Thanks :) Took forever, but I finally got into onto all those... articles... so many... haha. Ric | opiaterein 20:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
I think the fact that it's their only remix album makes it worthy of having a place in the template. However, since they may not ever release another, and they do release a lot of other stuff that's not always easy to classify, maybe an 'other' section would work. I haven't really had a chance to check up on newer edits, but I'll try and take a look. Ric | opiaterein 00:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
I added a little more info. to Image:Deg tour 00-01 macabre.jpg for an example. Every image needs a source and it is best to have some type of fair use rationale. The sentences "This image is used in an informational article about the DVD illustrated. It is believed use of the image in the article will not impact its commercial value." isn't much but it is better then nothing. -Regards Nv8200p talk 01:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
From what I have read and looked at in one fan site, they was the main booklet with English translations for every song and a hidden booklet inside the CD case with kanji lyrics. Comparing what you typed and what was shown on the website, I am guessing (but not completley sure) that was only applied to the first press versions and you got the regular press version.
But to be sure, try finding metal staples on the CD case's sides.
Thank you very much for taking your time to read this reply.
-AKnot (9/18/06)
Yes, the album type now determines the colour. And there is a new colour scheme, which can be changed much more easily. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_Albums for details. Rich Farmbrough, 21:48 19 September 2006 (GMT).
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I'll add the info in the main article in a few minutes - Ashadeofgrey 18:30, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Someone (unless it was you who didn't log in at the time) typed back the wa back to ha for both songs in Withering to death.. Do you think that should be reverted back to wa (if that wasn't you)?
Thank you very much for reading this. Please respond back.
AKnot 00:40, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
P.S. I just reverted it to WA (again, can't really make up). I will leave the next change to you if you want to leave it be or change it.
Hey, I realized I didn't lgo on when I added theinformation, but it was I (NotJake13) that added that bit. There was an article I saw as well as a blog post from a formidable source that spoke of it. I will find the links by tonight or tomorrow for citation, thanks! -NotJake13
Even though there is only one bass (which is the RU-DRIVE) on his ESP website, he also used another custom-designed bass (from what I believed) by ESP; or actually 2. The first one was somewhat of a reverse P-Bass with a RU-DRIVE like headstock (as identified in the TOUR04 DVD) and the other one is a 5-string. He also used some regular ESP basses (or it could have been Fender basses).
I think the number of custom basses should be reconsidered.
Please answer back. With regards...
AKnot 02:43, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
After some thought I would have to agree about if it's actually important; and it doesn't seem so. Even though we already talked about it, I just want to mention that the reverse P-Bass is by ESP (it's shown in the -Saku- PV and was in a couple of scans like this for example).
Regards
AKnot 05:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
I have checked the summary in the Ryoujoku no Ame wiki. Now I understand. Oh yeah, what is with the speedy deletion in that wiki anyways? Do you know anything about it?
AKnot 06:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I notice that you were removing some info from X Japan's articles: 1- from the Jealousy album to the Dahlia ones, all the albums and singles were recorded in Los Angeles so please don't delete that in the albums infoboxes. 2- and please don't delete other information ;)
Hi, I like you check my X Japan articles and I know my enlgish isn't enough good to write clear articles, but why you delete stuff I have put? For example in the Art of Life article, you delete the history and other things, why?!! and you put studio album, Art of Life never was a studio album, is an EP!! If you don't know about X please don't edit!, Thanks!Darkcat21 19:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
My apologies for the reverts regarding the new album. I have a habit of skipping Flash intros on webpages, so even after checking the official site for three or four times, I didn't catch the announcement - my bad. - Cyrus XIII 00:39, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I see that you made some infoboxes for the X Japan singles and albums articles, Ok, it's nice, but sometimes in Music/Lyrics you put: Yoshiki / Hitomi Shiratori, yes, Yoshiki the music and Hitomi the lyrics, but Hitosmi is Yoshiki they are the same person, do you think is better to put Yoshiki/Yoshiki or we should put something at the bottom telling that are the same person? Thanks, take care, oh, and another thing I see you always remove: Yoshiki was the producer of all the songs and albums by X Japan ;) Darkcat21 08:37, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Please read: Talk:Hide_(musician)#New_information_about_hide. I hope you accept that sources, if not I'll ask to a third opinion, oh and if the artucle has some grammar error, please fix it and don't remove the whole article. I have also add more information at Art of Life providing official sources (Yahoo and hide's site). Check that also. Thanks. Darkcat21 16:30, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
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I personally don't care how the song titles are presented in Wikipedia, I just question something. You direct people to WP:MUSTARD for these cases, but rule one states that exceptions may be made, which include song titles in all caps or all lowercase. At least, that's how I read it. Nothing personal, I just wanted clarification. -フェニックス|talk 04:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I added the reason in the talk section as to why I felt that the banner needs to be there. Particularly I think it needs attention from outside the "J-rock clique" on wikipedia (no offense to them but they are horrible at stylizing their writing and they tend to dramatize everything, which is not very encyclopedic). So the syntax and grammar of the article needs to be fixed up a bit, and I feel an outsider should do it, hence why I put up the banner.
Dec 11 2006 12:39 xcuref1endx (UTC)
For the new Dir en grey DVD, the sources are all just through [a knot] members, but the official information can only be viewed by fan-club members. It is, however, posted on all of the Dir en grey forums and message boards. The announcement of the DVD occured in November, and the only details disclosed wer that it would be of the BUDOKAN concert, and there would be additional documentary footage from the past year. As far as the Disc 1 - Disc 3 error, that was simply a mistyping by myself. I'll edit that, as well as look for any other mistakes. Thanks for your questions and comments! --Jake 19:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
I haven't referenced any pages with the capitalization of particles in Japanese becuase I could not find one. The basis of my edit was: If the particles Ha (or Wa), Ni, and Wo are capitalized, then the other particles (such as "No") should be also. If there was a page on the capitaliztion rules which includes the rules of Japanese particles, I would be more than happy to reference it next time. If not, I think that should be a standard from now on, if one particle is capitalized, so should all of the others. Otherwise, no particles should be capitalized (as is the common rule when writing out artistic titles). Thanks for your concern! --Jake 20:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I would have to agree on that. The section needs to be improved for sure, but I am not really good on that (but laying the foundation on it). Would you help me on it?
AKnot 00:25, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. I have noticed that you have already made a few edits which are rather problematic. I do not doubt your good intentions, but let me point out a few things:
Have a nice day. - Cyrus XIII 18:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, i see you removed the info that i gave it a source, yes it comes froma fan site but it's just a copy of the interview, why you have removed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.184.82.124 (talk) 14:52, 1 January 2007 (UTC).
Thank you. Hopefully I'll be able to add a little bit of incite on all of them. As a musician myself, I like to see the equiptment be given the proper credit. Saka 19:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering a few things regarding survey/consensus procedure (with the KISS/Kiss discussion in mind, as you might have guessed): 1) Can/should a move nominator post in the Support section as well or is this unnecessary (or even frowned upon), since his/her position is probably clear from the nomination already? 2) How are votes treated which come in after the request has been up for more than five days and has already been moved to the backlog? - Cyrus XIII 01:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
This revision I used is much more complete, why do you maniacally remove semi-protection? My revision features associated acts, dates of affiliation with record companies and improved style about David's hiatus...why bother changing? Broken soul 00:54, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you reverted my removal of the England flag on the Queen (band) article. What purpose would you say it serves there? Why an England flag rather than a UK one? Thanks in advance --Guinnog 21:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, following the full protection of the article (as opposed to the requested semi-protection), I would like to ask two questions:
Regards - Cyrus XIII 22:12, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to ask for your opinion on my recent rewrite of Visual kei, seeing that you have previously commented on the article's talk page and appear to be an experienced editor, not too involved with the subject. You know, whether my edits were to harsh, the reasoning behind them not sufficient - I would really appreciate an outside view. I am also interested in becoming involved with the Wikiproject Japan in some capacity. Is there any sort of step-by-step approach to that or how do these things go? Regards - Cyrus XIII 12:14, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
No, I'm afraid there does not appear to be a consensus on that discussion. If you want to attract more people to it, you should post to the village pump, community portal, and WP:CENT. Grouse 01:21, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I think that at this point, it may just be most helpful to see if there are a couple members of a related WikiProject that might be able to help the articles. I think that given the recent activity, it might be helpful to take a break from these couple articles to see if some neutral parties can improve it and then come back to see if the articles are in better shape. I say this mainly because it can sometimes be hard to see the article as a whole during a dispute (I've noticed myself doing the same thing before). If I ask Darkcat21, would you be willing to let myself, the people who provided outside opinions, and people from related WikiProjects to work on the articles for a couple days and then check how the article looks? I think this would be an easy way to de-escalate everything. ShadowHalo 01:32, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for all your edits and adds to the art. Wiki is my only "reliable" source for the moment, so can you give me the names of yours?Quatreryukami 19:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
ThxQuatreryukami 14:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
You have said my edits at Visual kei article were "strange", Ok, look X Japan was formed in 1982, and Visual Kei fas formed in 1994, do I have to say more? Visual kei was an expansion of Visual with gothic clothes, compare a really Visual kei band (Malice Mizer) looks with X Japan ones, and you'll see the difference. Darkcat21 21:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
First of all, stop adding the New York Times article, it contains some errors, for example about visual kei:
X Japan went from playing loud, fast thrash-metal to stadium-shaking pop ballads, in the process pioneering its own genre, a Japanese equivalent of glam rock known as visual kei.
It's my opinion or he's saying that visual kei is a musical genre, he talks about the music and he says "pioneering its own genre", really visual kei is a genre? You have also said that visual kei it's not a genre and due to this you deleted some stuff at the main article, so we have the first error, he don't know what's visual kei, then equivalent to glam rock... ehem... compare:
Can you see the difference? Also check this if you want: http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/98/0522/feat1.html "Their style was Visual Rock", X Japan was Visual Rock not Visual Kei, the one from NYT was wrong, and I'll say that he was influenced by that article on asiaweek, or the ones from asiaweek fixed lot of errors that there were in the NYT article. Or this: http://weeklywire.com/ww/11-02-98/fw_music.html
Then we have that X Japan was created in 1982 (as hide official site says) then we have that Visual Kei was created in mid 90s, how can you explain this? Darkcat21 20:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes it's true that is has not been mentioned in the website. I mentioned it after watching this from YouTube which originally came from an recent interview with Kaoru by Gyao. Should we just wait until the DVD releases and find out then?
Thank you, with regards...
AKnot 21:27, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response. I'll try to include information from the refrences as soon as possible. As for the scan, my means of obtaining it are actually a little tricky. I found it by joining a Yahoo! group called "X Japan memorial" or something to that effect. The group is filled with spam bots, but under the files section has a few really good articles that support a few things. That's how I found the NY times article that's made the rounds on the jrock articles, there's also something about Toshi's leaving X Japan, and the article we discussed about their pending international debut. Thanks again. Vespertilio 20:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
No offense, but I am not sure whether you should be handing out advice regarding references. After all, that request for comment has been filed against you for citation-related reasons, among other things. And what exactly are you suggesting here? To cite information under an arbitrary "official biography" label instead of precisely stating its origin? - Cyrus XIII 21:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey, you're saying that I can't help people? You're banning me or whatever? It's yor problem if you don't have enough money to buy that official book and check the info written by staff from the band. And also really nice that when I added the same info that I guess that Vespertilio is going to add, Cyrus warned me and deleted the stuff and I was saying that was from a book and this stuff, and now you help him/her, really nice, you have also said this: "but in the absence of any grave misbehavior on your part, no one's going to doubt the good faith behind your contributions." ehem, you were the one that the Art of Life problem was the first problem about sources, then you removed my info, but you won't remove his/her, why? Darkcat21 18:05, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
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Wait, the album cover capitalizes it as "Fool on the planet". If something intentionally doesn't use standard caps/grammar/spelling or whatever, we don't fix that for them, as that would be changing the title. --W.marsh 02:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, do you think we'll have to ask a for a third opinion in this case? I was looking for one, but I don't find anyone with Japanese skills, if you can help, Thanks. Darkcat21 22:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your 3O, and your advise to me. It's nice to know I am not alone, although it certainly feels like that, as I have been trying to get more editors to watch over the article with not much success. Hopefully you won't mind sticking around for a little while and getting your hands dirty, as it looks like there's going to be a fair bit of dispute. RB972 15:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Classy. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 07:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Look... whether you like it or not, there is absolutely no way anyone can deny the massive amounts of errors on Dir en grey's official English discography page. You should probably take a look for yourself here before you edit anything more. There are various romanization errors that I personally can't trust as "official". While it's nice to follow some sort of standard, I (and a few others who don't edit Wikipedia) feel you're going way too far, and a fellow editor is now avoiding all DeG-related articles for the same reason. -Beau99 01:20, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
(Note for you on my talk page.) — Athænara ✉ 09:33, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I am assuming you created this image, if this is the case wouldn't it be better to use a license such as ((GFDL-self))? It is only part of the logo after all.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 10:44, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Why did you remove the link to the D'espairsRay interview? It is relevant to the D'espairsRay page and numerous other pages for other entertainers have links to interviews. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by HayateTokidoki (talk • contribs) 21:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC).
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Hello. I think it's a good idea to have Dir en grey in both WP:Metal and WP:Japan (for sure). Some bands like Moi dix Mois and Sex Machineguns are mentioned, so why not? But it can be challenging since most of the articles are mostly of power, thrash, death, black, etc; not really metalcore (besides Unearth and Lamb of God) or even nu-metal. Some might debate about it. But still, I think it's a good idea to have it there since there are more metal elements in the latest record than rock.
The Marrow of A Bone felt stronger than Withering to death. It might be me but I thought they were using multiple genres for multiple songs at once. If they did, I thought they did it pretty well. Also I can finally hear Shinya's bass drumming at an reasonable volume. AKnot 01:00, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Replied at Talk:Blink-182#Typography rather than across different talk pages. I have changed the "sometimes typeset" as it's not correct but will not change the article without further discussion. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello again. First of all, why removing the reunion thing? You have deleted official sites, that's vandalism, On Toshi's official website it still appears the reunion thing, but he deletes always the message before, but in the new message it says:
そして今後も変わらずコンサートを続けてまいります! また皆様とお会いできますこと楽しみにいたしております。
If you don't know Japanese it's your problem, but here it says that he's happy to see everybody again and that the reunion thing it's still alive because there were some problems (check Oricon news, Yahoo news, etc.). And it's stupid because Yoshiki have said also this on his blog. Thanks, but I'll revert your edit. Darkcat21 13:07, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there,
I noticed you're going through the articles of bands whose names are officially rendered in all lowercase and changing the article title so that it's "correct" English. I don't doubt these are good faith edits, but I think you should slow down for a moment:
His name does not use a capital H. --Sn0wflake 02:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
There are concerns that you might be WP:CANVASSing users into voting for the issue on ×××HOLiC. All I am going to say is that if you invite people to support a motion, it seems only fair to invite people who oppose it, too. If not, then don't invite at all. It does not make things fair. There isn't a need to treat this as a warning - just a friendly notice. x42bn6 Talk 17:56, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm not into music articles much, so I don't have much advice to give. What does the band name mean though? It's obviously not Japanese or English; looks German to me.--SeizureDog 20:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
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Hey, why you have erased my commentaries of discs of X Japan? also why you have erased the covers of I kill you and Orgasm single?, excuse me, but you aren't the owner of wikipedia, I have the same right that you to modify and to collaborate with the encyclopedia. In addition, my sources are reliable, not because you say that they are not it. Shadowxfox
Hi. It would be nice if you could use an edit summary a bit more often, and even for minor edits if the changes are subtle and not obvious from a diff why they are done, like here. Thanks. You can reply here if you have comments. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Guten tag !
Well, as my sources about X Japan are unreliable and sooner or later you erase my commentaries of each one of articles, I propose to you that yourself complete the X Japan's videography with your comments and sources, and I will provide to you the covers with reliable and recognized sources.
PS: http://www.jpophelp.com is a reliable source?
Shadowxfox 04:43, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
http://www.jpophelp.com/scripts/proddetails.asp?artistORD=X+Japan&dnum=200&majorcategory=visual (jpophelp contains all the covers, although some are in different sections)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/search.html?type=AC&restrict=ALL&strict=&word=X+Japan (some covers, specially those of the new collections)
Shadowxfox 04:53, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
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After looking over the basic form for an RfC, I'm not sure what I would put as the desired outcome. "I want him to stop doing this type of thing" really doesn't sound that great. Any ideas? -- The Hybrid 03:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Actually, I think that I just found a better solution than an RfC. Peace, -- The Hybrid 04:14, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't think it's worth the effort to rename Category:CLAMP cast members because the category has been tagged for listify-then-delete along with most other "xyz by series" categories. For Category:CLAMP images, what do you think is the best name for the new cat? Category:Clamp (manga group) images ?? -- Neier 08:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I deleted Image:Toshimitsu deyama.jpg as a recreation of Image:Toshi22.jpg, which was previously deleted as a replaceable fair use image. Please don't upload any more copyrighted promotional photographs of living people. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 01:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello, this days I was thiking of making an article about X Japan and popular culture, and right now I'm at this User:Darkcat21/X_Japan, it would be cool If you can help me in the article, grammar, finding sources. Thank you. Darkcat21 21:21, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I saw your request for a third opinion. We've been developing a bit of a backlog, which is unusual.
I have also been a target of insults from the other editor, so I can't personally address this one. ("Third opinions must be neutral. If you have previously had dealings with the article or with the editors… do not offer a third opinion on that dispute." —Providing third opinions.) — Athænara ✉ 20:02, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Cyrus. Why don't you read through the J-Rock Saga site before you start deleting it as a unsuitable reference. This site includes some facinating info on Japanese underground cultural movements. I agree that it doesn't quote references, but that may well mean the writer is a knowledgable person that can relate the background without any. Pkeets 14:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
So now you've deleted J-Rock Saga as an external link as well? What have you got against them? Pkeets 17:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Why have you suddenly unanimously changed the band name from CHIC which is the correct way to spell using all capitals, to the much used but totally wrong Chic? I refer to the discussion on the CHIC (band) page. The band ABBA is an acronym, but is sometimes wrongly spellt Abba, so the guidelines regarding acronyms when it comes to artist or bands are not applicable. Artists are entitled to have their name spellt the way they want. If you have a band naming itself say "plAtonic RoSe" it would be completely unacceptable that they be respellt "Platonic Rose" in an encyclopedia. You have to allow for artistic license, and that is completely different than how to spell a company or other such worldly stuff. Please change back Chic to CHIC, that is the way the band has and wants to present itself.
Pocat-chictribute.com 10:28, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
The: ""CHICtribute.com: With news, discography, video, audio, sampling list, history, interviews, reviews, gallery, lyrics, and more!"." ...is simply a description of what my website contains, just as the description you left of the other fan site you did not edit away; "Chic discography and reviews". Why is a content description OK with one site and not the other? My site has also been used as a source for the writer Daryl Easlea when writing his book on CHIC listed as a reference on the CHIC page. If you pick up a copy, check out the thank you notes.
Pocat-chictribute.com 19:37, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
OK, I think I am finished with doing any more editing for Wikipedia anymore.
Pocat-chictribute.com 19:37, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know what to do with this one -- U-ka saegusa IN db. It's a person's name (Yūka Saegusa in WP:MOS-JA spelling) followed by "IN db". Is he U-ka, or Yūka? Saegasu should be capped; so, no problem there. Then, according to ja:三枝夕夏 IN db, the last part pronounced "in decibel", so, the correct abbreviation should be "in dB".
I don't know which of these to RM:
What do you think? Neier 06:00, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Now, unfortunately, the fact that they are published in visual kei magazines doesn't blatantly say "Malice Mizer is a visual kei band". Nor does the fact that they only have currency within the visual kei community, and nor does the fact that their entire fanbase recognizes them as visual kei. There is no official document that says "Malice Mizer is a visual kei band". But if you have the tiniest bit of knowledge about the band (that is, read publications about them, read the words of the artists themselves, buy the CDs), you know it's a visual band. If you have the tiniest bit of knowledge about the band, you know that it's definitely not gothic rock! So please, stop mangling these articles until we can reach some sort of agreement! Berserk798 01:38, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
You don't understand. Whether or not you own the releases does matter, because those are the only sources! If there were no online sources for a certain article, but an editor had books, would the books not be sufficient? Someone without the books themselves can waltz in and cry "no sources" and revert everything, but in reality all they're doing is perpetuating misinformation because they themselves haven't taken an interest in the topic at hand. Your edits are wrong, and the only sources that can tell you that are 1. the CDs themselves or 2. magazine articles that are found on the fansite that you so speedily dismissed.
Now the style guidelines in fact support me, and I'll explain why: "Capital letters are sometimes a matter of regional differences; for example, British writers and editors are more inclined to use them than their American counterparts. If possible, as with spelling, use rules appropriate to the cultural and linguistic context"
Also, I fail to see anywhere that states unofficial (and unsourced, by your standards!) romanizations take precedent over the actual titles. You'll have to point that out to me.
If you think there are no sources (I provided translated articles regarding Malice Mizer and Moi dix Mois that should qualify as sources, but you dismissed them because they are found on a fansite), then take a moment to research the Gothic Lolita fashion. Just Google it, read up on it, and maybe you'll understand why it's absurd to say that Malice Mizer (where the style originated) is not a visual band.
And the irony that you demand sources saying Malice Mizer is visual kei when you have no sources (not even a fansite!) to verify the claim that they're "Gothic Rock" is not lost. If you listen to their music and research what constitutes "Gothic Rock", you might understand why it's so absurd. Berserk798 20:09, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
I did no original research; those sources were taken entirely from the Internet, after making a Google search. Tag it as unreliable, but NOT original research. Please be more careful in the future, please. I have a reputation! :-) Bearian 15:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
If you renew this issue, I recommend that you split the formatic changes from the content changes, and if he reverts without explaining what the situation is or discussing on the talk page, ask on his talk page what the issue is. There needs to be more communication, if I have read the issue correctly. I am watching the page. —Centrx→talk • 15:21, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Replied, and, I guess I'm feeling a bit 意地悪い. :-) Neier 14:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Also, see the latest messages on my talk page for another editor who would probably join our noble effort. Neier 22:06, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Cyrus, I implore you to discuss on the talk page the label of gothic rock before you apply it to articles. Please. Beyond being part of the visual kei movement, Malice Mizer can't be categorized as anything more specific than possibly "progressive rock". That's even quite a stretch though, considering they have several electronic, industrial, pop, and neo-classical songs as well. I think we need to discuss their musical category on the talk page to come to a conclusion as to what would be the most sensible choice. Berserk798 23:05, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello, congratulations for your barnstar ^^. Anyway, could you visit Skin (Japanese band) and correct some things if they're wrong? Thanks a lot. Darkcat21 11:11, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Interesting. I figured it was a vandal and April was correct, given how everything in Japan starts then. Neier 11:53, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
template:History of Manchuria is suffering from extensive revert warring, and discussion is heading nowhere. A RfC was filed, but was only able to get one outside commentor[1]. Please provide a third opinion on whether template:History of Manchuria should be titled History of Manchuria[2] or History of Northeast China[3] [4] to facilitate dispute resolution. Thank you. 08:48, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Though I do not support of the Games for Windows branded band on top of the cover art, the PC version is, in fact Games for Windows branded, and I think we should let it remain that way. rohith 21:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Ja, Osaka heißt auch eine Stadt, aber dort wurde er nicht geboren. So steht es auf der japanischen Seite zu Shinya und zu Hirakata. Guck bei der Hirakata-Seite auf Wikipedia. Da steht es auch.
Editors have changed the Malice Mizer genre to "Experimental music", "Progressive rock", and "Art rock". I think those are acceptable descriptions, and you haven't raised any objections—I think we can settle for that? Because if we can, I'd like to change the discography articles to be consistent with the main article.
Edit: Actually, "Experimental music" is inappropriate because it isn't used to simply describe music that experiments with different styles--it's more along the lines of challenging the definition of music itself, and that's not something that Malice Mizer ever did. Berserk798 22:30, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Don't revert the changes i will do in the future, the article now have a "in work process" template, so don't make changes until the template will be removed for me, the new main editor of the article. I know, you want a better Wikipedia for the non-fans and blah, blah, blah but don't do it if you don't know anything about the band. Remember is a Warning, thanks, Greetings =). -Suzuki 21:24, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Please refrain from reverting-good faith contributions made by other users, as you recently did in the 12012 article; please see Wikipedia:Assume good faith. You reverted my entire edit to the article, which had corrected such errors as the usage of the term "the Osaka Prefecture", which is incorrect; it is more correct to simply use the term "Osaka Prefecture" in that specific sentence. Similarly, it is more accurate to state "Osaka Prefecture" within the infobox, as Osaka, the city, is different from Osaka Prefecture. Thirdly, such matters like the date of birth and location of birth do not fall into negative nor controversial content, so your citing WP:BLP does not apply to your revert, as you could have quite easily found sources for such an obvious fact or at least added the citation tags to those particular statements; kindly review any of the single biography articles on the wiki, if you disagree. And lastly, since the group has been described as a visual kei band by numerous sources, as stated in the reference cited within the article itself, the very fact that it has been described as such justifies its usage. The term "visual kei" has also been used to describe the group in the Japanese wiki article for the band. If you had disagreements regarding such matters, you should have discussed this prior of reverting the good-faith contributions of other users. For example, if you had disagreed with the usage of this term, you may have suggested prior changes within the talk page of the article, and attempted to discuss this and your reverts of other matters as I have cited above, however, you refrained from doing so, and instead reverted the entire edit, which should never be done, especially with good-faith edits. Thank you. ···巌流? · talk to ganryuu 18:10, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Cyrus, I see that you cited the MoS as your reason for reverting the move. However, WP:MOS-CL#Mixed_or_non-capitalization indicates that you are incorrect.
Ms boyd is not the only individual to use idiosyncratic capitalization in her name; consider k.d. lang, bell hooks, catherine yronwode...
((lowercase|title)) exists for a reason, Cyrus. I have restored the lowercase spelling. DS 01:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
First of all, I'd like to draw the attention of the reviewing administrator to Talk:Danah Boyd, where there is an ongoing dispute on this page egarding whether to follow the subject's personal preference of capitalization or not. Today, DragonflySixtyseven, who was not previously involved in the controversy ignored the recently failed move request, an open RfC discussion and current guideline text and went ahead to move the article, three times in a row. I'd like to quote his choice of words in his edit summaries and on in a message on the subject's user talk page respectively: "I am ruling that, as her legal name is uncapitalized [...] So mote it be.",[5] and "I have overruled the debate".[6]
On the article talk page and my own, he went on to base his rationale on WP:MOS-CL#Mixed or non-capitalization, even though this particular passage clearly suggests to have the article title follow the majority of outside sources, which happens to be the standard English capitalization in the Boyd case. He also listed several supposed precedents, e. e. cummings, bell hooks, k.d. lang and catherine yronwode, the first being beside the point, since Mr. Cummings' verifiable preference for others to capitalize his name was standard English and the second and third are already being handled accordingly to the Manual of Style (following the majority of outside sources). The Yronwode article was previously unknown to me and a quick look at the sources used for the article [7] [8] and a few additional ones easily found via Google showed that this person's name also appears to be subjected to standard capitalization in outside sources, among them Amazon.com and the New York Times no less.[9] [10] [11] The only reference in the article actually using the stylized capitalization is the subject's personal website, which is hardly surprising.
DragonflySixtyseven then blocked me, my edits to the Yronwode article supposedly being a violation of WP:POINT. He assured me, that this was not about the Boyd dispute, even though he used the better part of his message to lecture me about Ms. Boyd's rights as an adult to capitalize her name in the way she prefers. Never mind consensus, due process in dispute resolution and other widely applied guidelines that tell us to drop idiosyncratic capitalization when it comes to companies and brands or works of art (most of them founded/created by adult individuals).
This block not only strikes me as too harsh but also as an abuse of administrative privileges, given that adminship is not supposed to be a big deal and certainly not to be used to almost overtly belittle and lecture opponents in a formatting dispute. Hence I'm hereby putting in for an immediate unblock. - Cyrus XIII 11:18, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm seeking your opinion on the topic of Dir en grey's member's birthdates. I have found old scans of a pamphlet from the band La:Sadie's, which gives birtdate information for Kaoru, Die, Kyo, and Shinya. Since the information has been on the internet for a long time, and these pamphlet scans are of official (albeit old) goods, should they be included?
I would be able to provide you with the scans if you would like to view them.
Lastly, real names of the Dir en grye memebers, while having been guessed and posted on every fan site on the internet, have never been confirmed. However, after recent American touring, many peoples autographed merchandise from Toshiya is signed in Kanji as "Toshimasa" or 敏政. I do have pictures and scans to back this as well. What are your thoughts on this information being added to Wikipedia?--Jacob 16:46, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
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Hi,
The title says it all. I am requesting your opinion only because you've edited the Sicko (film) article and therefore appear to have an interest in the movie. I created the "Controversies" article and think it should stay, but I'd welcome your opinion whatever it is. If you consider this message annoying, I apologize. I'm leaving this message with you and some others without violating WP:CANVASS. I won't be leaving another message asking you to comment again. (My regards to the other XII.) Noroton 23:15, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
You wrote:
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Noroton"
No, I didn't say that. I said (or meant to say) that the article speaks for itself, meaning that if it's a bad article, no amount of arguing is going to save it, and if it's a good article (asserts notability, treats the subject comprehensively, accurately and fairly; follows other relevant Wikipedia rules) not much should be needed in the way of my arguing for it. I suppose I'll probably make a few points in the discussion, but editors will decide based on what they see in the article itself. Noroton 17:39, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Cyrus, thank you so much for the link to Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Here's a section of it that you might want to consult: WP:MULTI. Noroton 02:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
We would like to update the accurate information about YOSHIKI, Because most of information about him is concentrated in Japan and There are some difference between Japanese articles and Engilish one. So we are considering that the contents sholud be same among them. I do not want you to misunderstand what I said, That is not for the funs and the non-fans, I just want update correct,accurate information about YOSHIKI by staying neutral. You reverted YOSHIKI's MySpace Page and other infomation,but it is incorrect.Please see YOSHIKI.NET. If you are disagreed with my update, please have suggested prior changes within the talk page of the article.Mbe320 23:22, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Danah Boyd, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible. --Elonka 23:56, 26 June 2007 (UTC)