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July 13

Parks and Recreation seventh season

The seventh season of P&R is set a few years in the future - in 2017 despite being released in 2015. Have the creators spoke about what drove them to do this? In-story, the jump allows for some story development that might otherwise have been awkward (Ron and Leslie's falling out, Tom's business successes, etc.), but not really anything that would have been impossible if they'd just kept it to the usual timeline. There were a few throwaway jokes and visual gags based on it being "futuristic" as well, but again not really anything that felt really worth the trouble. Matt Deres (talk) 13:05, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Retta reports that Amy Poehler requested this. The time jump was a way to avoid babies, because she was tired of being around them in her personal life already. (She was a producer by this point, and sometimes a writer or director.)  Card Zero  (talk) 14:23, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! I assume Retta is reliable, though there's one small issue: the kids are essentially unseen anyway. It'd be kind of like requesting only blue invisible unicorns because you're tired of the white invisible ones. Not to mention that, if you're tired of being around kids, 3-year-olds aren't exactly a cake walk and it's not like they had to have triplets (since, again, they're rarely seen anyway). If Retta is correct, Amy's reasoning seems... sketchy. But that's another topic entirely - thanks again for finding that. Matt Deres (talk) 20:10, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

It may seem 'sketchy' in hindsight, after the season had been written, shot and released, but Poehler couldn't be sure in advance how it would go if the triplets had been featured as babies: we all have to make decisions about the future based on assumptions that may turn out to have been mistaken. Also, the character she played would be notionally involved with these fictional babies (regardless of the degree to which actual babies would be required on set), requiring her as an actor/writer/director/producer to think about them. (Does she employ 'The Method', I wonder?) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.199.169.177 (talk) 21:10, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi I’m trying to improve michiya haruhata’s page

Hi I’m trying to improve michiya haruhata’s page (he is a Japanese guitarist) and I don’t speak Japanese thus I was wondering A are English sources fine even though he’s from Japan and B do you know any reliable music related Japanese news sites where I can get some info to put on the article (I have posted a similar question to the teahouse forum but have got an answer yet if this is against or disapproved of by the policy then I apologise) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldsoldier75 (talk • contribs) 14:51, 13 July 2022 (UTC) Goldsoldier75 (talk) 15:28, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Michiya Haruhata.

Hi, Goldsoldier75!To address A, here on en-Wikipedia English-language sources are not only fine, but if non-English and English Reliable sources are both available to corroborate the same facts, the English are preferred. This is merely a matter of practicality, since the pool of active en-Wikipedia editors, reviewers, etc. who are fluent in (to take this instance) Japanese is small, so checking and approving edits based on Japanese-language sources takes longer.

That said, for a Japanese subject much more will likely be available in Japanese sources than in English, so where only a Japanese source is available for given information, that too is fine.

Note that Wikipedia deprecates reliance on Machine translation programs like Google Translate; such programs are not (yet) considered to be sufficiently and consistently accurate to be used for encyclopaedic purposes without also having fluency in both languages concerned to check their results. I understand your interest in the field of Asian music, and auto-translation may be useful for your personal reading, but it might be best if you were to find a Japanese-fluent collaborator to work on such material for Wikipedia articles. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.199.169.177 (talk) 14:41, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Wow that was incredibly helpful I will indeed attempt to find a Japanese collaborator to help me with translating Asian music pages thanks Goldsoldier75 (talk) 16:11, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Should I check on WP:Japan as well as WP:rock music or is there a better place for me to find fluent Japanese and English users who would be willing to help Thanks Goldsoldier75 (talk) 16:14, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

You might look at Category:Translators ja-en, and check people's contribution history to see who's likely to be around at the moment. There's also Wikipedia:Translation, which is more or less the same thing.  Card Zero  (talk) 16:39, 15 July 2022 (UTC)