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I should also specify that the reason I came across the page in the first place was because I was trying to figure out why Bulbapedia uses non-systematic romanization in some cases (names of Pokemon), in some cases uses standard Hepburn (most other instances where Japanese text is present), and in some places uses (Wikipedia-based) formatting for Japanese text followed by what should be a romanization but is actually a translation (see, for instance, the page on [[みねうち]]). I find it somewhat odd that our MOS ''doesn't'' clarify whether this last category is just an error to be rectified; it probably should, but I already knew it probably wasn't my place to add that to the MOS page directly without some form of discussion first. [[User:Satorukun0530|Satorukun0530]] ([[User talk:Satorukun0530|talk]]) 12:11, 30 December 2016 (UTC) | I should also specify that the reason I came across the page in the first place was because I was trying to figure out why Bulbapedia uses non-systematic romanization in some cases (names of Pokemon), in some cases uses standard Hepburn (most other instances where Japanese text is present), and in some places uses (Wikipedia-based) formatting for Japanese text followed by what should be a romanization but is actually a translation (see, for instance, the page on [[みねうち]]). I find it somewhat odd that our MOS ''doesn't'' clarify whether this last category is just an error to be rectified; it probably should, but I already knew it probably wasn't my place to add that to the MOS page directly without some form of discussion first. [[User:Satorukun0530|Satorukun0530]] ([[User talk:Satorukun0530|talk]]) 12:11, 30 December 2016 (UTC) | ||
:Generally, leave a message on the policy page's talk page or on the talkpage of a member of the {{bp|Editorial Board}} if there's an error or if there's a change that should be made. | |||
:Most pages actually use a translation after the Japanese in italics ({{an|Bonnie}}, [[Kanto Route 1]], [[EP001]], {{m|Pound}}, {{a|Drizzle}}, etc.) The only pages which actively use romanized text are mostly Japanese song lyrics. (In short, the romanization policy isn't relevant to most pages since what belongs in the lead sentence is a translation rather than a romanization. The prevailing style is that of including translations rather than romanizations, and the relevant policy pages should probably be updated to that effect.) --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 15:14, 30 December 2016 (UTC) | |||