Talk:Ishii Tatuya

Name

His websites and covers say "Tatuya" instead of "Tatsuya", so shouldn't the spelling be changed accordingly? [1] [2] --Lambchopsuey 13:12, 27 April 2010 (CDT)

This is a common Japanese romanization, but not in Western romanization. It's because when you type つ, it's faster to type "tu" as opposed to "tsu." I've noticed when I romanize things I catch myself doing it as well. I nominate it stays. We typically go off what gets more Google hits, at least at the old Wiki. Tatsuya pulls up 800k more results than Tatuya. (I still say we do this for Hirakawachi, but that seems to be an old argument.) ~ Wapiko 13:46, 27 April 2010 (CDT)

Well, we do have pages that use the official romanization, like Kitano Kie and Siori. --Lambchopsuey 14:02, 27 April 2010 (CDT)

I like to keep him as Tatsuya instead of Tatuya because they are the same and Tatuya sound odd to me. Seph 19:22, 27 April 2010 (CDT)

Hey, when I originally made the Kitano Kii page I made it as Kii. xD I still refuse to romanize it the "official" way because it looks like I should be pronouncing it きえ. If you want to make a redirect page for Ishii Tatuya, by all means, but I don't think it should be the real page just because his promoters use a far-less used romanization of his name. We're going for English-speaking visitors here, and the majority are not going to be searching for him using "Tatuya." (tATu? ot) ~ Wapiko 22:09, 27 April 2010 (CDT)

In that case... I claim to move Yazima Biyoushitsu's page to Yajima! XD I reaally hate it.--Pizca 01:15, 28 April 2010 (CDT)

But he chose to have his name spelled as Tatuya. Keeping it as it is would be like having Porno Graffitti as "Porno Graffiti", or Ashlee Simpson on Wikipedia as "Ashley Simpson". Anyone searching for "Tatsuya" would be redirected, anyway. (btw, I agree with Kie looking like きえ, but I think it should stay for the reasons that I have said for Tatuya.) --Lambchopsuey 06:53, 28 April 2010 (CDT)

You make a good point, but it's not like it says "Ashley Simpson" on her birth certificate (or does it?), much like (if it is his real name) it says 石井竜也 for Tatsuya, not "ISHII TATUYA." Regardless, it should remain as is. In the past we always based it on what got the most search results and last/first name order (for example), and I don't think that should change because everything is still consistent. If it has changed, I think it's a mistake. It used to be whenever I typed in an artist's name and "wiki" after it, ThePPN would be on the very first page of results, normally in the top three (along with Wikipedia and DramaWiki when applicable). When I do this now, I can't find JpopStop at all. ~ Wapiko 09:16, 28 April 2010 (CDT)