MightyAtom

This is awfully late, but:

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I noticed Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai; thanks for contributing it! Could I ask you to cite your source(s) for all the information? Cheers, Melchoir 06:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info! I am really just getting started being active on wikipedia, and I appreciate the info!

--MightyAtom 02:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Japanese mythology

Hey, MA. I noticed you had signed up as a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese mythology. We've been pretty dead lately, mostly for lack of sources on the subject. There's only so much you can do for an article when you have to rely on the web for your information. Since you're in Japan, I thought you'd be a good one to ask about this. Are there any English-language sources available over there for this type of thing? I'm headed to Japan in August with the JET Program, and I was hoping stuff like this might be available. -- BrianSmithson 14:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey Brian. You coming over on the JET Programme? That's cool. Where are you going to be? You're going to be here pretty soon, eh? Be sure to give me a shout.

I joined up with the Japanese mythology project mainly to focus on Japanese ghost stories. Not really the same thing as mythology, but... I found the wikipedia pages on Japanese ghost stories to be shockingly incorrect. It scares me to think that someone might actually use them for a resource! Well, I will get to it as time allows.

As far as English language resources...not really. Probably the best website I know of is this one:

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml

That one helped me a lot when I was working on my MA degree. You are probably already aware of it.

Good to get the greeting! Thanks!

ZACK

Wow, that page has quite a bibliography. I'll post a note on the project's talk page about it; perhaps someone can make use of those resources. As for me, I'll be in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima. (And just a wiki note: Don't forget to sign your comments with ~~~~.) Four weeks and counting till I'll be in Tokyo . . . . — BrianSmithson 12:56, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Fukushima eh? Well, that is quite a ways away, but everyone should make a Kansai trip eventually!

Thanks for the wiki note. Being new to wikipedia, I am sure to make more than a few errors. Hopefully, they will all be style-wise and not bad information!

And hey, seeing as you are an admin, how does one go about getting a subject heading changed? The entry "Kwaidan" should really be "Kaidan." "Kwaidan" only refers to Lafcadio Hearn's book, not to the genre of ghost stories as a whole.

MightyAtom 13:23, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I definitely want to see the Kansai area eventually! As for your suggestion, once you have enough edits, you'll be able to move pages using the Move tab at the top of the page. In the meantime, I'd recommend bringing the issue up at Talk:Kwaidan. The editors who are watching the page will then be able to comment or follow up on your suggestion. (My Japanese level is woefully low at the moment, so I can't comment one way or the other . . . .) — BrianSmithson 15:13, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I brought it up on Talk:Kwaidan, but I don't think there is an editor watching the page. Someone else mentioned the same thing back in December of 2005, but nothing was done, and the message wasn't even responded to till March 2006!

Thanks for the advice, though.

MightyAtom 21:35, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. I see that. Try Wikipedia:Japan-related topics notice board or Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan if no one responds at Talk:Kwaidan any time soon. — BrianSmithson 22:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Further note: If you haven't gotten responses on your inquiries, just go ahead and change or move things how you think best. It's great that you're asking first, but sometimes you just have to be bold. -- BrianSmithson 16:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Botan Doro

You can be offended all you'd like, but I really couldn't care less. After six days you hadn't made a single change. Seven days is the maximum hold period, not an extension for you personally. When did you budget the time for your article to be reread and critiqued? Or was that not important? Should I have simply failed you outright? Furthermore, you don't get a rebuttal to a pass or fail. If you had put the article up in proper form to be a good article, it would have passed. Do the work next time and it won't be a problem, but don't pester me on my user page because an article fell short. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, and if you had a timeline, you should have been keeping everyone on Wikipedia informed. This is not YOUR article, you are just a major contributor. You may refrain from telling me what I will and will not do in the future, and it is my suggestion you sit back and chill out a bit; if you had a question, you should have responded in good faith, not in a tantrum. For goodness sake, all you have to do is relist the article! Was behaving like this really necessary when you've lost absolutely nothing? Chuchunezumi 17:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• I appreciate your comments, but I will refer you to what I said in my response above. To begin, this isn't a report assigned by a teacher or some important task your boss gave to you. It is a mark that can be taken away just as easily as it is given, and vice versa. There is no lasting mark on this; all you have to do is resubmit it. Furthermore, there was no contract between us. I presented a hold to the entire Wikipedia community, not just you. The maximum time allowed is seven days. That means that the article has to be updated and reviewed in seven days, not just updated. I'll remind you that your last comment was asking where to look about citing sources. You never said anything about continuing this work, nor did any other editors; I felt I was being charitable granting the extension in the first place. You gave no indication whatsoever that there was any further work to be done; I asked in the message for an explicit statement of intention to improve. This was not accomplished by you or anyone else. You say that I established no criteria, nor did I establish that I needed time. I established the criterion of notifying me of intent to improve, which was not done, and I WRONGLY (I'm apologizing here and acknowledging my mistake) assumed that you would factor time for review into your schedule. In the future, I will be more explicit about such things, and rather than giving generous extentions blindly, I'll require a detailed statement of intentions to improve an article, complete with a time frame, or I'll simply fail it. As for the comment about the rebuttal...no, you really don't get a rebuttal. There is no dialogue required or expected in the good article review process. I would have been within very reasonable boundaries to fail this article outright. If you disagree with what I or any other person rating for good articles says, you ask for a review or you resubmit the article. Here...as a gesture of good faith, I'll do it myself (renominate this article for GA status). I do wish to apologize again for this misunderstanding, as it was never my intention to frustrate you or make you feel as though I was being heavy handed in my reviews. This is an excellent article, as I said before, and I actually look forward to working with you on future articles as editors, rather than in a review process. I hope that this makes things better. I want no ill will between us. Cheers! Chuchunezumi 00:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Dotonbori

I agree with you, this was not made clear that it was only 1 street especially because when I search the internet to find more information about such a topic, it doesn't give the limits of this street so WP should state it more clearly.

As for the attractions, maybe the restaurants are a necessity for the article as the street may only have this to offer. As for my other comments, it is preferable to have an attraction section in order to bring what is important for this street together.

In light of what you said, I may re-review the article after your further changes. I'm awaiting for your modified version, please tell me on my talk page. Lincher 14:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Japanese baseball

Hello mighty atom. I see you live in Japan and I was going to ask you a question regarding the japanese professional baseball leagues.

Do you know who won the central league this year, unfortunately I can't read japanese and there is very limited info on the internet?

Also, what happens after October (when all league games cease), is there any baseball action after that?

Thanks in advance Tonycdp 11:10, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 9 October, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Curse of the Colonel, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Peta 05:13, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

WikiJET

Hi there. Seeing that you're a regular contributor to the Japanese articles on Wikipedia, and also over at BigDaikon, I thought you might be interested in my idea about creating a wiki related to the JET Programme over at Wikia.com. It is just in the idea stage at the moment but I'd be interested to hear what you think. Cheers, Bobo12345 11:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. I'll check out that Takepedia wiki. :) Bobo12345 00:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Just to keep you up to date, I've now started WikiJET properly over at Wikia.com. Check it out if you have time. :) http://jet.wikia.com Bobo12345 08:54, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Category Osaka

Hey, just thought I'd point you in the direction of a new category I created: Category:Wikipedians in Osaka. Figured there might be enough Wikipedians living in Osaka to make it worthwhile. --Brad Beattie ^(talk) 03:46, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Christmas

I noticed that you've been working on this and I've made several edits myself recently to both Main and Talk pages. The more I reviewed it, the more dissatisfied I became. Especially after following threads and reviewing the FA version of the article. It's actually embarrassing how the quality of the article has declined, and I'd really like to try bringing it back up to FA standards, especially with the holiday season so close. If you have the time and inclination to assist I think your continued participation would be invaluable. Thanks for all your good work so far, and happy editing! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, glad to hear from you! Getting the dates in order sounds good. So does reworking sections. There also seems to be a fair amount of duplicate material that could be consolidated or removed. I started with some of the easy stuff if you want to check the article history. Let me know what you think. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 08:43, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! I don't want to cross 3RR, but that was getting silly. I'm glad you're here :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 00:48, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Arigoto MightyAtom-san, domo arigoto. Sadly, that's the extent of my Japanese. Kudos to you as well, for your contributions to the article as well as your efforts to "hold the line" against nonsense. I strongly suspect that if the IP editor makes one more disruptive post he's going to end up blocked. At least one can hope... :)

PS - I have revisited the issue of the article's length on its Talkpage; there's quite a bit more work to do, and I suspect there's going to be some resistance to streamlining it. In the meantime, happy editing! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 23:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Heh, that's what I was going to suggest. I think the Nativity section is one of the more problematic areas, both in terms of content, and probable resistance to change. I almost think that the best way to tackle it is with an axe; leave a brief outline and a link to the main article. Are you ready for some fireworks? --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 00:00, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

You are good. Really good :-) Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 06:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

• Hi, you've been helping with this article so I wanted to drop you a note. User:Kauffner has recently made many (30) changes without prior discussion, including the deletion of well-sourced material that was added to the article by consensus. I have started a new section to discuss these changes here and I hope you will join in. Thanks. --Doc Tropics 17:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Maria Ozawa on Christian Academy in Japan

Hi MightyAtom, I don't see any references on the Maria Ozawa page, or a claim on that page that she attended the Christian Academy in Japan. Could you please add the appropriate reference to the claim on the Christian Academy in Japan article so it doesn't get lost would anything happen to it on the Maria Ozwa page. Thanks - Siobhan Hansa 12:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Suruga Bay

Hello, MightyAtom. You and Lord had replaced the figure in Suruga Bay article.

The updated figure is object of art, but it does not support statements of the article, as the previous version did. In particular:

Previous figure supported the statement that the bay is protected against oceanic waves. Your update shows the Bay from the far South-West, which is open to the waves.

Previous figure suported the statement of use of the bay for various activities. Your update does not.

The previous figure shows the view of Suruga bay from Izu penninsula. The statement, that the LEFT hand side is open to the sea, corresponds to the previous figure. The new figure does not correspond to this description.

I suggest that you recover the article Suruga bay in a self-consistent form.

Sincerely, dima 07:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 2 March, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mount Omine, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomangani^talk 13:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Kansai-ben userboxes

In this topic on my talk page, User:Julian Grybowski has suggested creating a set of userboxes for people who speak Kansai-ben. I remembered that you live in Osaka. If you can help out by providing feedback on what might be good text for the boxes, please do so. (Then please help me get a job at Japanzine starting in August, haha.) Dekimasuよ! 19:06, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Joji Obara

Hi, I saw your edit to the Lucie Blackman article. I would appreciate it if you could give your opinion on the inclusion of the same line in the introduction in the Joji Obara article. Mackan 20:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, I was hoping you would follow up your comment on the talk page. It's hard to reach a consensus when Necmate and I are the only one's posting. Thank you. Mackan 19:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Lucie Blackman false info

Hi, I was the one who originally added the false information that you took out of the Lucie Blackman article. At the time that I added it, it was breaking news, and the BBC reference that I used actually reported that. Notice that according to my edit the news article is called "Lucie Blackman accused is jailed". However, the title of the exact same BBC link is now "Man cleared over death of Lucie", and the entire story has been rewritten. After seeing the news this morning, I went back to the article to fix it, but found you had already done it for me. Thanks. ElinorD (talk) 12:15, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Whale meat

I saw your post on the Japan talk page. Have you really eaten whale? I've eaten whale sashimi a couple of times and it's some of the best raw seafood I've ever had. I think if everyone knew how tasty it was the whales would be in serious trouble.

On another topic, wouldn't the Lucie Blackman article be better titled as "Lucie Blackman killing." There's almost no way a "Lucie Blackman" article could ever be featured, but an article on why she's, unfortunately, in the news would have a chance of reaching that level. CLA 06:50, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

The three wise monkeys in popular culture‎

Although three wise monkeys belongs in WikiProject Japan, The three wise monkeys in popular culture‎ is mainly about Western culture, so I propose to remove the WP Japan banner. OK by you? - Fayenatic london (talk) 18:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

 Done - Fayenatic london (talk) 12:44, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Eikaiwa

Hi, thanks for your comments on the Eikaiwa AfD. I think there have been some good suggestions already (rename and Ranald McD) and if these, plus new suggestions, can be implemented then I'm not so bothered about deletion. -- Sparkzilla talk! 03:02, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. Thank you for your kind comments re Metropolis and JapanToday. What type of pieces have you written? I might try to give the article a bit more of a try after the AfD is finished. -- Sparkzilla talk! 10:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK expansion

Hi there. The rules are officially 5X for the expansion. If you can squeak some more out in the next day, I'll be happy to bend the rules a little. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:33, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Suwa Shrine (Nagasaki)

On 26 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Suwa Shrine (Nagasaki), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 18:43, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Kappa (folklore)

I removed the rant on my talk page, as the content about the article belongs on the actual article talk page, and the personal attacks (claiming I don't know anything about the topic, etc.) do not belong anywhere. I certainly do know plenty about the Kappa folklore. Probably have read about it longer than you have and in more sources. Wild speculations about alleged origins, especially when made divorced from any folkloristic foundation, are not appropriate for Wikipedia in general. But if they do stay they HAVE TO HAVE real, scholarly, legitimate sources, not just stuff you picked up in a Google search. If you think you can provide reliable sources that meet our policies here, do try to add them. Until such time that section has no place on the article, and your edit warring and personal attacks are not going to make it stay... quite the contrary, your bad behavior could lead you to getting blocked and automatically making anyone else who comes along side against you. Please take the time to follow Wikipedia policies, and do not post to my talk page until such time as you are willing and able to act in a professional manner. DreamGuy 05:06, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Um, I came to say pretty much the same thing as DreamGuy, but without the policy browbeating and angry tone. I've seen the supposed word origins for kappa that you list, but DreamGuy's right to insist that a source citation be provided (and random websites aren't good enough). There are a lot of interesting sources waiting to be exploited, but I unfortunately do not have accesst to JSTOR from my current location. If you do, you can probably find the citation you need. Good luck! — Brian (talk) 05:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

If you'd gotten the same post on your talk page that he left on mine, you'd be angry too. And pointing out policy is kind of necessary when someone is breaking policy, yaknow? But, hey, whatever, it's not like you have to be civil or anything. DreamGuy 07:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Of course, I quite agree that references are needed, and if there is a specific part that needs to be referenced, that is what the {{fact)) tag is for. However, to "remove unsourced speculation that doesn't even sound likely" is to just make a personal opinion edit. To call something you are unsure of "unsourced speculative nonsense" is just a POV statement, neither of which follow Wikipedia policies.

I mean, look at that..."doesn't even sound likely"...is that really a valid reason to remove a section of an article? You don't know for sure if it is true or not, but it "doesn't even sound likely"...If something sounds fishy, then check on it. If something needs a reference, then try and find one. Or if you don't know enough about the subject to do the research yourself, slap a {{fact)) tag on the section. At least bring it up on the talk page. But don't just cut things out that you are unsure of, because they don't sound good.

On top of that, to dismiss a scholarly article by Takayuki Tatsumi,Ph.D of Keio University as "just stuff you picked up in a Google search" doesn't add a lot of credibility to a request for "real, scholarly, legitimate sources". When sources are presented, acknowledge them.MightyAtom 00:49, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Japan taskforces

In order to encourage more participation, and to help people find a specific area in which they are more able to help out, we have organized taskforces at WikiProject Japan. Please visit the Participants page and update the list with the taskforces in which you wish to participate. Links to all the taskforces are found at the top of the list of participants.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for helping out! ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 00:47, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Hell Fire Club, update...

I recently added the source "The Hell Fire Club" by Daniel P. Mannix to this article. To answer your June question: it was essentially a social club specializing in fornication and witticism, and the practice of devil worship and satanic ritual as a philosophical rebellion against the hypocrisies of the age. What raised it above the level of 19th century juvenile delinquency was its founder and membership, which were a who's-who of England's cultural and ruling elites at the time. It's influence on the course of history is incalculable, as is its hold on popular imagination to this day. Mannix' book is quite detailed. Thank you, Shir-El too (talk) 00:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

"... and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest..."

May you and yours have all the best of this Season's Greetings: a

Very Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New Year.

Shir-El too 01:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ringu sadako.jpg

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Graham Thomas

"Self-promotion" isn't within the list of speedy deletion criteria, hence my declining to zap on sight. However, if you're still concerned, you can (a) edit the article yourself to address your concerns; (b) add cleanup tags to alert others, and hope that someone else helps out; (c) discuss issues on the talk page, and see who joins in. If you think that the article is unsalvageable, or that the subject of the article doesn't meet the required standards of notability, then you can nominate the article for deletion at WP:AFD - full instructions there. Hope this help. Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 09:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Of course, a prod would work too(!) Remember that if a prod is removed, for whatever reason, the prod shouldn't be readded: the next step then is AFD. Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 09:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

The Fourth Tower of Inverness

On 17 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Fourth Tower of Inverness, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 06:38, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Greetings

Hi, MightyAtom. I don't think I've met you yet here, on Wiki, but I noticed your comment at the Maria Ozawa page. It seems you may have some interest, or at least no aversion to, one of my main areas of editing interest here. I've been working under the twin handicaps of not being in Japan at present, and having a very limited command of the Japanese language. Occasionally I've had a tricky Japanese question on a potentially offensive subject, and have had to pester general Japanese editors for the answers. Can I put you down as a source to ask on this topic? (About the non-censored question, I come across so many conflicting stories myself in my research... There's the set-in-stone policy that Japan never, never allows pubic hair to be shown... yet I see it all over in Japanese erotic entertainment... yet the fogging habit does persist (personally, I'm not against this). Then, I find statements that pubic hair became "legal" some time in the '90s... yet I have Japanese mainstream men's entertainment-- not porn-- magazines from the late '80s with pubic hair clearly in view... who knows what the truth is?...) Dekkappai (talk) 17:46, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Atom... I'll keep you in mind next time I come across a puzzling term... Back in the States, eh? And I keep wondering why I ever came back. (I was in Korea mostly, and married there, but grew up with Japanese people and visited the country when I could). As an older guy who came of age in the Roman Porno era, I find the Japanese censorship one of those charming things that give it its unique flavor-- Donald Richie commented on how the U.S. porn, which can show it all, just does show it all, and that's the end of that, whereas the Japanese had to find other ways to get to the point... The Japanese seems simultaneously more extreme, and more playful/innocent than the U.S. (which I really dislike). I love how the more inventive Japanese directors would get around these rules-- check out the Tetsuji Takechi article, where he made fun of the fogging by putting it in the film's advertisement: "See the first multicolored penis in Japanese Cinema!" Anyway, nice to meet you, and you'll hear from me more on this topic next time I dig into an article! -- Oh-- here's a question: What does the English word lynch mean in Japanese? It's obviously not what it means here, I've take it to mean just physical abuse in general. Cheers! Dekkappai (talk) 21:54, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Another question: "痴女" (chijo?) I've translated it "perverted woman" which is not very idiomatic... and I see it in some English-traslated titles as "lesbian"... which is a whole different ball of wax, I'd think... Any idea which, if either, is more accurate? (Google gives "slut" which, for a change, may be close to the mark...) Dekkappai (talk) 18:57, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, M.A. Right-- I figured it's the female counterpart to chikan-- though I usually associate that term with the panty-peeker/train-groper type... can't really think of a female equivalent to that... Dekkappai (talk) 20:08, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, now you're making me miss Asia again... where a new surprise awaited me every day... ;-) Thanks for the info, and cheers! Dekkappai (talk) 20:26, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

ZBS media

Indeed, it is always delightful to encounter other ZBS fans! (I'm still working up the nerve to create articles for some of the other ones; any suggestions?) Queenmomcat (talk) 14:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Yotsuya Kaidan

Yotsuya Kaidan is at good article reassessment for reasons including needing more inline citation and prose issues. Please help to fix up the article! -Malkinann (talk) 01:17, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

GA Reassessment of Curse of the Colonel

I have done a GA Reassessment of Curse of the Colonel as part of the GA Sweeps project. I have found the article to no longer meet the GA Criteria and as such I have put it on hold for one week pending work. I am notifying you as the primary editor of this article. I am also leeting you know of the eventuality that if the article is not improved it may lose its GA status. Here is my GA Reassessment, feel free to contact me on my talk page should you have questions. H1nkles (talk) 19:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessessment of Botan Dōrō

I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns with the referencing which you can see at Talk:Botan Dōrō/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 16:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Nekomata

Hi there!^^ I wanna talk with you about your added website in this article. Mmmmhh... how to push it... I think that this website is not really credible, because it gives no sources and lots of translations are wrong. Some example: Tsurezure-gusa (徒然草) means in fact "essays in idleness", not "the tedium of grass". Or this: "Meigetsu-gi (明月記)" Correctly written it´s: Meige-no-tsuki (明月記), meaning "happenings seen in moonlight". Just as some expamples. Cheers; --Nephiliskos (talk) 10:53, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for talking to me about this! I actually did give my sources, listed at the top of the translation. Much of the article is the Japanese wikipedia translated--I don't know if you consider a foriegn language version of Wikipedia to be a valid source or not. I personally do. The other pieces I took from the books listed; "Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujara" and "Yokai Jiten." The pictures I pulled from various sources.

As to the translations being wrong; well, those are book titles and it can't really be said that they are "wrong." There are different ways to interpret book titles, and even different readings of the kanji. For example, in his book "Yokai Attack" Matt Alt translates 明月記 as "Meigetsuki" and gives the English as "The Record of the Clear Moon." I am not sure where you get "Happenings Seen in Moonlight" as a translation, or the reading "Meige-no-tsuki." But when it comes to book titles, they are all just interpretations and none of them are "wrong." Even famous books like "Tonomonogatari" and "Ugetsumonogatari" have been put into English in different ways over the years. I checked with my wife over the readings of those titles; I might edit them based on this, if there are more standardized English translations.

Anyways, that is why I put the article in the External Links section, to give more information to people who are interested in the subject but can't read the Japanese wikipedia. My article is more accurate than the similarly linked Obakemono.com article. I post on obakemono, and I know that those citations are just a random collection of links used over and over on the yokai entries. IF you look, they are the exact same on most entries.

I hope that helps qualify my link! MightyAtom (talk) 19:27, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

• web-informations about Nekomata at obakemono.com (english)
• Lexicon of Yōkai, chapter „Nekomata“ (japanese)

MightyAtom?

Is surely not a reference to the two nuclear weapons the Americans unethically dropped on two Japanese cities, which along with their mass bombings of Japanese cities and the killings of millions of civilians amounted to no less than a major war crime which, had the Americans been tried according to their own judicial standards at the end of the war, would have led to the execution of the american leadership for crimes against humanity and mass murder, right?

YvelinesFrance (talk) 09:37, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

This is a bizarre post. Less than a second of research would reveal to you that Mighty Atom (known as Astro Boy in the U.S.) is a Japanese cartoon character. Why on Earth would you think it has anything to do wtih the atomic bombs? MightyAtom (talk) 20:39, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

I stand corrected. YvelinesFrance (talk) 21:32, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

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