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Wikipedia Ambassadors update

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POTD notification

POTD

Hi Arsonal,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Punch Davy Jones's Locker.png is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 15, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-01-15. howcheng {chat} 21:34, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Saw you pop up on my watchlist. Don't know how long you'll be back, but it's good to see you active. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:28, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Here and there until April. I've sent you an e-mail about my plans after then. —Arsonal (talk + contribs)22:38, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

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Improving the JKT48 English Page

Hello there. I've seen your contributions in improving the JKT48 page and I think I can assist in expanding and maintaining the content. Please send me a notification if you agree for me to join in.

Also, I have a question: Is it possible to add the pictures from the official web page whilst the copyright doesn't belong to myself?

That will be all. Thank you!

Abaone94 (talk) 16:15, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately Wikipedia policy prohibits us from uploading such photos unless we obtain specific permission from the copyright holder(s) to use the photos under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license, which I believe is highly unlikely because management of AKB48 and its sister groups are quite protective of their works.
The JKT48 is article currently at a point where it is concise yet comprehensive enough for an encyclopedia. You are certainly welcome to add material if there are any blatant omissions of key topics, but you will want to avoid adding information which may become trivial and have little relevance in the long run. The sub-articles Members of JKT48 and JKT48 discography and filmography will be the ones that require most work at this time.
Arsonal (talk + contribs)19:08, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Film producers

Replied there. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:11, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Old newspapers

Don't know if you'll find this useful, but it may be a godsend if you want to do something about THHK: http://kranten.kb.nl/search/index/state/load  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:42, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Oh, this looks like it could be fun. —Arsonal (talk + contribs)09:19, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Antara

Did a copyedit, added the logo. May be PD-simple, but I'm not a really good judge of that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:07, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

How to add my university and courses

Manjeshpv (talk) 16:35, 16 February 2013 (UTC) i'm a professor from india how can i add my university and course to wiki institutions list

Hello, Manjeshpv. You may set up your institution and course by following this step-by-step guide on how to request instructor rights for your Wikipedia account. As you are an independent educator, you will want to select the "Request 'instructor' right" on page 2 of the guide, which will generate a form that you can fill with details about your course. Please let me know if you have further questions. —Arsonal (talk + contribs)04:37, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

National Heroes

Up for a collaboration? I'm going to start a proper list in my user space. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:50, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, that'll be useful for the lede. Mind you, I think we may have to split depending on how much detail we go into. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:41, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

  • I plan on buying one of those encyclopedias to help fill out the table, but I think the list of names is more or less done. I'll have to double check of course... Ki Hajar Dewantara nearly slipped past. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:54, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
    • Profil 143 Pahlawan Indonesia might be your best bet. I don't know if there's a newer one. Do you plan on listing everyone using EYD? —Arsonal (talk + contribs)07:13, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
      • Yeah. I'm also hoping to avoid honourifics and sort by family name for Batak/Chinese (and some other?) groups, but I was planning on asking for your help on that. Anything published after November 2011 should be okay for our purposes, as Sukarno and Hatta are likely already included (that was the weirdest decision I've seen in this field...). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:19, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
  • Coming along rather nicely. I think I have a picture of HB IX's certificate, but I'll have to check that later. I may have lost it when my harddisk crashed. What do you think so far? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:40, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Antara (news agency)

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:02, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations!

The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Congratulations on reaching 25 DYKs. Your contributions to Indonesia-, manga/anime-, and music-related articles are a blessing for the project. I'm particularly impressed by the National Library of Indonesia and ANTARA — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Chinese Music History

Hi, I found via the participants list of WikiProject Chinese language entertainment. I myself have worked on the article for Chinese rock a few times in the past and am dedicated to present Chinese music online to those that don't speak Chinese, i.e. 5/6 of the world.

As you can see from my user page, I am also one of the founding members of Rock in China (which currently expanded to Music-China.org). Our community is also a Mediawiki-based system solely focussed on Chinese music with one major difference: Whereas Wikipedia would like to be an encyclopedia with the aim to capture humankind's knowledge in brief, short and destinctive articles, it is our aim to present Chinese music in all its details and as much information as possible. As we like to say, we are preparing the reference page that Wikipedia is linking to. You can see the page for Cui Jian as example where this is implemented.

The main reason I am writing to you is that we have started a new project at Music-China.org called 'Chinese Music History' during which we want to document the complete history of Chinese music in all its details and cross-reference it to Wikipedia, i.e. work on both platforms according to each platforms' aims.

I would like to invite you, as member of the WikiProject Chinese language entertainment to help us build up both wikis, Wikipedia and Music-China.org. Please feel free to read more about us and the the project.

--Azchael (talk) 13:51, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

  • I will certainly take a look but cannot guarantee active participation as I've somewhat moved on from that interest in recent years. Is this project for China proper or the Chinese-speaking music communities (e.g. Taiwan, Singapore, etc.)? —Arsonal (talk + contribs)00:00, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Sastra Tionghoa-Melayu / Sastra Peranakan

So, how should we refer to this in English? At Boenga Roos dari Tjikembang I've got Chinese-Malay literature, but Sino-Malay seems more common in French (Claudia Salmon's work, for example), and peranakan Chinese literature would be a possible title as well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:53, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

  • The Sino- prefix usually refers to China proper, as in Sino-Malay relations (relations between China and Malay regions), so that's probably not the best choice. Ethnologue lists Baba Malay and Straits Malay as alternate names of Chinese Malay (though it is categorized as a language of Singapore). There's also a separate Peranakan Indonesian entry. —Arsonal (talk + contribs)23:35, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
  • Oh my... so it seems we don't have a standard term in English. I can't think of any specialists in the field who write in English... Watson wrote a little on the Chinese-Malay literature, but only in its relation to "Indonesian" lit. Thanks. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:41, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
  • U.S. publications seem to use Chinese Malay more often. Leo Suryadinata uses Chinese Malay as well. Alternatively, you might want to check the works of Melani Budianta (Professor of Literature, University of Indonesia) and see how she refers to this genre. Check your e-mail also, by the way.Arsonal (talk + contribs)23:46, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
  • I actually don't have any of her works... I'll have to see what I have of Suryadinata's, but if Chinese Malay seems dominant then that's how it'll be. Opening — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:56, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Arsonal. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga.
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Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:00, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

GA on Hold

Please see issues at Talk:Antara (news agency). — Cirt (talk) 15:44, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari

If you've got the time, could you give Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari a lookover? I hope to bring it to FAC this week or next. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:29, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Greeting Arsonal. Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari, an article which you previously peer reviewed, has been nominated as a featured article candidate at this page. Any further feedback or commentary would be greatly appreciated. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:19, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

re Good article reviews

Found these two candidates listed over at Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Topic lists/Social sciences and society:

  1. Antara (news agency)
  2. Transactive memory

I will review these two articles. — Cirt (talk) 17:11, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Both marked as GA on Hold for now. — Cirt (talk) 04:25, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Cirt. I think I have resolved your concerns at Talk:Antara (news agency)/GA1 sufficiently. Please let me know your thoughts. —Arsonal (talk + contribs)03:31, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
Oh, great, that's encouraging! At the moment suffering from a bout of Gastroenteritis, but I'll try to take another look soon. — Cirt (talk) 21:08, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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JKT48

Hi Arsonal,

Just in case you still check this page, I wanted to let you know that I've begun the GA review for JKT48; I've noted a few things there that I'd like your thoughts on if you have a chance. Thanks for your work on this one. -- Khazar2 (talk) 02:44, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

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WP Indonesia in the Signpost

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