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I made a pretty big addition to this article recently, but it is far from "done". I'd like to advertise it a little, so that any other interested individuals might pick up on the momentum and help flesh it out with more information, more citations, or some-copy edits. All your help is appreciated. - xiliquiernTalk 17:51, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
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I have been asked to expand the opening paragraph of my Lei tai article to better summarize all of the material cover. However, I'm more interested in digging for the information than I am rewriting the opening paragraph. Could someone on here please take a look at it and try to expand it themself? Other than that, the article looks great and I've added lots of pictures to it. (Ghostexorcist 21:17, 27 November 2006 (UTC))
Besides some well developed articles on various aspects of Japanese martial arts Koryu, Gendai budo, Budo and also specific martial arts such as sumo, aikido, jujutsu, etc. There is no article tying them together in a nice neat package along the lines of Chinese martial arts. Until now Japanese martial arts just redirected to budo and that just wasn't working. I started an article, tossed in a few picis, and really hope a concerted effort can be made to flesh out the article. It really doesn't have to be big but just tie in the history, evolution and modern sporting forms, etc as a hub from where the more detailed articles can be reached. We can worry about merging later.Peter Rehse 06:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I think it would be a good idea to create a "martial art" infobox, containing elements such as:
What do you think? - Nmnogueira 19:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Put into BJJ and JuJitsu filled out as best as I can --Nate1481 20:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
And I did Aikido and Judo - it should be noted that the Japanese Koryu arts have their own version.Peter Rehse 01:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Is there a particular reason info boxes should be on top of the article. I noticed that the creator Nmnogueira changed the position of the Judo one after I had moved it down slightly to get rid of the extra white space. I've moved it back but if there is a compelling reason please let us know.Peter Rehse 02:01, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks just checking. I also like the idea of having them as near the top as possible.Peter Rehse 01:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it would be a good idea to add a field with the date of birth of the martial art. What do you think this should be called? ("Date of creation", "Created", "Creation", "Founded", "Foundation",...) - Nmnogueira 16:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey all. I just noticed this subject and I'd like to ask your opinions on my own previous info-boxes I have added to various articles. Please note, I'm no super-wikipedian and I created the boxes manualy with no templates or such. They are prolly not very effective on top of that. I would like you guys to comment/improve them. But please tell me what you improve so I can learn and implement it in my next box. I put up my very improvised boxes on the following articles: Katori Shinto-ryu, Shinto Muso-ryu, Kashima Shinto-ryu, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu and several other whose names I cant remember. Please dont beat me with pointy sticks, I just tried to help :) Fred26 17:32, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
I thought they were pretty good - and something to be used specifically for Koryu.Peter Rehse 00:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
When did these weights first appear. I've read that they were created during the Han Dynasty. But I have also heard the locks were created by Shaolin. I'm sticking with the "Han" idea since it sounds more historically accurate.
Who made and sold the blocks? Did ancient Chinese armies train with these locks? Where these used as weight measures before being adopted for martial arts training? I would especially like to know about the use of these locks during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Could someone show me actual sourced reference material on this subject. English or Chinese, it doesn't matter.(Ghostexorcist 08:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC))
The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu page could do with a clean up by someone familiar with it's history. Currently the Origin and History, General and History all cover the same ground and could do with merging and re-separating in to more sensible divisions, making specific suggestions on talk page. --Nate1481 16:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
The article could also do with a few pictures to break up the text can anyone help? --Nate1481 18:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
If any of you have came across this article, you'll know what a mess it is. I'd be grateful if anyone with an interest could take a look at the new heading I've added on the talk page today. Stu ’Bout ye! 09:35, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 19:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
User blanked "in pop culture" section. Should it have been done? [1] --Raijinili 19:11, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Ofcourse, edit summaries are very useful in dealing with this: If someone comments with "Removing linkspam" and manages to wipe out the categories to, it should be reverted to prevent their loss. Also, sometimes doing a load of different things in one edit can be seen as being a little questionable too.
Sorry about the dissertation; given that edit's edit summary of only being about the list and its wiping out of the cats and IWLs says "Revert (and explain) away!" to this (old) vandal-reverter. 68.39.174.238 13:08, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I need a bit of help here. Someone just keeps adding tons of specific information about his chosen style - badly written I may add. I created an article for him which he's editing but he still loading his stuff in. Brainless or deranged I don't know which.Peter Rehse 10:26, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Radical clean-up. List of systems important enough for their own article rather than a list of obscure names.Peter Rehse 08:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Can someone reasonable experience take a look at Wong Shun Leung? A few noninvolved people have commented on the state of the articel, but it badly needs people who know the background to the person and the subject and the articel. 68.39.174.238 13:12, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Worse yet - the person who did it all is still around. I see a thankless task.Peter Rehse 10:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
This is a new article and may have various quality issues. Please review the article and provide your feedback. Shawnc 19:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
This is a new article and may have various quality issues. Please review the article and provide your feedback. Freedom skies| talk 19:46, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Under the "Conventions" subsection: Wikipedia:WikiProject Martial Arts#Japanese names, participants are first directed to follow all of the guidelines at WP:MOS-JP, but in the next sentence they are told to omit macrons in an article title, even if macrons would otherwise be properly included for that word if it appeared in the body of an article. This is contrary to WP:MOS-JP#Article titles, which clearly states that if a macron would be proper for a word in the body of an article, a macron should be used if that word is the title of an article. Is this contradiction and departure from the wikimanual intentional? If not, the "Conventions" section should probably be amended so as to be consistent with the manual. Bradford44 16:04, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Since no one has objected, I'm going to expand the "Japanese names" subsection, under "Conventions" on this project page to do two things. One, to be fully consistent with WP:MOS-JP, and to expand it with some other useful guidelines from the wikimanuals that tend to come up frequently in martial arts articles. Bradford44 00:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
What is the policy on articles that are written almost entirely by the person in question (autobiographical) (Donald Munro or where the subject (I am not sure they started it) becomes the major editor. Are there appropriate tags, actions, etc. I know wikipedia doesn't like original research WP:OR or vanity pages but it gets cloudy when the person might actually have some note.Peter Rehse 05:00, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Dose anyone know where on the site this info about notable judoka was added from? If so can it be referenced because it's like an advert at the moment. --Nate1481 14:36, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello all. Recently I've become rather uncertain about what constitutes correct naming of the various "Ryu". In the majority of my articles I've used, as an example "Shinto Muso-ryu". But I have also seen "Shinto Muso Ryu" being used here and there. I can't seem to find any uniform way of naming a ryu. What is the correct way of referring to a ryu? Is it XXXX-ryu or XXXX Ryu? Or is it a gray area with no yay or nays? I think that if one of the two ways of naming is preferred to another we should implement it as a standard for new articles. Fred26 09:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Good point - watching for it myself.Peter Rehse 00:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
If you do a search on English wikipedia using the keywords uncategorized martial you get about 154 hits - I am going to slowly go through them making some attermpt to categorize, rate, clean-up and delete where necessary. Could do with a bit of help.Peter Rehse 05:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Finally got through the lot. I figure it will take a week or so before the search engine catches up.Peter Rehse 08:01, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I have a feeling we are dealing with a crazy man here but this article is just crying out for help.Peter Rehse 01:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
It's horrific, I don't even know where to begin. I added a couple more maintenance tags; we can pray someone is interested in extensively overhauling this article. Bradford44 03:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I was brutal on the talk page - I am not even sure it is notable. Hard to tell from the article and not so clear from ghitsPeter Rehse 03:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
On the main page we have the MA box for improvements. On the talk page we have Articles in need of improvement in the ToDo box. Do we need both, should they be merged?Peter Rehse 06:11, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Removed the RedundancyPeter Rehse 08:04, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
There is an on going discussion on talk:grappling on this, could someone else have a look as I don't have the time or an extensive enough back ground knowledge to go into it, User:Penciljunk has a specific POV, that I dissagree with, that wrestling covers all forms of unarmed no striking combat I seem to have tied myself up in the argument so 3rd 4th & 5th opinions would be welcome. p.s. it didn't go down to well on the wrestling page either. --Nate1481 16:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
A new user, Snake bgd (talk · contribs), has some questions (see here). I've refered him/her to you because the user is interested in karate articles. Maybe someone can check on Fudokan, which was created by this user. Thanks much, Fang Aili talk 21:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Separate articles or not? Do we need duplicate lists?Peter Rehse 00:44, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Two part question, I was hoping to get some assistance with some martial arts related articles. Namely the Kip-up and the 540 kick.