Talk:Four Emperors

Now, just so I know... are we going to use "Four Pirate Emperors", or are we going to use "Yonkou"? It's probably best to make sure now, so we don't have to fix stuff like we did on Wikipedia for the Shichibukai... I'd like fix up the article about the three powers, and make a category for the emperors, but I need to know what name to use. XD --Murasaki 06:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Hancock
I don't think "Hancock" is one of 4 emperors. Althoug the English scanlation use the word "Emperor" call Handcock as "Pirate Empress Hancock" but the truth is her name in Japanese doesn't use Kanji 皇 (Yonkou) that meaning Emperor in 4 emperor but Hadcock's name use 女帝 and 帝 that can meaning "emperor" but it just "foreign emperors" and sometime meaning "woman leader." I think it's not the same to 皇 (Yonkou).--JGV 19:18, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

"Emperors"
I know this is the popular translation, but Yonkou doesn't mean Four Emperors. It means Four Princes/Lords/Warlords/Daimyos. All of which are clearly below the rank of king. The most appropriate name would be Warlords or Daimyos, as this is supposed to be like the old Feudal Era system which seems to pop up in almost every anime.


 * I'm not good with Japanese so I'll take you for your word, even so, I think the word warlord was the closest translation, but it's already used in the sichibukai, so it wouldn't sound nice for 2 of the 3 great powers to have a recurrent word in their translated names. Not that I'm sure, it's just my take on the matter... Realdraickin

Why the recent fourth listing of the last Yonkou?
Why did the fourth listing at the bottom of the page finally get listed and why did it take so long to list? Was it because the chapter 515 and the possibility of Boa Hancock? Whats the deal with that?


 * Three things:


 * It shouldn't be on there, only list who we know
 * You shouldn't be complaining about something like that.
 * It doesn't matter how long it takes.


 * Pretty much all I can say. --One-Winged Hawk 10:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I wasn't complaining about it I was just making a point to figure out why a forth has been listed. That is all. Reason 1 that you gave was the main point I was talking about.


 * ~Daniel


 * You'll have to excuse me there... Woke up a little grouchie due to illness. :-(


 * I don't see the point in the "unknown". Yeah there a lot of "Hancock 4 Yonkou" fans disappointed today I note. But we shouldn't list the unconfirmed, only the confirmed. I guess you could say its silly but its best to leave it off and wait like we did with the Shichibukai and others. :-/ --One-Winged Hawk 21:38, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I think Unknown should be listed. There's really no point in not having it. Drunk Samurai 20:51, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but I think we should check
When I look in Yonkou page, the list of Yonkou look like 1. "Red-Haired" Shanks 1. Edward Newgate ("Whitebeard") 1. Kaidou 1. Unknown I checked it code, but...

#"Red-Haired" Shanks

#1. Edward Newgate ("Whitebeard")

#1. Kaidou

#1. Unknown

Is that program error?RobertTheodore 06:18, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Seems okay from my end. The list looks like this on my computer:


 * 1. "Red-Haired" Shanks
 * 2. Edward Newgate ("Whitebeard")
 * 3. Kaidou
 * 4. ok it is not confirmed but it makes sense. Garp is talking about the 4 yonkou and we see shadow pictures. big mom is the show up left with the crazy smile so know we have the 3 yonkou that are left

So guys...
Should we rename this article to "Sankou"?--24.255.171.220 15:11, March 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Though he is dead, WB is still a Yonkou even in death. Plus we'veyet to hear them be called that. The name being dropped is the most important thing we need remember. One-Winged Hawk 15:45, March 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's similar to the shichibukai after Crocodile lost his title. The name remained although there were just 6 of them for a while. I think that either somebody will replace Whitebeard as a yonkou or they will be renamed. But until this change will become official, we must keep the name. El Chupacabra 16:20, March 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Note quite. Lets say there is a bandit band consisting of 4 brothers known as the "Brothers Four" or something simular to that. One dies, killed by the local law enforcer. The group will still be the "Brothers Four" even with one dead because a dead brother is still a brother. Trouble is these days, we're so locked into the idea that there must be the number in the groups name. Mostly because its complicated to view it any other way. And I note when Shanks turns up, he is still referred to as a member of the "Yonkou" even though everyone just witnessed one of the other Yonkou die. One-Winged Hawk 10:51, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

Plagiarised?
Did anyone notice that much of this text was copied by narutofanon for their Yonkou article? http://narutofanon.wikia.com/wiki/Yonkou 67.189.204.174 03:39, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

It also shows blatent plagiarising of other anime, and laziness in general. 'Kurosaki' for example.

It doesn't hurt anyone though, it's just another load of awful Fan Fiction. SuicidalSkydiver (talk) 02:15, March 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * I second the "aweful" part. -_-' One-Winged Hawk 10:46, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

"BigMom"
Ok, for all of the people who are flooding in to add the "New" Emperor to this article, Stop. I see on the front page that this article has at least 10 editors right now all jumping in to add the SUPPOSED name of the final Emperor as told in the "Spoiler" we have right now. But there are three very important things you people need to consider:
 * 1 - This wikia has rules against posting spoiler stuff. You aren't allowed to do it until the chapter has been well and fully released
 * 2 - This particular spoiler hasn't been confirmed yet ANYWAY! Usually there are a few spoiler providers to "confirm" the spoiler, and we didn't get that this time, so this one might end up being entirely fake.
 * 3 - It's also not ok to add "BigMom" there with a strike through it that says "NOT CONFIRMED". There should be absolutely nothing there. The name should be entirely absent from the article.

So STOP Adding "BigMom" until the chapter is fully released and it's 100% confirmed that there is someone named "BigMom" in it, and that they are in fact the final Emperor. Thank You. DemonRin 06:26, April 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * "Bigmom" might also be her nickname not her actual name (in fact its obivous) going by the way Shanks and whitebeard tend to get called their nickname more then anything. One-Winged Hawk 06:49, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

Yes but whitebeard wasn't a nickname. we see in one piece people that are not very known by thier names. luffy it's known to the world of op by his nickname strawhat and so on. i'm just saying we have to consider it a possibility. i don't really know japanesse but i made several translation with a dictionary and all said bigmom


 * Actaully "whitebeard" was his nickname, his real name was "Edward Newgate". And Luffy is called "Straw Hat" quite often. One-Winged Hawk 11:43, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

Just a note: the name from the raw is, in katakana, ビッグ・マム biggu mamu. To me, it sounds like it should be "Big Mom", but maybe that's just my American English bias. Daisekihan 19:54, April 14, 2010 (UTC)

Then again, with character names like "Brandnew" and "Very Good", I wouldn't put it past Oda to have a character whose birthname is "Big Mom".24.255.171.220 18:11, April 15, 2010 (UTC)

When do you all think Kaidou and Big Mom will appear? - Copper5

They probably won't be appearing anytime soon. First the Straw hats must get to the new world cuz it looks like none of these two yonkou are coming near paradise anytime soon.

Renaming to Four Emperors
The "Four Emperors" is a proper translation for the Yonko. So it should be renamed to Four Emperors. (And "ou" is double vowels) --Klobis 04:42, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

I'm fine with it, but is there any room for discrepency in the translation? Like, is there any chance it could also translate to "Four Kings" or something like that? 04:52, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

It's true that 皇 kō means both king and emperor, but Garp said the Yonko were the great pirates like "emperors". --Klobis 05:11, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

I checked the translations and (at least the one on the page) it translates into something closer to four royals and 四皇帝 is four emperors. 05:16, May 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Isn't that "royals" an adjective? Yonko still means four emperors. --Klobis 05:50, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

It usually is an adjective but it can also be substituted for the word royalty though that really is only present in the English vernacular, so I guess emperors is alright. 06:01, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

I am very much against renaming it to the four emperors. Yonkou, just like Shichibukai and nakama, are words that should be in japanese on this wikia. 09:33, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

Agreed. There are some words that should be left alone and this is one of them. imho. 09:40, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, but technically, we're still having some discrepancies with "Shichibukai". I know, we said to keep it as it is, but it could be "Seven Worlds" or "Seven Warlords" or something like that. As for Yonkou, what is it written as in the Green databook? Yatanogarasu 10:04, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

I don't think it was written in the Green databook, since we still have nothing from Oda to go on. 23:00, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

Hell no. Pandawarrior said exactly what I would have said. Not to mention it would go against the inconsistency vote. SeaTerror 23:42, May 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * You gonna keep going on about that vote thing? It was said that everything was kept accordingly, and names should be kept at whatever seems right, like "Shichibukai" instead of "Seven Military Seas" or "Seven Warlords", or "Marines" instead of "Kaigun" or "Navy". We just use intuition to see what is the best fit, unless Oda said otherwise. Yatanogarasu 23:57, May 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * If you want complete consistency, why not just use Japanese text for the entire wiki? It's hard to keep consistency with all the mixture between Japanese and English Oda gives us. Yatanogarasu 23:58, May 21, 2011 (UTC)

Then renaming to "Yonko" is better? --Klobis 01:45, May 22, 2011 (UTC)

If we change Yonkou>Four Emperors then we should do the same to Shichibukai>Seven Warlords and Gorosei>Five Elders...I say leave it as it is..Sounds and looks better... 13:49, May 22, 2011 (UTC)

I still say we change it, since they have been refered to as emperors, and Yonkou is easier to translate than Shichibukai. 18:09, May 22, 2011 (UTC)

And what about the Gorosei....?? 18:15, May 22, 2011 (UTC)

I don't remember them being refered to as the "Five Elder Stars" except in the initial translation upon their introduction. 18:19, May 22, 2011 (UTC)

Yonkou is a title of the 4 great pirates from the New World, as long as it is a title, it shouldn't be translated, also many users are used to the word and use it frequently as it is easier to write than Four Emperors. Ricizubi 18:34 (UTC)

Convenience and ease are not the issue here. The issue is whether or not the page should be changed to its actual translation. 20:21, May 22, 2011 (UTC)

No title should ever be translated. SeaTerror 23:40, May 22, 2011 (UTC)

I have no opinion, shichibukai only retains its name from wikipedia because of the 4Kids protest. Shichibukai was chosen as a protest against being forced to adopt the 4Kids version when we were at wikipedia. There was a big argument about it along with if it should be Zolo or Zoro at wikipedia. When we came here, we were more focused on getting set up then debating so like the Marines, we just had a quick vote or whatever we did and agreed upon the name. Since its what... 2004? The vote hardly stands when we're a wikia of about hundred instead of less then a dozen like we were then. Honestly, we if everyone wants to revote on shichibukai, they should say so. The same rule applies here.

This wikia has always suffered from "fans of the Japanese version" mentality, to the point at times we don't challenge anything even if the version is up is wrong. Its only recently we've started doing anything like that. Some of the guidelines related to this are out of date by now anyway... One-Winged Hawk 00:17, May 23, 2011 (UTC)

I am strongly against the renaming of the Yonkou page to the Four Emperors. People have been using that term for a long time and it's sound better than the English term just like we keep using the term Shikibukai.FoolishMortalFOOL 01:40, May 23, 2011 (UTC)

That's completely wrong. The reason Shichibukai retains its name is because that is what most fansubbers use. SeaTerror 03:19, May 23, 2011 (UTC)

Fansubbers also use Jimbei, but we know that isn't right. 15:45, May 23, 2011 (UTC)

Wrong again. Once it was revealed to be Jinbe they changed it. They did the same with other names. SeaTerror 18:43, May 23, 2011 (UTC)

Fansubbers are unofficial, and therefore cannot be taken as official argument. Shichibukai stays as it is due to the Green Databook being unclear of it's Warlord or Worlds, due to that cutoff on the page, we'll change it accordingly once Oda brings up a clearer name. But for Yonkou, I suggest changing it to Four Emperors, like Fishman Karate instead of "Gyojin Karate" or Black Leg Style instead of "Kuroashi no Waza". This also brings up the Santoryu instead of "Three Swords Style". Yatanogarasu 05:50, May 25, 2011 (UTC)

Neither can official companies who translate worse than fansubbers. Yonkou should remain Yonkou because that is 1) What people are use to.

2) What most fansubbers use.

3) No title should ever be translated. SeaTerror 16:14, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

So, should we change it to Gyojin Karate, Kuroashi no Waza, and so on as well? This is just like the nakama thing all over again. Yatanogarasu 23:57, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

The only difference between Yonkou and Nakama is that Yonkou keeps its definition both in translation and context, whereas nakama seems to have a meaning in One Piece other than just friend. 03:54, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

Yep. Or else revote on inconsistency for English only or Japanese only. Except the previous vote said certain exceptions are allowed. SeaTerror 05:29, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

So, should we move this section to a forum, or should we start voting here (or at a forum)? Yatanogarasu 02:46, May 28, 2011 (UTC)

Alright, talk over, it's "Yonko" for now. 22:23, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

No. Fuck that. That's pure bullshit. The talk isn't over just because Klobis moved the goddamn page. SeaTerror 21:27, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Ehm yeah...or in other words: this topic is by no means over, at least I fail to see the consensus here. 20:09, June 8, 2011 (UTC)

I say we leave it for now and come back to it later. 20:34, June 8, 2011 (UTC)

Old Piracy
I believe Linlin was from the previous era, because she calls Garp by his given name rather than with his title too. This shows that Linlin was at the same level as Garp in the past so there is no reason for her to call him like people in the new era.Zero62422002 15:54, December 26, 2011 (UTC)

Not enough evidence to support that. She simply could have known his name. Remember, the whole world learned his, Dragon, and Luffy's family name after Sengoku announced it. She could have learned it then for all we know. 16:02, December 26, 2011 (UTC)

Was Gol D. Roger a Yonko, then?

Chapter/Episode on Yonko Stalemate
Please, what chapter or episode tell us about Yonko stalemate? I believe I've read/heard that, but I can't remember in what chapter/episode.

I've just read this page and seen it talk about that Yonko situation:

"With the Yonko stuck in a deadlock situation, this allowed the world to remain stable."

But there is no source unfortunately. Alelucas (talk) 04:27, May 18, 2013 (UTC)

The fact that they consider themselves enemies yet are not in direct confrontation is indicative of a stalemate. It's common sense. 04:54, May 18, 2013 (UTC)

Ah! OK! Thanks! So there is no manga-anime statement of it that I can use or quote, right? Alelucas (talk) 05:28, May 18, 2013 (UTC)

(by the World Government)
Is that clarification really necessary? Not only the World Government thinks they are the world's strongest pirates, also all other pirates, Marines, people and any character in the series seem to agree. Or have they ever mentioned or at least hinted that might exists a stronger pirate to make necessary this clarification?

Manuel de la Fuente (talk) 14:25, May 20, 2013 (UTC)

Category's
I have to argue on this one. I think we should have more categories for the Yonkou. Such as


 * Pirate captains


 * White beard pirates


 * Bog mom pirates


 * Black beard pirates


 * Red hair pirates

It just seems right.

04:54, January 12, 2014 (UTC)

"Yonko" is a class. All of those categories you listed are for the members of the class. In any event, the Yonko category is already a subcategory of Pirate Captains. 05:10, January 12, 2014 (UTC)

Hmm... I understand what you're talking about. Because of the class, making a warlord group and having dracule mihwak would not make sense. However, about that, why did you erase the current and former I put for the list in the Warlord list?

05:14, January 12, 2014 (UTC)

Subpages generally aren't categorized like other pages, for a start (they're just given a specific subpage category). But also, for the same reason as Yonko: if you go to the categories themselves you'll see that they're just for the actual current and former members of the Shichibukai. "Shichibukai/History" (or "Shichibukai") is not the name of a current or former Shichibukai. 05:22, January 12, 2014 (UTC)

Hmm. Yeah, thanks Zo. I got it.

05:24, January 12, 2014 (UTC)

I thought no photoshopped images were allowed on the wiki

Yet the new pic in the Yonko infobox is clearly photoshopped

(Yonkoluffy (talk) 16:11, September 24, 2015 (UTC))

Name
Not really trying to change the but why is Yonko not translated? Wouldn't be Four Emperors like the English releases have it. I know 四 meams four and it's Japanese and 皇 is Chinese for emperor Meshack (talk) 00:30, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

Titles aren't meant to be translated. Also it was a forum decision. We also use Shichibukai anyway. SeaTerror (talk) 00:32, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

Will you show me the discussion because most of the titles have been translated: Straw Hat (Oda has used Mugiwara), Commander, Pirate King, Gold Emperor, Captain, etc. Meshack (talk) 00:38, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

Those are epithets with the exception of Pirate King. Not titles. Forum:Consistency in Translation SeaTerror (talk) 00:45, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure captain is not an epithet Meshack (talk) 01:23, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

"Eustass "Captain" Kid is a notorious pirate from South Blue and the captain of the Kid Pirates." SeaTerror (talk) 01:25, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

We translated Captain John. I'm in favor of moving it to Four Emperors. 05:26, September 30, 2016 (UTC)


 * Wasn't it because Captain John was what translator gave us at the time. Pardon me saying so the name "Captain John" was the only name I knew him as. Hell, I didn't even known myself if "Captain" was English or Japanese. It wasn't one of those cases like Odr where we had to choose from a dozen names, they all pretty from what I can remember threw up the same consistant name. :-/ One-Winged Hawk (talk) 09:47, October 14, 2016 (UTC)

The page captain is no about Kid's epithet but the role.

That will only work if you bump the forum. Also captain is technically a rank and ranks get translated. SeaTerror (talk) 08:46, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

As ST has said, "Four Emperors" is technically a rank (like Pirate King) and ranks get translated. 104.238.32.97 09:01, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

I thought we specifically decided not to translate yonko and shichibukai because they're comparable with for example shogun or shogunate. Translating them would be a mouthful, and there's nothing wrong with the untranslated names as it is. 10:45, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

Random trolling attempt by a random IP. Also what AoD said. Just read the forum. SeaTerror (talk) 11:36, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

This is basically going to boil down to one option if we poll. Do people want everything Japanese on this wiki translated or not. One big page like this and it'll be a chain reaction.

11:43, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

I'm completely split on this one, but people are making good arguments on both sides, so keep the discussion going. I don't think it's fair to say we'll be "translating everything" if we go this route, because I'm curious as to what this means for articles like Haki and it's three colors. Knowing that might affect people's decision about Yonko and Shichibukai. 12:06, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

I read the forum. There's no poll in it. The point is that your attempt to distinguish things by title/epithet/rank is completely nonsensical because everything is on a case-by-case basis.

If Yonko isn't translated to Four Emperors because it's a mouthful, then why is Three Sweet Commanders translated? 104.238.32.6 12:08, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

I'm neutral on this, but what about as rule of thumb to not translate One Piece original terms? Although I honestly don't know what qualifies as such, so might just solve nothing.

Honestly, while I personally prefer Yonko, and most people use Yonko, we should be consistent on what languages we use for titles. I would rather we not use San Dai Seiryoku, Kaizoku O, Taisho, Saigai, or Suito San Shosei. You could make a legitimate case to keep Shichibukai since it translates to Sevin Military Seas, but Yonko has a pretty clean translation. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 12:25, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

We already decided to use Yonko and Shichibukai on the forum. Yonko can be used as a title while "Emperor" becomes generic and forces us to go "Kaido of the Four Emperors" or something everytime instead of just Yonko Kaido. The whole fanbase uses Yonko. 13:25, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

I just brought this up because I wasn't too sure on what should be translated and what should not be. I personally think Yonko should be translated because World Noble is translated and other titles have been. But then again, I do not know what titles should be translated. Isn't Shichibukai translated in a guidebook or something? Meshack (talk) 13:30, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

No disrespect to anyone. But what does it serve to have an english wiki without translated titles. It would be akin to calling Luffy by his romanji name. I'm not saying call them by "dub names" or names created by the dub for the dub. But if the english dub calls them the Four Emperors and the Japanese translates to the four Emperors what is the issue necessarily -- 13:50, September 30, 2016 (UTC)


 * The same reason we call a shogun a shogun and not a "Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians". Same thing with samurai. A bit cheesy comparison, but I'm just trying to say that things shouldn't necessarily always be translated. We have the freedom to call it a yonko. 14:07, September 30, 2016 (UTC)
 * Well I respect your rules and admins have the final say. I can understand your views. I assume its like DBZ's Kaio, not being literally called "Realm Kings" but "Kaio" to respect the series. Okay. Just wanted to know, thanks! ^_^ NWG (talk


 * Admins don't necessarily have the final say in discussions like these. We can't force down a decision unto people like that, so don't worry. You can still fight for your views without fearing an admin's judgement (don't exaggerate though :P). 10:33, October 2, 2016 (UTC)


 * From what I've seen over the years from odd visits to other wikia... Wikias that the admins become too heavy handed with and bossy over editors cause editors to leave. The ones where the Admins and bureaucrats relax a little are usually better. That said, there was a time I can at last recall a bureaucrat here DID step in but this was because the editor involved was pushing an idea and it became obivous their intentions were not of the best interests of the wikia, but rather their own...  This is the sort of thing when a member of the wikia staff, however, really has no choice but to put their foot down. Give credit to this wikia its always allowed freedom of vote to go ahead.  Even just lurking I saw this a lot. While it can always go to re-vote, the outcome is not certain to be any different.  There is a history behind some of the translations on this wikia that even that discussion embodies. One-Winged Hawk (talk) 09:47, October 14, 2016 (UTC)

"Yonko" is both a group and a title for those within the group. "Four Emperors" can only be used to refer to group - for the title, we'd have to use the generic term "Emperor" which is not only unspecific but would get confusing with the "Pirate Empress" Hancock. Also, what AoD said. 14:27, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

Leave it as Yonko 14:37, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

If you read the forum then you would have known clear majorities don't need polls. SeaTerror (talk) 20:18, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

Please stop using the older forum like that. "We should do it this way because that's what we decided to do before" is a fallacy and you all know it. It's okay to look at the forum for examples of arguments, but the forum itself is not an argument. 21:28, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

By that logic we should be going back to double vowels now since the decision not to use them was on an old forum. SeaTerror (talk) 21:53, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

If someone wanted to make a case for double vowels, I'd hear them out, but I don't think anybody's changed their minds since then. 23:00, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

The point is that there was no fallacy. We made a decision on the forum. If somebody wants to change it then they have to bump the forum. SeaTerror (talk) 23:12, September 30, 2016 (UTC)

"Note: This topic has been archived because the discussion is considered solved. Do not add to it unless it really needs to be reopened. Consider creating a brand new forum instead."

No bumps are necessary. Discussion here, on the appropriate talk page is fine. Besides, if you read the actual page and the opinions of each person, you'll see that there was no such 'clear majority'. The people at the start of the discussion all wanted 'Four Emperors' (except ST), and the people at the end all wanted 'Yonko', giving the illusion that there was more support for keeping as is than there was. All that followed was premature closure by an admin, and no-one wanting to argue further about it at that time. 104.238.45.72 03:59, October 1, 2016 (UTC)


 * What are you talking about? No one here said anything about it being closed already, except the new guy. 10:33, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

We can change it to Four Emperors without having any syntax or translation issues. We can simply say "Kaido of the Four Emperors" or "He's one of the Four Emperors". We do translate names and titles, see Straw Hat Pirates and any Marine rank. As for the chain reaction concern, not every decision needs to be applied universally. We can vote here, no need to go through hoops to reopen an archived forum. 09:51, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

"Titles are weird, because sometimes people translate them and other times they don't. Like the Japanese Shogun for example- some people do call them "Military Generals", as it literally translates to, but most people just go with "Shogun" or "Shogunate". SeaTerror (talk) 10:47, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

yeeeeaaah just keep Yonko. 19:54, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

Well Sea Terror Shogun and Shogunate as far as I know are now english words. I found them in an English Dictionary. Dimension Creator (talk) 22:03, October 2, 2016 (UTC)Dimension Creator


 * They're Japanese titles untranslated in the English language. 22:13, October 2, 2016 (UTC)


 * Note; this sort of word is known as a "loanword". In fact the English language is made up of only about 10-30,000 English words and the rest is ALL loanwords.  The more you know! ^_^ One-Winged Hawk (talk) 09:47, October 14, 2016 (UTC)


 * English dictionaries only have English words. So if it is in one than it is an English word regardless if it's origins.Dimension Creator (talk) 22:38, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

And? SeaTerror (talk) 22:42, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

What I am saying is that there is no need to "translate" Shogun as it is an English word.Dimension Creator (talk) 22:45, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

In the One Piece universe there are other emperors/empresses such as Boa Hancock (Remember how fans kept thinking she was a Yonko because she was an empress?). Yonko is a specific title for the four most notorious and most powerful pirate captains in the world, while emperor itself refers to a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire. The latter definition can apply to many people and can cause confusion if we translate it literally. So leaving it as Yonko would be best 01:54, October 14, 2016 (UTC)


 * "In the One Piece universe there are other emperors/empresses such as Boa Hancock"
 * You just named the only one. Yes, there are words that are different in Japanese that are synonyms in English. Sencho/taicho/taisa are all "captain" with different meanings, but how many people get confused and think Luffy's a Marine Captain? Your argument is that one single moment of confusion (which is dispelled the moment the Four Emperors page is visited) is enough to justify keeping something untranslated sitewide. If that's the case why not leave everything untranslated where the Japanese uses multiple subtly different words for things that are treated the same as English? 104.238.45.96 08:09, October 14, 2016 (UTC)


 * @anon, while I understand what you are saying, consider what I said below on translating the title. The trouble with translating to English is highlighted by yourself; a neumber of words can all carry the same translation.  In their native language, however, they would not be equal titles, and would have varying strength of meaning.  From an Emperor who ws basically our equal to a King, to one who countries several kings. I have always been a fan of untranslation, for there is no wrong in the original Japanese word, and it gives us a chance to explain the meaning of the Japanese, providing a free lesson in linguistics, phonetics and etomypm.


 * Perhaps I've been in the Vocaloid fandom too long, as their wikia relies heavily on Japanese and English sounds and words that have to be explained from time to time... Their reliance on having to explain every little detail on language is something I've come to appreciate. Remember a wikia is not just there to document information, but to retell it. This is why we connect to wikipedia to explain terms we can't here.


 * For the most part... I don't see why there is any fuss here, but as I've explained before, my anti-4Kids bias may be leaking through on the matter when it comes to the Japanese versus English terms. Even without this in mind, One Piece is based on a Japnaese anime/manga, not a western animation; how far from the original translations do you want to insist we go here on everything? Even if I was not bias about what went down with 4Kids, I myself would object to that idea more now as a simple editor, then I did as a founding one, on removing ever instance of the Japanese language in use here on the wikia.  The wikia has changed both face and faces, but some of its original ideas have their merit on very good intentions, this is one of them. One-Winged Hawk (talk) 09:04, October 14, 2016 (UTC)

Okay, I actually don't remember much, but I can give a gander on the origins of going for "Yonko".

So... Back in the day, there was a LOT of protest over English-ing names, likely because we were still gutted over 4Kids and "Navy".

Like the Shichibukai... To avoid choosing a side in it, we did not translate the name as it was just easily to say "follow the Japanese version!". Translations created imperfection, as there wasn't a 100% match to English. Even now, remember that "emperor" is merely the nearestEnglish translation *we* as English speakers can get to, just as "Damashii" being translated to "spirit" or "soul" is likewise a imperfect but another nearest translation. Hell, we even had that old order of using names that went "manga-> anime-> video game->" etc to determine what name came first as preference over all other sources as part of this. So "yonko" was chosen for the same reason as Shichibuai as our chosen editor instincts told us to match it to that format. You could not be wrong with Schichibukai, but you cold be wrong with "the 7 Warlords of the sea" or whatever 4Kids was using. :-/

But... I can't tell you anything else then that. In fact, from what I can say to put myself back when yonko was written, it wouldn't have even been discussed by that point. We'd had gone for it without discussion or thought as we'd always done it since day 1 of opening this wikia. And thats something I can tell you as a founder. I can't say much other then I know why we would have gone with the name.

And it all goes back to 4Kids and their B****** useless translation... Erm... excuse the language... 4Kids... I censored it for the kiddies here, but the feelings of dealing with wikipedia *insistence* of using their names over Japanese alwys did urk me. And if it still has this feeling from me dspite my blog today explaining the situation with my memory. Well, you can only imagine what it would have been like back in 2006 when we were laying out the basics that led to "yonko" when it appear right? We really were in a humph. And don't forget, one of the reasons we left wikipedia was over the long, boring and pointless discussions over "Zolo" versus "Zoro" (the rest was their deletion of content, but thats not important to this discussion).

I... Still prefer this method, as I still stand by voiding a translation and keeping the Japanese is the most accurate name over English translations. But this is merely my opinion. One-Winged Hawk (talk) 05:10, October 14, 2016 (UTC)