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To match the convention here on the English Wikipedia, the title should include the date, so the preferred title would be 1611 Keicho Sanriku earthquake. I'm having a lot of difficulty understanding some of it as written, I will attempt too improve it but I may inadvertently change the meaning. I will also look for other english language sources. Mikenorton (talk) 14:17, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Japan Assessment Commentary

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The Lead section and the first sentence of the text are fine, but then it devolves into complete gibberish. I'm not sure how much is due to Google-Translate and how much (if any) is vandalism or sloppy editing. I hope somebody can fix this article. If I had any idea of the intended meanings, I'd give it a go. As such, I assessed it Stub-class for WP: Japan. Boneyard90 (talk) 17:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure that it's just mistranslation. I fixed the bits that I could work out, but some such as " "Muto for six anti-director-driven," "The earthquake three suppliers" " are beyond me. I can guess, such as thinking that the three suppliers are three seismic sources, but I'm nowhere near sure enough to make any changes. I have some information on this quake in english language sources, so at worst I could just blank those sections when I add them (in a few days time probably). I've attempted to contact the creator on their talk page but with no luck yet. Mikenorton (talk) 18:03, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I thought the same when I looked at those three phrases in quotes. Good luck.Boneyard90 (talk) 18:33, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I tried running the Japanese Wikipedia article through Google Translate myself and made some real progress (at least I think so). Mikenorton (talk) 20:24, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your work! I bumped it up to Start-class. It mostly falls short on references, and although there might not be much information on it, it would be considered a little light for "Coverage". I'll keep an eye on it, and maybe at some point go digging through some Japanese sources.Boneyard90 (talk) 07:00, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
User:Michitaro sorted out the parts that I couldn't manage and polished those parts where I was more successful. I've just created an article on tsunami deposits and turned up a few sources that mentioned the 1611 event, so once I've finished working on the references there, I'll add what else I've found here. Mikenorton (talk) 07:07, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]