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Archive Genseiryu Karatedo

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BTW, be careful with that help page. By putting a {{db}} template on it, you've marked it as a candidate for speedy deletion. An admin who isn't paying close attention may delete it as "deletion requested by author" by accident! — Gwalla | Talk 01:07, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank you Gwalla for letting me know about the {{db}}... Didn't know it would be such a problem. Thought they would understand. But I have changed it now. -- MarioR 01:39, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC) (this is just part of the answer copied from Gwalla's talk page!) -- MarioR 19:02, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Categorization of Bundestag and Bundesrat

You added a number of categories to both of these articles, notably Category:Political science terms, Category:Germany, Category:Government of Germany, Category:Politics of Germany and Category:German law.

Please note that one of Misplaced Pages's policies is that articles should not be members of a category and one of its subcategories at the same time. Check out Misplaced Pages:Categorization if you want to read more about that. That article also goes into detail why it's in general not too good an idea to have an article use too many categories, especially if the categories are related.

I hope this makes some sense and will help you with your future categorization efforts. sebmol 03:19, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Okay, so what you mean is that the mentioned articles (by the way, also Rechtsstaat and Judiciary of Germany) have a Category:Germany and at the same time also the other categories (which you mentioned), which are on their part also a sub-category of this Category:Germany... Am I right? So, either all the sub-categories should be removed or the main category... Which of these you suppose would be best??? Thanks for the clarification! BTW, I don't really see the problem (yet), but I will read the mentioned Wiki page about that. Maybe it'll become clear then... -- MarioR 17:06, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

P.S.: I took the liberty of wiki-linking some part of your message. Makes it a bit easier, don't think you'd mind...

That's exactly what I was trying to say. I would try to be as sparing as possible with categories on an article, especially if the categories themselves are related. In other words, it would be appropriate for Bundestag to be in the category "German Government" (or some equivalent) and maybe in another category "National Legislatures" (if one exists).

It is also often common for an article to be in a category named the same as the article IF there are other articles that explain parts of the main article. "Bundestag", for example, is in a category called "German Bundestag" where that category also contains other (usually more detailed) articles about the "Bundestag". That way, the main article doesn't get too long and there's a one-stop page where you can find everything about the Bundestag you ever wanted to know.

I'm going to redo the categorization of Bundestag so you can see what I was trying to express.

sebmol 18:26, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Alright, I also removed category:Germany from Bundesrat of Germany. However, I do not fully understand why you also deleted Category:Government of Germany and Category:German law. I mean, the Bundestag has everything to do with the government and with the law. Why not put in these categories as well? Because of an overflow? I don't think that is such a problem, some items (articles) do belong in several different categories, nothing to do about that... If it's really an overflow thing, then there are just too many categories and maybe some categories should be removed! Don't you agree with me? Regards, MarioR 22:08, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

P.S.: I also must add that the system of categories is not really transparent. It's difficult to see which categories are also a sub-category of another category. You can only see by checking it manually... That can be a time-consuming job...

I took out category:Government of Germany because category:Legislative Branch of the German Government is a sub-category of category:Government of Germany. I took out category:German law because Bundestag didn't really fit in with the other articles contained in that category. I added a full-length explanation of my category changes to the Bundestag article.

sebmol 21:04, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

New category

This may be of interest to you: ]. Best regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 16:57, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for this information! -- MarioR 22:39, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

karate

Hello, I am researching a karate style called Gembukai, founded in Japan by Tsuneyoshi Ogura. Do you have any info on Ogura Sensei, or where he studied?? Is he realted in any way to the style you study? I can be emailed at sixt3@hotmail.com

many thanks

Sorry for the late reply. I don't believe that Gembukai and Genseiryu are related in any way, apart from the fact that they are both karate styles... I do believe that Gembukai has to do something with Shito ryu karate, since I did find something on the internet about a "Gembukai Shito Ryu Tournament"... Try with some Shito Ryu school or maybe even Shorin Ryu... Sorry I can't be more of help in this. Good luck with your research! - MarioR 14:38, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Genwakai

Mario Roering-san,

I saw your contribution on the talk page of Genwakai. If at all possible, I would like to correspond with your friend in Tokyo. I myself am a karate-ka of Genwakai of America, and I'm very interested in the history of Genwakai. I also aspire to go over to Japan for my education (and hopefully to train in Genwakai).

If you can point me to any direction, it would be much appreciated!

--There is no knowledge that is not power 17:22, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello Mofokuban,

Zach, I will send you an email (found on your user page). We can then talk further about it... Osu! --MarioR 20:51, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

AN/I

Hi I wanted to let you know there is a conversation regarding you ] here regarding your recent edits. Regards - 4twenty42o (talk) 05:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Indeed this is leading nowhere like this. As much as you and I like to see it, there will never be an understanding between Peter and me. It goes too far to explain everything here, but believe me, it will never happen. Not because I don't want to, but because he doesn't want to... --MarioR 08:13, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Erroneous warnings

Edits by User:74.104.96.51 are clearly not vandalism. Do not accuse editors of vandalism because you dispute content. Even the most misguided edits are not vandalism, a principle documented at Misplaced Pages:Vandalism, and in fact these edits comport with the Manual of Style, documented at Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (icons). —Centrx→talk • 06:14, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Looked to me like User:74.104.96.51 was deleting every American flag he could find. Later I found him deleting every flag he could find. Why is it okay to remove the flags? As far as I can see in the mentioned document, it's okay to put the flag next to the name of the country. It is not inappropriate use. I agree it goes too far to call it vandalism. The most it might have been was a mis-edit. Sorry for that. Now about the reverts you did. Again, why should the flag not be there, next to the country name, inside the info box? --MarioR 16:08, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

At best, these flags are needless decoration. At worst, they misrepresent the topic, often by inflating the article with nationality or by using flags of the wrong time period or for nations not yet existing. Therefore, Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (icons) states that icons and flags specifically need an encyclopedic purpose not purely decorative, should not emphasize nationality without good reason, and especially warns against rewriting history. The primary appropriate purposes for flags are in tables for international sporting events and military conflicts. —Centrx→talk • 20:49, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay, noted. Thanks for the clarification! -- MarioR 20:59, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting the blanking on my talk page. --NeilN 19:46, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

No sweat... MarioR 20:10, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Ito versus Itō

Per WP:MOS-JA, macrons are to be used in the titles of article where the Japanese name uses macrons, with the non-macroned redirect linking to the title with the macron (and not vice-versa). the exceptions to this rule are settled through discussion, and are very few. This system is being used in hundreds, if not thousands of biographical articles on Japanese subjects at present. Please see WP:MOS-JA#Article names. Please also refer to WP:MOS-JA#Names of historical figures. People born before the start of the Meiji period are always referred to by family name first. Please correct your numerous edits. --MChew (talk) 04:00, 21 December 2009 (UTC)