regarding the name of the class entry - see Talk:Class (object-oriented programming) - for Mintguy's defence. Martin
Hi Taku. I might be making a mistake wading into this, but I think there might be a misunderstanding going on. So, keep in mind that I think you are a valuable contributor, and I'm very sorry that things have gone badly like this. That said, there are two separate issues being discussed here.
The first is that, for example, Meiji Emperor is not proper English. A native English speaker would say Emperor Meiji (when I was teaching in South Korea, my students called me "Stephen Teacher". I didn't correct this, as it was meant as a respectful title. However, English speakers would never use that phrase). This issue isn't really a big deal; it was just an honest mistake and it is easily fixed.
However, there is a second issue, and this is what's causing the problems. In renaming these emperor pages, you've created a chain of redirects the point to other redirects. The Wikipedia software doesn't handle multiple redirects very well. The best way to understand what I mean is to click on Meiji. It redirects to Meiji Emperor of Japan, which redirects to Meiji Emperor, which redirects to Meiji emperor, which then redirects to Mutsuhito. Unfortunately, only the first redirect works. Please click on Meiji and follow all the links so you can see what I mean. This forces a reader who wants to learn about this emperor to click three or four times to reach the actual article, and they may become confused, thinking that we don't actually have an article. This is called a "redirect chain". I've made a few of these myself. When I do, I go back and change all of those redirects so that they point at the same page, because it's messy work and I don't think it's right for me to expect others to clean up after me.
So, it's this bunch of redirect chains that is the big problem, not the actual names of the pages. Nobody can order you to fix it; we're all volunteers here. However, it would be very polite of you to do so since you built those redirect chains. If you still refuse, I'll volunteer to fix it myself, but it will take quite a while, and I may need you to answer some questions for me.
If I'm not explaining this well, please let me know. -- Stephen Gilbert 16:39 Mar 21, 2003 (UTC)
Yes, I was talking about the redirect chain mess. I wonder why people assume I don't know that redirect chain mess. -- Taku 01:32 Mar 23, 2003 (UTC)
Because if you don't know how to name, how can you fix them? Ok, suppose if I started to rename every title of Emperor of Japan by the format {title} Emperor. Quite a few questionably started to complain about it. Some argue we shoud put of Japan, some say Emperor {title} is more natural, while some say {title} emperor (notice small e). Unfortunately, I am unwilling to convice all of people. Anyway I warn you should talk some before actually starting renaming otherwise you will encouter other norms you don't follow. -- Taku 22:02 Mar 24, 2003 (UTC)
Taku, are you up for a WikiProject called Japanese prefectures. We would have to start with an format and outline first before we continue reverting each others changes ;). --synthetik 06:04 Mar 22, 2003 (UTC)
Problem with File:Ideogram ji.png -- browser says the image has errors :( -- Tarquin 23:01 Mar 24, 2003 (UTC)
Ack! I will look at it. Just a moment. -- Taku 23:10 Mar 24, 2003 (UTC)
Which House of Representatives? The Japanese one right? --mav
Yes, I corrected links refer to House of Representatives of Japan.
Taku, I am going to start fixing emperor articles. Please stop me if I "machi gatta" before I "zenbu shimasu" -- Uncle Ed 01:01 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)
Sorry for having a go at you earlier. It is just very important that a talk page be moved because otherwise the discussions on it are lost and it isn't fair for those who took part in the discussion. If we are all careful (and I have to be too) we avoid creating unnecessary problems and allow everyone to work on new articles. :-) wikipeace. STÓD/ÉÍRE 02:47 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)
Why would you redirect from "high-level language", which uses correct hyphenation, to "high level language", which does not? If you doubt that the traditional use of hyphens is a magnificently efficient way of conveying information, consider the difference in meaning between two newspaper headlines:
Michael Hardy 00:17 Apr 5, 2003 (UTC)
About Wikiproject Japanese districts and municipalites. I think the naming conventions should be adopted before further expansion. "{city}" for a city is o.k. because cities are well-known and almost unique in Romaji. However, towns and villages are a different matter. Too many names conflict. So I think all towns and villages should be titled "{town}, {prefecture}" or "{village}, {prefecture}". -- Nanshu 01:05 Apr 26, 2003 (UTC)