Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Takeshi Kawamura

Takeshi Kawamura

I'm new to Wikipedia contribution, and this is my first article. It was originally rated while it was still a work-in-progress; I'm fairly certain it's above stub-class now and would like to see it reassessed. I'd also like any pointers on style, content, ridiculous grammar/writing errors that I've somehow missed -- anything of the sort. Also, I'd like to add some pictures to it, but I'm a bit at sea on where to find them. I know of webpages and books that have images of Kawamura's productions, but I doubt use of them would be legal and am not sure where else I might look. An article about theatre without pictures is a sad article, says I.

Thanks ahead of time, and I hope to be adding more theatre content to Wikipedia in the future.

Koetachi 18:17, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, APR _t 13:47, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Awadewit

Welcome to wikipedia! What a wonderful contribution! Thank you! I think that you have hit the encyclopedic tone exactly right in the article. What is missing is the biographical data. You have quite a bit on Kawamura's writings (which was fascinating and I now want to go out and read these plays), but the page also needs to detail a bit about his life. See, for example, Balzac and Sarah Trimmer. You can either integrate the discussion of the works into the life or separate them out, but with a writer you need both the works and the life. With regard to images, I think you can use bookcovers, as long as you are talking about that particular book at some length (so, perhaps, Japan Wars). You would have to find a free or fair use image of the author himself. That is much trickier - I assume you looked on the wikimedia commons already? Pictures of theater productions I don't know about - have you read Wikipedia:Non-free content? That has a lot of helpful advice. Awadewit | talk 11:20, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! It's always intimidating to try something for the first time -- so your kind words are much appreciated. Kawamura's life prior to and around his works may be difficult to find information on (in English, at least), as he's most widely known in Japan; but I'll keep an eye out for anything more personal I can dig up as I look through other Japanese theatre texts. Nothing like a language barrier for keeping information scarce! I'll look around both the Commons (which I just learned about) and read about non-free content and see what more I can track down in the image field -- that actually seems to be the trickiest part of an article to navigate, images. If bookcovers are fair game, I think I'll look at the Japanese editions, see if they have anything usable. Thanks again! Koetachi 00:48, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! I suppose the Japanese wikipedia has a more substantial biography on him? I wonder if it is possible to request a translation? You might look into that. Awadewit | talk 01:11, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They don't seem to have a page on him (according to google), the first article i found with his name has it red-linked. CaNNoNFoDDa^Talk 14:14, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've noticed that -- and find it odd, as he's won major national awards, stits on judging panels, is still active, etc. My only thought is either a) Wiki's as behind in some areas in Japan as it is in the U.S. or b) he's listed under his troupe, Daisan Erotica or T-Factory. I'm going to check in to both. What article did you find his name in? Koetachi 15:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The one i linked is about a magazine that he is apparently on the editorial board of (the title is coming out as "Lines of Age", but this could be scrambled by the autotranslator, so i wouldn't trust it too much). He also has redlinks on an article about Kanagawa Prefectural Kibougaoka High School (under notable alumni) and China plays Becker Engineers Award under "21 times from Chapter 30" (don't look at me, that's what it says). I *think* this is the "what link here" page for his article. The google search i linked above seems sort of reliable (it's probably better than the MediaWiki search engine anyway). CaNNoNFoDDa^Talk 21:07, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]