User talk:Prophecy

Citing

Actually, my citations are pretty basic, especially compared with Dekkappai's. :) The Honorable 01:16, 12 April 2008 (EDT)

I just wanted to let you know that you're doing a fine job. The article on Arkadia, for one, is very nicely done. The Honorable 21:39, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

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Thank you! It was my first article. I don't know how these talk pages work so far, so this is a test. I hope you get my reply.

Hm... I got here because I'm often using Boobpedia as a reference for my Natural Big Tits Directory I'm running on FreeOnes:

Current version (may be followed by newer posts in the future): http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?p=2107943#post2107943

As you can see, I have listed many many models who aren't on Boobpedia yet, so now that I managed to write my first article, I hope that I'll find the time to write more. I only have to take care that I do not make circle references. :-)

I have an important question/suggestion:

What always struck me is that Boobpedia hasn't got a category for "Bra size". It's always difficult to add a bra size (consisting of band and cup size) to an article, because it doesn't really fit in the "measurements" entry, and in "cup size" it's not correct either. But I think it's very important. A woman wearing a 40D bra hasn't got really big breasts compared with her overall body measurements, but a 32D cup can be considered as quite big. So my suggestion is:

Why not make a template for the bra size? (I don't know how to do this so far) The cup size can be included in this template, so it remains searchable. Something like:

{ { brasize|band=34|cup=D } }

The band size can remain optional (if possible), so if people only know the cup size, they can just enter the cup size.

This way we could avoid all the various entries in the "measurements" field. Correct data for a woman with a 34D bra would be for example:

measurements: 38-26-36 (with no cup or bra size added)

bra size: 34D (because 34 + D as fourth letter makes 38, following the generally known method to calculate a bra size which Boobpedia lists itself)

People could still enter "free" data if they are not familiar with bra sizes, but for those who like to be correct, the bra size template would help a lot. I think a page named "boobpedia" should offer this possibility.

Regards

Prophecy

I'll have to think about that, as I'm not sure I understand bra sizes well enough to do something like that yet. :) Also, I've taken bnarod.ru off the spamfilter for now -- I assume they're just a free hosting site? The Honorable 09:13, 19 April 2008 (EDT)

Thanks for Rimma! I just edited the page now. As for the bra sizes: Perhaps I'll make a suggestion when I know how to do templates. Or am I not allowed to define one as a normal user? --Prophecy 14:09, 19 April 2008 (EDT)

Sure, regular users can create templates too. I suggest studying Wikipedia's templates -- since there are so many, there's bound to be something there that you can build on. The Honorable 01:32, 20 April 2008 (EDT)

Biobox

I've added ModelMayhem (and YouTube) to the biobox; just add modelmayhem=whatever-their-id-number-is. The Honorable 13:39, 20 April 2008 (EDT)

This is great, thank you! Just a little thing: Model Mayhem is written in two words (see top banner at their page, only the URL is written in one word. Would be nice if you adapted this in the biobox text (ModelMayhem -> Model Mayhem). Thanks! Prophecy 15:52, 20 April 2008 (EDT)

Quotations

Italicized quotes are fine. Personally, I prefer indented but non-italicized, but italicized quotes are so common here and on Wikipedia that it's pointless for me to singlehandedly try and change things. :) The Honorable 19:22, 21 April 2008 (EDT)

FreeOnes

Either of your suggestions is fine. I don't think FreeOnes has an affiliate program of their own; I always assumed they were mostly a collection of affiliate links to other sites. Not that there's anything wrong with that... The Honorable 21:53, 23 April 2008 (EDT)

Redirects

For identical/similar names that are uncommon, like Samantha Fox, I usually do a disambiguation page à la Wikipedia. For common first names, disambiguation pages probably wouldn't get kept up to date, so I've been moving articles about, say, "Jane," to "Jane (example.com)" and deleting the redirect, so that someone searching for "Jane" gets the search result, and not just whichever Jane happened to get their article at Jane. (If I'm not explaining this well, let me know. :) The Honorable 20:44, 24 April 2008 (EDT)

• That's exactly how I would handle similar/identical names. Ideally there would be *some* way to differentiate multiple Isabellas; if there's only one who's well known as just "Isabella," "Isabella (adult model)" might work as an article title. Also, how many SuicideGirls have "common" names? Reagan and Apnea come to mind... :)

Japanese bra sizes

Thanks, Prophecy-- Actually, I'd seen your work in this area and was about to leave a comment. Sorry, I don't know how the Japanese sizes convert-- My wife is Korean, and they use A-B-C over there for cup-sizes, but metric for the measurements. (B was the highest commonly-available size at local shops when I lived there, so my wife had to make her lingerie purchases around the U.S. posts ;-). One thing I wanted to point out about the Japanese though is that they give an upper-bust, and an under-bust measurement, which is the ribcage. (This would be very useful in calculating actual boobage-- and I remember for a short time in the late '80s there was a time when magazines would give a difference between the two in their statistics). For example THIS profile of Aki Tomosaki gives her bust measurement (100cm) and then cup-underbust measurement (G-cup, 70cm). This is a fairly common way of listing measurements-- especially with the bustier models-- so implementing it in your template might be a good idea. Sorry I couldn't be more help in this fascinating area of research, but I encourage you to continue, and will take time to look into your template and its usage. Cheers! Dekkappai 18:26, 30 April 2008 (EDT)