Forum:Renaming; without explaination and supplying evidence

Okay, recently *some* of the renaming has been done correctly via these forums. However, due to Klobis' actions one of the reasons I stopped coming was this; the green data book can out confirming names but Klobis did neither supply evidence of the name confirmation to justify renaming nor did Klobis state where the new name came from.

Not everyone read green and in my case I thought names were previously confirmed, now in some cases they don't even have names. For instance, previously, "Jaya" was supplied for "Nola"'s mother, yet now its "Child of..." whatever the god of the Shandians was. If I look at the scanlations, Jaya IS the given name for this character, which either means that is the snakes name or that the translations is wrong. Yet when I corrected the name, Klobis returned it to "Child of..." without supplying the evidence why. This is one of those times a RAW helps explain and I'm sure Klobis seems to have it, but why was it not shown? It should have bee, correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not a reglaur anymore.

And this isn't a one off case, if it was I wouldn't have been raising the issue. We USED to do this and I want the practice re-inforced. Further more, Klobis has also been caught renaming articles to what Klobuis suspects is the correct translation, with no evidence supplied or explaination.

Heres what I want done; From now in, no one can rename a article without supply evidence, and when renaming happens you must supply the source of the name. At least list the name on Name Variants, thats what the page was set up for! In fact, the notion we're slacking and not using this page at all is starting to make get noticed.

Heres what I was aiming to get on the page: Chew

See how Chew's snap shot of his name is written on the page?

Now there are lots of renaming discussions going on, those are fine, I don't want to interfer, I just want to prevent the actions of a few editors who can't even be bothered to inform the rest of us what their doing. It upset and annoyed me then and I've been less inclined to stick around here. I'm all for the correct name, but its the renaming without evidence and explaination that got to me. I don't think I have the full 100% right to host a vote anymore, so someone else will have to host this, but I thought I'd bring the issue up.

This simple request will make all the difference. Also, the evidence must end up in that characters "Translation and Dub Issues" section, if theres none, there must be one added. This is save the less informed peeps a lot of hassle. ^_- One-Winged Hawk 13:50, May 8, 2011 (UTC)

Discussion
I completely agree with One-Winged Hawk. In a lot of cases, I don't even know whether a name is "official" or not... This should always be specified in an article, not mandatorily with a "scan proof", but at least with a mention of the source. (That was in my long-term todolist, actually.) Of course this is even more important if the page is renamed. sff9 (talk) 14:07, May 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * I left the documentation of the translation problems of Mihawk's name on his page for the same reason, to explain what problems were previously, why they existed and what ultimately WAS the correct information. It actually adds to the page anyway so its not a problem if we discuss this on the page. One-Winged Hawk 14:12, May 8, 2011 (UTC)

I agree to always provide the source of the official name or the reason why the article was renamed. On Koala's example, I didn't know why she was treated as a girl while on Mangastream translation (the only avaible at the moment) was a boy untill I found a link to AP Forum. But I don't understand, are you saying to add a "Translation and dub issues" section on every article with this kind of problems and upload an image with the soure of the official name? Well, I'm not against it, but I don't think it's necessary for every page (like Koala). I think this is what, at least, must always be done:
 * If the renaming is done by who knows Japanese and doesn't agree with the spelling of the fan translation group, he has to tell his reason in the talk page, but he can rename the article (on trust). If someone else disagrees with his reason then the topic must be discussed in the talk page or in a forum.
 * Specify the official source (chapter/databook or another source) on the article, like a reference or in the "Translation and dub issues" section, or in the talk page and when avaible, provide the link to the source.
 * For rather problematic translation issues (like Jinbe, Mihawk...) adding a picture (or the link to a picture) where the official romanization is shown is the best solution. leviathan_89  14:51, May 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, in the case of editors like Klobis, who virtually never state where the "correction" is coming from, I differently need to know where the new name is coming from. And yes, I don't mean add that section in all cases, just when a rename occurs or a data book brings up the issue. Some like Zoro and Luffy don't need explaining by now. One-Winged Hawk 15:20, May 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * They don't need explaining, but one could be interested in knowing the source of these names' official romanization. sff9 (talk) 15:34, May 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Who don't need explaining? If a databook comes up, then making a reference or post in the talk page at least "according to One Piece Green" is the minimum required... leviathan_89  16:25, May 8, 2011 (UTC)

Can we confirm right here who has what source? That makes life much easier in my point of view... I have all the Japanese volumes and Databooks. 15:37, May 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Me too (as files). leviathan_89  16:25, May 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * I had only a handful of raws and scanalations, up until editors with a good supply of raws came along, thats what a lot of us older editors were lumpered with. That... And the curse of 4Kids lol. One-Winged Hawk 16:28, May 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * I do have raws for blue and red data books somewhere, heaven knows which computer I've owned though. One-Winged Hawk 16:29, May 8, 2011 (UTC)