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Did you know... that Sae Kitamura (pictured) has had her university students contribute to the Japanese Wikipedia as part of their coursework?

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The result was: promoted by DimensionalFusion talk 20:35, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sae Kitamura at a bridge

... that Sae Kitamura has her university students contribute to the Japanese Wikipedia as part of their coursework?

Source: https://15.wikipedia.org/people/kitamura-sae.html

ALT1: ... that Sae Kitamura discovered old letters from the Third Folio in New Zealand? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20180124053900/https://www.ysf.or.jp/blog/article_detail.php?repoId=14 (この本にはもとの所有者のひ孫にあたる人物の手紙の複写がついており、「うちのひいおばあちゃんの大事な本が、図書館できちんと管理されていないかもしれない」というような文句が書かれています。こうした古い本や古い手紙の切れ端などからは、過去の人々の生き生きとした読書活動が垣間見えてきます。とくにこの本は18世紀にシェイクスピアを読んでいた女性について多くのことを教えてくれるものであり、私の博士論文の重要な一節になりました。)
ALT2: ... that Sae Kitamura reads 260 books, goes to movie theatres 100 times, and sees stages 100 times each year? Source: https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/128984 (＜一年に百本くらい映画を映画館で見て、かつ百本くらい舞台も劇場で見ます。その全部について簡単な批評を書いて自分のブログにアップ＞。さらに年間260冊くらい本を読むのだそう。)
ALT3: ... that a book written by Sae Kitamura has been printed four times in four months? Source: https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO79216070U2A110C2MY5000/
Reviewed:
Comment: A long, long article for a certain Wikipedian in jawp. Interesting one after reading and translating.

Created by Saimmx (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Saimmx (talk) 18:41, 1 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:
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Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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Cited:
Interesting:
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: In my opinion, ALT0 is not interesting enough because Wikipedia is used quite a bit in universities. The other hooks seem fine. Also citing four references in this part seems excessive "She had started a column on messy (later wezzy) since October 2015, (four references)...", redundant references should be removed to improve the layout, thanks. Sahaib (talk) 10:32, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sahaib: Thanks for reviewing, I am currently improving citation layout. The original Japanese Wikipedia article that had been translated from had, originally, issues with excessive citations, so it is not an easy job. I will still do it because I am upset by the excessive citations as well.

Anyway, the person's Wikipedian role is why I translate the article, so I am a bit surprised that Wikipedia is used in universities. Maybe it wasn't a thing in the 2010s? --Saimmx (talk) 04:57, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

Quick fail. GoldRomean (talk) 17:04, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Sae Kitamura/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Saimmx (talk · contribs) 22:22, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: GoldRomean (talk · contribs) 02:27, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, interesting article, but unfortunately I’m likely going to have to quick fail this for grammar problems. More detailed reasoning to follow. GoldRomean (talk) 02:27, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Failing - the article's prose has too many issues (ex. She studied Antony and Cleopatra and befriend with Noritaka Moriyama during the time.). I highly reccomend requesting a copyedit from the Guild of Copy Editors before resubmitting. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, GoldRomean (talk) 03:43, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Peer review

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I've listed this article for peer review because I want a review of copyediting or grammar issues, which was the main reason for the first GAN's quick fail. Previously, I have requested a copyedit, and it was partially done. But, since English is not my native language, I would like to submit a peer review before submitting another GAN.

Thanks, Saimmx (talk) 19:53, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

History6042

There are a few more issues too. History6042😊 (Contact me) 01:05, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am trying to familiarise myself with the notability of an independence list, which looks more lenient than the Chinese one, so it takes time to split her work.

And, I would like to ask why podcasts done by TBS Radio in the article are still unreliable? I know the WP:SPS guide said podcasts are unreliable because it is close to self-publish, but the podcast in the article is done by TBS Radio, a mass media group in Japan. Do they still unreliable? Is Today in Focus by The Guardian are unreliable here as well? Saimmx (talk) 10:25, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I apologise for the podcast point I did not realise that TBS was a major company. I retract the podcast statement. History6042😊 (Contact me) 13:22, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
All Japanese text should use a template.
All Japanese text should have a translation in said template.
There are many harv warnings and errors that need to be fixed, I would suggest installing User talk:Trappist the monk's tool to find these.
There are far too many references for the text.
Most of the page should be split of into a different called, List of works by Sae Kitamura or something similar.
Podcasts are not reliable sources and should be removed.

Copyedit section

"British literature and literary critic" -> "British literature and a literary critic"
"Lecturer and Associate Professor" -> "lecturer and associate professor"
"and published in The Hokkaido Shimbun Press" -> "and was published in The Hokkaido Shimbun Press"
"was ranked 18th in the" -> "was ranked 18th in"
"As Wikipedian" -> "As a Wikipedian"
"2016 conference of the The History of Science Society of Japan" -> "2016 conference of the History of Science Society of Japan"

Personal life section

This section isn't really about her personal life from the sentence beginning She emphasises (see MOS:SAID). The block quote is about her work on Shakespeare, not her personal life. (I also don't think that quote adds anything to the article; it's a circular observation that classics have stood the test of time.) The rest of the section is about her research, which is not her personal life. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:24, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The original section in the Japanese entry is called "人物", which means "person", "character". I think I will try either rename the section, or put it into the biography section. Saimmx (talk) 05:36, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]