User talk:Adamant

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --^Psychic_Rider^☮ 20:26, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Japanese names

Just because you have the English names doesn't mean you get rid of the Japanese names. Put it next to the Japanese in italics. ^ht14 19:51, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

What? The Japanese names are still there, I just replaced the translation used with the translation used in the official English release. The official and unofficial translations of the terms are synonymous, so there's no point in having the unofficial there. Adamant 21:44, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

As in the English direct translation of the Japanese words. See for yourself in pages such as the beginning of movesets. ^ht14 21:46, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

See Clamp. It says: (Japanese: からではさむ Clamp with Shell). The translation on the side is what I'm talking about. ^ht14 21:52, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

What? You don't make sense here. Silver's title, to use an example, is "Kaerumono", meaning "exchanger", "trader", "replacer", "substituter", etc.. The official English translation uses "Exchanger", so what purpose does it serve to put "Trader" after the Japanese word when both terms mean the same, and the official translation used the other one? Adamant 21:56, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

See Leaf Blade. ^ht14 21:58, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

That seems really pointless. Well, at least use the actual translation when pointing out than the title was translated straight instead of renamed. Saying "his title is Exchanger in English and Trader in Japanese" is just dumb. The words mean the same.Adamant 22:03, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm cool with that as long as you put it in the usual standard. ^ht14 22:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

There, done. Adamant 22:12, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

New pages

Need categories. See what I did here. More information would be nice as well. At the current state, I would be inclined to delete it, but we'll let an anime-expert take a look. —darklordtrom 12:09, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, my bad. The problem with more information is that, well, there really isn't a whole lot to say. He's comparable to characters like Fitzwilliam, who has a similiarly-sized biography. He could use a picture, but unfortunately I don't personally have the episode available to get one. Adamant 14:53, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Writing what he did would be a start. If he didn't do anything, then that may be cause for deletion. We don't list every background character. —darklordtrom 23:01, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Link Templates

Hey there. Instead of using hard wikicode links, such as [[Jonathan (Kanto)|Jonathan]] you can use link templates like {{ka|Jonathan}} to reach the same result. These are also great for avoiding links to disambiguation pages. Please try to remember to use them from now on. Thanks, - Kogoro | Talk to me - 05:47, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

OK, sorry, didn't know. Thanks. Adamant 05:50, 25 July 2009 (UTC)