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[[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 19:07, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)

On Ikezukuri

I checked, and it is Australia that bans Ikezukuri and Germany only banned Ikezukuri of shrimps. Reasoning goes that because Ikezukuri is a cruel practice (in Australia) and unlike fish, shrimps can sense pain (in Germany).

More on Ikezukuri. It is a relatively new practice, probably after 12th century when religious constraints were relaxed. Before that, most fish were cooked using fire because fish rots quite quickly and because it was considered unethical to eat something that wasn't dead. It was commonly practiced at restaurants during Edo-period because it was the only way for those going to there to know that they are eating something fresh. After refrigetation became common in 20th century, it is mostly done for the show at a party to show that the host has done everything to make a great party. It is somewhat like showing around meats at a barbecue with guests saying "Wow, those steaks look wonderful!".

Only fish and shrimps taken from sea could be used because river fish can have nasty parasites that can cause quite serious pains. With few exceptions, those fish with whitish meat, usually tai (sea bream) are used for Ikezukuri because these fish look better when topped. Also, fish are sliced on a cutting board and then topped onto a plate to be served. Sharp cooking knives can easily ruin an expensive plate and there is no point in taking a risk. Revth 01:45, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Vote on Talk:Gdansk/Vote

Hi. Since you have edited on Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/German names, I would invite you to vote on Talk:Gdansk/Vote to settle the multi-year dozens-of-pages dispute about the naming of Gdansk/Danzig and other locations. The vote has two parts, one with questions when to use Gdansk/Danzig, and a second part affecting articles related to locations with Polish/German history in general. An enforcement is also voted on. The vote has a total of 10 questions to vote on, and ends in two weeks on Friday, March 4 0:00. Thank you -- Chris 73 Talk 07:23, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)

Tessaiga

Thanks for your participation. I tried to contact as many relevant people as possible to have their opinion on this issue, appearantly I missed you lol. I would appreciated if you can stay tuned to how the discussion is developing. LG-犬夜叉 02:52, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)

Re : Ebo The Friendly centurion

Done! [1] :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 20:37, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

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Prodego ^talk 23:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your edit to User:Disavian/Userboxes/Queer-4

I've been so busy userfying that I haven't noticed small problems with the boxes... redirecting, AWBing, etc is rather hard work. Maybe I'll get around to making them uniform one day. --Disavian 16:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

That's a relief, I was almost afraid my edit would be perceived badly :) Cohen the Bavarian 16:50, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Nah, I'll take all the help I can get :) Disavian 19:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

FLCL

As a userbox fan of FLCL, would you be willing to vote for its nomination at Wikipedia's Article Improvement Drive? If elected, it will be the subject of a week-long overhaul, in an attempt to pass in to Featured Article status! Thanks, Litefantastic 17:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Natsumi Tsuji and Shinichiro Azuma

I think I put links to my sources in the edits I made on these articles, but people deleted all of it in their subsequent edits. You should be able to view them with the history tab, I think. Offhand, I was able to pull up an article on Shinichiro Azuma. The Kusogaki-domo o Kyūdan suru Homepage[2] has (had?) all these names on it, but it is always moving around. I cannot access the Natsumi Tsuji page now due to bandwidth excess, but it is here[3]. Evan1975 23:20, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:New Kitakyushu Airport logo.gif

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FYI

I noticed your participation in discussions about this user, or similar articles to those which he was seemingly banned for editing.

See at the bottom of the talkpage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TlatoSMD Karla Lindstrom 10:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

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