User talk:Petrus

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pls stop changing the title to Propose Daisakusen, the debate about that has been settled here: User talk:Litlon.

Romanization Guidelines on DramaWiki

General guidelines

RE: DramaWiki:Romanization of Japanese

It is therefore a policy that all romanized Japanese text entered into DramaWiki use the following criteria. They are provided below in order of importance. When using the criteria, start with the first criterion and then work your way down until you reach a resolution:

1. The most popular romanized spelling should be used - regardless of the romanization used. A top-rated search engine like Google or Yahoo should be used to determine the most popular romanized spelling. More specific, the arrangement that generates the most number of results should be used on DramaWiki unless a majority cannot be determined. A variation with 55.1-percent or more should serve as the majority. When searching, always place the entire name or phrase in quotations. For example, search engine testing for Sakai Noriko should be entered as "Sakai Noriko" (including quotes). Use of macrons can be used in the search process to improve on your searches, but they should not be used when adding the romaji text to DramaWiki.
2. If the artist or TV show's official web site provides the hiragana and/or the romaji of the name, it should also be used on DramaWiki. If the romaji is available on the web site, use it regardless of the romanization system used to create it. This is the case where a consensus on the Internet has not been developed, usually occuring when a new artist or TV show is introduced or the search results are too close to call. "Too close to call" under DramaWiki is when two variations are divided 50-50, or within 5-percent or less of one another.
3. If an official web site does not provide the hiragana or romaji, use the hiragana as provided on Japanese Wikipedia, and then develop the romaji based on the hiragana using the inspiration of the Hepburn romanization system, along with changes made specifically for DramaWiki to address changes to Hepburn due to repetition throughout the Internet.
4. If the artist or TV show name is not on Japanese Wikipedia, then the DramaWiki-modified Hepburn romanization system should be applied on the kana.
5. In all instances, the macrons must be removed, thus creating an even more modified Hepburn system excluding the use of macrons. See the historical section below for more information.
6. All TV show and artist names must be properly capitalized. See the capitalization section below for more information.
7. All katakana must be translated. See the katakana section below for more information.
8. The article name must refect the TV show or artist name, with extra content (macrons, taglines, etc.) removed. See the article names section below for more information.

So stop changing Proposal Daisakusen. One more time and you WILL be banned from further edits, as it is regarded as an act of vandalism. Changing something like this without committee, and therefore take matters into your own hands is not the right approach. Groink 13:48, 12 May 2007 (CDT)

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