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Where does the article online state that it is from Wikipedia? Mr.TrustWorthy----Got Something to Tell Me? 03:11, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

At the bottom. Fg2 (talk) 03:11, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry. I did not see that. Thank you Mr.TrustWorthy----Got Something to Tell Me? 03:13, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! Fg2 (talk) 03:14, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I invite comment on this edit -- here. What? --Tenmei (talk) 16:48, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's a really intriguing sculpture. I saw a photo of it and then sought it out on a trip to Kanazawa. Thanks for using it as a metaphor for Wikipedia. Fg2 (talk) 10:12, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Commons

Will you help me figure out what, if anything, to do to improve one Commons category? I've just transferred several images of misasagi which were only posted in the Japanese Wikipedia; and I added each to a pre-existing category, Commons:Category:Japanese imperial mausolea. At a minimum, I would have wanted to capitalize "Imperial," but I don't quite know how to go about it. My real preference would have been to convert the current category to a redirect, and to create a new category entitled "Misasagi;" but perhaps this is precisely the wrong step in the wrong direction -- rather like my over-use of the term tennō, which you discouraged many months ago?

At present, there are about 20 images in this category; but I anticipate the number to grow slowly over time. --Tenmei (talk) 17:02, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The term misasagi seems unknown in English; although I'm familiar with it from Japanese, I don't think I've seen it in histories written in English. So I'd probably opt for the English equivalent. I might have capitalized "Imperial" since it refers specifically to the Japanese Imperial family (not to other emperors) but I would have formed the plural according to English ("mausoleums") rather than Latin patterns. That's not something to worry about, though, and especially on Commons (which is not for readers of encyclopedias but primarily a service to people who develop content for all the projects) I'd not advocate changing it. Fg2 (talk) 10:12, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I also have a question about blank boxes in image galleries? See Bonin Islands, which includes images of select islands, but compare below -- the same images present a barren display? On my monitor, there are only blank boxes with captions:

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  Chichijima
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  Hahajima
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  Mukojima
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  Minamijima, a small island in Chichijima group

Do you know why I can sometimes see images and sometimes I cannot?

When I try to browse through Commons:User:Fg2/gallery, I encounter a similar problem. Not all of the posted images are accessible. --Tenmei (talk) 17:18, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The gallery above looks fine on my screen.

Some of the photos I uploaded to Commons have been deleted. I guess the links remain in the gallery. This might explain some occasions when you cannot see the images. There are also glitches that result in images, galleries, or even entire articles coming out blank. These usually don't last long. Some of these can be cured by clearing your browser's cache, while others are probably due to server overload or something else I don't fully understand. You might also try switching temporarily to a different browser to see if it gives better results. Fg2 (talk) 10:12, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]