Template talk:Japanese writing

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This template was taken from fr (see the picture's description for details). It is meant to connect all the articles about Japanese writing. fr has a many articles about the topic, so it would be good to compare. Please feel free to edit and add the template. Ben (talk) 10:07, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)

This looks like a case where a template just duplicates categories. Template:Manga is already on Templates for deletion for this reason. — Gwalla | Talk 21:08, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I can see a case for a quick index of related articles like this, but it has some mistaken links (like rekishiteki kanazukai instead of historical kana usage), but more importantly, it's not clear where you should stop. Should Japanese numbers be included in this? Encoding systems? I'm also not convinced that the links to the ja.wikipedia articles need to be in there, or all the flavors of romaji. The division of the "kanji" section into toyo/joyo/kyoiku is not useful in a "mile-high view.". Finally, I admit this is a matter of taste, but that's a really ugly image at the top. Suggest tightening it up to focus on the key elements, and making it visually less intrusive. adamrice 22:33, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I fixed that with the historical kana usage some time ago. BTW, it's not historical kana usage it's a section in kana. Ben talk contr 11:16, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

That template is screwing up the katakana article. I'm using both Safari and Firefox and that template is covering a big part of the Romanization table. Please fix this problem or remove that template if it's not possible. --Stebbiv 22:55, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I just found this discussion here and was mildly said surprised. Ok, Manga, I don't know for Manga. That's writing here and I find it a very convienient way of connecting all the articles for one topic, everybody can check out the articles he/she is interested in a fast manner. I think many people like to use it, the French use it a lot, they have many such speedbars in fr. I think Wikipedia should have something like a speedbar section everywhere. That's my opinion. If you don't like the form, change it (don't just talk about missing links as in the case of historical kana usage). Ben talk contr 11:16, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

just to explain: the idea of the Jap interlinks is, somebody, who knows Japanese may go to the Jap article and translate some stuff. The idea is good, the kanji are there anyways (and necessary), so why not link them. Ben talk contr 11:34, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)