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User page on watchlist

Hey, Koub -- you should probably put your own user page on your watchlist. For some reason it doesn't go on there by default, meaning you won't get notified if someone changes it. -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:35, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

GaoGaiGar data...

Where are your sources for the existing information? [Goshou World] is a decent resource, but it makes many assumptions that are inaccurate within the show's context. For instance, the 11 Masters of Sol don't appear to have a "leader" as such; I have not seen any data elsewhere to confirm this data. The Japanese Wikipedia entries themselves claim nothing of the sort, in particular; it appears as if Goshou World's webmaster made the idea up on the spot. Unless I'd watched the entire show, I wouldn't have known otherwise!

As the entries are relatively dormant, if it's not a bother, I'd like to do more work on GaoGaiGar and other Brave Series entries, as would a friend of mine who has vested interest in these shows; we have much more to add between the two of us. I find that it may be prudent in the near future to break sections out, similar to the way Neon Genesis Evangelion's entry was handled. We've discovered a great deal of show background and information on the technology involved.

Any context in which to take the data to date would be appreciated. --E. Megas 22:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

GaoGaiGar Character Pages.

Before you're hasty in removing that link, I'd remind you to take a look at the two articles:

• Characters in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
• Antagonists in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar

They're broken up the way they are for a reason: combining these two sets of data would create a massive entry that would need to be separated anyway! Given the potential size of these articles, I found this to be the best possible way to handle the situation.

If you still wish for me to merge the two of them—or if you have any better ideas—please post a reply on my Talk Page and we'll sort this out. --E. Megas 20:03, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

In that case, I suggest retitling the first article "Protagonists in etc." To avoid confusion.Kouban 21:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. Done. --E. Megas 00:51, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga

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Changes to main GaoGaiGar entry...

Talk:King_of_Braves_GaoGaiGar#Plan_for_long-term_entry_revamp.

If you take a look at the subpages to date, I believe you will find them satisfactory for replacing the character and mecha data on the main page's entry. I intend to do that as per the plan I've laid out in this talk section.

I await only your word to proceed. Thanks. --E. Megas 08:04, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

re: Television puppetry

Koub -- Tregoweth answered on why he removed the category tag for Television Puppetry. Basically, it was because the category "didn't exist" -- by which I think he means it didn't have a category page, even though items had been placed in the category.

I think he may have a bit of a point, though. There's a hierarchy of categories, and if there's no category page where Category:Television puppetry identifies its parent categories -- it's effectively outside the hierarchy. Then there's the problem of how it relates to the hierarchy; there are already categories for puppetry and television programming -- a category for television puppetry would be just an intersection category, and those kinds of categories have run into problems in the past. -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:36, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Trivia for Robot Romance Trilogy

• Out of the three Super Robot Romance Trilogy mechas, Voltes V and Daimos are the most closest and extremely popular to the hearts and minds of the Filipino people.

• The only time you can see all three Super Robot Romance Trilogy mechas, featured in one package, namely Combattler V, Voltes V and Daimos, is in the following games: Super Robot Taisen (Wars) Alpha 2 and Super Robot Taisen Alpha 3 for the Playstation 2. The latter features a special combination attack of the three, exclusive only for the said game.

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Wikipedia:Anime and Manga Collaboration of the Week

I nominated the article Kunio Okawara as an AMCOTW. You might want to toss your name in if interested. --E. Megas 20:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I really don't know much about Okawara, but thanks for the consideration. Kouban 23:13, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Genesis of Aquarion

I'm curious, why exactly did you say that Genesis of Aquarion isn't a Super Robot anime? I can't think of what other genre it would be - it's not a Real Robot series by any stretch, Aquarion demonstrates a number of abilities which would be flatly impossible to explain short of magic or extreme metaphysics. At best, it's closer to a hybrid style like Neon Genesis Evangelion ... but even then, I'd argue that Aquarion relies far more heavily on Super Robot tropes than Evangelion ever did.

Shachihoko 13:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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Flags

Hi. I noticed you undid an edit of mine to remove a flag icon from a band's infobox. As I said in my edit summary when I removed it, this use of the flag is redundant; it carries no information beyond what the Netherlands gives. WP:FLAGS gives some interesting hints on the good and less good uses of flags. Best wishes, --John 07:20, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay, that makes sense. Kouban 07:35, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

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X-bomber

Hi Kouban, I noticed you reverted my correction of "Shiloh Hagen" to "Shiro Hagen" as the English-dub name of the Japanese character Shiro Ginga in the X-Bomber article. Just wanted to say that it was definitely a good idea of yours to list the original, Japanese names with the dub names in brackets, since the article's main subject is the original Japanese show. However, I believe Shiro's first name is actually Shiro in the English dub too. A few references: [1], [2], [3].

By the way, I think this article would benefit from additional referencing to reliable sources; don't suppose you have come across any suitable reviews or articles that we could cite? I've been looking but they are hard to find online since the show aired so long ago. I expect more will present themselves after the new DVD release in Jan, though. Cheers, Wiw8 (talk) 09:48, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

The reason I reverted the edit is because said character wears a helmet with his name printed on it. I'll try to find a screencap of said helmet ASAP. Kouban (talk) 14:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of R-Blade

I have nominated R-Blade, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/R-Blade. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Magioladitis (talk) 10:47, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I didn't create the article, I merely moved it from one name to another. I had honestly forgotten that it still existed, and don't really care if it gets deleted. Kouban (talk) 20:22, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Space Hack

Please don't blank redirects at Wikipedia. We have a procedure to delete useless redirects at WP:RFD, please avail yourself of that. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 00:10, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Space Runaway Ideon

Look, not meaning to be rude. But can you explain why you edited out my information on the SRI page, please? I could support my argument to the information I added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boso (talk • contribs) 10:39, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, if you think so, then feel free to replace the addition. Kouban (talk) 04:29, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Reverting without reason

Can you explain why you reverted my recent edits on Voltes V, Daimos and Gunbuster? - Areaseven (talk) 05:57, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Toylines are not relevant to Wikipedia. Kouban (talk) 15:00, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Why not? Where in Wiki does it say that toy lines are irrelevant? - Areaseven (talk) 23:56, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Revision to Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri articles

I noticed that you have revised either Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri or Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire.

I intend to revise those articles following the Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines. There are more details on the discussion pages of those articles. I'd be interested in any comments you have. It would be best if your comments were on the discussion pages of the two articles.

Thank you.

Vyeh (talk) 17:36, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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March of Progress (album)

Please do not change this article from a redirect unless you can show how it meets notability guidelines and you add WP:reliable sources. noq (talk) 08:02, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Should we also delete the rest of Threshold's albums, as well as the band itself, under those guidelines? Kouban (talk) 15:43, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Do they meet the guidelines? If not, then there is a case for that. noq (talk) 16:15, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

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Pointing hand in video games

Since you brought it up on the talk page, would you happen to have any specific examples of video games (or be able to point to a publication that documents this) that use the Index (typography) as a cursor? I'm just trying to resolve some of the "citation needed" tags on that page. Thanks! -- Beland (talk) 17:49, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

The most obvious example I can think of is the Final Fantasy series, where it's used in virtually every entry. Kouban (talk) 14:09, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

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