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Japanese

Hi, sorry, I had no idea about that template and I can't believe I didn't check to see that that link didn't point to the Japanese language! I'm working on changing them now. Any chance you could give me some pointers in using that template, I've never seen it before. Thanks. --Timkovski 20:09, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

USS Arneb, etc.

Thanks for putting in the Imperial Japanese Navy links. I'm posting articles on a lot of WWII U.S. Navy ships, and I'm just learning about the appropriate links for U.S. stuff. I'm grateful for anything about the Japanese side. Lou Sander 19:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Katsuma Dan

Thanks for the comments and the edits! I am not an expert on Japan but I am writing a couple more articles with Japanese-American themes. I am sure they would benefit from a good critical reading.

By the way, I am a huge Tanizaki fan and I agree that the Tanizaki article should be expanded. I look forward to it. Actinman

Katsumeidan jiken

If you have time, please check out League of Blood Incident. I am not an expert on Japanese history but I found a reference to the incident when I was researching Katsuma Dan. It seemed appropriate for a Misplaced Pages article. Let me know what you think. Actinman 03:21, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm having some trouble finding further information on it in Japanese or English (I can't figure out what the kanji should be for the "katsu" in "katsumeidan"), but I did enjoy reading it. I'll keep looking around for more information. Dekimasu 03:49, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I have it. I just realized it's "ketsumeidan," where the "ketsu" is "blood." Now it makes sense and I can find more information for touching up the article. Dekimasu 03:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the help. My main source for this is an excellent article by Stephen Large from Modern Asian Studies (35(3):553-564). He renders the name as katsumeidan but it sounds like that might not be the best transliteration. Actinman 16:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Censorship

You edited the talk page of a rejected, and therefore inactive, policy proposal. First, editing others' comments is widely frowned upon. Second, inactive policy pages are often on watchlists, in case anyone tries to revive discussion. Edits tend to confuse the record and make the discussion look active.

No great harm done, but I thought I would mention it. Robert A.West (Talk) 16:29, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Clarification (but not an excuse): I made this edit to fix a disambiguation link. Dekimasu 11:15, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I assume you were using "what links here" to do multiple fixes. I generally avoid talk space when doing that. Not that I haven't screwed up. As I said, no real harm done. Robert A.West (Talk) 14:59, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that's what I was doing. Anyway, now I know. Dekimasu 15:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Thx

Just wanted to say thanks for fixing my profile XSpaceyx 22:49, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

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Haskell change

I left a question related to your recent edit on Talk:USS Haskell (APA-117)--J Clear 01:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

(Copied over from the talk page, in case you're watching this space.) This was a mistake on my part - I generally think that the Navy was involved in the battles on the Pacific islands, whereas the Army was responsible for the campaigns in China, the Philippines, and other places where most of the fighting wasn't amphibious. Since Okinawa is actually part of Japan, that wasn't the whole story. The Navy page says Kamikaze planes were particularly effective during the defense of Okinawa, in which 1,465 planes were expended to damage around 250 American warships, but this wasn't the bulk of the planes that Japan lost according to the Battle of Okinawa page. The Japanese page on the Battle of Okinawa says that most (86,000 of 116,000) of the force protecting Okinawa was from the Army, and of course, there were air bases in Okinawa. While I still think it would have been the Navy in this case, I'm not confident, so I'm changing the link to Empire of Japan. Dekimasu 02:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I was watching both. Thanks. The original reference was from DANFS, and I just wikied it. Since the Haskell left, they avoided attacks by both, so Empire of Japan is probably a good link.--J Clear 04:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Totsuka Michitaro

If you could take a quick peek at this bio stub Totsuka Michitaro and if nothing else can you comment on the two spellings I found (see its Talk page)? Thanks.--J Clear 01:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

(Same as above.) His last name is Totsuka, so those should be switched, but Michitaro is correct. It took some work, but I found him at this link (in Japanese). It has his name kanji, his dates, and even when he was promoted to each rank. I'll add in his dates and kanji and move the page if it's possible. Dekimasu 03:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Moved the page and added that information, though I didn't really add to his bio. Dekimasu 03:25, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Just dropping a note, thanks for the disambiguation link repair on my profile. akuyume(Adam) 03:16, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup tag

Hi there how are you going? Apparently some contributors have edited the section you've tagged with the cleanup tag. Please see it, Tourism in Indonesia and tell us what you think. If you think it still need the tag, umm, please point which part of the section that needs major edit. Cheers, take care -- Imoeng 10:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I think the info is much better, so I did a little editing and I took out the cleanup tag. Thanks for the friendly note. Dekimasu 07:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Shigemi Hagihara

Konnichiha, dekimasu-san.

Thanks for the heads-up on the copyright violation. The person who wrote the text and took the pictures on the website is very likely to be the author of the wikipedia page, and claims to have released the pictures into the public domain.

However, the external website has a copyright notice on it. Accordingly, the text is copyrighted. I've removed most of the content. Thanks for pointing it out. - Richardcavell 12:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Prester John

G'day from Australia, Thankx for fixing my link to Japan. Konichi wa?