to the Republic of China was vandalism is false. Please read the edits more carefully before you type out an edit summary. Try something like this next time: (rv. Please discuss with other editors on the talk page of this article before you make a controversial edit. Thank you.) or something like that; It's up to you. Regards, Nat Tang ta | co | em 18:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wiggles

Hi Oda,

I noticed that you are relatively new here and reverted an edit by an anonymous editor with the note "RVV". This probably was not a case of vandalism, but rather a good faith but incorrect edit. The person who made the edit probably doesn't realize that Greg is gone and Sam is in and probably thought they were making a good edit. I mention this because when people revert "vandalism" on good faith edits, it can lead to edit wars. It assumes that the other editor was being disruptive, and puts the other editor on the defensive. Anyway, I mention this as a growing aid, not a criticism. Thanks for your help with Wikipedia.Balloonman 20:19, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I'm taking a look at the editors other edits... and you were correct afterall!!! By itself, I would not call those edits vandalism and would have assumed good faith. But every other page the anonymous editor made today was vandalism! So, if you knew about the other edits, then your edit summary would be ok. The only difference is that I would have left more than "RVV" and left something like, "RVV---Anonymous account creatively vandalizing numerous pages." That way people would know that the edits are part of a pattern of creative vandalism. Creative vandalism is harder to spot because it looks innocent.Balloonman 20:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The way that you can check out an editor is to goto their talk page/main page. On the left hand of your browser you will see the "Search" box. Below that search box are the buttons "Go" and "Search." Below those buttons is another box labelled "toolbox." The third link on the toolbox is "User contributions." You can use that button to find out what edits the person has made. You will then have two options to look at "dif" and "history." The diff button will show you the changes the user made. The history will show you the edit history of the article in question. That way you can see if somebody made edits and whether or not those edits were reverted.Balloonman 20:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Sorry

Its not a problem, that happens to the best us(including me) --Chris  G  12:12, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] About Wii

Hi Oda Mari, thank you for your comments on the Wii edit. I revert a lot of vandalism and although I try to be careful, sometimes good faith attempts like yours may mistakenly get identified as vandalism.

I checked your edit again and I realize now that you made a genuine mistake while trying to fix damage done by someone else. I apologize too for the word "vandalism" in my revert edit summary, I should have said "good faith". Best, --Kudret abi 20:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi Oda, this is a perfect example of my point above ;-) Balloonman 00:27, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Oda, to follow up on your question on my talk page. I would exit the editor, see what edits have been made, and then respond from there. The edit conflict is to ensure that mistakes like this don't occur. No. I don't think you are too careless to fight vandalism, if that is what you want to do. You just have to get experience. Everybody makes mistakes ;-)Balloonman 13:12, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I'm awarding you this RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. Wikidudeman (talk) 16:02, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Great Wave off Kanagawa

The procedure for changing the name is to re-upload the image with the new name. I went ahead and did that step, and a copy of the image is now available at Image:The Great Wave off Kanagawa.jpg. Now, the new name can be used. Though, keep in mind that the image is used on a lot of articles in English Wikipedia, as well as numerous other languages, still linking to Image:Tsunami by hokusai 19th century.jpg. If you go to the image page on Commons and click the "check usage" tab, you can see where the image is used. Those links need to be updated to use the new name. Once the old image is orphaned, then it can be deleted from Commons. --Aude (talk) 00:48, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Jfingers88 02:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. You changed the name of a featured picture. Transferring of FP and POTD templates should only be done after removing them from the original one and after having notified the FP community. Other wise these changes can cause a lot of confusion and will probably be reverted. In a genuine case (as this one seems to me) there should be no problem, after the proper steps are taken. (if you need more info or assistance, you know were you can find me on commons). Regards Lycaon 21:21, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for fixing that vandalism on my User page. ♦TH1RT3EN talk ♦ contribs 17:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning Thomas The Tank Engine Annual Page

I just removed loads of nonsense from that page, and then you had to go and revert it. Now, judging by the comments on your page I see this wasn't malicious, just misguided. But please, do be acreful about doing such stuff next time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.124.5 (talk) 17:51, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Your opinion

Hmm yes, IMHO it should be Kantogun, but it'd be safest to get an opinion on the talkpage first. Миборовский 07:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello Oda Mari, I have searched a English newspaper database service roughly. As a result, although I have found some "Kwantung Army" as "関東軍" (i.e. "THE WAR OF WORDS BOOKS", Times of London , Sep 7th, 1989), but I could not find "Kanto gun" in it. And it seems to be used in some books.[2]
In this case, "Kwantung" (Kantō) is derived from its organization's location. For example, if someone makes a new article about Japanese army which was commanded by Tomoyuki Yamashita in the Malay Peninsula, its article name will be "Malay (not 'Marē' マレー) Army (of Japan)". So present name has a appropriateness in a reason.
If you will propose for renaming, you need to think above-mentioned points. And article's discussion page (and WP:MIL) is suitable for proposing it. Sincerely Yours. --Nightshadow28 14:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Probabry, you need to use a phrase option for two words. For example, "Kanto gun" [3]( not Kanto gun[4] ). --Nightshadow28 15:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Roger. --Nightshadow28 15:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC) (Living-kanji-bot)

[edit] Shimazu Nariakira

織田殿: I saw your revisions to Shimazu Nariakira, and I was wondering-- would you be interested in coming up with a new, totally revised article for him? I've talked to LordAmeth about this, and he does agree that it's a little too overly glowing, even in the present state, after I totally went through it end to end and fixed it grammatically. I don't know much about Nariakira, but I can easily get good resources on him. At any rate, 忝い. -Tadakuni 05:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

The Invisible Barnstar
You have been patient and thoughtful in the Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki discussions. Bsharvy 03:56, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal fighting - warnings

I notice that you're reverting vandalism, but not issuing warnings. These can be found here; sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, but in the case of persistent vandals, admins look to see if warnings were properly issued before making blocks. BrokenSphereMsg me 17:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Seems to be complicated renaming this picture, since it is a featured picture. There are now some discussions at commons about this image:

I don't know enough about this image to judge on some of the questions people have about these, but your input may be helpful. --Aude (talk) 19:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thanks

You're welcome, no problem at all :) --Kudret abiTalk 19:24, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] just to let you know

It's not vandalism for someone to remove warnings - in fact it demonstrates that they've seen them. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 14:39, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

yep, just leave it, but be aware of the fact when giving warnings. It's easy to tell the difference between a blanked page and an empty one - if the talk page for a vandal is blanked, check the history to see if any recent warnings were given. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 14:46, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] William Golding

That last edit you gave a warning for wasn't vandalism. DuncanHill 18:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

He corrected himself before you reverted - I suspect he had confused the birth & death months. Anyway, that IP address has done other vandalism previously, so no real harm done. DuncanHill 19:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
That's alright - I'm sure I've done the same myself sometimes! DuncanHill 19:15, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revert

You are welcome. It was a pleasure.--Sandahl 17:41, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mickey Mouse

Look here mac, I wasn't vandalizing the Mickey Mouse page. I do have sources to back my claimsKevin j 18:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC).

[edit] White tiger

Just wanted to let you know that the IP has been making a good faith attempt to improve the article but they are new to this and didn't know how to make inline citations. I restored and cleaned them up, here. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 20:08, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

No problem I figured that it was just an error. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:54, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

How and why would you consider my edits vandalism? If anything, they are less biased than what is constantly being enforced. Hispanicity is independent from race and should be recognized as such. Furthermore, what constitutes an "ethnic minority?"

In short, I've done nothing wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by M5891 (talk • contribs) 16:47, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Please explain this "lack of neutrality." M5891 20:09, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


Hi Oda,

I don't understand why my edits of Arabic, Japanese language and Japanese dialects would be considered vandalism. I simply added the comparisons between the two languages to show that both languages have multiple dialects, even within the countries that those languages are used. For example, Asslam o aleikum and Conichiwa are standard greetings in Arabic and Japanese, respectively, other differences, even within various dialects of either language, exist.

I'd like to contrast that with the vandalism of the Israel page, mostly by individuals expressing a hatred for the existence of the Jewish state. This is a hatred, I must say, that is shared by many governments of Muslim countries (see Foreign relations of Israel). As a result, Wikipedia allows editing of the page only by those members who have an account with English Wikipedia.

Hope this helps,

David, 06:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scotland

I do not agree - please stop your repeaded unwarrented valdalism claims, or I will take action. Please read the comments others have made above and learn to distinguish discussed good faith edits to geniune vandalism. Thanks. --Jw2034 20:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Agree to disagree

I am willing to respect and better analyze your changes so long as you are willing to return the favor. I will also make the effort to provide rational reasons for my edits. Thank you. M5891 23:32, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response

Hispanicity is independent from race since it spans across various races. Therefore, the second largest group on the table would be Black/African Americans. This is officially recognized by the U.S. Census and is therefore neutral.

I was originally the one who inserted "European Americans" in an earlier edit. I later realized that there are African Americans who possess European ancestry and thought that it would make more sense to say "Black Americans" to refer to those of indigenous Subsaharan ancestry. Then again, that is already assumed when one speaks of African Americans. Perhaps the term "European African American" would be appropriate for those of the former identity.

European, African, and Asian ancestries are included in the Hispanic ethnic group as they, along with indigenous American ancestry, can all be found throughout the Spanish-speaking nations. When I added "non-Hispanic," I meant for that to refer to those of the aforemetioned ancestries who are not of Hispanic ethnicity.

I'm actually against the demographic use of "Hispanic or non-Hispanic," but as long as it continues to exist, I would like to see ancestral diversity be well represented in both. I also don't like the terms "White" or "Black" since they were conceived during the slave trade era, yet I often find myself using them for convenience.

I hope that I've clarified my intentions and that you now have a better understanding of what I've been trying to get at. Thank you. M5891 21:05, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

f you look at the page, you can see that it repeats itself twice, that is why i deleted that much, look for yourself and read —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaga185 (talk • contribs) 08:17, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Again

It's me from last night, the time travel guy. Just thought I would let you know I have reinstated the edits you reverted, with citations included next time. (Note: there was a typo in the URL I left you; the URL should read http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/wormholes/default.htm instead). Apologies for bothering you again, but I like to do this so that I don't get in trouble when I shouldn't. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.134.111 (talk) 07:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese cuisine

I see no need for the revert as placing the term midden into the article was out of context and does not fit into the sentence into which it was placed. The term midden is a modern term used by archaeologists and in the context used there it sounded like something the Japanese of the Jomon period purposefully created and called them middens. It just needs more explanation and a source that specifically calls them midden, otherwise WP:No original research comes into play. The other edits placed the rice context into its intended purpose as well. It is important to establish when and why a bias toward foreign rice occurred which is enabled by never brining in long-grain rice as per the author of the very well respected text I use for the citation. I have a second source that also verifies the claim by an anthropologist. Also the use of the term "sticky-rice" is repetitive as that is a quality of their short grain rice which is well known. So, I respectively request that you not revert the edit.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 19:42, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Katie Couric

This article has been under vandal attack today. I was trying to go back to the best version. I'm sorry if I went back to before your edit. Thanks for contributing to WP! Matthardingu (talk) 15:09, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Japanese addressing system

Hi Oda Mari - Re this thread, I do know a fair amount about Japanese municipalities, mostly from work I've done originating with implementing the categorization system for them (basically the whole tree under Category:Settlements in Japan)) and then having stumbled across gappei in the process (updating the appropriate articles based on gappei is a very long term project I started about two years ago and haven't finished). I also created Template:Infobox Prefecture Japan and the navigational templates for prefectures of Japan and have had Tokyo on my watchlist for 3 years or so. These contributions amount to thousands of edits and many hundreds of hours of work, but are not based on any pre-existing knowledge about Japan or Japanese municipalities (although in the process of doing this I've learned alot!). Looking at my contributions it's probably quite reasonable to assume I'm some sort of expert on Japanese municipalities - and, although I'm perhaps not a completely ignorant gaijin, I don't live there, have never even visited, and don't read or speak Japanese. This is what I meant by "absolutely no expertise". I've added Japanese addressing system to my watchlist and can help with copyedit sorts of tasks, but (quite literally) I don't know anything about the substance of the content (well, anything other than what I've now read in the article). -- Rick Block (talk) 15:16, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Your (excellent) English is far better than my (non-existent) Japanese. -- Rick Block (talk) 16:09, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tetsuji Takechi

Hi, Oda Mari. Thank you very much for looking in at the Takechi article. I had seen the cause of death as pancreatic cancer somewhere... maybe at the Japanese Wiki article?... but could not find a source for the cause of death. Do you have one? In my usual area of editing-- erotic cinema-- I try to source every little fact, because these subjects seem to come up for dispute/deletion often. Thanks again, and happy editing! Dekkappai (talk) 19:31, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Right! I should have looked-- It's right there in the source for his date of death! I'll add that to the quote citation, since it's in Japanese, to help other editors verify it. Many thanks. Cheers! Dekkappai (talk) 19:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Refdesk

Thanks for fixing my katakana mistake! -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 14:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hanaji

Corrected - See Domo-kun :) WhisperToMe (talk) 09:34, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you :) WhisperToMe 07:04, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: モヤツ

One character is talking about a two other characters who he knows. No romantic elements really, more stalker-ish... lol. Here's the sentance: 心にモヤツと霧がかかるような。。。なんだろ？ Looking over it again, maybe its like some sort of sound effect? That's one thing I didn't check.. I appreciate the reply! Zemalia 15:27, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:Twinkle

In case you don't know already, WP:TW is a useful tool for fighting vandalism. –panda 18:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I personally use WP:TW since it's very easy to use. Once you've installed it, when you look at the latest diff, you'll get a few extra options to revert edits, one of which is "rollback vandal" that removes all of the edits an editor has made in an uninterrupted sequence and automatically opens up the vandal's talk page so that you can leave a warning message. You'll also get some new tabs at the top of the page, one of which is "warn", that allows you to pick from a set of standard warning templates. Just follow the instructions for how to install it in your monobook.js, refresh your browser, and start using away. If refreshing doesn't work, try restarting your browser. If you have any specific questions about TW, feel free to ask. (You can also reply here as I'm watching your talk page.) –panda 19:17, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the prompt reply. I'm not sure if I could master the tool but I'll try. Maybe tomorrow. I'm leaving WP now. Oda Mari (talk) 19:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Wow! I think I can master the tool. But I've got a question. What are the differences among these three? [rollback (AGF)] || [rollback] || [rollback (VANDAL)]. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 17:25, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
  • rollback (AGF): AGF = assume good faith. Use that one when you believe the edit was made in good faith but is actually erroneous. The edit summary will contain something along the lines of "rollback good faith edit by XXXX: your explanation"
  • rollback: simply rollback without any pre-text added to the edit summary
  • rollback (VANDAL): edit summary will say "Revert n edits by XXX identified as vandalism to last revision by YYY. using TW". It will also automatically pop-up the offending editor's talk page so that you can post a warning message. (Then you use the "warn" tab at the top of the page to select the appropriate message.)
Someone should update the docs for TW since this wasn't explained when I was trying to figure out what the three were. –panda 17:33, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
p.s. One word of caution. Don't use TW in a content dispute to edit war. That's very strongly frowned upon. –panda 17:35, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the reply. I take the rollback (AGF) and the rollback rollback one edit and the rollback (VANDAL) rollbacks all the edits by XXX. Am I right? And I will use Twinkie only when I RC watch. Oda Mari (talk) 17:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
All of the rollbacks will remove all of the edits by XXX (rollback the page to the previous editor's version). So if you only want to remove one edit, you should do it the normal way with "undo". Have fun fighting vandalism! –panda 18:34, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HELP with Japanese

Hi, can you help settle a petty edit war over at Mare (horse)? The spat is over the following sentence in the "Etymology" section: "Interestingly, in many East Asian languages, the word for "horse" sounds very similar to "mare", such as the Korean 말 (mar),[9] Chinese ma,[citation needed] and Japanese uma.[citation needed]"

Essentially, I didn't create this, but it is a rather intriguing homophonic parallel and fun to keep in the article. However, another user thinks it's "original research" and keeps blanking it. I see no reason to blank it and would like to source it instead. Babelfish showed that the Korean character is correct (and I assume whoever added this knew how to pronounce the word). Thus, could you kindly consider adding the Japanese character for Uma to the article, perhaps with some source that verifies that "this is the character for "horse" which in Japanese is pronounced "uma"?? If you can't that's OK, but I'd hate to toss something verifiable. Many thanks. Also if you know folks fluent in Korean or Chinese, can you tip them off to this, also? Montanabw(talk) 20:53, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to butt in here uninvited, but about the Korean: I believe the more standard way to Romanize "말" is mal. As to the similarity with the English "mare", my gut-feeling is that it's just a coincidence, though an interesting one. If you can provide a source that backs up the connection, by all means, do. If not, then it probably is original reseach. Dekkappai (talk) 22:51, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
I am a native Japanese, you know. Yes, 馬 is the correct kanji for horse in Japanese and the pronunciation is 'uma' as in Uma Thurman, not 'you-ma'. That being a Japanese is not good enough? Do I have to provide a source? As for Korean and Chinese, why don't you ask on WikiProject talk:Korea and WikiProject talk:China? But as Dekkappai posted above, I think the similarity is just a coincidence. FYI, mare is 雌馬/mesu-uma or 牝馬/hinba in Japanese. Oda Mari (talk) 09:32, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. I really don't think it needs sourcing either, personally, but the section was getting blanked by another user who had not previously edited the article and was screaming "original research." I agree that it is probably coincidence, but it makes for rather fun trivia and I didn't see any harm to leaving it in. After all, they also explain that the Latin "Mare", meaning "sea" is different. I can't make the characters appear in an article, they just are little blank squares when I copy and paste, would you be so kind as to add the characters for "mesu-uma" to the article?? Montanabw(talk) 18:12, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to know where to add? After the Japanese 馬? Then I'd add the word. Out of curiosity, from where did you try to copy and paste? I thought it would be OK from the edit page. Oda Mari (talk) 18:22, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Koreans in Japan

It is a big difference between Koreans and Japanese regarding the term or nationalization. Korean consider Koreans living in US only holding with green card as "Korean American" not Koreans living in US". Even if people who were originally born in Korea nationalize to US citizen, Koreans still think them as "Koreans". Korea government doesn't permit double nationality like Japan and China. The latter example might be overlapped with Japanese.

I want to ask why you didn't you put "Zainichi" to all of ethnic groups. I know the Zainichi is almost used for Koreans in Japan. Japanese usually don't call Chinese "Zainichi". Koreans knows that term is somewhat discriminative and has an insulting meanings because it literally means "residing in Japan" and has as a hidden meaning, "Leave Japan and go your home soon!". I show you why I' couldn't help being sensitive to the term like this Talk:Lee_Myung-bak#Lee Myun-bak is Zainichi, or not? Your people has been so funny to tag the irrelevant category "Zainich Koreans" to the great Korean figure who was born and lived for only 3 years in Japan and left for good with his parents. Seemingly Chinese name editor but obviously Japanese per his history (a possible sock) said the wonderful comments. Zainichi is a Zainichi, wherever you go. --Yuan.C.Lee 15:33, 29 September 2007 (UTC) Isn't it like whenever Western people discriminate Jews. Oh, well, already your friend reverted to what he wants as always creating and tagging false and biased category to Korea related articles like this without any reference but originally including "anti-sentiment" Assumed that the cultures were really influenced by Japanese, it holds "anti-Japanese sentiment, why Korean accept some of Japanese things?. Just absurd. Anyways, good luck for your works--Appletrees (talk) 19:17, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Teramachi Street

Could you please insert the kanji for Teramachi-dori, like you did with Nishiki Market? Thank you! --C S (talk) 22:23, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Somebody did it. Oda Mari (talk) 07:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Need your help

Re your message: It's been taken care of. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:13, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem. =) Thanks for bringing it to my attention. That was an interesting vandal. I've never seen anybody try to stick in a false block notice with a pile of vulgarities. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:22, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Naes193

No problem. I decided, after reviewing his/her contribs, that it was a vandal account and needed to be indefinitely blocked (although the very first edit looks like an attempt to do something legit). Daniel Case (talk) 15:23, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Correction

Thanks for the correction! I'm a bit embarrassed that I made the mistake because I'm a student of Japanese and I usually get vowel length correct. I guess that was one of the few times that my memory was faulty, but it's odd that it happened with a word that I should already be well familiar with! If you see me make a silly blunder like that one again, don't hesitate to let me know. :) ありがとう！ - furrykef (Talk at me) 16:58, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1695 coins

You asked a reasonable question at User talk:Nik42#Japanese yen. As it happens, I'm the one who should have the quick answer ready-to-hand. I'm very certain that I'm the one who posted this so-called "fact" -- but when I checked the citation just now, there was nothing there at all. I'd feel a bit more embarrassed if I understood it better. Give me some time to check this out further. I'm sure I didn't make this up out of whole cloth. I'm quite mystified. Oops?

  • (cur) (last) 22:03, 11 July 2007 Ooperhoofd (Talk | contribs) m (35,261 bytes) (1695 -- Tokugawa era coins stamped with (元), meaning "yuan") (undo)

I remember being very careful about this particular edit. I do seem to remember double-checking this fact somehow; but, unless I can resolve this right away, I guess I have no alternative other than to delete the sentence til I can sort it out. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 22:11, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Aha -- Happily, I have an explanation for my awkward confusion. I do stand by the sentence I posted in July. The data is reliable and the citation is accurate; and the reference source is at page 415 of a readily accessible, digitized on-line book:
But there was a very small glitch in the digitizing of the Stanford University copy of this book -- page 415 is missing; ergo, my confusion earlier today. The link in the citation above (and in most other citations) brings up the wrong copy of the book -- wrong only in the sense that there is no digitized page 415. My next step will be to fix the link; but there is no good reason to delay bringing both you and Nik42 up to speed. Expressed differently, I just want to do what I can so that we can all be on the same page .... --Ooperhoofd (talk) 02:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the reply. I found something. 1695 is a year in Genroku/元禄 era and the character 元 placed was a name of the era, not the currency name and the coin was Genroku gold coins, not copper coins. You know historical Japanese coins bear their era name, don't you? I found an essay in Japanese says the 元 is placed on the back of Genroku koban to show its issued era name. It's difficult to see the character but here's the images of the koban near the bottom of the page, though it's a forged one. And this is the essay I found in the Bank of Japan official site. Even if Titsingh's book says so, there's a possibility that he might mistranslate Japanese. Do you know where on the web can I see the original text? If I could, I think everything is going to be clear. Oda Mari (talk) 07:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Oda Mari -- Thank you for your follow-through. I do hope this Nihon Odai Ichiran citation turns out to be accurate; but regardless, I'm encouraged by this exercise. I would have thought that this is precisely the sort of collaborative investigation that one would hope to see happening more frequently in this innovative Wikipedia venue....Click this link for digitized copy of page 415 from rare book in the collection of the University of Michigan
If this Google Book Search-link doesn't work well enough, please do let me know.
I suppose it might possibly help to read similar text from fr:Higashiyama:
  • Genroku 8, le 8-ieme jour de la 2-ieme lune (22 mars 1695): Il y eut un grand incendie à Edo; et dans le même année, on placa sur le revers des monnaies de cuivre le caratère 元 (ghen ou yuan en chinois, signification "rond, arrondi").<.ref>Titsingh, p. 415. [Tsuchihashi: 22.3.1695 (jeudi)/元禄八年二月八日]<./ref>
Translation: French/English: Genroku 8, the 8th day of the 2nd moon (March 22, 1695): There was a great fire at Edo; and in the same year, the character 元 (ghen or yuan in Chinese, signifying "round or rounded") was placed on the obverse of copper coins.<.ref>Titsingh, p. 415. [Tsuchihashi: 22.3.1695 (Thursday)/元禄八年二月八日]<./ref>
Note also -- en:Copper = fr:Cuivre = ja:銅
Another factor which may be interesting here is that, as you can see for yourself on the digitized image of that printed page from 1834, the Titsingh translation of Nihon Ōdai Ichiran conventionally presents each pre-Hepburn transliterations of Japanese followed immediately by a cognate transliteration in Chinese.
I'm no numimatics expert, but I didn't construe Gen/元 to have anything to do with Genroku/元禄. In order to help clarify this point, perhaps it will help to examine another relevant sentence....Click this link for digitized copy of page 417 from rare book in the collection of the University of Michigan
Compare the image of the 1834 printed page to what is presented in fr:Nakamikao:
  • Kyōhō 7 (1720): On mit hors de circulation les monnaies de cuivre qui portaient l'inscription de 元宝 (genhō), signification « monnaie arrondi ».<.ref>C'est a dire: 元 + [(缶 + 宀 + 玉 + 貝 = 寶) = 宝 ] = 元宝 . Le deuxième caractère est un variant ancien de 宝. -- Titsingh, p. 417.<./ref>
Translation: French/English: Kyōhō 7 (1720): Copper coins were put into circulation, each coin bearing the inscription 元宝 (genhō), signifying "round money."<.ref>That is to say: 元 + [(缶 + 宀 + 玉 + 貝 = 寶) = 宝 ] = 元宝 . The second character is an ancient variant of 宝. -- Titsingh, p. 417.<./ref>
This may yet be found wrong in some way (of course), but the underlying reasoning was at least plausible? No? In any event, I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge your help in improving the French Wikipedia. If I've posted an erroneous "fact" here in the English Wikipedia, it will have metastasized across Wikipedias in languages other than French as well.--Ooperhoofd (talk) 15:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Oda Mari, I'm not familiar with any copper coins with the gen (元) character on the obverse that were issued by the shogunate in 1695 either, and none of my catalogs lists one. It was interesting to see how the threads have progressed. :)
As mentioned by Nik42, there is indeed a bronze Kanei-Tsuuhou　(寛永通宝) coin that features a "gen" as a mintmark on the reverse. This indicates an Osaka mint issue of 1741. However, this is a minor variety among many and not actually a coin type like the Kanei-Tsuuhou or Bunkyuu-Eihou. The following coins from the 17th century contain the character "gen" in the name: Genpou-Tsuuhou (元豊通宝)　was issued by Nagasaki merchants at the behest of the Dutch as trade money in 1659. However, this was not a shogunate release that circulated in Japan, and it was merely a copy of the Chinese Yuanfeng-Tongbao. Genna-Tsuuhou (元和通宝) was issued in 1617. There is debate as to whether it was an official release, but it was issued before standardization of coinage in 1668.
None of the coins listed above match the 1695 date, and only the Kanei-Tsuuhou is an undisputed shogunate release. Since the 1695 date is during the Genroku (元禄) period, I agree with you that the "gen" mark is probably a reference to the gold koban (小判) and also silver chougin (丁銀) coins that were minted at this time. I'm inclined to think that the Annales was actually referring to these coins and that "copper" is an error. Buu (talk) 07:53, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
In response to the convincing tone of argument in User:Buu's comments and in acknowledgment of User:Oda Mari's credible criticism, I did move the questionable text to Talk:Japanese yen#Etymology. But I'm of two minds here. Almost immediately afterwards, I re-posted two of the three sentences:
En literally means "round object" in Japanese, as yuan does in Chinese, referring to the ancient Chinese coins that were circular in shape and widely used in Japan up to the Tokugawa Period. In 1695, the character 元 (ghen), signifying "round or rounded") was placed on the obverse of copper coins.[1]
Does this present a problem for you? If so, what would propose as a better strategy for the near term?
What do you think? --Ooperhoofd (talk) 18:58, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
I replied on Talk:Japanese yen page. Oda Mari (talk) 19:07, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism revert

I wish to thank you for reverting a vandalism on my user page. --Arny (talk) 18:57, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

You are welcome. Wish you a happy new editing year! Oda Mari (talk) 15:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnsensu

WikiProject Japan Barnsensu Award
I award this barnsensu to you, Oda Mari, in recognition of your contributions to a wide range of Japan-related articles. You are always willing to offer comments and insight into various discussions, and the site (annd the project) have become better due to your efforts. Thanks! ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:18, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kazemake

Thank you so much for your kind offer of help! What sort of information do you need? I may not be able to get it, but I will try. Chris (クリス) (talk) 20:37, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I so appreciate you most kind offer of assistance, I do not know what I can provide that would be of any help. Thank you for your offer, though! Domo arigato! Chris (クリス) (talk) 04:10, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism.

Yeah, I ran into the vandal and reverted all of his edits... kind of funny though. :P · AndonicO Hail! 18:18, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese adult stars

Hi Oda Mari. I first began working regularly at Wikipedia when I noticed articles on several very prominent Japanese adult stars nominated for deletion on notability concerns. I was able to work on many of these articles and improve them, but now again some of these subjects are being nominated for deletion because of lack of proof of notability. I know, from my stays in Japan, that these celebrities do have high visibility in mainstream TV and media appearances, etc., but it is very difficult for us editors who are not in Japan now to find proof for this kind of notability. Also, there is also some bias towards American subjects because of a heavy reliance on things like appearance in U.S. Playboy, or awards as proof of notability (the Japanese industry, as far as I know, does not give out awards nearly as often as in the U.S.), etc. As a Japanese editor, perhaps you have some ideas where I could look for sourcing, news, and especially awards for these types of celebrities? Any help you can offer will be very much appreciated. Happy editing and Happy New Year! Dekkappai (talk) 19:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

By the way-- I realize this is a touchy subject which many find offensive. I certainly don't mean to offend with my request. So if you don't want to respond to the request, no problem. Regards. Dekkappai (talk) 00:53, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for trying, Oda Mari, I really appreciate it! What would really help, I think, is if I could find Japanese adult industry awards... Once in a while I find that some performer has won some adult award (for example, Yua Aida won the "Japanese adult grand prix actress award for the year of 2005", and Sora Aoi won an award at this ceremony in 2003) but then I can't find anything about the history of the award, who won in other years? Who won other awards at the ceremony? etc... Also, it appears to be a recent award, so it wouldn't help with the articles on older performers. I do find occasional mentions of awards given during the Nikkatsu roman porno days, in the '70s, which would be useful for articles on actresses and directors of that era, but again, nothing beyond just one mention... Very frustrating... Anyway, thank you for trying to help, and let me know if you come across any information. Regards. Dekkappai (talk) 17:20, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Great-- I think that will help with some articles... I'll research this award and do the web searching when I'm at a computer where I'm free to do such research ;) Many thanks for the help! Dekkappai (talk) 18:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unreferenced

Hi. My small changes were constructive. By the way, most of what you guys wrote remains unreferenced. LeeCorrie (talk) 19:07, 4 January 2008 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:LeeCorrie"

[edit] Thank You Oda Mari

Thank you ODa Mari, I truly appreciate your good faith comments. And no, I would never engage myself in vandalism. What I think we should do is provide more sources to our Japanese related articles. For example, take a look at this article: Japanese Culture - we need to provide more sources there. Here is an example, quote: "The flowing, brush-drawn Japanese language lends itself to complicated calligraphy. Calligraphic art is often too esoteric for Western audiences and therefore general exposure is very limited. However in East Asian countries, the rendering of text itself is seen as a traditional artform as well as a means of conveying written information." Now, where is the source of this information? We need to do a better job and we can. Japanese culture is beautiful, and we do have plenty of sources; we just need to take more active role on improving and enriching our articles. LeeCorrie (talk) 17:58, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Hirohito#RFC:_Appropriate_Emperor_Name

An RFC on content you have commented on has opened, comments are welcome. MBisanz talk 01:49, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for de-vandalizing & translation help

Hi, Oda Mari. Thanks for removing that from my talk page-- we seem to have a crusader against particular articles at work... Anyway-- at that article, I have listed a TV-Asahi show in which the actress appeared. The Japaese title is アンナさんのおまめ-- I translated it as "Dedicated to Anna." Is this an accurate translation, do you think? Thaks again, and happy editing! Dekkappai (talk) 16:54, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Hmm... I'm not sure what an accurate translation would be then... Maybe I should just leave the Japanese title only Romanization? Dekkappai (talk) 17:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
OK-- I've changed it to "Anna no omame (アンナさんのおまめ?)" just to be safe. Thanks again for the help! Dekkappai (talk) 17:39, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
If it's a somewhat risque show (like Sex in the City), it may be a less common way to refer to a clitoris (I've picked up all sorts of weird trivia related to Japanese over the years). The clitoris is sometimes called "mame" in slang due to its shape (looks something like a bean). Now back to your regular scheduled discussion. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another Japanese horse breed article

Can you peek at Miyako Pony for a review of info? Thanks! Montanabw(talk) 07:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I did what I could do right now. I've got to go. I'll try to find something for expansion when I have time. Regards. Oda Mari (talk) 07:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Heinrich Hertz

Please consider re-visiting Talk:Heinrich Hertz#jewish ancestry. I'd be interested in your feedback about the suggested edit strategy I've proposed. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 15:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You reverted my change to Engrish. If you do not know, Engrish is more widely used in everyday talk rather than just anime or manga. If an example is needed, look at Konglish (Korean-English). Words like "Thank you." or "Nice catch!" are phrases that Asian people (usually younger ones) use. It's not only based around anime or manga. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DTSX (talk • contribs) 02:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Hiragana

Hi, I just saw your message. What you say certainly makes sense. However, according to [[5]], sorting by 2 letter language code has more votes. While I'm not saying you're wrong, but do you know where I can go to get this issue resolved? Hanfresco (talk) 03:15, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I certainly feel the one most voted on should be used. I'll let you know if I find out more about it. Thanks for replying! Hanfresco (talk) 05:41, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey there, I was pointed to WP:IL, it reads The link tags should be sorted alphabetically based on the local names of the languages, as described at m:Interwiki sorting order. The vast majority of articles are currently sorted this way. Sorting alphabetically according to the two-letter language abbreviations is also acceptable. There are numerous other sorting methods to sort interlanguage links, but consistency between articles is encouraged. Hanfresco (talk) 19:32, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About edition of Kitasato Shibasaburo

About User_talk:Plindenbaum#January_2008: Hi, I changed the birth date of Kitasato Shibasaburo from 1853 to 1852 because it is defined at the bottom of the page as "Category:1852 births". Which one is wrong ? Best Regards --Plindenbaum (talk) 22:50, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Category. Oda Mari (talk) 16:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gembutsu

Nice work on Gembutsu. Kingturtle (talk) 17:23, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:204.171.48.66

Already blocked by User:AndonicO, thanks for the report anyway ;-) Snowolf How can I help? 19:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User talk:Wayneli960831

Hi! I saw your name on the recent change page minutes ago. Please block the user. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 05:45, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the note.

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[edit] Japanese question

Hi, Oda Mari. How have you been? I'm trying to start an article on the Japanese actress Maeda Michiko (前田　通子), and found a pretty good little biography HERE. It's in Japanese, with a not-too-good English translation. One phrase I can't understand in either English or Japanese is, 'while taking the "Konpirariseiken"' (Japanese: "『金比羅利生剣』の撮影中"). Do you know what this means? And how to put it in English? Is it, maybe the title of a movie? ("While filming...") Thanks! Dekkappai (talk) 19:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! That information will help with the article. Happy editing to you too, Oda Mari. Dekkappai (talk) 17:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:TLC

Good Ahead, TLC can also be consired a hip-hop group, Left-Eye was the Hip-Hop part. QuasyBoy 1:05, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

No Problem.:) QuasyBoy 16:40, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hentaigana

Hentaigana aren't included in Unicode, but if/when they are, they'll use Hira for their ISO 15924 code. --Ptcamn (talk) 17:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Hira is the ISO 15924 code for the hiragana script as a whole. --Ptcamn (talk) 17:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Hentaigana are a subset of kana as a whole, not just hiragana. There are both hentai hiragana and hentai katakana. They are not encoded in any JIS or Unicode standards yet; however, that is beside the fact as there are occasional Latin and other Han characters (kanji) etc which are not yet encoded either. I am a member of the Unicode consortium and we have talked a little about encoding hentaigana before. The only reason that they are not yet encoded is because no one has put together a proposal yet. A few years ago I prepared an informal list of needed code points, but have not yet formally submitted it for review. As for ISO 15924, Hrkt would be more appropriate. The script is already encoded, just not all of it. As such, it is not appropriate to add it to Category:Scripts without ISO 15924 code. Bendono (talk) 23:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nanori

The definition of なのり can be found in JW Breen's EDICT as follows: 名乗り 【なのり】 (n,vs) (1) name readings of kanji, (2) self-introduction, (3) announcement of candidature, (P)

Hopefully this helps. -- EmperorBMA|話す 03:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] UserBlock: IP=70.90.247.110

Hi, I was just looking at a recent revision you did to an article done by the above address, and was wondering if you had any say in getting a longer-term block against the IP. As far as I can tell from the logs, that IP address has created about 50 pieces of vandalism over the past six months, and not one constructive edit. Any thoughts? Insightfill (talk) 14:33, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandlism on Fur article

Thanks for your feedback. Can you explain how my addition qualifies as "vandalism"?

17:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)17:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yoshinori Futara

I think your changes are great, thank you so much! Is there a corresponding Japanese article? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 21:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please give the opinion

The relation between imperial household and Baekjae of Japan is being discussed. I hope for your opinion. [6]--Princesunta (talk) 10:23, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re-Revert vandalism

  • You are most welcome. The edit on your talk page was flagged by Huggle, so I reverted it. Unfortunately, my talk page has been vandalised alot recently. But a few people are watching it now for me, which is nice of them :) Regards, Steve Crossin (talk) 17:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 鬼

Thank you so much for the reference on the oni kanji. Outstanding and much appreciated! I recently found the original Chinese character that does not have the horn either, meaning "god of the dead". A very interesting subject to say the least! Much appreciated! -R Mekugi (talk) 14:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Happy that I could help. Oda Mari (talk) 14:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


Hi you "Reverted" an edit of mine - could you clarify which and why? The Geologist (talk) 15:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I just got some notifications about my vandalizing some articles, (specifically, the Brunswick Manifesto (1792) and Tea House) although I've never even seen those articles before, much less edit them. Is someone else using the same IP adress as me (is that even possible?) or did the wiki mess something up, or is something wrong with my computer that I should worry about? Some clarification would be great. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.73.125.141 (talk) 00:33, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Someone using your IP did in fact vandalize Wikipedia. The edits can be found at this link. I see you're using a DSL provider; such internet services are usually dynamic, which means your IP will change from time to time, and you will often be using an IP that someone else has used previously. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 日本語

こんにちは、Oda Mari

Can you help me learn Japanese?

Books and videos and other learning aids are not working for me, so somebody who speaks Nihongo is my last resort.

ありがとう、i123Pie bio 12:58, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry that it takes long to answer. I've been busy and didn't come here for a while. I've just saw your message. How can I help you? I'd like to know more. Regards. Oda Mari (talk) 09:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I wish to express my gratitude for your advice.

I wish to express my gratitude for the comment of you of Talk:Imperial House of Japan. And, please help me again. I use poor English. Therefore, I do not understand the reason why Appletrees gets excited. Could you concisely explain his insistence? Because his rebuttal is complex, I do not understand. --Princesunta (talk) 11:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SS Kiche Maru

Hi Mari,

I've nominated SS Kiche Maru for deletion. Whether you want to keep it or delete it, your contributions will be welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SS Kiche Maru.

Best regards, Fg2 (talk) 22:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Fg2, belatedly I commented on the AfD page. Best regards. Oda Mari (talk) 13:29, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kombu

Hi! I have been looking at the kombu article and I had changed a preposition. I would if I could suggest an alternative proposition in the copyedit you recently made? Rather that "A strip of dried kombu is often boiled from water for a soup stock" possibly "A strip of dried kombu is often boiled in water for a soup stock"? Thanks! jmcw (talk) 07:35, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I hope I have described the cooking correctly: I am a beginner cook. jmcw (talk) 10:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Friction

I am not used to being accused of vandalism for deleting an article which had clearly been vandalised by another! The title had been changed illicitly, and I had to delete the guide to friction and restore the original article.Peterlewis (talk) 15:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Akiyama Saneyuki

Hello Oda Mari: Please note that Akiyama Saneyuki was born in the year Keio 4, and therefore per WP:MOS-JA for people born before the first year of Meiji, his name should always be given in the traditional order of Family name, Given name. Even though Keio 4 = Meiji 1, the Meiji period did not officialy begin until October, whereas Akiyama was born in April. I believe that your re-direct should be reverted. --MChew (talk) 16:24, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bob Schaffer

You might want to keep an eye on Bob Schaffer. A user's sole purpose on wikipedia seems to be downplaying criticism of one canidate and playing up criticism of his opponent. I informed the user on his talk about his error in using unreliable sources, but s/he seems not to care. Paper45tee (talk) 16:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mark Udall

Political activists are using a bogus "Election Controversies" section to attack Bob Schaffer with accusations by activist groups which oppose him. Accusations of that sort are not proper content on Wikipedia, in my view. Furthermore, the same activists (I believe) continue to delete an parallel section which I create on the Wikipedia page for Mark Udall even though the two points I note are proven fact, not just accusations. Either the "Election Controversies" section on Schaffer's page should be deleted, or it must be made accurate rather than used as propaganda, and if it is allowed to exist then the same section must be allowed to exist on the Mark Udall page. Rossputin (talk) 05:35, 25 April 2008 (Mountain Time)