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[edit] re: Justice League
You deleted my edit on the Justice League page and on reflection, I suppose it did come across as rather POV. However, would you be interested in helping me improve it?-Finite 01:46, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Sure. What are you looking to add? I'm always up for a collaboration. -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 01:55, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Well I'm interested in adding more information about how the characters are handled rather than just having them listed, A description of reoccurring plot elements and possibly some decent counter-arguements to the myriad of complaints strewn throughout the article-Finite 02:02, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, that sounds good. I agree that there is too much anti-JL stuff in the article currently. Go right ahead and be bold in updating the page. It appears you haven't been officially welcomed, so I'm doing so below. Again, welcome! -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 03:14, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Well I'm interested in adding more information about how the characters are handled rather than just having them listed, A description of reoccurring plot elements and possibly some decent counter-arguements to the myriad of complaints strewn throughout the article-Finite 02:02, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
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Happy editing! -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 03:14, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Well, thanks for rolling out the welcome wagon, Mysekurity. --Finite 22:05, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Hey, Thanks! If you need anything feel free to ask me or Mysekurity. Redwolf24 (talk) 05:36, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] RE: JL Animated Article
I'd be glad to help, which articles are we focusing on and who's with us? The Fish 14:58, 4 January 2006 (UTC) (forgot to sign last time, whoops....)
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[edit] Laputa
But if it's on Disney's DVDs than that would make it the official English title. On the Japanese DVDs for "Sen and the Spiriting Away of Chihiro" the movie is called "Spirited Away" in the English subtitles. So it's not just that "LAPUTA: Castle in the Sky" is a translation of the Japanese title, it's the official English title. It's the same with other Studio Ghibli films, "Omohide Poro Poro" means "Memories Overflowing Like Tear Drops" or literally "Memories Drop Drop" but the official English title on the Japanese DVDs call it "Only Yesterday". It should at least be "Laputa: Castle in the Sky"
Most anime wikis use the Japanese names that are on the DVDs subtitles when the dub changes them, Dragon Ball for example. In Inuyasha, even though the dub, the manga, & the subtitles on the DVDs all use "Tetsusaiga" the Inuyasha page uses the correct "Tessaiga". And about the Dragon Ball movies, there are two english dubs of the movies each using different titles. I changed the page names to a translation of the Japanese title because people who live in the UK would not know FUNimation's titles and this is an English language wikipedia not a United States Wikipedia.Linkdude20002001 18:11, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Death image
I'm certain you meant no harm on the image, 
, when you changed it to an image of the Family Guy character, but the former page was an image of A DC comics-related anthropomorphic personification of Death that is meant to be very different from your run-of-the-mill grim reaper. The former picture was an important image on several pages concerning books the character appeared in. Would you please restore it? Finite 22:16, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
I would, but I has alredy been reverted. The Republican 23:32, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Anime POV tag
Finite,
Thank you for your inquiry.
I am a former anime fan - one of those rare types. (I am also a practicing manga artist, which is a different story on to itself.) I agree, the article does seem like most of the people editing it are (current) otaku, but I do appreciate how hard you all tried to write it with a neutral POV.
I posted a response right after I posted the POV tag. You were just too quick for me.
I appreciate your concern for keeping a neutral point of view. Sayonara!
(^'-')^ Covington 21:58, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
- Nice work. I like the detail that you added to the "Licensing" sub-section of "Western Distribution" section; it brings the article more up to date. (^'-')^ Covington 22:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Good Job
You made several helpful edits on the anime and manga pages, thank you. Finite 18:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- I was catching up on my reading, and I solved whatever I bumped into. My pleasure, just glad that I've been helpful. Shinobu 06:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Odd comment
The meaning of this edit of yours, "Go back where you came from Colbert-groupie," is obscure. Please rephrase it more clearly and thus more helpfully. Thank you. -- Hoary 01:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- It's fine now. Thanks! -- Hoary 01:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Doing what you want"??
Where in hell did you ever get the idea that Ayn Rand's Objectivism is "based on doing what you want"?? It is possible to disagree and criticize intelligently instead of saying idiotic things like this. Michael Hardy 22:12, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- What about arguing about it with non-Objectivists or those who are not over-sensitive, such as me? The fact is, it would be stupid to say Objectivism is "based on doing what you want", since Rand clearly and emphatically rejected hedonism and was clear and explicit about her theory of ethics. Michael Hardy 01:51, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Sorry about jumping on you there, my assumptions can make me look stupid sometimes. I've been burned trying to argue with them in the past. Well that "doing what you want" bit, it is not a belief Rand espoused she certainly seemed to practice it, what with the illicit affair and belief in extreme self-intereset. I suppose I was oversimplifying. I had just finished an arguement with an Objectivist in which she declared me an "Enemy of Mankind" because I disagreed with her politically. Guess I shouldn't have used Wikipedia as a vent. What would you call that? Aggravated Trolling Disorder? Sorry again.
Well, I'm often a hothead too.
Although I am not an Objectivist, I do think Ayn Rand made some useful contributions (and her novel The Fountainhead is excellent—it's the one that made her famous and the only one of her novels that doesn't have much politics in it).
One point on which I agree with her identifies a simple logical error that I think you have fallen into. You seem to confuse two different things with each other:
- doing what you want; and
- doing what serves your self-interest.
She used a "nutrional" analogy: what is the difference between
- eating what you want; and
- eating what is in your self-interest to eat (what will make you healthy, etc.).
The latter depends on objective knowledge of the science of nutrition, and she held that a similar thing applies to ethics: you should be honest, just, productive, etc., because those things serve your self-interest. In other words, it's not about "doing whatever you want". Michael Hardy 18:54, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
