On the MOS:JP talk page, a discussion has been started about including or not including romanizations for words of English origin, such as Fainaru Fantajī in Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī) (for the sake of simplicity, I called this case "words of English origin", more information on semantics here).
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One universally accepted point was to bring more users from the affected projects in to help achieve consensus, and you were one of those selected in the process.
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The posting system is a baseball player transfer system which operates between Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the United States' Major League Baseball (MLB). Despite the drafting of the United States – Japanese Player Contract Agreement in 1967 designed to regulate NPB players moving to MLB, problems arose in the late 1990s. Some NPB teams lost star players without compensation, an issue highlighted when NPB stars Hideo Nomo and Alfonso Soriano left to play in MLB after using loopholes to void their existing contracts. A further problem was that NPB players had very little negotiating power if their teams decided to deal them to MLB. In 1998, the Agreement was rewritten to address both problems and was dubbed the "posting system". Under this system, when an NPB player is "posted", MLB holds a four-day-long silent auction during which MLB teams can submit sealed bids in an attempt to win the exclusive rights to negotiate with the player. If the MLB team with the winning bid and the NPB player agree on contract terms before the 30-day period has expired, the NPB team receives the bid amount as a transfer fee, and the player is free to play in MLB. (more...)
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The only reason things should be broken is if a page uses those reviews. That they use them is no excuse to keep the status quo. There is a way to add a depracation, but I'm not sure how to do it. The bottom line though is that coding should be gone because this timeplate is suppose to only house reliable sources because its used on article [ages as a reliable review summary.
Hello Torsodog. If you'd be kind enough to go back to that review, bamse has left you a final comment or so, it would be good to resolve this so I can then plan for when the list appears on the main page!! All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 18:29, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening good sir. I have a favor to ask. I am in the midst of re-vamping the article hitting for the cycle, in part splitting out the list of MLB players to its own list in order to make an actual article on the cycle proper. I want this cycle article to include something of a world view instead of just MLB. I know that you are the resident NPB expert, and I have been trying to find information on NPB players to hit for the cycle. I just don't know where to find source info, and I figured you might know better than I. The most recent cycle I found was Julio Zuleta's on September 23, 2007. Are there any more recent, and are there sources? Would you mind just helping me out in finding some of that info (if you can)? Let me know on my talk page. If you want to view the current draft, it is here. Thank you in advance! — KV5 • Talk • 01:33, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I see your cycle list. Coming along well. I've completed my work and moved my pages into the mainspace. When you complete your list of NPB cycles, please add it to the "see also" section and the hatnote of Hitting for the cycle. It would also really be great if you would add some info about the players to do unique things with cycles, especially those who have hit multiples. Cheers! — KV5 • Talk • 13:48, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Have you thought about taking the NPB cycle list to WP:FLC? It would only need a few tweaks to get there. You definitely have some good pictures to choose from. I'd be willing to help with the prep work if you like. — KV5 • Talk • 23:35, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've been thinking of taking the article Hitting for the cycle to GA. You certainly deserve credit for all the NPB work you put in. If the NPB list goes through FLC, we'd have a nice, compact featured topic candidate. If you don't want to do the FLC work, let me know because I would be happy to take it through the paces, with your leave of course. — KV5 • Talk • 13:13, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I would love to make the NPB a FL, but unfortunately I'm a bit worried about the quality of the sources. Since the cycle is a fairly new idea for the NPB, they don't really have any official lists on their site. I'm confident all of my info in that article is accurate, but the source to back it up may not be up to snuff. Feel free to take a look though and tell me what you think. I could try to find a few more reliable sources in the meantime. --TorsodogTalk20:14, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I see what you mean. That source doesn't really have any backup for its data. Not saying that it's incorrect, but I see that you maybe wouldn't want to take that to FLC. Is there an equivalent of Retrosheet for Japanese baseball, that you could look up the box scores? — KV5 • Talk • 20:19, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, first of all I just wanted to thank you for all the great work you have done of the Japanese baseball pages. I`m just starting on Wikipedia and have been doing a little work on the Yokohama DeNA BayStars page. I noticed that the uniform graphic for the is out of date. I have absolutely no idea how to make one but I noticed you made the last one. The new uniforms look like this http://www.mbga.jp/pc/html/ydb/index.html if you are interested in updating. RocksteadyJP (talk) 04:42, 31 January 2014 (UTC) Edit: Actually I think I may have put this in the wrong place... I just saw the request heading and figured it was for all requests. Sorry.[reply]
saw you reverted. The map i added are the official hard boundaries set by the city of chicago. they should represented on the map. could possibly add the unofficial lines in a different color or dashed lines to represent the expansion of the area.--Nickvet419 (talk) 02:01, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
you can find the official neighborhood maps here [1][2]
I agree that the boundaries are larger than the city defines because the neighborhood has expanded into the south loop area in 1980 with China Square and the parks. I adjusted the map and gave it timeline boundaries outlines. --Nickvet419 (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Dear Torsodog, Thanks for your edits on 2012 Japan Series. I made a few edits to the page before you began, going by Japanese and English sources. I realize now I made some mistakes (which you corrected), one of which was the score (it wasn't a 2-0 shutout; the Giants won 4-3). I made my first edit after looking at a Japanese-language source, then changed it (the score) after looking at an English source that was in error. Take care, and happy editing!Minusminority (talk) 04:12, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Your reversion of my editing out the words "legume-like" in the description of the Cloud Gate sculpture is counterproductive. In this instance "legume" is not descriptive of a bean shape as you so earnestly desire. Legumes comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants, numbering some 400 genera and 10,000 species. Alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, soybeans, peanuts, wisteria vines and locust trees are among the family. To quote Wikipedia itself, "A legume (/ˈlɛɡjuːm/ or /ˌləˈɡjuːm/) is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant."
While a limited world view might associate legumes only with beans, this is patently not the case. Does "the bean" resemble anything other than a bean? It's called "the bean" because of its bean-like shape, if anything. But why "bean-like" shape? It's called the bean because of its shape. Imho, adding superfluous (and especially erroneous) explanation to a simple statement needlessly complicates the matter. Nickrz (talk) 17:40, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi - a quick note in follow-up to the revert of edits to Hitting for the cycle, as I would like to re-edit in a manner that will be more acceptable. You had noted "removing non from lead, changing the definition of a hit single, removing inline refs" and I wanted to get brief clarification on those:
Did you perhaps mean NPB in lead? I'm concerned that the NPB info on the page is quite stale, so wanted to group it in one place and flag it as needing an update.
I had removed the quote of Rule 6.09(a), which is about the batter becoming a runner... should that be left in? I ask because I felt it was off-target; otherwise, I don't think my edit changed the definition of a single (or if it did, it wasn't intentional).
I'll be more careful about updating rather than remove inlines.
Any input appreciated, as I would like to continue to improve the page. Thanks. Dmoore5556 (talk)
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Surely you wouldn't actually editwar over this stuff? Please see WP:BRD. There is an open discussion about this information—you can make your case there. Further reverts without discussion will be reported and probably result in a block. Curly "JFC" Turkey🍁¡gobble!23:08, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Same could be said to you. I invite the block if you honestly think that is the best course of action for Wikipedia over this. I've been discussing on the Wikipedia Project Japan talk page. Feel free to join in. --TorsodogTalk23:11, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't realize that the discussion was literally about not being able to add anymore information about it. I agree it shouldn't be in the lead or even maybe in it's own section, but to literally not be able to explain the situation at all? No, that wasn't discussed nor was I "perfectly aware". Stop assuming bad faith. --TorsodogTalk00:10, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi there, I think you've played around with the NPB colouring. It has upset the templates because now text is white against white. Could you please fix this? I don't have the confidence to do it myself. This is mainly for the Template:Chunichi Dragons roster navbox and other Dragons related boxes I've created. I'd also like to add that the new colour scheme looks very iffy on player pages too.Cynikles (talk) 23:28, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate you switching it back. It ended up with white font against a white background with the inverted scheme. Thank you. Cynikles (talk) 02:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, I see you reverted my changes to this template citing that it broke the infobox. Could you direct me to the page where you encountered this bug, so that I can work to resolve it? Thanks! –Aidan721 (talk) 14:00, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Almost every Climax Series page was broken because of the change. I didn't look hard into what you did because you changed a lot but whatever you did, it broke most of infoboxes. --TorsodogTalk17:12, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately that was many years and several computers ago. That file is on an old hard drive in landfill somewhere. --TorsodogTalk19:37, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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We do go by the WP:COMMONNAME. The logo may include corporate sponsor, sure, but so what? Reliable secondary sources overwhelmingly refer to the series as the "Japan Series" without mentioning the corporate advertiser: [3], [4], [5], [6]... you get the idea. I'm not opposed to putting a note about the corporate sponsor somewhere in the body, assuming there's a reliable secondary source, but there's no way it's WP:DUE for the lead, and certainly not for the first sentence. I looked but I did not find a news story detailing how much they paid for the sponsorship, or really, anything at all about the sponsorship, which really hurts the WP:DUE case. If we simply started listing shifting corporate sponsorships of every sporting event on Wikipedia, things would get out of hand pretty quickly. Fred Zepelin (talk) 18:48, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
WP:COMMONNAME refers to article titles and has no bearing on what we are talking about. The article is titled by common name. And saying that a handful of words in an article violates WP:DUEA is pretty silly. The article is fairly long, a few words are obviously not undue weight. Simply mentioning the official title and corportate sponsor does not violate any policy. It is explaining to the reader what the official Japanese title of the event is, what SMBC is, and why it is included in the logo, all information that is relevant to the event. --TorsodogTalk19:23, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not about undue weight in the article, it's about undue weight in the lead. It's a really long article, and there's one mention of the sponsor that you just added (by the way, check the URL - I got a "Page not found" error when I clicked on the reference URL). So it's fine that it's in the body, but to repeat the exact same minor thing in the lead makes little sense. If no secondary sources felt the need to explain "what the official Japanese title of the event is, what SMBC is, and why it is included in the logo", then we don't do that here either. Also, I don't know what "official title" means but I'm pretty sure that's WP:OR. Fred Zepelin (talk) 20:33, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, never mind my note about the URL, must've been a weird error on my end, I see the actual page now in a different browser. Regardless, that's a primary source, so definitely no WP:DUE for the lead. Secondary sources don't seem to be using "SMBC" in the name of the series. But it's harmless enough in the body so I'm not removing it. Fred Zepelin (talk) 20:38, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I quickly found a source and it happened to be primary. Have you done searching of Japanese sources? Japanese secondary sources certainly use the full name in places. I will bring this question up at WP:Baseball. Please stop reverting until the discussion plays out there. --TorsodogTalk21:39, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think the wording you used in your last two edits was excellent and a good way to resolve the whole thing. Thank you for collaborating on this, although I know we have a slight difference of opinion on it. Can I suggest the other Japan Series annual articles follow the same example you've laid down? Fred Zepelin (talk) 16:05, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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