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Ranma9617(who prefers to keep his real name a secret and is obviously talking on his user page inthird person)is ananimefan(andRite Aidemployee of barely over a decade)who contributed info to assorted articles and has even created new ones(even non-anime ones, primarily on companies based in his nativeCaliforniaas well asplaying cardmanufacturers inEurope).Thanks to his efforts;not only do more individualseiyuhave their own entries(including all 5 core female voice cast members ofSakura Wars:Chisa Yokoyama,Mayumi Tanaka,Urara Takano,Kumiko Nishihara,andMichie Tomizawa),but alsoKappei-sama's entryhas been expanded from not-even-a-stub to the detailed and organized article that it now is.Contrary to popular belief,he does not endorse vanity:he simply tries to be fair to all seiyu mentioned in at least one article. He'll even revert articles when he suspects vandalism, and sometimes willwarnsuch vandals though infrequently. Of course, an anon vandal has struck this user page once or twice (even including personal attacks with it, unfortunately), but another fellow Wikipedian was kind enough to fix it...
A staunch inclusionist, he finds it alarming and disturbing that many deletion nominations(regardless of method)arepointy(many category deletion campaigns are based on this), based ondislike of the subject of the article), and/or based onpopularity contests;all contrary to the true spirit of Wikipedia. In his eyes, notability is a rather unreliable measuring stick for deciding what goes in Wikipedia and what doesn't. In fact, many notability-safe articles(generally those dealing with science, nature, history, geography, commerce, politics, arts, mankind, everyday life, and other intangibles)suffer from some kind ofsourcingand/orfactualityissue. He's even caught a couple ofwiki-hoaxesin the past. If everyone was focused on fixing theverifibilityand reliability of the major articles instead of wrangling about the notability of an article's subject(s), then Wikipedia would bea lotless fractured. However, since both many contributors tend to be more skilled at creating new articles than he is and he tends to be busy in real life lately, he instead nowadays tends to focus on fixing existing articles as explained above(usually focusing on the little things);and as part of this, whenever he sees something shady in an article that can't beundone or reverteddue to good faith edits mixed in, he's more likely to use adispute templatethan asourcing templatesince that latter type involves a little too much gray area. BTW, if he doesn't like the subject of the article, he doesn't view it; and there's one Japan-related Wiki-article that he has not viewed and doesn't ever want to. In his eyes, regardless of editing philosophy, the onegolden ruleof Wikipedia that precedes all isto exercise good faiththough not all users follow it...
As U.S. television station articles are just one of his areas of focus, he can't quite comprehend some of therevert wars(i.e., counter-reverts, a.k.a. two users reverting each other's edits and sometimes even unilaterally accusing the other of vandalism)that have surfaced in some of those articles...
Occasionally, he'll edit foreign Wikipedias(ones not in English or Spanish)anonymously, manly to add interwiki links or to fix typos.Once he seriously learns a language or two,he'll consider registering on more foreign Wikipedias, though he has since registered on French, Spanish and Japanese Wikipedias(see below)...
Though he admits to being fairly rusty since being out of high school for over a decade, he did take 5 years of Spanish from 8th to 12th grade.He also longs to seriously learn theJapanese languageif he ever has the time...
As you can tell, he's learned how to embraceuserboxes(though the anime one doesn't yet exist on most foreign Wikipedias yet); and he wishes that there was one for those who own both aNintendo DSand aPlayStation Portable(like himself who also ownsthe exact same game for both systems) and has no opinion on one being better than the other. Speaking of userboxes, he has even created categories connected to existing userboxes connected to being fans of certain sports teams. Additionally, as he listens to just about any form of music except hip-hop, he'd also like to see one for any user who listens to music an any type ofMP3 player(Ipodor not, as well as specific ones for there models such as theZEN Vision Wwhich he currently uses and occasionally watches downloadedfansubson). Of course, whenever hedoeshave the urge to listen to old-fashioned radio, it's usually eitherJack FM/adult hitsorsports radio.He'd love to see userboxes created for people who enjoy Japanese snacks and/or beverages(i.e.,Pocky,Pretz,Milky,ramune,Calpis,etc.) and/or ones for fans ofJ-popand/or specific Japanese musicians...
As much as he loves theEnergizer Bunnycommercials and its fake products(and wishes all the commercial were made available on DVD even though he hasn't seen all of them nor does he quite remember all the ones he has seen), he is thankful not to be a fan ofSaturday Night Liveafter having the misfortune of accidentally catching some tasteless parody commercials within an episode or two(i.e., the fortunately non-existentTylenolBM)...
Speaking of commercials(and though he's no beer drinker), he sometimes wonders if the oddball "Let's watch both!" TV sports made famous in theMiller LiteTV commercials(i.e., gourmet wrestling, full-contact golf) actually existed...
Some odd facts: He swears byCoca-Colato the point that he's even tried a number of non-U.S. imported products ofThe Coca-Cola Company.Additionally, he prefers imported-from-overseas non-U.S.Kit Kat's(especially those made inJapanas he's into Japanese snacks); because even thoughSociété de Produits Nestlé S.A.(successors to the original trademark owners, Rowntree Mackintosh)sublicenses the U.S.-only rights toThe Hershey Company,he wisely believes that American-made Kit-Kats arebogusimitations...
Back to the subject of video games, he considers that the one game having the right to be truly calledSuper Mario Bros. 2is the one known in North America asSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levelswhich was only available domestically onSuper Mario All-Starsand as a hidden bonus inSuper Mario Bros. Deluxe.Transversely, he does not considerthe game known in Japan asSuper Mario Bros. USAa true canonicalSuper Mariogame and avoids it with a passion...
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