Talk:Tadao Takahashi

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A fact from Tadao Takahashi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Brazilian computer science researcher and internet pioneer Tadao Takahashi negotiated with drug lords to install internet equipment in his country?

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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 02:15, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Takhashi in 2017

~~... that Brazilian computer science researcher and internet pioneer Tadao Takahashi even negotiated with drug lords to install equipment to further internet access in the country?~~ Source: https://archive.icann.org/en/committees/alac/takahashi.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Daisy_Wood_Hildreth

Created by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 21:33, 9 April 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Great in my opinion. I'd just remove the "even" SerAntoniDeMiloni (talk) 21:35, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SerAntoniDeMiloni: Thanks much. Adding ALT1 below. Ktin (talk) 15:56, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that Brazilian computer science researcher and internet pioneer Tadao Takahashi negotiated with drug lords to install equipment to further internet access in the country?

Having a think about this. Might ... that Brazilian computer science researcher and internet pioneer Tadao Takahashi negotiated with drug lords to install internet equipment in his country? work better? SerAntoniDeMiloni (talk) 09:32, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2: ... that Brazilian computer science researcher and internet pioneer Tadao Takahashi negotiated with drug lords to install internet equipment in his country?

@SerAntoniDeMiloni:Looks good to me. Added as ALT2. Passing this back to you Ktin (talk) 15:46, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alrightey then. For ALT2

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: SerAntoniDeMiloni (talk) 21:04, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted ALT2 to Prep 5. Z1720 (talk) 02:15, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese ancestry

His name looks like Japanese, but there is no mention of it anywhere in the article. Probably his ancestors might have migrated to Brazil a few generations back. This is purely my guess based on his name. It would be good if somebody finds a reference to know his family background better. - Ravichandra (talk) 05:19, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I looked around quite a bit, in both English and Portuguese however was unable to find any information regarding his Ancestry, however it's pretty clear that he has some Japanese ancestry.

There could be something written in Books however I do not have a good way of searching in those, if someone else does and is willing to look further into his ancestry that would be great. UfoTheUfo (talk) 17:09, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Birth/Age

Despite the note to editors "!-- Do not revert.--", I have reverted "born 1950" as this is unsourced, also unsourced was "aged 71–72". All the RS that I have found give his age at death as 71, and none of them claim specifically a 1950 birth year. Davidships (talk) 14:31, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this approach. This is how I had it in the beginning. That said, if someone can help get the date of birth / any additional biographical details from credible sources that is always welcome. RIP Mr Takahashi. Ktin (talk) 14:36, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, I reached out to RNP (The Brazilian National Research and Education Network) via Email, I got a response confirming the date 16 December 1950, I'm not sure if I can reference an email as a source but I have gone ahead and made the changes. Please let me know if you can find out how I can properly add a reference for that (if I can) Abandonee (talk) 22:38, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Abandonee: I don't think it would make sense to cite an email because private correspondence is not necessarily verifiable. If they could post Takahashi's birthdate on their website as part of a bio, or link to a source for his birthdate, that would work. Yeeno (talk) 23:40, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]