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Request

Hello, I'm running a Wikipedia editathon next week, and was hoping to be given account creator permission to register new users at the event. Please help me with this process, thank you Jjfloyd (talk) 20:15, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

List of Hiatari Ryōkō! episodes

Was this an abandoned page? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:25, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Looks like it got started and never completed. You're welcome to complete it. I will when I have the time. The Japanese wiki page has the full list of episodes with dates. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 03:53, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Amuse Museum

Thanks, if you get a moment then give out a barnstar today. Victuallers (talk) 07:28, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Workshopping bureaucrat activity requirements

(Message to all bureaucrats)

There is an ongoing discussion about implementing some kind of standards for administrative and bureaucrat activity levels; and activity requirements for bureaucrats have been explored several times in the past. I've prepared a draft addition to Wikipedia:Bureaucrats that would require at least one bureaucratic action every five years to retain the bureaucrat permission.

In the past, I've been hesitant of such proposals but I believe that if the bureaucrat group as a whole is seen to be actively engaged, the community may be more willing to grant additional tasks to the position.

Please let me know your thoughts. I'm not sure if this actually applies to any of us, but if you have not acted as a bureaucrat in over five years, you might consider requesting removal of the permission or otherwise signalling that you intend to return to bureaucrat activity. –xeno^talk 14:22, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

FYI: bureaucrat discussion opened

Message to most bureaucrats

A bureaucrat chat has been opened by Maxim at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rich Farmbrough 2/Bureaucrat discussion.

Wikipedia:Bureaucrat discussion suggests notifying bureaucrats on their talk page as well as BN, hence this courtesy note. –xeno^talk 16:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. Too bad I was AFW (away from wiki) for the last couple days. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:06, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

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Bureaucrat discussion notification

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cyberpower678/Bureaucrat discussion

I would welcome input from other bureaucrats in relation to the outcome of this RfA.
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Need to contact you

Hi Nihonjoe! I was trying to find your email because I wanted to contact you regarding a localization project...but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Can you please tell me what your email is? Thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.253.27.214 (talk) 12:25, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Create an account and then use the "Email this user" link on the left. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:57, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Hiroshi Itō

The article Hiroshi Itō has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Voice actor 伊藤浩資　 from Yokohama (born March 16, also from 81 Produce), who was originally added in 2008 because he had some voice roles.[1] Since then he has not voiced in any major roles, and is not notable for the ones he has on there or on JA wikipedia. He is also no longer on the 81 Produce roster.

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You're just mad you were adding information to the wrong article. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 05:52, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

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Community & Bureaucrat based desysoping proposal

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Words spelled with the Japanese full stop

Hey Nihonjoe,

It is good to see you are around a little more again recently. Can I ask you a question as an old friend who knows more of Japan than my just a little bit? Am I more or less right that the Japanese full stop is not worth its trouble when carrying it into English titles and running text?

What do you think of my recent addition to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles.

A bold edit, hoping to induce some response, following a sense of meh after posting at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles#Japanese_words_spelled_with_the_full_stop.

This interest originated at Wikipedia_talk:Article_titles#Getting_tied_in_knots_by_a_Japanese_fad. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:11, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

I made some comments on the MOS talk page. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:42, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Sea of Japan

I see no reason why we should keep copy and pasted form requests on here? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 23:17, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

We don't want to have people saying they are being silenced. Let them post their form-letter requests and we can close them immediately while declining them. If they can't be bothered to abide by the rules at the top of the page, it's their own problem. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:20, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Not sure I agree with that. "Tendentious, overlong or nonconstructive repetitive arguing on the talk page is not permitted. Disruptive edits of this kind may be removed by an administrator..." --NeilN ^{talk to me} 23:30, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Posting a form letter isn't really arguing, per se. I would still recommend simply archiving it, not just removing it. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 00:02, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Sea of Japan Suggested Rules of Engagement

Hi, Nihonjoe

Template: Liancourt Rocks probation related articles is wrong. WP:NCGN says nothing about IHO. This message is misleading as if IHO decides the name in Wikipedia.―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 23:41, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Not directly, no, but since it is the accepted (by most countries) international organization which names bodies of water like the Sea of Japan, whatever name it uses is going to be the most "widely accepted English name, in a modern context". I would consider it falling under the "Many governments have an agency to standardize the use of place names, such as the United States Board on Geographic Names (see BGN below), the Geographical Names Board of Canada, etc.", even though it's an international organization. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 00:01, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

No. BGN is one of many criteria to determine the widely accepted name. IHO is not in the guideline because the name listed in the standard is not necessarily "widely accepted name". Sea of Japan is listed as "Japan Sea", East China Sea is listed as "Eastern China Sea" and so on.[2] You are forging your own guideline. We should abide by the guideline. Instead of referring to IHO, WP:NCGN should be referred to in the rule.―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 00:42, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

I was going off the talk page of the article, so drop the attitude. I have adjusted the template to remove mention of IHO. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:07, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much.―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 09:04, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Bureaucrat discussion notification (Liz)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion

I would welcome input from other bureaucrats in relation to the outcome of this RfA.
Many thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) for WJBscribe (talk) 12:02, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

• "there are many well-reasoned oppose votes which are simply angry rants or weakly-supported negativity". Did you mean to include the word "not" before "simply"? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:43, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes, and I have corrected my comment. Thanks for catching that (and to the people who emailed me about it, too). ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:54, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Your comment at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion

Hi, Nihonjoe. With this comment, did you mean to include "not" (as in "are not simply") for the "there are many well-reasoned oppose votes which are simply angry rants or weakly-supported negativity." sentence? Flyer22 (talk) 03:46, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Oh, I see SmokeyJoe beat me to asking above. Flyer22 (talk) 03:47, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes, and both of you were beaten by email. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:54, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Naming lameness

I would accept it as naming lameness if the suggested name was lame. And yet, the state of Virginia and the state of New York have already passed bills recognizing the other name of East Sea for the sea between Korea and Japan. The name "Sea of Japan" was popularized in a 1929 publication of the "Limits of the Oceans and the Seas" by the International Hydrographic Organization, which was released while Korea was under Japanese occupation. As such, many Koreans associate the name ‘Sea of Japan with a long period of occupation and violence.

It is not lame to talk about history with facts. What is lame is to deny alternate perspectives and insist absurdly on just your own.

Maybe we can call that "absurd insistence". Please do not engage in "absurd insistence". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jisunlim (talk • contribs) 07:31, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome to call it whatever you want. On Wikipedia, however, we go by consensus, and the current consensus is that we use "Sea of Japan". Learn to live with it. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Well done

		The Bureaucrat's Barnstar
		Time and time again, the bureaucrats of en-wiki demonstrate their levelheadedness and expertise. Like an anesthesiologist in an operating room, you spend most of your time screwing around reading a magazine, but stand ready to spring into action when needed, only to fade into the background once your important work is done. Or perhaps that's more like Batman? Whatever your preferred metaphor, I am consistently impressed by the bureaucrat corps. Thank you for your service. HiDrNick! 12:46, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:12, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

My RfA Crat Chat

Hello, Nihonjoe,

I just wanted to thank you and all of the bureaucrats who participated in the bureaucrat chat after my RfA was closed. There were a lot of votes and comments to go through along with the enormous amount of content on the crat chat talk page. I appreciate the time and care the bureaucrats took to consider all of the arguments and come to a consensus.

I never imagined that my RfA would be at all contentious or have such a big turnout. Although I hope you don't have many close call RfAs in the future, I know if you do, that Wikipedia's bureaucrats will find their way to a decision. Thank you again for your work in bringing this RfA to a close. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:39, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

No problem. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 02:39, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Implementation of Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Bureaucrat activity requirements

Following a community discussion ending August 2015, consensus was reached to remove the bureaucrat permissions of users who have not participated in bureaucrat activity for three years.

“ Bureaucrats are expected to exercise the duties granted by their role while remaining cognizant of relevant community standards concerning their tasks. In addition to the "Inactive bureaucrat accounts" requirements, if a bureaucrat does not participate in bureaucrat activity for over three years, their bureaucrat permissions may be removed. The user must be notified on their talk page and by email one month before the removal, and again and a few days prior to the removal. If the user does not return to bureaucrat activity, another bureaucrat may request the removal of permissions at meta:Steward requests/Permissions. Permissions removed for not meeting bureaucrat activity requirements may be re-obtained through a new request for bureaucratship. ”

To assist with the implementation of this requirement, please see Wikipedia:Bureaucrat activity. Modeled after Wikipedia:Inactive administrators and similar to that process, the log page will be created on 1 September 2015. Bureaucrats who have not met the activity requirements as of that date will be notified by email (where possible) and on their talk page to advise of the pending removal.

If the notified user does not return to bureaucrat activity and the permissions are removed, they will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFB. Removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon the affected user in any way.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. –xeno^talk

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Sad Puppies

No, I think my edit was justified. One cannot cite the idea that the Sad and Rabid Puppies are entirely unrelated to a Puppy; and it is clearly pertinent that the Puppies were described as a "bunch of white guys".

I still also feel that the quote from Gallo is perhaps given undue prominence. Pinkbeast (talk) 03:30, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

The two groups were run by different people with no coordination between them. Both groups have stated as much. As for the puppies being described as a "bunch of white guys", they were described as that, but it was a completely inaccurate description. Larry Correia is Hispanic, not white. Sarah A. Hoyt is also Hispanic, and clearly not male. The proposed nominees ran the gamut as far as race, gender, and political stripe. In doing research for the article, there were many, many instances of non-white, non-male supporters or participants with Sad Puppies (I can't speak for Vox Day and his crowd as his rhetoric was often so vitriolic that I tried to avoid them).

As for the quote from Gallo, she posted it publicly, and quite a lot was made of it in various press reports I read, and Tom DOherty himself responded very publicly about it, so I don't think it is given more weight than it's due. It was one of the more egregious cases of name calling during the entire process this year. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:29, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Also, since we are discussing the content, this discussion should be continued on the talk page of the article, not here. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:30, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Edit warring/BLP vios

You've probably seen it taking place on the page - I'm wondering if that page falls under the Gamergate discretionary sanctions. Kelly ^hi! 14:11, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Maybe you should ask an uninvolved admin? Pinkbeast (talk) 15:21, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

On which page? ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:15, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Aha, looks like people have been edit warring on the Sad Puppies page. And Pinkbeast is correct, an uninvolved admin should be asked about it. I created the article and have been participating, so it would be inappropriate for me to don my admin hat in this case. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:30, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

The recent comments about Vox Day on the talk page by Pinkbeast are blatant BLP violations and should be removed. I would have removed them myself, invoking the BLP exemption from the standard GamerGate topic ban, but given your response referenced it that probably needs to be rewritten as well. May be better to simply remove those three comments entirely and try to restart your discussion without any unsourced negative characterizations of living people.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 22:40, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome to handle however you deem appropriate. I don't want to be accused of trying to silence his/her or refactoring her/his comments. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:17, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Though, to be fair, be sure to read Vox Day#Views before you do anything. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:20, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

I've removed the relevant section, which was not appropriate, and would not object if those revisions were expunged from history. Pinkbeast (talk) 11:17, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

We don't expunge things from history when it's not actually a BLP violation. I think Day's expressed views are such that your expressed opinion of him is pretty close to the mark. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:55, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Just curiosity.

I find your name during search about Liancourt Rocks. I think you have lot of interest in japan but you are not japanese. Where you are from?.--Altostratus (talk) 01:31, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

All over. Why do you ask? ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:54, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Not place, nationality. You have interest in Japan, but you don`t look like japenese, so i had curiosity what kind foriegn have interest about japan.--Altostratus (talk) 12:04, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

I've never published pictures of myself, so how would you know what I look like? Regardless, I prefer not to share personal info on Wikipedia or online, so your question is inappropriate. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 17:41, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

I saw just your User page, not picture then i ask to you. Thank you for your answer.--Altostratus (talk) 22:18, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Changing signatures of vanished user

Thank you for your clarification. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.223.130.196 (talk) 11:34, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to subscribe to the edit filter mailing list

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

Greetings from WikiProject Military history! As a member of the project, you are invited to take part in our annual project coordinator election. If you wish to cast a vote, please do so on the election page by 23:59 (UTC) on 29 September. Yours, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Files that exist on the Commons

If a file exists on both the English Wikipedia and the Commons, the Commons version is "hidden". If the files get out of sync, the now-different version on the Commons cannot be used on the English Wikipedia.

While this is by design and while some people would consider it desirable, I see much more potential harm than potential good.

I'm writing because you argue that the presence of the "keep local" template is pretty much automatic grounds to reject any FfD deletion request if the only basis is "an identical version exists on the Commons," but you do not offer a way around the problem of the possibly-different or possibly-will-become-different-in-the-future Commons version being unusable on the English Wikipedia.

I would ask you to either join me in recommending that such images generally be "kept and renamed" (along with adding a "do not copy back to Commons under the same name" message to the English file-description page) or come up with some other way for the Commons image to be used on the English Wikipedia if neither image is renamed.

In short:

• Not honoring the uploader's request should be avoided except when it is harmful,
• Having one image "cover" the other is harmful or could become harmful in the future if either image changes
• I would welcome your input or support in finding a way to honor the uploader's intent while still being able to access the image on the Commons.

davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 20:16, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm fine if people want to change things, but as it is now, we shouldn't be deleting things here when it's been requested they be kept, unless we talk to the person who made the request and clear it with them first. There may be a perfectly legit reason for keeping it, of which we may not be aware. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:58, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Teenage admins

You know my position on the recent RfA so feel free to discredit this if you like, but I feel promoted or not a discussion needs to happen on what to do with teenage admin applicants. Would this or wouldn't it be an automatic disqualifier? I do know some websites have an over 18 policy when it comes to admin-ship. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 23:04, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

People seem divided on it. The way I see it, if the person shows they have what it takes (level-headedness, consistency, fairness, etc.), I don't much care what their age is. It is less likely a teenager would be able to show they have what it takes, but it's not beyond the realm of possibility. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:54, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Spurious NOTNOW in RfA closure?

Please check this diff and revert if I"m wrong. Glrx (talk) 20:53, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

October 2015

Hello, I'm BilCat. I noticed that you made a comment on the page Talk:Honorverse that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.

• Please do NOT refer to me or my behavior as being equal to a Nazi. - BilCat (talk) 02:16, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Apparently you are unfamiliar with the phrase "rules Nazi". It's not equating you to being a Nazi, but rather someone who is so caught up in followingt the rules to the letter that you don't notice anything else. This is not a productive way to interact here. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:34, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Actually, I've used Whatever-Nazi myself on WP, and was rightly asked to stop, and I did so. For an admin to justify such behavior is despicable, and certainly less productive than anything you have accused me of doing in this situation. If this continues, I will take appropriate actions to see that it is stopped. - BilCat (talk) 20:34, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome to do whatever you wish. Now stop beating the dead horse. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:22, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Hidetaka Nishiyama

Please leave the link to the WTKF on Nishiyama's webpage. I'm replacing it now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottparkin (talk • contribs) 14:38, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

That's fine. Just don't remove sourced information in the future without discussing it first. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:01, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987)

Sorry for bothering you, but could you please check the article and see if it passes the good article criteria? I nominated it for GA status a few wekks ago. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 14:45, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for participating

Thank you for your participation in the Women in Science Virtual Edit-a-thon, 8 to 29 November 2015, hosted by Women in Red together with Women scientists. It was held in parallel with a meet up at the New York Academy of Sciences on 22 November. In addition to improvements, we created well over 300 new articles. Your contributions are appreciated!

Hope you will also join us for the WiR Women in Religion Virtual Edit-a-thon from 5 to 15 December.--Ipigott (talk) 11:37, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

I don't remember participating, but sure. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 07:11, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject historian and newcomer of the year awards now open!

On behalf of the Military history WikiProject's Coordinators, we would like to extend an invitation to nominate deserving editors for the 2015 Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards. The nomination period will run from 7 December to 23:59 13 December, with the election phase running from 14 December to 23:59 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:06, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Lord Marksman and Vanadis

Hi, Nihonjoe.

While the RfC regarding the production companies has started, can you please take a look at the Lord Marksman and Vanadis article? I intend to expand it to at least a B-Class or GA, but I may need some help with translating the afterwords of the light novel volumes (they provide valuable information on the production) and the interview with Tatsuo Sato on the anime's official website. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:02, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

I don't know if I have the time for large translation projects right now. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:04, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting Admin resinstatement

Joe, Thanks for supporting my reinstatement request. — ERcheck (talk) 00:28, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

It was just a policy-based decision. Other than looking into why they were removed, I don't know that I know much about you. Have fun mopping. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:47, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

OTRS stuff, etc.

Can we streamline the process somewhat? I ended up being hospitalized in October and I couldn't reply to OTRS on time, and going through all the images I've uploaded is a pain. Yanping Nora Soong (talk) 00:22, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Send me an email (using the link on the left in the Tools section) with the email address you used to submit them to OTRS. That way I can look them up for you. That would be the fastest way. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 07:09, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Osomatsu-kun DVD volume 18 cover.jpg

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Thanks

Thanks for closing that RfC. :) Biblioworm 00:50, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

No problem. It needed to be done. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 00:56, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

IP 101 etc

I thought I should drop you a line here instead of being bold seeing as this IP is being promoted as being me per an SPI (a check user has been requested and I expect it to show negative) - and changing that shared IP ID you put on that vandal's page. There is no such company as "Australian Toowoomba Telstra", and all of the links I could access through that IP all said Telstra and nothing else (Whois, rDNS etc). So could you change it to just Telstra Pty Ltd? The IP's assertion about Toowoomba is actually irrelevant, not inaccurate as he claimed (if there is such a thing as a difference between the two). Mega Z090 (talk) 01:50, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

I have no idea what you are talking about. Please be more specific, provide some links, etc. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 03:59, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

AN discussion

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Softlavender (talk) 02:54, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

You're just really stubborn, aren't you. It's still going to remain in one place despite your efforts. I've closed the BN discussion. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 03:59, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Hiroshi Kanazawa

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Appreciate

I appreciated your deletion summary at [3]. Debresser (talk) 21:55, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

No problem. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:53, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Hiroshi Kanazawa for deletion

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How did you even run into this article? You never seem to edit anything related to Japan, so this would be really obscure to you. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 23:53, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

RE: Two Editors Disrupting Edits Complaint

Dear Nihonjoe,

I am confused. The page you recommended I go to, dispute resolution says to go to Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents? Lokshin kugel (talk) 18:43, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

They are not bullying you, nor are they doing the other things you mentioned. You are disputing over what should go in the article. Therefore, you should be following the normal dispute resolution steps given on that page:

1. Follow the normal protocol
2. Discuss with the other party
3. Focus on content
4. Disengage

If those don't work, then follow the steps in the next section:

1. Moderated discussion
2. Third Opinion
3. Request community input on article content
4. Noticeboards
5. Subject-specific help
6. Editor assistance
7. Formal mediation

You haven't yet gone through all of those steps, any of which might help resolve the issues. You need to keep an open mind and understand that you may very well be wrong. Even we administrators (despite legendary belief to the contrary) are not always correct. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:13, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year Nihonjoe!

Happy New Year!

Nihonjoe,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Poepkop (talk) 13:59, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to user talk pages.

Thanks! May you have the same. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:30, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Improper close

The discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Continuous uncivil behavior and comments by Akbar the Great was improperly closed by you. I was reporting his uncivil comments and ANI is the proper place to report. He should have asked to apologize and strike his comments or banned for his behavior before closure. I request that you revert your edits and keep the discussion open until the matter is resolved. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 19:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

You can very well continue the pissing match discussion on your own talk pages. Both of you need to stop being offended by each other, grow up, and learn to work together. You can't go running to mommy and daddy the administrators every time you have a disagreement. There's nothing block-worthy in either of your actions, yet. Maybe take a few days off and come back with a cooler head. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:29, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your help, we will continue the fighting then. I thought there was some end to it. He was totally getting on my nerves. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 19:53, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Just try to be more civil. If things get out of hand, one or both of you may be blocked. As long as you do your part and remain civil no matter what, then you won't have any problems on your end. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 05:08, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

If this type of language continues, i don't think Wikipedia would be a conducive environment to work in. Since, you closed my previous request, i have been trying to refrain from opening another one since then but this editor's accusations and harsh language continues despite my attempts to resolve the matter. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 00:48, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

@SheriffIsInTown: You're welcome to open a new discussion if you wish, but you should try to work things out. Looking through some of the edits both of you have made, it seems you are both working to improve articles, but you sometimes hit heads determining how those improvements should be made. It looks like Akbar is getting just as frustrated with your actions as you are with his. His "language" has been pretty tame, albeit somewhat rude in the example you gave above, so perhaps work on thickening your skin a bit and just work as best as you can with him. You might even try a third opinion or mediation if you can't seem to work out your differences yourselves. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:16, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

(Your warning when adding a new discussion to your talk page gave me a good chuckle.)

Amaury (talk) — is wishing you a Happy New Year! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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Amaury (talk) 18:02, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 05:07, 3 January 2016 (UTC)