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Hello, and Welcome to the Wikipedia, Bobo12345! Thanks for the contributions over on the Minamata disease article. Here are a few perfunctory tips to hasten your acculturation into the Wikipedia experience:

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Image:Minamata Chisso Industrial Waste.jpg

Perhaps leaving a request for assistance at the Village pump might be the fastest way to get help from editors more experienced with handling image copyrights. Judging from your comments, it seems likely that you might find more specifics about the copyright status at the website where you found the image; that could also speed the process. Good luck! Ombudsman 23:06, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dunno, but it's probably not a good idea

It looks like as if that site DOES NOT have the direct rights from a lot of those photographers for the use of their images. Therefore, copying anything from that site is dangerous from a legal perspective unless you can prove that the work is so old it is in the public domain. But very few works are in the public domain; they have to be created before 1923 or 1924, I think.

Fair use might be possible but I really doubt it. You'd have to use a small portion of the work (for example, a tiny corner might suffice), or resample it at a very small size until it's barely recognizable, etc. Fair use is usually very difficult to get away with; the exception is parodies, which are protected under fair use thanks to Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc..

The point is that no one can just go around licensing stuff which they themselves do not hold the license for. It's like that old joke about the guy who asks you if you'd like to buy the Brooklyn Bridge. --Coolcaesar 20:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Two reasons, one of them misplaced

First, it looked like a cut&paste. Second was that axe murder junk is being used by the Colbert Report vandals. The revert was probably badly placed though and the colbert vandals have been distracting me. As for moves though, the GFDL requires that all edits be attributed. Axe_Murder_Incident looks like a slight rewording for a changed title, except Operation_Paul_Bunyan has a long edit history which should be preserved for the GFDL. Here's what I propose you do. Go to Axe Murder Incident, tag it with {{db-author}}, but copy your text to a private place for safekeeping. An administrator will be along shortly to delete the article. Then, go to Operation Paul Bunyan and click the move tab, just to the right of the history tab. Enter a the axe murder name in and move the page(check the talk page move too). From there, open the editing of the article again, and paste in your new naming scheme. In this way, you will have moved and renamed the article, but given it a new name while still preserving the GFDL. Let me know what you think of this. Kevin_b_er 06:04, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see you've been replacing links to Operation Paul Bunyan with links that read [[Axe Murder Incident|Operation Paul Bunyan]]. Please don't do that, as it's unnecessary and it complicates both the source code and the logical structure of the affected articles. For details, see Wikipedia:Redirect#Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken. Melchoir 17:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, when you want to link to the article about something British, please do not link to British, as that is a disambiguation page (which nothing should be linked to). Instead link to the one of the options found on that page such as United Kingdom or Great Britain by writing out [[United Kingdom|British]] or [[Great Britain|British]]. Regards, Jeff3000 14:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for updating Portal

Hi Bobo12345, and thanks for updating the selected article on Portal:Japan. Hard to believe I didn't update it, since I've visited the Portal several times this week. Fg2 01:47, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Macrons in Oita

Hi Bobo12345, The macrons you added to those two articles appear quite appropriate to me. Thanks for doing those. Fg2 08:13, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bobo12345,

...Any way of doctoring [{{Infobox Prefecture Japan}}] so that we can get rid of [[[Category:Districts in Ōita Prefecture]]] and get it to point to [[Category:Districts in Oita Prefecture]]?

Hmm... In other words, if I've understood correctly, for the template to "de-macroniz/se" names automatically...?  If so, I'm afraid I don't know, although I suspect that if it is possible, the code might be cumbersome...

A solution that would seem to work with rather than despite macrons would be to permit them in category names, to which those versions without macrons are {{categoryredirect}}ed...?

Sorry not to be more helpful, David Kernow (talk) 11:56, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed this (there was an existing DistrictCategory parameter). -- Rick Block (talk) 14:21, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! Very speedy, thanks! Bobo12345 14:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Seconded – thanks Rick!  David Kernow (talk) 21:30, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just a question, but why not move the category to Category:Districts in Ōita Prefecture (and, all of the other Ōita-related categories)? WP:MOS-JA only mentions that items in categories should be sorted as if it had no macrons, but I don't see any place which prohibits the changing of category names to meet the standards for the rest of the articles. Neier 23:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, so it does. It seems I misinterpreted the MOS. I'll go ahead and rename the categories as needed. Bobo12345 06:49, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of various redirects

Hi Bobo12345,

You proposed deletion of various redirects. They probably should be deleted, but Wikipedia:Proposed deletion states, "Items other than articles, including images, templates, Wikipedia essays and redirects are dealt with through other processes." A good place to list them is Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion. They appear noncontroversial and can probably be deleted without any problems.

Thanks for suggesting deleting them.

Fg2 08:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know my mistake. It can be pretty confusing sometimes when there are so many different procedures for deleting/renaming/moving! I've relisted all those redirects for deletiong on the WP:RFD page as you suggested. Bobo12345 08:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Honshu and Kyushu

I just found out that Honshu and Kyushu are English words!

Both appear in Merriam-Webster! See [1] and [2]

Therefore I strongly oppose macronization for those two. WhisperToMe 03:43, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kyushu and Kyūshū are the same word, although probably only the unmacronised version appears in the dictionary, as you pointed out. The issue is whether or not to use the macronised version on Wikipedia. The WP:MOS-JP indicates that for very common Japanese words, the unmacronised version should be used (eg. Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto) but for less common words, the macronised version should be used to aide pronunciation (eg. Tesshō Genda, Ōita Prefecture). Note that you will also find Oita in the MW dictionary. The survey over at the MOS page is more about where to draw the line between common and non-common. Bobo12345 05:25, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
From what I can tell, news articles, municipal websites, and informal publications tend to omit macrons, while maps and formal encyclopedias keep macrons. EDIT: Brittanica does not use macrons for Kyushu, while Encarta uses macrons. WhisperToMe 05:33, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unintended consequence? I see you've macronized these words in some U.S. Navy ship articles, and I'm sure there are many good reasons for doing so. But I can no longer find these words in an article when I enter "Kyushu" or "Honshu" in the search box on my browser. (And, no, I'm not ever going to enter the macronized versions--too much trouble, don't know any Japanese, too hard to keep up with places that macronize and don't macronize, etc.) Lou Sander 15:35, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When you say the "search box on my browser" do you mean a search function of your browser, or a website search engine like Google? Bobo12345 01:11, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Updated DYK query On 7 October, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Oita

Thanks for bringing the category to my attention. It was on my bot's to-do list, and got picked up this morning. Best wishes, --RobertGtalk 14:32, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is the "release" provided by User:Dshallard on Osu-Kannon's talk page really satisfactory to prove that permission has been obtained? Bobo12345 12:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. I've never dealt with released copyrighted text before (just spotting apparent copyright infringements and tagging them as such), so I'm not certain of the procedure and how claims get verified (I was planning to deal with this properly a bit later anyway). Do you think it should be taken to Copyright Problems for a week instead of just db-copyvio, or what? ~Matticus TC 15:34, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AWB

I think I read somewhere that you used AWB to update many of the Ōita articles? Did you also use it to move the towns/cities to their new names? Neier 13:03, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. After doing the Ōita Prefecture and Ōita, Ōita pages by hand and realising what a painful process it was, I got authorised to use AutoWikiBrowser. I moved all of the pages over manually but the used the AWB to convert all of the links to the macroned versions. It was still a long process. Do you use AWB? If not, I suggest you get signed up! It will make the job of converting much easier. Bobo12345 13:07, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I will need to see if it runs in the virtual XP I have on my Mac... Neier 13:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

JET Programme wiki

Hey! As I recall, someone once tried to do something similar. He was a BigDaikon poster too.

Here it is:

http://www.takipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

If you want to do it, then that's cool. Probably not something I would really want to contribute too, just because allthough it is my job, I'm not really interested in the JET programme on the whole...

But let me know how it goes!

MightyAtom 12:38, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, good idea, but it may be hard to find contributors. I think Ithinkimlost (.org? .com?) has a wiki set up, by the way, so you might just want to piggy back onto that one. Good luck! -- BrianSmithson 06:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiJET

Hi there! I think the idea of a JET-related Wiki is a good one, especially if a) you can get a wide range of people to contribute and b) it doesn't turn into a forum for slagging off JET and Japan (a lot of people I know are turned off by Big Daikon because they feel it falls into the latter category). I just had a look at what you have so far and there are some good ideas there. A place for people to put lesson activities/plans/ideas is always good, as would be links to pages of interest to JET participants (Hyperdia, Weather information, Yahoo groups, etc) and also guides to cities and places of interest.

In my second year I was a Regional Prefectural Advisor (because Gifu prefecture is so huge, it's very difficult for the PAs to cover the whole of it, so it is split into five areas and each area has two RPAs who report back to the PA), and at our monthly meetings we decided to make a website called GifuGuide, featuring information for JETs (and other gaijin) in the area, information for people who may be visiting, and things like that. The three or so Wikipedia-savvy people at the meeting said that starting a Wiki would be the best thing, but as we were a minority that idea was scrapped in favour of getting all the JETs in the area to contribute articles. So I think there'll definitely be interest from the JET community. Off the top of my head if you want to pursue this further and if you haven't already done so, talk to one of the AJET representatives in your area and see if they can get it in the monthly AJET bulletin; that should get a lot of people involved, for sure.

Unfortunately, since I left the bubble of Japan I haven't had as much time to spend on Wikipedia (in my last few months on JET my classes had been reduced to two per week; I think I was one of the most underused ALTs ever, hence my prolific Wikipedia input!), but if I have time I'd see if there's anything I could add to the site. Hope that's okay! Phileas 18:13, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome Message response from 124.85.67.31

Thanks for the welcome message, but I was logged out in error at the time I submitted changes to the entry. I still signed it with my wiki username though. I've done a number of entry modifications and entries over the past three years, but there's something about the work computers in Japanese schools that keeps logging me out...

Choeki 00:40, 02 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, have have comments for my human bonding article, at peer-review (below yours). Thanks: --Sadi Carnot 13:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ryukyu Islands

Ryukyu Islands should remain de-macronised according to WP:MOS-JA. It is not the same as Ryūkyū Shotō, according to the what is already explained in the Ryukyu Islands article. These are explained in the two articles, please read them. —Tokek 03:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. The WP:MOS-JA states in rule no. 10: "Island names should always include macrons". Bobo12345 04:01, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, it's sometimes hard to keep track of macron policy as it tends to change constantly. Whehter or not macrons should be included, Ryukyu Islands is defined in English-language dictionaries as the set of islands between Taiwan and Kyushu. This definition corresponds to the Japanese term Nansei Shotō. The set of islands is further subdivided into Satsunan Shotō and Ryūkyū Shotō. Hence Ryūkyū Shotō is a subset of Ryukyu Islands (a.k.a. Nansei Shotō), not the equivalent. The two terms should not be equated when they do not share the same definition. —Tokek 08:21, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, please feel free to make the changes you see necessary. I'm not an expert on the Ryukyu Islands myself, or the terminology. Bobo12345 09:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Tazeen Ahmad.jpg

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Ōita Prefecture

Ha! Ok thanks for letting me know. I admit I'm quite ignorant on the topic, but saw that the edit was from a serial vandal and assumed this was also vandalism. Guess I was wrong! --AbsolutDan (talk) 23:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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New Ryūkyū vs. Ryukyu poll

Hello. You participated in the Ryūkyū Islands vs. Ryukyu Islands vote that resulted in no consensus at Talk:Ryūkyū Islands. That vote is being redone at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(Japan-related_articles)#Poll:_.22Ry.C5.ABky.C5.AB.22_instead_of_.22Ryukyu.22. . If you still have an opinion, please participate in the new poll before it is concluded. Bendono 00:45, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bobo12345. I noticed that you've previously voted in Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)/Prefectures and macrons. A similar poll on macrons is taking place until Dec. 13 at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Poll: "Ryūkyū" instead of "Ryukyu". The voting seems to be deadlocked, with many outside voters rather than frequent contributors to the WP:JP project like yourself. It would really help if you can either comment or vote there, although I'll understand if you would prefer to stay out of the controversy. Thank you for your consideration.
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I'm originally from Cheshire but living in Japan at the moment. I'll be moving back this year so I plan to help out with the project then. Bobo12345 23:16, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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for formatting my reference at Great Hanshin earthquake. I wanted to add the info but couldn't recall the format for references. Fg2 20:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. :) Bobo12345 23:21, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is your name part of Minimata disease?

Why is your name part of Minimata disease? The disease does not formally include your user name. It is terribly tragic if you or any of your family are afflicted with this; but this does not mean that your name should be in the disease name. Dogru144 13:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry I don't know what you mean. My user name is not mentioned anywhere in the Minamata disease article. Are you sure you weren't looking at the talk page? Bobo12345 08:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Kiyokawa, Kanagawa

You reintroduced a dablink on top of Kiyokawa, Kanagawa that points to Kiyokawa, Ōita. Why? —Tokek 12:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies. I was under the impression that the a search for "Kiyokawa" forwarded straight to the Kiyokawa, Kanagawa article, but since there is already a disambiguation page, then the dablink is not really needed, is it? I've changed it back. Bobo12345 23:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bobo12345. An automated process has found and will an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that is in your userspace. The image (Image:Minamata protesters.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Bobo12345/Minamata disease. This image or media will be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. This does not necessarily mean that the image is being deleted, or that the image is being removed from other pages. It is only being removed from the page mentioned above. All mainspace instances of this image will not be affected Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 22:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bobo12345, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Patients and family members hold photographs of their dead.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Bobo12345/Minamata disease. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not readd the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 04:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bobo12345, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Tomokos hand.gif) was found at the following location: User:Bobo12345/Minamata disease. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not re-add the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 04:12, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Japan taskforces

In order to encourage more participation, and to help people find a specific area in which they are more able to help out, we have organized taskforces at WikiProject Japan. Please visit the Participants page and update the list with the taskforces in which you wish to participate. Links to all the taskforces are found at the top of the list of participants.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for helping out! ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 08:18, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Minamata fishing.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Minamata fishing.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 17:36, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Masazumi Harada.jpg

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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 01:02, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Masazumi_Harada.jpg

Replaceable fair use
Replaceable fair use

Thanks for uploading Image:Masazumi_Harada.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ōita Prefecture

I saw your name at Wikipedia:Photo_Matching_Service#Japan. Please consider adding your name to and monitoring Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ōita Prefecture and any other subcategory at Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Japan. Thanks. GregManninLB (talk) 23:21, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pizza in Yufuin

Hey, since it`s practically next-door, you should come over to Kunugi no oka pizzeria. Best pizza in the area formerly known as Oita-gun! Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 10:19, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Minamata Chisso Industrial Waste.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Minamata Chisso Industrial Waste.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:17, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The link to the image was mistakenly removed from the Minamata disease article. I have replaced the link and re-uploaded the image. Bobo12345 (talk) 22:44, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]