Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains in Japan

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Trains in Japan. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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[edit] Articles

The main article about Trains in Japan is Rail transport in Japan.

[edit] New Articles

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The following are some of the newest articles about trains in Japan on Wikipedia for the month of April. Please feel free to edit this list.
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Echigo Line, Hakushin Line and Yahiko Line -- Ehroru 04:57 April 2007 (UTC)
Koyasu Station, Shitte Station and Haneda Airport Station --Izumi5 15:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Shigaraki train disaster (found), Shigaraki Kōgen Railway, Ohmi Railway, Shintetsu Arima Line, Shintetsu Ao Line, Shintetsu Sanda Line, Shintetsu Koen-Toshi Line, Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway, Kusatsu Line --Ytny (talk) 05:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Tōhoku Fukushi-dai-mae Station - Neier 01:27, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
History of rail transport in Japan (found) Fg2 21:07, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Nagasaki Main Line - BilabialBoxing 11:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Sakurai Line, Wakayama Line and Oji Station (Nara). Ytny (talk) 21:27, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Kisei Main Line, Sanin Main Line, Sanyo Himeji Station Ytny (talk) 08:48, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Nakatsu Station (Osaka Municipal Subway), Nakatsu Station (Hankyu), Wadamisaki Station, Wadamisaki Line, Template:Kobe Rapid Railway, Sanyo Railway Main Line Ytny (talk) 21:52, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Hiwa Station. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 23:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Gōkei Station, Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum Mae Station (found). ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 21:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Category:People mover lines in Japan Ytny (talk) 23:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Sōja Station. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 23:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
{{Kibi Line}}, Category:Kibi Line. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 22:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Kiyone Station. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 21:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Category:Ibara Railway Ibara Line, {{Ibara Railway Ibara Line}}. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 20:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Kurashiki Station. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 19:52, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Scope and Goals

There are currently over 500 articles about Trains in Japan (see Category:Rail transport in Japan), many of which have been translated from the respective Japanese version (see the category on the Japanese Wikipedia).

Some articles are in states of bad disrepair, with awkward grammar, formatting and spelling. This WikiProject helps highlight these problems, and seeks to improve the visibility of articles about trains in Japan.

Although "Trains in Japan" may sound like a narrow topic, in reality there are hundreds of pages to be created and expanded.

The focus at WikiProject Trains in Japan will mainly be articles in Category:Rail transport in Japan.

[edit] Goals

Our goals are to:

Provide a centralized discussion point for articles about railways in Japan
Standardize articles about Trains in Japan
Provide information that's useful for both railway enthusiasts and visitors to Japan
Create an interesting portal
And of course... improve as many Japanese railway articles to featured status

[edit] Inter-wiki Relations

Since many of the articles in our scope originated as translations of the articles at the Japanese Wikipedia, one of our aims is to improve relations with Wikipedias in other languages. In particular, we could improve the quality of the articles here by inviting English-speaking users from the Japanese Wikipedia, and translating articles as part of this Project.

[edit] Relatives

[edit] Parentage

Trains Portal

This WikiProject's parents are WikiProject Trains and WikiProject Japan.

[edit] Related Regional notice boards

Wikipedia:Japan-related topics notice board

[edit] Participants

Please keep the list alphabetical by display name for ease of reading and reference.

armage (lived in Japan and can translate articles from Japanese to English)
Behemoth14
BilabialBoxing Currently living in Saga Prefecture. Can translate some.
changeup
DAJF (particularly shinkansen and Kanto region topics)
Dekimasu I'm a native English speaker in Osaka. I'll accept individual requests for translation/fixups for Kansai-related pages. I noticed my train station doesn't have an article yet!
Djiann (aka Chikatetsu Hakase) Lived in Tokyo in the 90s, where I was a huge fan of the Japanese train systems. I've lost touch a bit since returning to the US, but will be contributing to train info about the capital district.
Ehroru Living in Niigata City and have done a lot of travelling around the prefecture by train. Would like to add more about the area. Translator by trade.
El Cid
Endroit (I will work on Yokohama & vicinity topics)
Fg2
freshofftheufo ΓΛĿЌ (I've done a few articles in Kanagawa and Tokyo, but I will take requests for anything if needed.)
巌流
Izumi5 (I don't focus on any of the project. I'm afraid I wouldn't take any of requests.)
Japanese Tsugaru Man A station of Tohoku and Hokkaido region. If there are mistakes because much English is not proficient, I am happy if I have you correct it.
JRHorse
KU Focusing rapid transit either Mass RT or Light RT.
limitedexpresstrain
LeeWilson I occasionally write translations of train lines or stations, and make line templates, among other things.
LordAmeth - Meiji-era, and other historical related subjects
Mailer Diablo
Masake I am a smattering English speaker in Tokyo. I will write about the station in Tokyo mainly.
Matthew Davis I can work on almost any page, but aim to focus on freight.
Neier (Yamagata towns are now linked to their stations, like Miyagi. Debating Fukushima/Iwate next....)
日本穣 (Trains/Lines in Hiroshima Prefecture), finished Geibi Line, working on Kabe Line now
Picturetokyo I have lived in the Tokyo are for the last 2 years. I ride the train alot and can help somewhat. maybe photos if needed.
redracer (it has been suggested I do the Tōkyū Setagaya line, and I would also like to expand the Keikyū section)
Rockfender (I will focus on developing Hokkaido's rail system pages.)
ShonanSummer
Softgrow
struggle (Gimme Kansai Train to-dos)
Sudachi
Tangotango
Terence Ong
Tsian (I will focus on the Utsunomiya and Nikkō lines. Specifically working to translate content from the ja wiki and bring over pictures.)
William McDuff (Just went on vacation to Yamagata and photographed the remaining Riku-Tou, Kurihara Den'en stations, as well as the remaining Tohoku stations from Furukawa/Kogota to Ichinoseki. And Iwanoshita on Oofunato. Expect those to go up shortly.)
Wnash90 I will concentrate on the Shinkansen Series 300 page.
Ytny My focus will be Kansai area, cleaning up and expanding stubs.
Yume Ringo I participate in Japanese Wiki Project Train. I edit a railroad of Kansai area-related item.
Zsolt (I travelled on the JR Sobu-Chuo line every day for six months in 2003 between Ichikawa and Yotsuya. I can help out with descriptions for some of these stations.)

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WikiProject Trains in Japan.

[edit] Structure

Please see the Style page for information about the style used in articles about trains in Japan.
Please see the Station Stub page for a suggested starting point for an article about a station

[edit] Tasks

Below are some open tasks. For a complete list, please refer to this page. You can, of course, choose to work on something completely different.

Here are some open WikiProject Trains in Japan tasks you can do:
Improve:	Hankyu Kobe Line, Shinkansen
Expand:	Hikari Rail Star, Kakegawa Station, Narita Airport Station, Keio Inokashira Line
Write:
Translate:	M250 series (Original),Magarikane Station (Original)
Requested:	Train-related on Requested articles/Japan
Illustrate:	Chiba Urban Monorail, Hotarugaike Station, Jingu-mae Station, Ikebukuro Station
Review:	Sobu Line (Rapid), Keiyo Line, Twilight Express, Sapporo Station
Edit or discuss this list.

[edit] Adopt an article

Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Lines

See Category:Templates for Railway Lines of Japan for a full listing of templates that list every station on a line (for use in line/station articles)