Talk:Shuri Castle

Latest comment: 4 years ago by 廣九直通車 in topic Splitting proposal

Images

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I have added some images. If anyone wants to rearrange them, please by all means... Gryffindor  12:38, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Confederate flag

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The following content was moved from the article page; it's really interesting, but IMHO not relevant to the castle's overall history/identity.

After the Battle of Okinawa a Confederate flag was raised over Shuri Castle by an American soldier from the self-styled "Rebel Company" (Company A of the 5th Marine Regiment). It was visible for miles and quickly taken down and replaced with the Stars and Stripes.[1]

  1. ^ Coski, John M. (2005) The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01722-6, pg. 91

(added by Andreas Kaganov 19:33 UTC 22 June 2007.)

LordAmeth 23:55, 22 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Needs more history

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  • Looks like the Confederate Flag trivia is back. I think we have an edit warrior!
  • A more permanent solution might involve solving the root problem: the history of the castle isn't documented here at all. The Confederate flag episode was three days in the history of Shuri Castle... out of several hundred years!

The article sorely needs more History. brain (talk) 15:05, 18 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Reconstruction

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Was there any opposition to this? Strikes me as tacky -- relics should remain relics.

Fond memories wandering around the rubble. Has it gone all touristy now? 66.105.218.33 (talk) 07:26, 30 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Definite article + foreign proper noun

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Hello. Recent edits to this page have reintroduced an inconsistent use of definite articles (i.e. "the") when used with foreign proper nouns. Perhaps one unexplained element of my recent 170 odd edits to this page, was introducing a consistent usage of foreign proper nouns throughout the page. Basically, most style guides (and my teacher training) argue a general non-usage of articles with foreign proper nouns, and this page consciously evolved (in my mind at least) a consistent usage of that (particularly since my edits introduced scores of new foreign proper nouns into the article). Referencing this source (http://oki-park.jp/userfiles/files/pdf/shurijo/lang/history_en.pdf) as a primary guide, it follows this style (although sometimes inconsistently) of not using "the" when citing foreign (untranslated) proper nouns within the castle. An example of usage may be: I visited Zijin Cheng last year vs. I visited the Forbidden City last year. Thanks. Jabberjawjapan (talk) 23:29, 31 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

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It burns

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https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/nnn?a=20191031-00000027-nnn-soci says Shurijo's Main Building (Seiden) is burning. No casuality is reported. I'd like to add something, but it's here 4:30am so that I'm sleeply. Anyone would like to write about that? Cheers, --Aphaia (talk) 19:30, 30 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, guys. It was so shocked. I couldn't sleep in. Anyway. The latest NHK news (began from 6AM) reports "Main Hall and North Hall have burned down completely", "Other buildings including South Hall are still burning". You'd like to add more description when English version comes in. Just for your information. --Aphaia (talk) 21:08, 30 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Update at 2019/10/31 06:47 (JST) by Kyodo News https://this.kiji.is/562392986570998881, South Hall has almost burned down, too, Naha Fire Department says. The Shurijo complex is still burning so that police and fire department have neighboring people evacuate. --Aphaia (talk) 22:01, 30 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Current Event tag

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Since it's been a week since this happened, should the Current Event tag go? JRHorse (talk) 13:49, 8 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Splitting proposal

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I propose that sections Shuri Castle#2019 fire be split into a separate page called 2019 Shuri Castle Fire.


Anyways, please correct my proposal if it is not justified, thank you. 廣九直通車 (talk) 04:39, 14 November 2019 (UTC)Reply