Talk:Manga

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To-do list for Manga: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022-10-02 Check for grammatical and spelling errors. General copyediting for clarity and ease of reading Just leaving a comment: This line "The history of manga is said to originate from scrolls dating back to the 12th century, and it is believed they represent the basis for the right-to-left reading style" is just awful. It really needs careful consideration. 1) Is said by whom? Are you referring to Choju Giga? If so, why not say so? I'd rather you didn't though, as this is an incredibly loose use of "manga" as meaning any comic image.... If you say "manga in the sense of comic image" though, you could get away with it. 2) The "basis of the right-to-left reading style" comment is just horrendously bad!! I mean laughably, ridicule-worthy awful! Have you never heard of China?? Right-to-left is the norm for reading Chinese texts, transferred to Japan, and of course this norm converts to reading images. Moreover, there are scrolls WAY before the 12th century that are visual and read right to left, such as the 9th c Karma Scroll. 3) Be creative.

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The manga industry's net worth and what this means

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As I noticed that the manga industry is worth several billion US dollars something unexpected was drawn irreversibly to my attention, and what I found is: that the US dollars can be divided in parts while the Japanese yen is a simple large number. It is 3.6 versus 406. Although money is imaginary the difference is not. Money, money money. Speling12345 (talk) 2:59, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 November 2023

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175.107.227.98 (talk) 08:13, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Tollens (talk) 08:46, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

1. alex, wolkre (30 June 2023). "16 meilleurs personnages d'anime avec des tatouages". MaxStarter (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2023.

Should we remove the "External links" section altogether?

There is a comment as follows in the page's Wikitext under the External links section:

<!-- {{No more links}} Please be cautious adding more external links. Wikipedia is not a collection of links and should not be used for advertising. Excessive or inappropriate links will be removed. See [[Wikipedia:External links]] and [[Wikipedia:Spam]] for details. If there are already suitable links, propose additions or replacements on the article's talk page. --> <!-- See Discussion for more details: Do Not Add Links -->

While I agree with this, as the page appears now, the "External links" section is completely empty. I would suggest removing the section altogether while leaving the Wikitext message as to avoid it being added back. Any thoughts on this? Alxeedo ゐ talk 02:45, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have gone ahead and removed the section. Feel free to discuss here if there is a reason to add it back. Alxeedo ゐ talk 21:25, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2025

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The subtext: "‹ The template below (Culture of Japan) is being considered for merging with Japan topics. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. ›" is causing the whole article to shift below 3 infoboxes. Please move the section just below hatnote to fix this. Nazah Rayeed (talk) 02:52, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done: I removed the template entirely since I couldn't find another feasible way to keep it in and also make the article look decent. IMO it's more disruptive than not in its current state at TfD with that subtext. However, if someone else has a better solution, feel free to do it. jolielover♥talk 04:22, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done now by Cowboygilbert, thanks! jolielover♥talk 04:26, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sidebars and navboxes

There are 4 sidebars and 5 navboxes in this article. I think that's way more than enough navigation aids.

I despise sidebars; they cause issues with MOS:SANDWICH and prevent us from including more pictures in articles by taking up space for tangential content. grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 04:20, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 5 October 2025

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2001:8F8:1161:74:ADDE:EEBF:D5A5:444 (talk) 03:04, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It’s not from Japan

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. — 🪫Volatile ^{📲T | ⌨️C} 03:20, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]