User talk:Derekloffin
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Hmmmm, doesn't look like anyone's given you a welcoming yet, so I guess I will:
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[edit] Ranma 1/2 articles
Hi. I thought we should talk here before we start an editing war on the Ukyo Kuonji page, I removed the mention of her battle spatula being based on the ones used to prepare pizza because as far as I know, no official statement about that has been made by official sources, if you have some official statement, please add it; the same reason applies to her power level compared to Shampoo, there's no official statement about it and the way it is in the page, it definitively is fancruft and not really neutral, if you want it to stay, it can be modified to be neutral and not cruft.Facer 21:27, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
- Well, what I mean there is there is no official mention of it being a spatula either, yet it's referred to as 'Battle spatula' throughout the article. I know this is common fan terminology, but it to my knowledge is not any more supported than the peel. As to the other bit, I feel it just needs rewording, because the facts are correct (they did fight to a standstill in the anime, and have never had a conclusive battle in the manga), it just presents that poorly. Derekloffin 21:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
- Hello, regarding the spatula thing, yeah, it is fan terminology, but the way you worded it could be changed into a more apropiate statement, like just mentioning her Battle Spatula resembles a pizza shovel instead of saying it was likely based on that tool (Which we don't officialy know, but I think it's very unlikely), since that would turn your contribution into a fan-based statement that could be considered cruft.
- As for the power levels, I do agree with you, as far as the manga goes the strongest and most skilled girl is Shampoo, followed by Akane and Ukyo (who are pretty much even if you consider the physical feats both acomplish in the manga) and Kodachi would be last. The problem is that it could degenerate into an edit war if its not worded better, just like you said. It would help if you reword that part (or I could do it over the weekend, it's the same to me), just try to avoid mentioning what fans think about it so it won't be confused as cruft. See ya.Facer 01:21, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
You know Derek, concering our anon friend who is messing up the template lately; I've been thinking, do you know of any admin who is willing to give us a hand dealing with him/her? I mean, most of his contribs are fancruft.Facer 19:55, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- Afraid not, I'm pretty new here so I'm only familiar with a few frequent posters to the R 1/2 pages. Derekloffin 20:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- It's ok, I think I can get help with that.Facer 00:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re:Ranma images
Now, I don't consider myself an expert on Wikipedia's image policy, but I'll try to answer your question. If you find an image on the internet whose source is the copyright holder (if you found it on Viz's website, that's great), upload the image and include information about the author (Takahashi and/or Viz Video, since they own the rights to Ranma in the US), the url where you found it, a good fair use rationale (in this case, it's probably to illustrate the character, etc.) and a license tag (you probably want "single comic book panel" or the like). See Image:Yuna3.jpg for a good example of a properly uploaded image. Axem Titanium 03:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merging a page
I'm looking to merge Chinese Amazons with Locations in Ranma ½ but have no idea how to go about this. Is there a good mechanism for this? Derekloffin 21:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
