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To-do list item finished: Merge Kangsi into Hopping corpse? I only did a cut-and-paste merger, with minimal clean-up, so Hopping corpse could use some attention. Also, should we leave the Kangsi redirect page in the Japanese mythology category that it is currently in? MikeDockery08:23, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
No, I don't think redirects are supposed to have categories. I've added the cat to Hopping corpse instead, as it's in both Chinese and Japanese myths apparently. — Amcaja16:03, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
Added instructions on image uploading. There's so much out there; illustrating articles should be another major goal for our project! — Amcaja18:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
In preparation for the creation of {{Japan-myth-stub}}, stub design has begun at User:Amcaja/Draft. Have a look at what's there and tweak to your heart's content. — Amcaja19:04, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
New News and Announcements archive for the project page. Also, news and announcements now list from newest to oldest. Seems to be easier to read that way. MikeDockery06:16, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Added a new secondary source, Yokai World. Be aware its primary function is to entertain (and showcase the creator's art) than to inform, so take a grain of salt with it. Also, it's in Japanese, so if need be, you may have to babelfish it - and watch out for bad mechanical translations.--み使いMitsukai01:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Split Nekomusume off from Catgirl so we can talk about the mythological aspects of the creature. There's a listing for a {{citation needed}} there; I put that there myself so I can dig up the info when I get home (I'm at work atm). If someone wants to cover that aspect before I do, by all means, feel free and do so.--み使いMitsukai19:33, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
{{Japan-myth-stub}} is live! I went ahead and used the oni netsuke image, as it had the least amount of opposition (there was never much consensus on any one image). This is easily changed, however, so don't shy from voting for it to be replaced. — Amcaja17:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
Hidatori has been marked as a possible hoax, and the article has been edited to reflect that opinion. The article text is basically useless in its current form ("Some people think..., but that's not true"). Needs to be either cleaned up or deleted. MikeDockery06:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
I've finally finished delving through the Japan category at Commons tagging everything related to folklore or mythology. Editors might be interested in browsing the folklore and mythology categories to find images worth adding to relevant articles. — Amcaja04:03, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
Doubts have been raised about the validity of the information on this website: Youkaimura (see Talk:Kamaitachi). The accuracy of the information on this site should be verified before using it as a source. Also, any articles which use only this site as a source need to be rewritten using multiple sources. MikeDockery13:25, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Suguri F, a Japanese user, has questioned the validity of Soukou. He/she suspects it's from anime or games but not from real mythology. Anyone able to do a Google.jp search on this? — Amcaja15:46, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
I asked some of my fellow teachers about this - the best they could come up with was Hō-ō (鳳凰), which is a creature somewhat similar to the discription given in the Soukou article. It's connection to Mt. Fuji is tenuous; It can appear suddenly in sacred places, so an appearance on Mt. Fuji (which is sacred) wouldn't be unexpected (in mythology, of course), but it isn't said to "live" there. They checked the web and dictionaries and couldn't come up with anything regarding "Soukou". Likely something from a game (per Mitsukai's explaination on the talk page), but most likely not from Japanese mythology. MikeDockery01:55, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
