User talk:Jinnai

MTCG request

Don't s'pose I could please trouble you for the Manga The Complete Guide entries for Antique Bakery and Gerard & Jacques? --Malkinann (talk) 05:37, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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You generalize it, please

You have some awareness of how to generalize the fan service article. You slapped a "someone else do it" masthead on it today:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fan_service&diff=prev&oldid=399860615

Hey! - 67.224.51.189 (talk) 04:14, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

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Request for mediation rejected

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Re: Nintendo power

No problem. I can get you the info sometime between 3/4 and 3/13 - I'll be at my parents' where I have my NP collection. Andrevan@ 08:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

The best I can tell, the title is simply "Dragon Warrior." Pictures of article in zip. Andrevan@ 23:43, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Reported

User:IvoryMeerkat has gone ahead and reported me on the revert I did involving wikipe-tan, does WP:OI apply here? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 17:39, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Notification

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan_conflict IvoryMeerkat (talk) 15:20, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Pop Girl shows category on Tokyo Mew Mew

I've noticed from having Tokyo Mew Mew on my watchlist that an IP user (86.44.194.149 and 86.44.206.220, which I assume are the same person) has tried to categorize the article as having been shown on Pop (UK TV channel) and Pop Girl (a sister channel of Pop). Previously User:Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars undid that, and now you undid that when the IP user tried to add one of the categories back. I think perhaps you are misunderstanding the purpose of the category and thinking it means something about an ill-defined "pop girl" genre (whatever that would be). However, I'm pretty certain it is an attempt to categorize the article as having been shown on Pop Girl, which seems appropriate given that it is already in categories for having been shown on Fox and YTV. There is also a reference in the article stating that it aired on Pop Girl (reference #29). I've also noticed that the IP tried to add the "Pop shows" and "Pop Girl shows" categories to many other articles on TV shows, but that User:Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars seems to have undone all those additions. I'm not quite sure why User:Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars did that (perhaps because no one actually created the category pages, but just added the articles to the categories without creating the pages), but if it is appropriate to categorize articles on TV shows by the channels that broadcast them, then perhaps that should be undone and the category should actually be created. However, if I am misunderstanding the situation and you actually think that Tokyo Mew Mew shouldn't be categorized as having been shown on Pop Girl, then please explain why you think so. Calathan (talk) 22:44, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Maybe the category should be renamed to make it clear that its talking about a channel? like Category:Pop Girl network programs or Category:Shows on Pop Girl network.陣内_Jinnai 23:13, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

The Otaku Encyclopedia and moe

Not to add fuel to the fire, but I think it might be very worthwhile consulting The Otaku Encyclopedia for the Moe article. --Malkinann (talk) 23:24, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

WAF

Btw, thanks a lot for your revert. I wrote both versions, so you reverted from something I wrote to something I wrote. Clearly, my less sophisticated past me agrees more with you than my current me. :) --78.35.220.2 (talk) 14:58, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Your request

It seems User:Eubulides (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has left the building. Pity. LeadSongDog come howl! 17:39, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Re:Dragon Quest FAC

Reviewed? Wasn't I a co-nominator in the last FAC? GamerPro64 (talk) 19:24, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

MTCG entry on lolicon?

Thanks for adding in the Otaku Encyclopedia entry - do you still have Manga: The Complete Guide? It could be another useful perspective. --Malkinann (talk) 08:56, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes.陣内_Jinnai 14:10, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Dq X

Hey Jinnai, since its been a month and we havent heard anything, and that your pushing the DQ article for featured still, Im wondering if youd like to handle the merge? I should mention that New age made some expansion to the article yesterday, in terms of its speculation, not about the game itself. Ill leave it in your court since you are the expert it seems on DQs main series article. Cheers. Ottawa4ever (talk) 10:21, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

There's some question now as to whether it now meets the GNG. Even the nominator admits it may be enough.陣内_Jinnai 18:29, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Jinnai. Im assuming you mean there is no question now. First I want to say I really support your work at getting DQ to featured status in May. It will tribute the series. Second Id like you to know, Im fine with keeping DQX Im not objecting to this, though i humbly disagree with the merits for keeping instead of merging. My frustrations on the talk page here; Talk:Dragon Quest X are only how you handled the merge, And I dont think It was made any better at resolution after i voiced my initial concerns. The new merge discussion lasted only one day to overturn the afd. You complained that their initially wasnt proper notification to the DQ task force at afd, but there were still two editors from the original afd (including the original nominator), that really should have been encouraged to at least verbally say they were ok with the merge on the DQX talk page before you closed it as new consensus- also you should mark off the template to preserve the integrity of the merge., ie close the new discussion after removing the merge templates. Im sure though that the other editors are ok with the work done on DQX, but they should have contributed to the discussion before the new consensus was declared- for record purposes. Anyway Jinnai, you do fine work for the most part. And i do hope you success with your fa reviews Ottawa4ever (talk) 10:00, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm not saying that its definatly not notable in and of itself atm. What I am saying is that the former AfD consensus no longer holds as even the nominator has agreed the article has changed substantially and that the local consensus seems to be keep. It'd have to be brought up for another AfD at this point and being brought up so soon after might not be seen as acting in good faith.陣内_Jinnai 16:39, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Re: Dragon Quest FAC

Yeah, I've finished with an arb case and my own FAC so I should hopefully have a full review today or tomorrow. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 18:37, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

need help with NFC

an editor persistently believes this image is necessary. can you please look at the article. on here DJMax Portable Black Square (the special edition section). i'm very tired of this editor for always being bias towards this topic. so i'm trying to get third-party whenever i can, but the WP:VG doesn't seem to care.Bread Ninja (talk) 19:55, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Since it falls under user-created images, the guidance on when to use/not to use is more vague. Honestly, I'd say no because if its to show the LE version, I would expect to see all the contents. The box itself does little to increase the understanding of the game. Even then, without some kind of development commentary or reception, I'd still say it doesn't help the article out any to have it.陣内_Jinnai 21:02, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello! I am planning on improving usage of the picture in the context and using it in other areas (main DJMax article) but Bread Ninja is just not listening to a reason. Like you wrote it's usage is bit vague. However there are two strong opposing opinions about the matter. Nobody has cared about our (I and Bread Ninja) issues from the start and nobody does anything to help us. We have been practically arguing and arguing on these grounds for months now (Please read everything on my talk page (and other talk pages related to djmax articles) and give your insights on the matter User_talk:Mikitei#DJMAX_topic). Please understand that this is not about just one picture but as a series of articles as a whole. Thank you very much! And I hope you don't mind if I ask if you can please state your relationship with Bread Ninja. I need to know that you're offering independent opinion and not for example her friend or something stating what she wants to tell me though you. I really hope that you're the party to offer your opinion about the matters. I am also very sorry on your behalf that you were pulled into this mess. I hope that won't be the case since she had similar thoughts in past. I am starting to get very tired of Bread Ninja opposing everything and anything I do to improve these articles. I also don't like her way of not always following the Wikipedia guidelines (only when it's advantageous to her own cause) despite that she claims to follow them (I can't say I am always following them either. It is just annoying that this is like a game for Bread Ninja). For example now she could have gone to WP:RFC but she didn't. We always haven't been following WP:DISPUTE when making comments about the matter. Bread Ninja for example doesn't write good english on many occasions and that leaves me confused on what she wanted actually to message me about. I know that I am not writing perfect english but she should be able to write better quality english since she is native english speaker (apparently). But she lacks basics of writing. She also doesn't understand technological or cultural points of the matters. For one example she doesn't know how to use IRC, which is pretty much one mouse click on Wikipedia help page. I tried to make direct contact with her but she doesn't want to talk directly to me. She doesn't understand that "PC/DVD" means "100% IBM-PC compatible PC and DVD-media". And I really don't know what made me just openly write to you all this but I guess I am really fed up with fighting over simple small things, explaining general knowledge and few big ones just because we have separate opinions about the matters and we just happen to be the only committers to DJMax articles. Once again I apologize on my behalf about this matter and I hope that you can give us lots of insights on the matter. Thank you! And now to the actual point of view... Current image is the only free image about collectors edition in question and it's the best we have right now. I feel that image is needed in one or two places...

• 1. On a Black Square article to show the size and design of the box. I also feel that it should show the contents but it probably won't happen until I get Black Square Collector's Edition myself (I'll probably have it by July if things go as planned) so that I can take free photo of it and upload it to Wikicommons.
• 2. On a main article page for yet non-existing part which is about these limited editions. DJMax limited editions are gorgeous and beautiful sets. However I think that there's no need for taking all limited editions into a picture. Currently existing Black Box image is just fine. I tried to suggest that if Bread Ninja doesn't like the image on Black Square article she moves it into main article and starts the section in question about these limited editions. But she was not willing to do that.
  

Bread Ninja wasn't even willing to negotiate on this matter and outrage just disagreed with my point of view after asking it. She probably just did it to annoy me. I don't entirely believe that but I got that feeling again when she immediately wrote to me that I was somehow biased and practically just made my day miserable by starting this whole fight again... I am agreeing on some of her changes like removing the comparison about DJMax and other rhythm game which I kept just because I found it interesting while it maybe wasn't really important for the whole picture. Mostly Bread Ninja just removes content and doesn't add anything new on her own to replace or improve the quality of available information. Anyway so I asked for a third party opinion and she gave your talk page as a link to me. For a final thing... I really hope that this is not too much of a trouble. I know this is big and complicated matter which went silent for a few weeks but now is starting to heat again. I hope you can help building these DJMax articles with us since it's now being proven that two people might not be able to solve issues they have together and need a third wheel so that things can progress forward. I am probably just like her. Our will is to improve Wikipedia and articles but our views for doing so conflict too much. Which is sad since if we could work as a pair, we probably would be unbeatable pair in writing interesting articles. PS. This was a reconstruction of my previous comment which my Macintosh ate by making a kernel panic twice. ;_; I apologize for it's possible lack of linear path of thoughts. --Mikitei (talk) 22:48, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Let me also add that most things are negotiable with me. If there's a good reason for removing the photo and people (more than 3) support that action then I can perfectly accept that it just won't be there. But as the things stand I still don't understand why Bread Ninja doesn't want that picture there. What harm does it do? What kind of misinformation it spreads? And in generally what is her problem? (Among the other things and issues.) I so much would like to work with her and I don't see any better showcase of that than those long messages I've sent to her, trying to understand her and hers point of view. I am waiting for your reply. Thanks! :) --Mikitei (talk) 23:14, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Please help me and her. Now she just edited my comments (by adding bold) to give different message. I reverted that and then she reverted it and I had to revert it again. Why can't she just make a quote? Why she often splits lists into smaller pieces and makes her own comments on top of them giving readers false assumption that she wrote them? I have to then practically move them into one group so that things aren't mixed. It alone shows that she doesn't know any proper netiquette. At least in my honest opinion. By the way, is there a problem in my written english language? I admit that I am not a native speaker. Usually I have no problems with talking and communicating with people using english but trying to communicate with her has made me doubt myself quite a bit more than once. :/ --Mikitei (talk) 23:30, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

First, as to my relation with Bread Ninja, I know her from working with her onWP:WikiProject Anime and Manga, WP:WikiProject Square Enix and elsewhere. We both have stuff we agree with, but I do disagree with her even recently so I hope that should be enough to show I am not some partial member or worse.

Now as to the image, I do agree that it isn't necessary; many feature articles lack such an image. However, it may still be appropriate if the rest of the LE's content is shown. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete has an image of its content. However, even then, the question that would come up is how does it help improve the article, ie why is the LE box important. Final Fantasy XII had a LE box, but doesn't have one because its content was just an alternate cover with an extra disc and that was recently determined to need a higher criteria for inclusion. Is there any production info on the LE or commentary? Sales reports, etc (something other than press releases and promotion)?

However, I ultimately I cannot say the image should or should not be there; only that it isn't necessary. I would say just the box by itself doesn't really add anything to the article and even in the Lunar example, they show the content within it. (That image too should be replaced with a free version).陣内_Jinnai 23:47, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

my main problem of how blindy bias s/he is.......everything has a personal opinion on the topic, not on their views on wikipedia's standards. describing things such as "beautiful" and other to justify his/her reason. y wirting isn't perfect, but i'm not aiming for perfection at all, and i didn't know how to use IRC because it didn't work. it was until i switched different browser that it did work. I've explained many of these things to Mikitei but refuses to accept them. i'm just tired....i'm very tired of this.Bread Ninja (talk) 00:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, that's enough Jinnai. I trust you... And I understand that point about CEs (/ LEs) you wrote about. I earlier wrote something similar to Bread Ninja also but she misinterpreted it. If it was just an alternative cover, there'd probably be no point having picture of it. I also wrote something on a similar lines that it is not "absolutely necessary" because it's not important news picture about major event for example. But like in the case of that Lunar game it still has a small valuable reason for being here. And I really do plan to improve the article and improve information about LE box. Black Square's LE box has lots of various stuff packed into it (see here and here). It's a huge box and article itself has/had information about the box, its content and how many where produced and so on... And I can guarantee that once I get the box I'll add free image I've taken myself of it and its content into Wikipedia to replace that image if nothing else emerges. The problems with LE are for example that there's no free image available of it and it's contents. Only free image is the image in question. Of course I could just try to ask people on the net for a free picture which shows the contents. For example here and here are two promising pictures but permission for their usage should be asked first. Current picture is better than no picture at all. It shows the size and look of the box. Of course the LE box itself is pretty unique and only comparable thing which comes to my mind is "Nokia N900 Hackerbox edition" which had shiny black box you had to "hack" open before you as a selected member of the press got access to it. (Hackerbox was only available to press members and few selected hackers if I remember correctly.) Without a picture of LE I think DJMax Black Square article would be less informative and less interesting article to read. That picture has also been a long time there. Numerous people have been editing the article but Bread Ninja is the first one to object having that picture there. Koreans have the same picture in same connection in their article too. Shouldn't the usage be justified since it adds clear value (albeit not much, until better image arrives) to the article and is not against Wikipedia guidelines on the matter... As for the information about the box... Most DJMax sources are in korean. I don't see it as a problem but apparently it's huge problem for Bread Ninja. Of course trying to verify something without knowing korean is hard then but since services like Google Translate do exist which can give rough image of the content in korean text for english speakers it shouldn't be too big of a problem. Wikipedia IRC channel thought that it's acceptable in most situations when there's no english language sources available which all take priority over everything else. Of course only then (like it stands in WP:NOENG)... And I'll add that this is first time Bread Ninja writes that she got IRC working. It's not a problem of accepting something or not but a problem of understanding what she actually wants to say and how she understands my messages. Her actions are also sometimes completely opposite of what she says. But there's probably no point if we tell you about these things since we are both no good for it. --Mikitei (talk) 09:26, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

again, you are bias. you never fully think these things through. this is the first time you are seeing me talk about the IRC? please reread my comments on your talk page, i've told you at least twice. which you refused to accept. I'm a cleaner who only keeps the necessities in bringing an article to the most informative. Your reasoning again is poor. please think three times (not just twice) about what you are saying. An image being there for a long time doesn't mean anything. And what value does it serve? whats so significant about the limited edition package?

here comes the big words that should change everything you have thought up until now. Wikipedia isn't here to be the most informative. true most informative as possible when it comes to citation and verification, but other than that, it doesn't have to be. And Wikipedia doesn't aim to be the most interesting either. Wanting this to be interesting doesn't have to do with pictures. Numerous people have not been editing, it's been a long time since people have edited, and again, you still try to justify it by using other people not touching it or objecting to it. Should i use same tactics as you and just say "you're the only one objecting to it because no editor since has removed it". how is that valid?

wikipedia isn't here to illustrate everything. Only everything that would help understand better. such as gameplay that is extremely difficult to put into words, o how the game looks like, which is usually why we add a game cover. illustrate special edition in this situation is even more meaningless.

A similar situation with most RPG games, was when they've added special editions of it with a PSP. the image always gets removed due to not being necessary. Unlike the collector's edition Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, it's version was much more significant as it was the initial release of the English version that game with two disc along with a special edition disc. DJMax Portable Black Square doesn't have anything that actually extends the game. it's just trivial media such as artbooks, speakers, postcards, bandanna, and other little things that don't make up the actual game (unlike Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete). If you want to improve the article, add information about the game itself, the original version. then if you truly feel this is necessary, look up information on how relevant the special edition. and please stop using things such as beautiful and other subjective words that don't matter in discussing to support your reason or other stuff that is clearly original research. because in Wikipedia, it really doesn't matter whether you think it is beautiful or not.Bread Ninja (talk) 11:58, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Mikitei, I think the big thing that would help is to find commentary or production info on the LE box. I don't know if it exists, but I do know at times that some reviews will comment on packaging. That would really help.陣内_Jinnai 00:35, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

i think that could be the only time when an image of the packaging could be called out for, but the caption still has to compliment what the section says about the commentary.Bread Ninja (talk) 06:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Jinnai, I find it hard to discover any professional or semi-professional level reviews for this game in english language sources. I yesterday spent my free time for that. I need to check korean language sources next. I think that Limited Edition packages all went to common people, after googling around a little bit. Of course I cannot be 100% sure of that. I started thinking so because unlike most games (for example in United States) where "Limited Editions" or "Collector's Editions" are released in huge quantities... This Korea only "QUATTRA Limited Edition" of "DJMAX Black Square" was limited to exactly 1000 packages. And I have to say that there are english language sources but they are probably going to be blogs, unboxing videos and user/fan reviews. This is after all pretty unknown small time game series in America and Europe. What kind of stance you have on these hobbyist reviewers? I think some are acceptable nice reviews which could be considered, but they for certain aren't professional ones and should be threaded as such. Jinnai, I think you can see why collaborating with Bread Ninja is so hard even on this page. Last time when she wrote about IRC to my talk page she wrote:

...i never used IRC and theres nothing to type in, or where to type... Bread Ninja(talk) 20:47, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Which I interpreted that she didn't get the irc working. When I suggested of having real time chat I was ready to offer her help to get online and start talking with me and so on if she would have asked it... I was not expecting that she knows beforehand what IRC is and how it works. Especially because IM-services like Messenger are so popular in United States. Practically messaging went something like this... (You can and you should read the complete messages from my talk page)

...Never liked the IRC because i can never use it, it's nothing like wikipedia's format... Bread Ninja(talk) 19:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

...Using irc is easier that using wiki... you just click one link and it takes you to where you should be. Unless you want of course use some dedicated application for that like Mirc but you don't have to install one. It's just enough that you have working Java in your computers to use irc trough www browser... Mikitei(talk) 18:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

...Overall, the IRC isn't even good for situations when there's a dispute at hand... Bread Ninja(talk) 00:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Besides how you can like or dislike something you've never even used or seen? That is illogical. And in what way getting online and starting to talk is a bad thing when there's a dispute at hand? Isn't the talking just the thing needed to solve dispute? Note that the "one link" I refer to is link to Wikipedia's Java IRC client which has been preconfigured so that practically all you need to do on that page is click connect and it takes you to Wikipedia's help channel where ones can seek help for various things. I offered it few times in my message...

...Please come to wikipedia-help IRC channel [1]. We can talk faster that way... Mikitei(talk) 17:55, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Now that I wrote about her writing that she didn't get something simple like irc working on my talk page here on your talk page, she suddenly pops up and says it was working. Which was the first time she wrote about it working so I added note about that to my message. And how does she replied to that? She wrote:

...this is the first time you are seeing me talk about the IRC? please reread my comments on your talk page, i've told you at least twice. which you refused to accept... Bread Ninja(talk) 11:58, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Just what is going on in her mind? I don't want to offend anyone but this is just absurd. She's like poison to my motivation. I hope we can talk this thing through and resolve this dispute in a civil manner. --Mikitei (talk) 09:02, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I almost forgot to show these sites... It's easy to find these two blog posts about DJMAX Black Square. Both are about "unboxing" DJMAX Black Square Limited Edition... [2] and here [3]. Sorry about this really fast and bit messy reply. --Mikitei (talk) 11:14, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Break

Read ALL of the comments, and you'll see it. this isn't the first time you accuse me of being low-tech over the IRC and this isn't the first time i told you this. choosing this time to actually pay attention is beyond me. I've seen it before, I've attempted to use it. but it wouldn't let me type in, until i used a different browser.

Anyways, I never trust blogs unless they are written by the creators themselves or the person itself is notable to include their opinions. So i dont think we can use these to support the image.

And like I've stated before, unless the release of a special edition packaging actually does something significant to the game (other than include merchandise), it really doesn't justify an image no matter how different it is. especially since the section itself is low on information to actually include an image. I don't support the idea of not one image in there until it's shown to have significant different in reception, development and gameplay. Learn when some things just aren't important enough for inclusion. If it isn't necessary than it's trivia.Bread Ninja (talk) 17:39, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Looking at the last two links, I can't find anything that would allow them to pass WP:SPS unfortunately. The other avenue you can do instead of reviews is to look for production info, although it needs to be more than just what's in it, and the like. You'd need stuff like, why some of its content was added, why their was a LE released, details on the individual items that are packaged, etc.陣内_Jinnai 17:58, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

One thing I would do is go over to WP:CP to make certain the image is copyright free and has no trademark violations. I'm not really sure because the its an image of a box so it could fall under free use because the box itself is not copyrightable being it has a simple design. However, the logos are likely trademarked and while most of it is text (and more easily reusable), there does appear to be a special symbol on the red stripe.

While I think it may be fine, I'm not well versed in the intricacies of copyright or especially trademark law.陣内_Jinnai 06:25, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I know that it doesn't matter what kind of picture it is, you practically always need a permission from its owner / person who shot it. There are some cases which might maybe allow free use but studying if it falls there is more complicated than just asking for direct permission. I am sending emails asking from bloggers if they are willing to contribute a picture to Wikipedia. So far many haven't answered and one has refused to give a permission. At the moment I am going through the korean websites and stuff. I find it disappointing that game's official website won't mention the Limited Edition. It's however quickly mentioned few times in developer blogs. But there's nothing worth adding to wikipedia to support the case. For example somewhere they mentioned that "LE's content has been set few days ago". They had this kind of small mentions but I might have missed something. It apparently was more huge deal to developers that "Clazziquai Edition" had been leaked to web before official release and they almost cancelled whole "Black Square" because of that if I understood the text correctly. It was something they had many times in their blogs... Since my knowledge of korean language is very very limited it might take a while I go through korean web sites. I hope you won't get impatient with me. Especially because I don't have that much free time from projects I am working on in university. And I need to rest sometimes too. :) --Mikitei (talk) 13:29, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

If you can find some significant commentary (significant varies, but at least a whole decent sized paragraph devoted to it). I'm not saying that would be enough because it would depend on the content, but it would be a start.陣内_Jinnai 14:32, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Like i said, the content exactly isn't really significant to the game itself. adding more just to add an image seems very promotional considering there's nothing unique about the limited edition package that could be found that made such an impact. By the way, the game itself isn't limited edition, it's just a package that was released with it for a limited time. I myself was slightly curious to see hat i could find on the limited packaging, but have only found information on unboxing it from blogs. most of it are blogs unfortunately.But from reading the conversation, it seems the consensus of the box itself isn't enough is in order. So changes will be made.Bread Ninja (talk) 15:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I strongly disagree. --Mikitei (talk) 20:57, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

consensus is image isn't necessary. and the image of the box isn't really necessary. you would have to find significant information for an image of the contents to be kept as what is discussed here. Having an image just because isn't really necessary. and if you dont agree, please bring reason. so try countering every point i mentioned.Bread Ninja (talk) 21:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I've been trying to explain why it's needed and you don't understand my view point. Besides I will talk this over with Jinnai and after that it will be still there, will be replaced, or removed. Or something else will be done to that picture. Please wait. --Mikitei (talk) 21:38, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I am at the moment whenever I have time I am searching stuff like this from the web. In that link developers are being interviewed about Black Square and how they came up with the idea of releasing two titles one for casual and one for hardcore gamers and various other stuff. I know at the moment why the special edition is cube. But I am still searching for better sources for it. There's this guy whom wrote that limited edition's name Quattro means four in italy. Which I checked hold true. It was chosen since the Black Square is the fourth title in the portable series. Limited Edition is cube because of this square analogy, see here. There where only 1500 copies of Black Square Limited Edition (not 1000 like I previously stated) and it's definitely a limited number unlike what Bread Ninja wrote. She didn't obviously understand that there are two editions of the game... normal and this limited edition. Black Square Limited Edition has a ridiculous price point of costing you more than 200€ these days despite the fact that it was released only few years ago (that means price has got a lot higher from 50€ something.). Its a real collector's item. --Mikitei (talk) 21:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

nothing on the special edition. even if "you" know, you are not a reliable source, so we can't use your opinion. And reason why it's called quattra (quattr4) might not be really significant. plus it's quattra in the limited edition packaging not quattro. And i never said anything on the limited number. And i do understand there are two releases, but that doesn't mean it isn't the same game. The prices mean nothing to distinguish the game. you're seeing this at a commercial stand point, not encyclopedic.Bread Ninja (talk) 21:58, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I wasn't the source for that. And I already shared link to the source of that information. You know, I made a typo when typing the name. Thanks for pointing it out and correcting me. I know only a little bit about italian language... You're not seeing the recording value of the information. You're not understanding the cultural point nor the other points I've tried to explain. The fact that you want to remove the picture so hard is practically a censorship... Besides I think that you're forgetting what an encyclopedia is...

"An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge."- Wikipedia

I really think you should let me and Jinnai talk this out. If Jinnai is clearly on behalf of the removal the it's ok. At the moment, Jinnai has this 50-50 feeling about the matter, staying neutral on the subject. You think that picture should be removed and I think that it should stay there as it is. This is not a consensus as I can see it. You're not even giving me time to search for this stuff. Besides you still haven't answered what kind of negative effect the picture has on the contents of the article. It's only adding value in various forms to the article. Why it should be removed? I would understand your point if the picture had no relation to the contents, would be bad quality, had license issues or something like that. But there's none as far as I know. Of course it would be much better if contents would be shown. But until I get the Limited Edition package or somebody gives permission for a that kind of picture its not going to happen. Can you at least await for Jinnai to actually make a reply on this subject. One other thing I don't like about your change by the way is that you're destroying the list of limited edition contents. That list is easy to read. I guess it's a matter of taste (just like this picture conflict between you and me is) but I think that you're lowering the readability of the article by making a long sentence out of things inside the package. You might as well just remove the whole Limited Edition section if you're doing that. However if you do it I will revert that change since I oppose such actions. Why don't you do something constructive for a change and actually try to write something? Good night! --Mikitei (talk) 22:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I initially asked Jinnai on his point, so there should be no trouble me staying. the only reason why Jinnai has mixed feelings is because it's a free-content image. though he agrees the image of the box isn't helping. the image is unnecessary and provides so little benefit it practically does nothing at all but whatever convenience the person thinks it has. And that's the type of stuff that gets removed quickly because it's trivial. Trivia is lil bit of information that only benefits a certain group of readers instead of all readers. as for the secondsource, it seems unreliable, some guy speaking about the game. like I've said before, blogs are not reliable unless the person is significant enough and related to the topic.

the change on not listing it is actually to preserve space and avoid such unnecessary spaces taken. I'm a cleaner type as you described and summarize information to keep it's most important. Yet again, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete holds a good example to this as it's at Good-Article class. the English version was different from the original release and it was initially released as special edition so an image is more significant, the content the special edition has isn't listed vertically. yet it's at GA status. My style is to keep all that is necessary and most significant. Images i have different standard than text, but the image has to be significant enough (through reliable sources) and its significance and relevance is backed up by . Same with music content and video content. there's a reason why these things aren't posted like crazy. Another good example is flOw a featured article (currently the best rank it could have) have only 3 images, the gameplay to illustrate how the game is played (and a section full of information to help make the image that more significant) and the creator and the development section of how he created it that helps the image stay there.

Now, for limited edition, has no change in the gameplay or doesn't hold any features much different from the original. it's a limited edition package that holds some merchandise. but the game itself holds no difference. Black Square itself was made for hardcore gamers while Clazziquai Edition made for casual as stated in the source you provided but shares nothing on the image, and I've given quite significant amount of time and you've reported with unreliable sources and not much significant information.

hypothetically if an article barely mentions something like "a limited edition was released that contains this and this and this" and nothing more, would an image really be needed to be added? the paragraph/sentence mentions nothing on impact, how different it is from the original release, nor any commentary. you see, these things need to be taken accounted for. An image for gameplay is always necessary as text doesn't always do a good job explaining the significant part, and it's visual media, so it can't be helped (unless replaced with a better clearer image). the difference in content (within the game) of DJmax portable black square from the limited edition are nothing. there hasn't been any information on reliable sources other than release date and how many are available. the section has to have significant information that calls out for an image. And your opinions don't count, verify how significant it is. why they chose the name Black Square? possibly in development section (if you found it from a reliable source).

Now, Jinnai has already said the box itself isn't helping much, and an image would be better, and he also stated on certain information before adding it. So things are decided. although he has mixed feelings he still said. But maybe i'll request someone who does know more on subjects such as this. So i'll ask someone else along side with Jinnai.Bread Ninja (talk) 23:46, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Bread Ninja, as far as I can tell, Jinnai thinks that the picture is ok but should be better or around it should be more "flesh" (like text about the limited edition) instead of it being bare "bones" to limited edition section of the DJMax Portable Black Square. I think he is right about it. And I also think that you and me should not be talking about what is Jinnai's personal opinion since it's Jinnais opinion. It clearly reads on this page that Jinnai at any point has not directly stated "that the image isn't helping to build quality article". That's just a mirage you've built inside your mind since you expect Jinnai to agree with you.

And it's the only free image available at this point in Commons. However I actually got permission for better image but I need to know if the owner of the image is willing to license it under CC-license before I'll add it to Commons. That image shows the box and it's contents and it's much better image for this purpose.

The current image is not unnesseary for this "showing the box" purpose. That's a fact from my opinion. It isn't just a trial piece of information since I think it benefits the article as a whole and in future it would benefit also the limited edition section in the main DJMAX article. Just because you don't see the value or purpose to it you want it to be removed. That lowers the quality of the article and makes it harder to approach. I expect that image deepens the readers understanding of the text and supports text around it. It's fully serving all of the readers.

Bread Ninja, you fail to understand that this limited edition, like the actual game too, was never released in United States of America. That effectively limits the english language sources and gaming press information about this black box. Are you saying that since there aren't enough sources available in english this article and section shouldn't exist at all? I think that's the direction this is conversation with you is heading into. I think that korean gaming sites and Pentavision developer blogs which are in korean of course are valid sources. You don't understand that some of the important development information is written to these developer blogs. I agree with you and Wikipedia guideline which points out that just any blog isn't a good source unless person who writes that blog has some significant relation to the matter at hand.

List makes it easier to read and lists exist to list things. It's not a waste of space especially in an article this small. If you think lists as a waste of space, you're not thinking it from a readers perspective. Long sentenses which are essentially just lists of things are not easy to read. And that certainly isn't helping in rising the quality of the article. There's a difference between really making a summary of information and "cleaning" or "rewriting messy sentenses using better language". I think you're just mainly removing information instead or doing actual cleaning and rewriting the sentences so that they are more understandable for readers.

However I have to admit that after browsing throught List of video game collector and limited editions only a few articles actually had a limited edition box contents listed in an actual list. This was done since the most articles had lots and lots of text. If the special edition was mentioned then items where described in a few sentenses per item. So I think we can edit the actual list out of there since listing things like that is not commended in english wikipedia. Thanks for pointing this out. Let me do the editing later this evening... I've probably edited the list out by the time you're reading this.

It's obvious that we have different kinds of criteria for selection images. But at the same time we have a common goal of helping reader to better understand the core context of the article text. I've been writing about Black Square limited edition package now little bit more and I even more want the picture there to show just what kind of package it is. People whom have no possibility to get that package can also enjoy it when they see what's it like. I understand your point about Flow but there are other reasons for pictures also. Limited edition for example comes with a plant seeds and small speakers. Just how many gaming boxes take their expression to that level? Especially when it's a product for a handheld media device like PSP. Black Square limited edition comes also with DJMAX Technika card which extends the game beyond the PSP. I should think somekind of methaphora here... There's a difference between science and religion. Both are valuable in their own way. They have a relationship which ties them together. However at the same time they reject each other. Get it?

Oh, and if you think that I have lots of free time you're wrong. I am going to university, I am working at company and still trying to enjoy my hobbies. Besides I am not a very fast translator. Time you've waited is only a brief moment. And like I stated before this game did never catch interest of english language gaming press. After that I tried to demonstrate what kind of material you can find in english. And I agree with you that it's not very good quality. I am pretty sure that almost all good reviews and press material is available only in korean. I am doing what I can but you should understand that pressuring like that doesn't do any good. It only accumulates my stress.

The image we have here is not against Wikipedia's guidelines, it's a free image and it's related to the subject. It's point is to provide readers a picture of the subject talked about in text. Even if it's just a picture of a box, it does its job well.

And your opinion Bread Ninja is different and you can have different opinion but you don't have authority to decide it alone whenever the image is indeed unnesseary or not and right to remove it just because you think it's "trial" information. That would not be the kind of democracy I expect from Wikipedia users. It would be helpful (and much appriciated) if more opinions are collected about this matter. --Mikitei (talk) 05:44, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Mikitei, if you find info later on it can be re-added. As long as the image is on commons it'll be easy to re-add. I have to agree that it doesn't add much. Does it have some tangetle benifit? Yes. Is that benefit worth inclusion - under normal circumstances if this image had elements that were a main part of the image - such as characters - as part of the box it would be removed. The only reason I haven't outright said no is because it doesn't. There's no policy/guideline other than what WP:NOTIMAGE says.陣内_Jinnai 04:58, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Jinnai, temporarily taking the picture out from the article doesn't sound that bad indeed. However what I am most concerned is that the picture might be removed during that period it is not being used. Can you assure it won't be removed from Commons? I know it probably won't be soon but the possibility is there. Also at which point should we make a deal about bringing the picture back? How much information should be added until it could be added there? I know that if we make a deal about the bringing the picture back at later when certain information or conditions have been met for it... And if I or somebody else meets those requirements we negotiated for bringing it back... Can you assure that it won't start another fight? I think that it's more than likely that for example Bread Ninja probably would not honor that agreement and would probably start saying things like "it was already discussed and decision was final" or "you're still not meeting the requirements we made a deal about". Besides if there's a value (albeit small) that picture adds and it doesn't conflict with policies of Wikipedia why it cannot stay there? Probably easies solution to meet expectations of everyones would be that the current picture is replaced by image which shows the content of the box. Right? ...Hey! I tried to add more text to go with the picture on the DJMax Portable Black Square page and I hope that you can check it out. Korean gaming sites give small pieces of information I've tried to translate those sentences into a english. It's bit hard to make it quality text because I need to translate korean to finnish and then translate it from finnish to english inside my head. I'll give my reply to Bread Ninja later on... hmm... what else? I just quickly builded DJMax Mobile article and I was hoping somebody could inspect it. Could you do it? Thanks! Now I'll go to sleep. It's so wrong and immature to stay awake till 4am fighting in Wikipedia about a single picture so often. :) --Mikitei (talk) 15:51, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Upload it to commons, however, before you do make certain you ask about it at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files to make absolutely certain that it has no copyright problems. If you want, I can do that. I say this because it may be tagged for deletion because it is packaging, but if you have gone through a process and its been shown not to have any copyright problems or trademark issues then that's fine. You might have to defend your image, but you should win any attempts.陣内_Jinnai 16:02, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

If there isn't enough information for inclusion, then i will remove it, simple as that. So the chances of another fight are high depending on how much information you believe is enough. to me two full blown paragraphs of it might do some good. And you have to find reliable sources as Jinnai has stated before on the package. So before adding another image, you should probably ask another user just in case. And if s/he agrees than it will be fine. And again, i have my doubts on the image with it is content just as much as without for relevance in overall article, because it doesn't exactly give us anything worth talking about that's related to the game more than the packaging.

An image of gameplay showing off the new features probably might be a better benefit than the contents of a limited edition package. DJMax Mobile doesn't have much to be notable. If you find sources that you have to translate, than add them in the talkpage and ill see what i can do with the translations.Bread Ninja (talk) 19:35, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I have university to attend to and I am not able to do this stuff right now. I got permission for a new better picture which shows the box contents but before the owner changes flickr copyright to CC I pretty much cannot add it. Anyway looks like Bread Ninja acted on her own once again... What should I do with her? I will revert the change she just did and then correct her spelling later on. It's really annoying that she uses word "consensus" when only consensus we have here is pretty much only her own. Besides I would need to do this for 24/7 to get everything there and I just don't have that kind of time to give for Wikipedia. --Mikitei (talk) 04:35, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Don't be a hypocrite. acting on your own is the very thing Wikipedia does a lot. You on the other hand are commercial bias and not neutral in this instant. And consensus is clearly here. Only problem is that you ignore it pretty strongly. Do you even follow you're own conversation? it's all text here, reread what you said and what Jinnai has been trying to tell you.Bread Ninja (talk) 15:25, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Why don't you read your own text? You're not getting what I am saying at all and you're just not even trying to reach agreement here other than what are in alignment with your own goals. And consensus isn't consensus until parties (all three of us) agree to it. And it has not happened if you read the text here. And so far we all have our own opinions about the matter. Besides you're accusing me of something I am not. You're not neutral here. Get more people to back up your opinion. Get more people to talk about this thing at all. You're not building things. And you're not the one whom should be deciding what information goes in and what goes out. Section name should be specific in this case because there's only two releases, normal and limited edition. If there where more than two special packages and both where listed there I could agree with you on more general naming. Other than that it's just distraction and making article hard to read and understand. You where fine with the Black Square article being what it was for years. Why don't me and other people improve it? Please read the conversation... Jinnai has not written the words you wrote in change log of Black Square. --Mikitei (talk) 17:34, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Consensus is basically majority. if theres only one person against, the group can still have consensus. Because if itw ent where everyone agreed, wikipeida wouldn't have made any progress.
why am i not neutral? you say I'm not neutral, but why? what side am i leaning on? where am i bias? is there hidden motives to removing an image?
All you do is discuss about me, but you barely bring anything to the table at all.
it doesn't matter if there two releases, that's enough to generalize the section's name. I was planning on adding more specific information in there about the normal release. And it's perfectly readable and understandable.Changing it to a simpler name does not make it difficult to understand what-so-ever and "distracting" is highly subjective. i was not perfectly fine with how they are, in fact I'm not fine with how any of the DJMax articles currently are. Most if not all are in stub-class. There are a couple campaigns that i barely put my contributions too and there are even older articles than DJMax that need even greater improvement. And i am perfectly acceptable with others "improving" them. I'm not against removing information, but i am against adding trivia, and other small tiny information that really doesn't seem to help the article, in fact it makes the article lose NPOV and more commercial bias.
this is why i have a problem with the image (even with inside content) in it. Because it doesn't help understand or improve the article about the "video game" to a significant degree. if the limited edition had it's own article, than yes i would agree. But it's just a promotional piece of media that we have yet to see if it made a certain impact on the people about the video game.Bread Ninja (talk) 18:01, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't see Jinnai agreeing with you here. Jinnai has to clearly state his side on this matter for consensus. That has not happened. You're just acting on your own just as much as I am, before that happens. I'd say you're either bullying me or doing this for your own amusement if you ask from me for your hidden agenda for doing this. Besides you're not telling me good enough reason to remove the image. That's the problem here from my point of view. You just want it removed because you think it doesn't improve the article when in fact it does improve the article in a ways which you cannot see.

I wonder how you can state something is "perfectly readable" when you don't know the difference between words "inexperienced" and "experienced", write "a art book" instead of "an art book", have problems forming good sentences and results are usually something like "if there two releases", "Because if itw ent where everyone agreed, wikipeida wouldn't have made any progress", and so on... I am not a native english speaker and certainly not a perfect typist but even I can do better job writing english... You still could be right about having a separate media section (and where would be a separate cd section for one soundtrack item) but I'd need a multiple examples of that kind of structure for having just a one media item under two sections even if it strongly relates to already existing section. Or strong backing from other contributors. If there was two or more media items I'd understand the point and this wouldn't be a issue at all.

There are people whom find small details interesting and there are people whom don't find them interesting. I guess it's up to us as contributors to determine which details should be in the article. For example, if something was sold in a some price and currently that something has a value which is a lot higher than what it was originally sold, don't you want to know what the original price was? I'd find that interesting information. Besides how you can see that as a something which moves the article out side the neutral point of view? Trivial information would be something like telling "black square has a song something where a something in a some corner is seen doing something at point something" and so on. I would remove that kind of trivial information. Every article on wikipedia is built on top of small but important details (some more than others). If you're only writing about the video game as a what kind of game it is from gamers perspective then you're missing the neutral point. In a way just in a same sentence both denied and admitted that you support removing of the information... I think that your perspective is highly one sided considering what the matter is just as much you think mine is. This probably calls for a more opinions about the matter. I hope Jinnai can come up with clear answer. I'm off to read for swedish exam... Good night! --Mikitei (talk) 19:02, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Basically my point is that, yes having it could enhance the article. Having images usually enhances an article, up to a certain point. However, not having it doesn't really detract from it much. It's fairly easy to describe the box and its contents. However, I'd not rule it out entirely if some kind of commentary on the LE, either development commentary or analysis/review commentary by independant RSes was found. Go ahead and take the picture, just store it someplace outside of Wikimedia. If and when that commentary is found, the image can easily be added. There's no rush; the article appears to be notable. Mikitei, go and work on it for a few months and get some more info fleshed out. You might find stuff on magazines too. You can ask around at WP:VG if you have an idea what issues to look at.

So yea, the bottom line is as it stands now its hard to justify it with the only exception being that its not covered by normal fair-use criteria. I cannot say it will be so with a better quality article. I would also ask up at WT:NOT to see what they say since its not an NFCC issue, but more, according to BN, a promotional one.陣内_Jinnai 22:43, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

MIkitei, if you can't understand why small subjectively important information can change the articles NPOV< than you can't see why i say you're commercial bias.Bread Ninja (talk) 01:41, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Bread Ninja, I can say those same words back to you. You don't seem to have neutral view on the subject and you just remove what you feel like instead of thinking if its needed or not. That's why you're promoting censorship. --Mikitei (talk) 07:43, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

And on another note, we may have completely different views, but that doesn't mean mine are completely one sided. ANd if they are, then it's Wikipedia's side.Bread Ninja (talk) 03:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

I am taking Wikipedia's side as well here. Problem is that Wikipedia doesn't define good or bad in cases like these. We can both happily work for the Wikipedia and still have a completely different point of views. Both of us have one goal in mind. Improving the articles. What is different is our methods. --Mikitei (talk) 07:43, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Jinnai, I really appreciate that you're so great guy to talk to, and you give good replies too. But that reply doesn't really help with this issue since Bread Ninja is really impatient and has that attitude that she doesn't want that picture there (sigh).

About the magazines. I don't think anything about this can be found from USA gaming magazines. Korean, chinese and japanese gaming magazines are different thing but accessing them is almost impossible for me (remember, I live in Finland). We need somebody who has easy access to them and is able to properly read them... And I understand your point of view. But where is the line for accepting the picture back? It can be anywhere from high to low. And no matter how much information I come up with Bread Ninja can refer to this conversation and remove the picture or that commentary information needed for the picture (which already happened while I was improving it). That's the main reason why I am not accepting those terms. Even if it is great compromise. But after what I saw Bread Ninja do I don't think that she can honour the decision. It needs a clear criteria for allowing the picture back in. I think I already wrote about this issue earlier. What can you say to this problem? ... I'll try WT:NOT later on. I don't think it's promotional one since you cannot buy the thing in the first place. You probably (with Bread Ninja) would be right about promotional issues if not the game was from year 2008 and you cannot buy it as of 2011. It's not marketed and it's not available. Thus it falls for documentary class of what kind of it was. Besides picture is a great way to show what kind of the box is without writing few long lines about it which might leave obscure impression for reader. Do you understand my point? Bread Ninja is wrongly accusing me of being "commercially biased" but I think she just doesn't understand the matter from the game collector's perspective. These things are interesting.

Besides I think I might actually already have a better picture to replace the debated one but since the picture owner just replied "yeah, sure" but didn't change the picture's license to CC on Flickr (where license is still set to "all rights reserved") I am not able to replace the current picture... By the way what do you think of having a picture where the limited edition box is open and all items inside it laid around it? What do you think about that?

So could you please take a look at the Black Square article as it is right now, think a while, and then could you please just state yes or no for the image for now (meaning time period of 3 to 6 months). And this will be settled for now. And after time has passed we come back to think about this if there's a need to think about it. Is this arrangement OK to you? Thank you!

I want you to know that I probably won't be able to come to Wikipedia for the rest of the week. I am having really busy time now in real life. --Mikitei (talk) 08:52, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

DJMAX Black Square Image Debate Part 3

1)actually i thought hard on it. And the very thought of repeating the same thing to me, is immature and shows you're not willing to defend your reason but continue to counter mine instead by saying the same thing. Which I'm trying to do both. And a comment like that, it's practically you to look at it from a different point of view. That isn't a comment you can say "Right back at ya!" and expect to let things take its course. You have to actually attempt to see one point of view of a different editor to try to reason with you, but when i put myself in your shoes. All i see is everything is relevant no matter how small it is. And thats where the cleaners/refiners come in.

But here's the problem....how am i suppose to even see a hint of wikipedia's standards when i see this as your reasoning:

• Single picture tells more than thousand words.
• We don't have any other pictures in Wikipedia which show what kind of scale, design and general size, look and feel these very unique DJMax special edition game boxes present. There are several in the DJMax series. This is just one. And just one is good enough to show and give the general idea about them from the text. This is not a just a some cheap box you throw away after you took the item from it.
• It describes what kind of Black Square special edition box is. Not everybody has seen or does get the idea about them. If we have a picture about design chair or cheap chair you probably want to remove either but both are needed in their own ways for a article about chairs to show the diversity and design.
• You probably won't get the idea but "black square" roughly means "black box" and package is high quality black box and has a nice texture to it. It's beautiful in it's own way. Not to mention the final touch of having that nice red (rubber) band around it.
• It's in an article and in a section about that box and it's content. I find it important that this picture is here. The one who originally inserted it there thought so too. Don't you find it interesting in its own way?
• It could be used elsewhere for example in the main article about the franchise in a similar fashion. I actually wouldn't mind if you move the picture out from Black Square and add it to the main article (DJMax) and write little bit about the special editions of the game and how they are rare and expensive collector's items these days. Send a message if you agree to this proposition. :)
• These are things you should realize yourself too. Ask yourself why Wikipedia often states that articles should have pictures? If you only see just a black box then you probably shouldn't touch that picture. Besides you remove information with a value (no matter how low or high) and don't add anything as valuable or more valuable to replace it. Often this is because you don't understand the value of the said information. Some things I do understand but there's a clear line which shouldn't be crossed.
• Koreans are happy having that same picture on their wiki page about Black Square.

Mikitei

The main thing supporting you is that it's a case by case situation. Nothing concrete specifically for why it's significantly important, and Jinnai has said this time and time again and has also stated the box isn't necessary, that just describing the box in text is enough. I mean honestly, go back and read all of what you said and give me the most significant reason you brought up in this entire discussion in order to keep it other than the fact that it's a limited edition.
How relevant is this image? Why is this image so significant? On a scale 1 to 10, how much damage will removing this image do? I ask you this because you say you're not bias, but are you really? i have not a single attachment to this article as korean music video game that has a number of fanbase. But i do in fact want to improve it for the fact that it's a stub. Yet, i see various attachments to you. I highly doubt you would be arguing about me removing a limited PSP Bundle for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep if by chance they obtained a free-content image.
And game collector's perspective IS commercial Bias! HOw can you not see this!? I mean seriously, i've given you plenty times that you just haven't understood what it means to edit wikipedia. But this as of now, makes it seem like you both admit and deny you're commercial bias.Bread Ninja (talk) 10:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia IS NOT about getting ALL of the perspectives it can have. Even game collectors. It's to be informative on the information that is meant for everyone in general not for a certain group. thats where trivia comes in. It's one of the principles of wikipedia.Bread Ninja (talk) 10:40, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

I will say first, BN, that the standard you're applying there is what we apply to NFCC images. CC licensed images do not have that same hurdle. The hurdle is whether there is any "encyclopedic content". Obviously people will disagree with what is encyclopedic or not, but its not the same as directly related significant commentary requirement that NFCC requires otherwise we wouldn't allow for image galleries.

Looking at the article as it stands now, with the LE section specifically, its much better than when I first saw it. It's hard to say one way or another, but if I were coming at this without any background today and doing a formal review, and so long as it could past muster that there were no trademark restrictions with B-symbol (the stylized one) and just to confirm that the image did not fall under something that would violate copyright being a black box with a red stripe with some basic text would have issues (in fact I will do so now).

That said, I do know there is a disagreement by at least one member and assuming good faith on both parties I'd have to say even if I would favor it to be yes, it wouldn't be a strong yes. It adds something to the article, but it doesn't add much; its easily describe with text. However, as I stated before, that criteria only applies to restricting non-free content. The criteria here is whether (assuming those at MCQ agree there's no copyright issues) is whether the image adds encyclopedic content. In that, it may given the surrounding text just barely squeak by depending on how you define encyclopedic. Since there is an issue as to whether it adds much, if anything since there appears to be no reviews or commentary on anything.

As for it being promotional, its true its not promotional in the commercial sense for the product, but it could be seen as being promotional to the franchise as a whole since there still seem to one commercially on the market. It could also be seen as promotional in that its similar to an alternate cover issue.陣内_Jinnai 16:53, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Not exactly, the standards i apply aren't to NFCC, but overall content in general to Wikipedia. it's trivial. true, more has been added and it does look better, but it doesn't look significant. What i did suggest was change it to "Versions and Merchandise" similar to kingdom hearts articles. which would add less confusion. my problem is overall reasoning is so basic and half-baked. Obviously, people want to improve Wikipedia in their own way. but often the principle is whats forgotten. and that's what i see in this case. Mikitei really focus on the including part of Wikipedia, but isn't that strong on cleaning and refining parts.Bread Ninja (talk) 16:59, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Bread Ninja, I'm still in process of writing proper reply to you but I have to write now that "Versions and Merchandise" is not going to work in Black Square article. In fact it would confuse the reader. What is even your logic and reasons for that? When I took a look at "Kingdom Hearts" article they've listed items sold separately from the core products. Music, manga, toys, "game bundles" etc. It isn't suitable in Black Square because based on what I know there are no for example toys, figures, manga, etc. sold separately under DJMAX Black Square title. There's only one limited edition package. There are no Black Square PSP bundle package. You cannot buy items in Black Square Limited Edition package separately as they only come in that package... "Birth by Sleep" PSP bundle is something I would probably accept as a image to that article (depends on image and it's purpose) and I probably would argue with you about it if the argument had some point in it. However this example is not really comparable to Black Square Limited Edition since "Birth by Sleep" PSP Bundle is a standard PSP bundle in which many other games have also been shipped with. It features PSP with the game related textures and the game. Does it come with soundtrack? No. Does it come with plushies? No. Does it come in a high quality package? No, it's the average PSP cardboard package with a nice texture ruined by lots of text Sony had had to insert there. Black Square Limited Edition is made from rubber and metal if I remember right. It is also totally black with only text is the symbol Q4 there which is "heat pressed" (I don't know what is the english word for it) there.

However I (maybe) understand the logic here. Let me show you Bread Ninja a case where your suggestion of "Versions and Merchandise" would totally work. Do you know american game called "BioShock 2"? I haven't personally played it but I know that when they pushed it into market they released several versions of the same game. If I remember right there was at least two different downloadable digital versions and at least three different retail versions. They published soundtrack of the game in various sources and they also made figures to sell. You didn't have to buy the game to get figures or the soundtrack as they where also sold separately from the games but some editions of the game shipped with them. They also published an art book which was probably also separately available from games. The largest "Special Limited Edition" of Bioshock 2 was manufactured "in a limited production run" which means that there are probably tens of thousands of packages of this supposedly "limited" package which features lots of not so limited stuff. Only thing which made "special limited edition" special was the fact that only it came with LP featuring soundtrack from the game. But you can buy the soundtrack (for example from itunes) so it lowers the value of that edition. So they have to huge amount of stuff and if somebody would write about them suitable section title would probably be something like "Versions and Merchandise". Since there are various versions and merchandise. Black Square isn't like this to my knowledge.

Also Bread Ninja, when article is short stub there isn't nothing to clean. First somebody builds a rough version of the article and then community starts thinking what is really important and what isn't. If you start cleaning the article while somebody is building it you're just going to ruin his/her motivation for building articles in the first place. Please keep that in mind. --Mikitei (talk) 14:38, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Not entirely true....when in stub there is always room to clean up and refine, even if there isn't much. It's too make way for more...As for versions and merchandise i was mostly focused on the merchandise aspect of it, than the "version". I only added versions because it included the game. But since there is no different versions, it might aswell just be called merchandise despite being sold together all at one. But I'm really not seeing why this is confusing...

You're reasoning for image inclusion is still based on the fact that these are releases special and/or limited edition packaged with more additional media, not whether it compliments the given information of the entire article, or help explain certain aspects, such as critical impact. You're still not seeing this simply as another piece of media. Other than the artbook and soundtrack, the release isn't much. It all jsut seems complimentary to the game, and the way it was released is also, trivial. Sure, it was released in a plastic and metal box with a log on it, but other than that, what makes this significantly important to show?

this image seems complimentary (at most) but the article nor the section calls for it. Everything seems to be added in and explained pretty straightforward. there's not much such as impact, nor any other commentary than simple description. If it gave some sort of reception or additional commentary other more aspects of the release. Unfortunately, DJMax isn't the most known series in the world. So finding that information even in Korea is difficult. And just to add a some-what complimentary image?

Images such as those aren't going to help make the article up to start nor up to C or B-class. Adding information does. And not just in the limited edition. Such as reception, gameplay, and development.Bread Ninja (talk) 00:33, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Bread Ninja, if you imply that there's something multiple times when there's actually only one, it causes confusion. Topic would have to say that there are three packages of the since retail version. Your topic doesn't do that. There also isn't any merchandise. I don't see how you can tie that word and its meaning to something it doesn't represent. That's also why it would be confusing for the reader. There are also other things to consider than therese but mostly for these two reasons I cannot support the "versions and merchandise". "Retail editions" would sound much better. "Releases" is not directly related to the topic and sounds like it was speech instead of written language and I don't like it but it's not totally unacceptable. You're not following me at all on this topic. I've tried to explain to you that limited edition itself is worth the picture. You're not seeing the big picture. It is significant because of what it is in the series as a whole. I really don't want to add lots of pictures or anything like that when just one picture can do it everything in a single article. Besides it's art. Why aren't you questioning articles which have other kind of art of having pictures? It's nearly the same thing or the same thing. You're not understanding the point of the "Son of Sun" for example. Is it my fault if you're not understanding something? You're limiting contents of the article in a way which is not acceptable in my honest opinion. This is related to the scope of the article, even if you're not seeing it Bread Ninja. This image is helping the articles about DJMAX to get better class, believe it! Also if you want to rise the article to a higher class why aren't you doing work towards that goal? It just seems like I am doing stuff and others too but you're just standing there and doing bad copyediting which is mostly just breaking things instead of building them. I know that I've represented this same question in various forms to you from time to time again. But I still don't understand how you can want something and aren't willing to work towards that goal. Instead you start debating about small things like these. Just watch this thread for example. It's already embarrassing from my point of view that we are doing this in somebody's talk page. Arguing about picture which doesn't do anything wrong. There are lots of articles which have pictures which have uncertain rights. Why don't you go after them? For example I would probably delete the non-free picture Bioshock 2 article has about the "limited edition" which isn't even limited edition. I believe picture about limited edition would be ok there but that picture has uncertain rights in it. Besides it is from "limited production run" which is said to be "limited edition" based on that fact. It's cheating people from my point of view when "limited edition" isn't in fact "limited".

Bread Ninja, do you know what a neutral tone or a neutral opinion is? What kind of things form a neutral opinion? I'll tell you. A neutral opinion is one which effectively compresses hundreds of thousands view points, perspectives and aspects into a one sentence or maybe even into a one word. If you leave even one view point or perspective out of the neutral opinion... it will not be a neutral opinion from the neutral perspective anymore. Why? Because you ignored something. Are you understanding this clearly? Its because when you ignore something... it moves the balance of the perspective to a non-neutral direction. It means that you're not being neutral on subject. For example the "Collector's perspective" is important because if you aren't including it, then the text you write won't be from the neutral point of view on that corner of the topic. You can claim that Wikipedia is not about all the possible perspectives it can have if you want. And because of that I assume that you probably will disagree with me on my personal view about neutrality since you seem to have another ideological perspective into these matters. It just means that we have a ideological differences and it's a good thing in a one sense. The best thing about the Wikipedia guidelines (and at the same time the worst) is that they allow us to have these ideological differences. We can have the same goals but also different ways to achieve them.

I have few more paragraphs about these things you've written in this thread I feel I haven't really given my reply. Like I wrote to Jinnai, I don't feel like submitting them all since they are off-topic replies to your off-topic sentences. I wrote them so that you would understand my view point better to this subject but I don't know if I should even try showing them for more than a few reasons. :) --Mikitei (talk) 20:26, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Jinnai, can you explain to me where we are right now? What is going on in this topic? What is going to happen with the picture? Bread Ninja is bringing here stuff that I don't feel belongs to this subject anymore and I am not sure if she even has a goal she wants to meet. I think she doesn't understand the point here at all and does what she pleases. I have a long reply (actually two) for her which mostly just consists of lecturing her on philosophical subjects related to this matter which I feel is pretty far off of the actual point... actual point being about "what is going to happen to that image?". I don't feel like submitting that reply. Most importantly I feel that the image has its place and it's right at home where it is currently. It has a job and it does it. Albeit it could do it better. By the end of the month or early next month I can probably take a picture of the limited edition package with its contents laid before it and upload it to commons to replace the current image which just shows the box. And that's just maybe since the limited edition is really rare. If I do that is it ok solution for Bread Ninja who obviously want the current image out of there? It's hard to get anything concrete out of her. Jinnai, you've seen what kind of english she writes and I just cannot take her seriously anymore. My objective here is to have at least one DJMAX article which has a single picture to show what kind of limited editions DJMAX series has. I feel that it's worth a picture. Not every DJMAX article needs it. Just one article is fine. Something you can refer to in a main DJMax article. Since Bread Ninja is not doing article writing (= work towards the goal of improving it) I feel that this is getting pointless. If she really was doing something to improve the article up to next class she would start contributing stuff instead of just ruining the articles with her low class copyediting. --Mikitei (talk) 19:52, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Neutral tone is not combining all perspectives into one sentence nor into one word, but too avoid all of the other perspectives. that's what neutral tone is. When there's two sides to something, the person who is neutral is not on either side. that's what the word means.

1.not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during world War II.

2.not aligned with or supporting any side or position in a controversy: The arbitrator was absolutely neutral.

3.of or belonging to a neutral state or party: neutral territory.

4.of no particular kind, characteristics, etc.; indefinite: a neutral personality that made no impression whatever; a sex-neutral job title.

[dictionary.com]

the fact that you use your own personal definition of it instead of the actually using the real definition really affects this discussion. I already got a clear view with another. But the other seemingly off-topic relate to your views. You're not adding an image because the article calls for it, but you want to add it per your views.Bread Ninja (talk) 06:46, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

The problem isn't whether the image itself has a purpose it's whether the image is relevant enough to be placed in the article. And you constantly complain about my English, but this is coming from someone who isn't a native speaker. So maybe my speech is a bit more casual, but that does not mean my English is bad and that is the least of your worries. the point is to get the idea across and i assume you're understanding. If you see a grammar problems, than please ignore it just as I've ignored yours. And rarity shouldn't merit the article in yet again, another sign of bias.

Your objective isn't to improve the articles but to add a limited edition picture in at least one DJMax article. So do you honestly believe anyone can take you serious after this? Sure, the idea sounds nice if you weren't aiming for encyclopedic, but you're not thinking about whether the image really needs it. Again, i can't help but see the level of BIAS is incredibly obvious for even Jinnai to ignore...Jinnai has said all of what he could. What more can we ask of him? He's already stated the DJMax box is already described well enough to not need an image in. He repeated that a fair ammount of times. That right there seems like consensus that the image isn't necessary. Or are you just going to ignore that until one of us says an image should be added in?Bread Ninja (talk) 06:46, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Your Question on Wikipedia for the Lolicon article

I've left a comment on the Lolicon talk page with a source for Sanger's letter. Timothy Perper (talk) 22:32, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Reporting of lolicon images on Wikimedia Commons

Hello! Your submission of Reporting of lolicon images on Wikimedia Commons at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and 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! - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 01:18, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Kennedy half dollar

Hi Jinnai. Wehwalt and I believe that all your concerns have been addressed at the FAC for Kennedy half dollar. It has also been copyedited by a member of the GOCE. Thanks for reviewing it!-RHM22 (talk) 01:36, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I have removed the clause about the Franklin half dollar from the lede. I have sources which imply it circulated (why don't we see it in change anymore? sort of things) but I hate using implications, it is more or less an offhand comment, and I think it is best removed. Hope you will restrike your oppose!--Wehwalt (talk) 19:34, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Lolicon

Hi

Thanks very much!

I enjoyed doing that one, and the unexpected bstar was the icing on the cake :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 05:56, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, but you did not undo only the one, you undid them all! lol

I will undo and fix Chaosdruid (talk) 19:07, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Manga: The Complete Guide

Greetings! You were listed as owning this guide book on the reference library page. If it's not any trouble, could you tell me if the book included anything on the manga one-shot Glass Wings? While a review would be nice, my main aim is to find a reliable source for the magazine it was serialized in. Regards, WhiteArcticWolf (talk) 19:48, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Did you look at Google Books? It tells me that Asaoka has an entry on pg 508, and lists as her only work Glass Wings. Dunno if it includes its magazine, but it has something. --Gwern (contribs) 18:10 30 March 2011 (GMT)

Dragon Warrior and/or Dragon Quest to FA

Hi, I would like to help you achieve your (noble) goal of getting either or both of these articles to FA status before the anniversary. However, I fear that our (brief) history may get in the way. What do you think? -- Nczempin (talk) 18:22, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm willing to work towards that. You'll find I'm able to keep things separate so they don't interfere with each other.陣内_Jinnai 22:36, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Ifyou want to co-nominate the Dragon Quest, let me know. I was planning to do so this weekend and hope the DW A-class assessment can be finished quickly.陣内_Jinnai 02:59, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

I'll go through the rest of the DW article this weekend, and then have a look at your responses. I haven't even looked at the DQ article. -- Nczempin (talk) 07:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

If you think you'd be more confortable co-nominating DW (assuming you think its up to A-class stuff in the end), would you prefer to co-nominate that one?陣内_Jinnai 14:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

I would, yes. -- Nczempin (talk) 15:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Something kinda related. I found this image on flickr.

• Koichi Sugiyama under CC BY-SA 2.0

I figured it would be good for the Dragon Quest articles. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 17:26, 11 April 2011 (UTC))

I've seen it. I'm not sure given the other (non-free) images I've seen of him that the image is the same person. Sugiyama (the one who does the music in DQ) is an old guy with greying hair who wears glasses.陣内_Jinnai 19:09, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

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Alien Legacy

Oh hey. I managed to miss the PROD for this game, which I know to be articleworthy. It received a two-page review in Pelit, a large gaming magazine and a reliable source. If Pelit was on the job for a Sierra title, chances are infitesimal that no other magazine was.

Prior obligations mean that it'll take me a couple of days to find that article from my magazine stacks and integrate it into the article. I decided to be rude and restore the article right away, since waiting might have gotten the newly created redlinks de-linked. Once an article is cut away from the web of links, reconnecting it is both labor-intensive and incredibly irritating.

If I have not added the review by the end of the weekend, I'll have screwed up and deserve censure. --Kizor 20:35, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

And there's that other source:MikroBITTI, another Finnish magazine. It's inferior to Pelit, but it'll serve. --Kizor 20:42, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Droll or drool?

In fan service, is the word used in The Otaku Encyclopedia by Anno droll or drool? --Malkinann (talk) 23:17, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

drool.陣内_Jinnai 23:21, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

As it's already been edit warred over, could you please post something to that effect on Talk:Fan service? --Malkinann (talk) 23:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

April 2011

This to let you know that an edit of yours has been mentioned at ANI. Cheers, --JN466 17:11, 8 April 2011 (UTC)