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Thanks for the new material. The article is now much more significant. I should have done this a long time ago... --Flying tiger (talk) 14:31, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MChew and a big thumbs up for all the work you're doing on expanding our coverage of these aircraft. Just a couple of tips, if I may, to iron out a couple of bugs that you seem to have run into here and there:

• If you don't put in the power rating in kW for an engine, the engine specs won't show at all (to convert, multiply hp by .746)
• If you cut out the "eng2" parameters, the specifications section will show an extra word - "each" - after the eng1 specifications. In any case, it's best to leave unused parameters intact in an article, since most people get started with these templates by copying-and-pasting them from another article. By cutting out parameters unused in this article, you're potentially hiding them from other editors who may need them elsewhere.
• Please wiki engines and weapons in the specifications section. We actually have articles on a large number of Japanese engines and aircraft guns; it's very likely that an article exists, and even if one doesn't, redlinks are good - they help us grow.
• If it's not too much trouble, when you've finished a new article, please list it here so that WikiProject Aircraft members can take a look.
• The standard order for the supplementary sections right across Wikipedia is: See also, References, External links. If you've been modelling your articles on some of our older aircraft articles, you may have inadvertently copied an obsolete section order.
• There's a template available to help kick off new aircraft articles in standard format: just type {{subst:aerostart}}and save the page.

Hope that helps! Sorry if I've bombarded you! Cheers --Rlandmann (talk) 03:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, this is a question in regards to your recent edit on Iinuma Sadakichi-- if he was in the Imperial Japanese Army, wouldn't he count as "Japanese military personnel"? Just wanted to make sure if there was some nuance I was missing. Thanks. -Tadakuni (talk) 16:13, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tadakuni! Are you sure that he served in the Imperial Japanese Army? If so, I deleted the category in error and apologize. However, per the Japanese wikipedia, Iinuma served in the early Meiji government's Ministry of Engineering (Kobusho) from 1872 as a telephone specialist, and later served in the forerunner of the Ministry of Communications. I did not see any mention of military service, but if he was indeed in the army, his period of service must have been quite short.Do you have any other details? --MChew (talk) 07:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for taking so long to reply; I've been away from Wikipedia for quite some time. This says he was an army captain during the Sino-Japanese war. I would rather get a print resource, though; I'm sure I have one, I just have to dig it up. Thank you for understanding. -Tadakuni (talk) 17:15, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I nominated your article for DYK. Feel free to edit the hook as you see fit.--Lenticel ^(talk) 01:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On 17 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Greater East Asia Conference, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your contributions. --PFHLai (talk) 22:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see you have greatly improved the article on Volunteer Fighting Corps, which I had recently added references to and moved (per this brief discussion). Would you also be able to look at the other two articles listed there (which I have also added references to and moved), as they could do with a lot of help and I'm not 100% sure they are now at the correct title, even if only to sense check what I have done? For reference they are:

• Great Japan Youth Party - pretty unsure about the Theoretical Indoctrination Plan section?
• Yokusan Sonendan - not sure if this is the best title for this article, and I can't verify the war crimes allegation?

Both need the name in Japanese script to be added. Any help to improve these articles (or feedback for my edits) would be much appreciated. regards, ascidian | talk-to-me 20:42, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ascidian! I will do what I can to help! --MChew (talk) 07:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Saw your message. According to the ja article Meiji and Keio, Meiji actually started on october 23, 1868 though, legally the Meiji started on January 25, 1968. That's why I moved the article but I'm confused now. What do you think? Oda Mari (talk) 15:46, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... Emperor Meiji took the throne in January, but the nengo was not officially changed until October... Nitpicking, I would say that since WP:MOS-JA says since the start of the Meiji era, the naming order should change from October 23 1868 births, but I guess the argument could be made either way. Then again, I am biased since I am of the minority opinion and think that ALL Japanese names should be given in Japanese order, i.e. Family name, given name. --MChew (talk) 05:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again!

Today, as I plod through the list of missing aircraft, I've added entries on two Japanese civil types of the 30s and 40s - the Hitachi T.2 and Hitachi TR.1. Both are pretty obscure, and I haven't been able to find much detail on either of them. They seemed to be right up your alley, so I hope you might be able to flesh them out a little more. If you can find any performance figures for either type (and I hope you can!), you'll need to remove the line of code that says "|perfhide=Y", otherwise the section will remain hidden.

You might also like to check out the missing aircraft lists - there are a few Japanese types still to cover under the main manufacturer types. Once those lists have been completed (late 2009 at current rate of progress), Wikipedia will have become the most comprehensive encyclopedia of aircraft ever published... :) --Rlandmann (talk) 23:33, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the challenge! The aircraft you mention are indeed very obscure, and it may take some time to locate info, but I will see what I can do. --MChew (talk) 05:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing as you are the expert with IJA information, I just wanted you to know that I created this article from some online sources I found. It still need to have a translation to its Japanese name, which is why I'm asking if you can do that for me. If you could tell me how, that would be fine too. Not that I mean to bother you or anything, and I hope I don't waste time. Yojimbo501 (talk) 19:18, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've just seen that you added a B-class checklist for this article. Could you please explain why did you rate the 4th item ("It is free from major grammatical errors") negatively? Thanks, Mentatus (talk) 20:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that the sub-section "Duties" needs to be written in a more encyclopedic format. While there is noting wrong with a bullet-point list of duties, an introductary paragraph that does not begin with "Its" would go a long way to improving the article. --MChew (talk) 06:54, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Point duly taken. An introductory paragraph in the "Duties" sub-section is a good idea, this section definitely needs to be refined. However, what does that have to do with "major grammatical errors"? It is an issue regarding format and structure, not grammar, isn't it? Thanks for your feedback, Mentatus (talk) 09:01, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are also a number of minor grammatical and English-language usage issues throughout the article - while nothing really "major", I felt that the number was enough to warrant the negative rating (which is, after all, somewhat arbitrary). If you are planning to refine the "Duties" sub-section, it would be nice if you could give the rest of the article a good look-over. --MChew (talk) 07:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you be more specific regarding the "minor grammatical and English-language usage issues"? Thanks, Mentatus (talk) 07:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:

I am designing a book cover for Harvard University Press on Hideo Kobayashi.

The only photos of him I can find are on Wikipedia. Do you know who holds the copyright on this photo?

Thank you.

Jeff Cosloy

jeff@cosloydesigns.com 75.164.158.108 (talk) 01:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You might try the following:

Kamakura Bungakukan

1-5-3 Hase

Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa-ken 248-0016 JAPAN

Tel: 81-467-23-3911

The photo is a cropped version of one published in Bungakutoshi Kamakura 100-nin (文学都市かまくら１００人）published by that institute about 3 years ago. I am sure they have others in their records, or could direct you to the appropriate copyright holders.

--MChew (talk) 14:32, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem with you removing my sentence regarding North West Pacific Islands, was added mainly to explain a redirect for North West Pacific Islands - the stamps were never used in this area as you point out but were overprinted for use there (stamps of Marshall Is (obtained from Nauru) were also overprinted GRI) and the term applied to the area see http://www.sandafayre.com/atlas/nwpacis.htm . My understanding was that under the Anglo-Japanese Alliance the British believed that Japan had occupied on their behalf and they (or Australia) would in due course take over and the stamps continued to be issued as a territorial claim, but the Japanese ended up with the mandate (BUT I can find no reliable references and you obviously know more about this area than me)(Epistemos (talk) 06:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)).[reply]

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--BorgQueen (talk) 19:54, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		Military history service award
		By order of the coordinators, for your good work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 09:50, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		Military history service award
		By order of the coordinators, for your great work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 09:50, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		Military history service award
		By order of the coordinators, for your excellent work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 09:50, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		By order of the coordinators, for your fine work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you with this Tireless Contributor's barnstar. --ROGER DAVIES talk 09:50, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you very much indeed for your help with and commitment to the drive. May I please trouble you to comment at the post-drive workshop? Your feedback will help us to improve the next drive. Thanks in advance, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 09:50, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings...I hope you do not mind, but I quoted one of your posts [here]. Hope you don't mind. Jim (talk) 00:40, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MChew. Thanks for starting the article. I just want to note that th cathedral is located in the village of Ninotsminda in the Kakheti region, not the Armenian-populated town in Samtskhe-Javakheti. Best wishes, --Kober^Talk 04:22, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the correction! Would you be able to add the geo-coordinates for the location to the article? --MChew (talk) 10:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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--Gatoclass (talk) 11:04, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 15:29, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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--Daniel Case (talk) 04:32, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think that was you to leave this message on my talk page in italian wikipedia. If I'm wrong, please ignore this message.

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--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:54, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your contributions, and Happy Editing! - Mailer Diablo 19:32, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The 50 DYK Medal
		To MChew, for the effort required into producing 50 dyks to date. congratulations! Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps, the best solution is to check where (on which wiki) there's a mistake to resolve the problem. The bot isn't the problem. I will verify myself. --GdGourou - °o° - Talk to me 20:55, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I remove the link to the japanese article on fr and de. The problem should not occurs until someone put the incorrect link again... --GdGourou - °o° - Talk to me 20:58, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We've had a rather large bombshell dropped on us. The Wikipedia editorial team are aiming to release a version of Wikipedia on CD/DVD in time for the end of year holiday season. They've provided us with a list of 1333 Milhist articles they intend including.

The problem is that the quality of these articles varies considerably.

We've put together review page listing all the articles, in twenty-five article worklists. I'm hoping that 15-20 trusted editors can work through the list, weedying out problem articles and identifying suitable versions for release. The work is as far away from a tagging and assessing drive as you can imagine though, for convenience and ease of use, we've closely followed the traditional Milhist drive format.

This is, at the moment, an invitation-only review. The reason is that time is short and we can't afford too many mistakes. I'm only contacting experienced editors who performed very well indeed in the last two Milhist drives. I guess that working through a worklist of twenty-five articles will take between one and three hours to do. We're aiming to get the preliminary work done by next Sunday, so it's urgent too.

I do hope you can help but – if it's not too much trouble – if you are unable to participate at the moment, would you please let me know on my talk page? otherwise, please sign up here. Thank you for your time, --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 17:26, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to trouble you but would it be possible for you to wrap up your worklist today please? If you find yourself unable to do so, it's no problem but I'd appreciate it if you let me know you won't be able to complete on my talk page. Many thanks! --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 07:53, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I bellieve that my worklist is completed, but if there is still something you need me to do to it, please let me know. --MChew (talk) 10:34, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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--Jamie^☆S93 20:05, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are about to lose your "Kamikaze class destroyer (1905)" DYK nom. Please take a look at your Kamikaze class destroyer (1905) DYK nom. Thanks. -- Suntag ☼ 00:56, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BorgQueen (talk) 04:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just check interwiki on other wiki ! It's JUST A BOT ! HUMAN make error, if you have problem with diff, just DO SOMETHING ! THANKS ! Myst (talk) 19:10, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have now done so. Actually, I did not even think about checking the other interwiki. Thanks --MChew (talk) 05:21, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry we couldn't squeeze the photo in. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:24, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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– RyanCross (talk) 23:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 12:23, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 20:17, 20 October 2008 (UTC) 20:17, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I've reviewed your DYK submission for the article Heinrich Edmund Naumann, and made a comment on it at the submissions page. Please feel free to reply or comment there. Cheers, Art LaPella (talk) 01:49, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the pointer. I suspected something like that was going on, but the comma in the previous DEFAULTSORT got me wondering. (John User:Jwy talk) 02:33, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 20:20, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! Your submission of Takakazu Kinashi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed. There still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Chamal ^talk 02:08, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BorgQueen (talk) 14:22, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, MChew! Congrats on all the work you've done on articles pertaining to Japan.

However, it seems you recently made an incorrect edit to the article Princess Tomohito of Mikasa: It seems you've confused Nobuko, Princess of Mikasa (b. 1955), with Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (b. 1923), who can be found at Princess Mikasa. --Woodelf 11:38, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! You are precisely correct. I edited the page offline, and returned to the wrong location. Thanks for catching the error! --MChew (talk) 15:47, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I created new page. You are specialist about modern Asian history. Please improve the page, If you have a time. Thank you--Bukubku (talk) 04:27, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BorgQueen (talk) 05:36, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MChew,

Could you let me know the source and author of File:IJN Satsuma 2.jpg, as it's used in Dreadnought, which is a current Featured Article candidate, and we need to double-check the suitability of all images used. Many thanks, The Land (talk) 21:49, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The photo is a scan from a collection of old military postcards owned by a friend. As Satsuma was scrapped in 1923, the postcard dates from before this time, perhaps around 1910-1915. However, scans of similar postcards can be found at [1] among other sites. --MChew (talk) 16:02, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Do you happen to know if the postcard was origianlly published in Japan? The Land (talk) 12:03, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I notice some of your templates on your user page, and I would like you to consider joining the Article Rescue Squadron. Rescue Squadron members are focused on rescuing articles for deletion, that might otherwise be lost forever to Wikipedia, you may find our project matches your vision of Wikipedia.

Ikip (talk) 17:58, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HI. Nice work on Ikawa Dam. You may be interested in helping me out with Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Dam templates. I only managed to do a few prefectures. There are loads of images in the commons, Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:40, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep up the great work with these dams. In fact you've inspored to get a few more up and running in the next few days, remember Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Dam templates anyway and soon enough we'll have articles on them! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good work on Sagami River. Thanks a lot! --Apoc2400 (talk) 17:46, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. Your changes improved things, but there are still some issues to be resolved. --Orlady (talk) 19:05, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm working on compiling a book containing information about almost all Non-indigenous ethnic groups living or working in Pakistan. The population of a particular ethnic group would be obtain respectively from their diplomatic missions in Pakistan including regions with significant populations, languages spoken and religious affiliations. I'm not very good with writing so it would be great, if you would like to collaborate with me.--116.71.53.25 (talk) 06:04, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please, don't pretend that I did some "major screw-up" or something. Your remark on my talk page "Please correct your numerous edits." was absolutely unnecessary! I did find only ONE mistake (in Itō Sachio, where I overlooked the fact that he was born just FOUR years before the Meiji period and then the name is indeed written "Family name first"! I have corrected my edits there. For the rest of my edits I followed the guidelines of Wikipedia:Japanese. Maybe you should read those, before telling someone off on his talk page!!! – UsagiM 12:47, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if I sounded a bit agitated. You see, I have been in edit wars lately, been called a lot of things, been harassed, been insulted, been called a "vandal" and so on and so on. Had to take it up with ANI, and even just now I got a name change through, so if you were watching my talk page, please change it. It's now UsagiM. There I left a message to the discussion. I think you will (partly) agree... Regards and happy holidays! – UsagiM _{talk to me} 17:01, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, MChew. Thank you for your contribution in train station articles. I would like to tell my concern about your adding Jane's World Railways as reference to each article. I believe the book only describes major railway operators and other companies in the rail industry, but not each station, so it cannot be a reference of articles about stations. If you believe some citations should be there, I would recommend timetables that verify at least the existence of the station. --Sushiya (talk) 02:13, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

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Hi MChew.This article have been kept.And now nominated again Articles for deletion.Some users demonstrate preconceived opinion.If you have time, could you take a look at the Global Network for the Forecasting of Earthquakes.I'd appreciate a second opinion.Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Earth Defender (talk • contribs) 11:24, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The article Shinagawa Yajirō was listed at the copyright problems board for review at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 July 13, but the contributor who listed it there was evidently unfamiliar with the processes. Accordingly, I have blanked the article and relisted it on Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 July 21 to allow time for the concerns to be addressed.

Though the matter will not be closed for another seven days, I did look to see where the content entered (since it is required where possible to notify the contributor who added the content), and it seems that the content under concern entered the article with your edit of December 2008. Examples of content of concern include the following:

After returning to Japan, he successively served as chief secretary of the Home Ministry, junior vice Home Minister, senior vice Agriculture and Commerce Minister and other posts. He particularly focused on the development of agriculture and forestry.

This is identical to content found at [2], where it is published under full reservation. Other content, too, is duplicated in that source.

Because it contains valuable information about how to address copyright concerns and because it is required, I'll give you the requisite notice below. Please excuse the language in the notice that is obviously intended for newcomers; obviously, it's a multipurpose template.

Please provide any clarification you can offer about any permission you may have received to utilize verbatim content from this source at the article's talk page. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:25, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The requisite notice: Copyright problem: Shinagawa Yajirō[edit]

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If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Shinagawa Yajirō saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:25, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On 11 August, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Japanese minelayer Sarushima, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

-- Cirt (talk) 00:04, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, do you mind if I move your article to Japanese gunboat Uji (1903)? There is a later gunboat having the same name, see Japanese gunboat Uji (1940). I am currently working on that article and I believe the launch year is the proper way to disambiguate the two.  Dr. Loosmark  13:10, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please do so! I was going to get around to the 1940 gunboat Uji eventually myself, so please go ahead and move my article. Thanks for the courtesy for the message! --MChew (talk) 14:51, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I was coincidentally assessing dam articles in Japan and I saw you previously created a bunch of the articles and just joined WikiProject Dams. It was nice to see your articles in the midst of the many stubs, very nice. By the way, I moved the "base width" on a few to "length" in the infobox fields. It seems the dam's length may have been accidentally put it in the width field. A few of the sources corroborated this but for a few I didn't know for sure. It seemed more plausible but if I am wrong, please revert me. Anyway, after working Brazil, I was going to work on dams in Asia, particularly China. Do you usually just work Japan?--NortyNort (Holla) 10:35, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message! Yes, since I am living in Japan, I am mostly working on Japanese-related topics. --MChew (talk) 10:37, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, I live in Okinawa right now. I asked User:Dr. Blofeld on his talk page what happened to the dams in Japan project because it seemed to have stopped. He said he was interesting in starting it up again. I am not sure if you want to help out.--NortyNort (Holla) 10:58, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great. I'd be happy to blue link them with images but I'm trying to focus on Burma at the moment. I can certainly stub them though to be expanded or I can leave them red linked.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:19, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Templates have now been red linked see Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Dam templates.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:03, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On 13 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Curt Netto, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that German metallurgist Curt Netto was honored by the Japanese Emperor with the Order of the Rising Sun in 1885? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind telling me what it says on this cornerstone. In particular, what day did construction begin? Thanks.--NortyNort (Holla) 10:01, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, contrary to what the caption in the Commons Description section states, the cornerstone does NOT record the exact date. The date given is 2011 February "fortunate day". It is common practice on many monuments of this nature, only to state "fortunate day" (i.e. "lucky day"); the exact date of which may be determined by astrology, divination, or some other means. --MChew (talk) 14:53, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the translation. That reporter also titled that article in the sense that the dam was complete when it was far from it.--NortyNort (Holla) 02:39, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello MChew, I just wanted to let you know that I took a look at your recently created article Matsuoka Yasukowa-- The content seems pretty substantial. It's always nice to see users contributing to make Wikipedia better! Jipinghe (talk) 18:24, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

MChew: thanks always. Wikipedia/Wikimedia question: I'm trying to crack how to move any given "ファイル" image to a "File:" in Wikimedia, but am utterly confused by the instructions. E.g.: where do I insert the rename template for [ファイル:D-Inariyamakohun1.JPG] (under 編集?) in order to use this as [File:InariyamaKofun.JPG] in an English-language article? Thanks if possible! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prburley (talk • contribs) 05:09, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you are working on the Inariyama Kofun article – if you want to move the photo in the infobox in the Japanese article to the English article, this is easy as the file is already in Commons. Just insert “File:Inariyama Kofun.JPG” in double brackets.

On the other hand, if you want to use the photo “ファイル:Gyoda Inariyama Tumulus Year 1937 1.JPG” from the article, I find it best to move the file to Commons. I have gone ahead and made this move