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:Just to clarify, JIS is completely different from ASCII-based Japanese. JIS (e.g. Žq•ó‚ÉŒb‚܂ꂽƒXƒŠƒbƒs[‚Í) requires the user to change the browser's character encoding, whereas ASCII (what Procyon posted above) does not. I specifically covered JIS because it's the only Japanese character system GameFAQs allows; here there's no such rule, so it's better to use the immediately visible writing system rather than one that requires user intervention. [[User:Garrett|Garrett]]<sup>[[User talk:Garrett|Talk]]</sup> 15:34, 2 February 2007 (CST) EDIT: it also causes a second problem: if someone ''does'' switch their encoding anything on the page written using Japanese ASCII suddenly mutates--what Procyon posted above turns into 繝代ャ繧ｯ繝槭Φ. [[User:Garrett|Garrett]]<sup>[[User talk:Garrett|Talk]]</sup> 15:39, 2 February 2007 (CST) | :Just to clarify, JIS is completely different from ASCII-based Japanese. JIS (e.g. Žq•ó‚ÉŒb‚܂ꂽƒXƒŠƒbƒs[‚Í) requires the user to change the browser's character encoding, whereas ASCII (what Procyon posted above) does not. I specifically covered JIS because it's the only Japanese character system GameFAQs allows; here there's no such rule, so it's better to use the immediately visible writing system rather than one that requires user intervention. [[User:Garrett|Garrett]]<sup>[[User talk:Garrett|Talk]]</sup> 15:34, 2 February 2007 (CST) EDIT: it also causes a second problem: if someone ''does'' switch their encoding anything on the page written using Japanese ASCII suddenly mutates--what Procyon posted above turns into 繝代ャ繧ｯ繝槭Φ. [[User:Garrett|Garrett]]<sup>[[User talk:Garrett|Talk]]</sup> 15:39, 2 February 2007 (CST) | ||
:: I believe the best thing to do is enforce UTF-8 Asian characters if JIS is a problem. <span style="border: 1px solid #888; padding: 1px">'''[[User:Echelon|<span style="color:#6f6f6f;background-color:#eee;">ech</span>]][[User_talk:Echelon|<span style="color:#6f6f6f;background-color:#eee;">elon</span>]]'''</span> 15:45, 2 February 2007 (CST) | :: I believe the best thing to do is enforce UTF-8 Asian characters if JIS is a problem. <span style="border: 1px solid #888; padding: 1px">'''[[User:Echelon|<span style="color:#6f6f6f;background-color:#eee;">ech</span>]][[User_talk:Echelon|<span style="color:#6f6f6f;background-color:#eee;">elon</span>]]'''</span> 15:45, 2 February 2007 (CST) | ||
::: So wait, I would have to change settings in my browser(s)? Also Ech, we would want the japanese mirror to be a "jp" not "ja" to reflect the commonly used abbreviation (perhaps www.strategywiki.jp?). --[[User:Notmyhandle|Notmyhandle]] 17:57, 2 February 2007 (CST) | |||
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No JIS?
I have to disagree on this one. I, for one, can read Japanese, and I always find it entertaining to see characters. Besides, I am very certain that StrategyWiki will grow to include import video games. To alleviate any sort of confusion that '???' renderings bring about, we could have a section similar to this and a matching template to go with it. Thoughts? echelon 14:20, 2 February 2007 (CST)
- I have to agree. I originally wanted to have Japanese names included in some of the guides that I started but they kept getting erased. Because honestly, you can sometimes find out a lot more about a game by Googling the Japanese name in Japanese than in Romanji. I propose that we add an optional Japanese name field in the infobox so that I could, for example, add パックマン to the Pac-Man guide. Procyon 14:33, 2 February 2007 (CST)
- I would support that. In fact, I would like to see more Japanese support on SW as a whole. In the future, maybe we can add a http://ja.strategywiki.org or something; they certainly love strategy guides in Japan. echelon 14:55, 2 February 2007 (CST)
- Just to clarify, JIS is completely different from ASCII-based Japanese. JIS (e.g. Žq•ó‚ÉŒb‚܂ꂽƒXƒŠƒbƒs[‚Í) requires the user to change the browser's character encoding, whereas ASCII (what Procyon posted above) does not. I specifically covered JIS because it's the only Japanese character system GameFAQs allows; here there's no such rule, so it's better to use the immediately visible writing system rather than one that requires user intervention. GarrettTalk 15:34, 2 February 2007 (CST) EDIT: it also causes a second problem: if someone does switch their encoding anything on the page written using Japanese ASCII suddenly mutates--what Procyon posted above turns into 繝代ャ繧ｯ繝槭Φ. GarrettTalk 15:39, 2 February 2007 (CST)
- I believe the best thing to do is enforce UTF-8 Asian characters if JIS is a problem. echelon 15:45, 2 February 2007 (CST)
- So wait, I would have to change settings in my browser(s)? Also Ech, we would want the japanese mirror to be a "jp" not "ja" to reflect the commonly used abbreviation (perhaps www.strategywiki.jp?). --Notmyhandle 17:57, 2 February 2007 (CST)
- I believe the best thing to do is enforce UTF-8 Asian characters if JIS is a problem. echelon 15:45, 2 February 2007 (CST)