Thread:KrytenKoro/@comment-35109290-20180716165043/@comment-35109290-20190820072022

So what you are saying is "there is literally no way we can accept any CANONICALLY GIVEN (stated DIRECTLY IN THE BOOKS, OFFICIAL SOURCES, ETC.) info on the ages (even things like how the Digimon PSP chart has Hikari stating re: her and Takeru, "we're the same age!") unless you give us clear scans and /break down all of the kanji for us/ even though ... that's literally what the translators DO for this fandom. I understand that might have been in issue with the OWG sub but if I recall correctly, that was subbed YEARS ago. Onkei's Japanese has clearly improved to the point where they're translating entire full novels, and they're the only one doing it for the fandom. By the way, I asked Onkei on twitter, just to restate, since it seems this was missed the first time. THEY DO allow using their translations for things like references, quotes, etc. with credit, and you don't need to ask them for that, though they appreciated when I did. So even "the translator has to give us permission!" isn't an excuse.

Look, I'm sorry. I understand Wikia has rules but that's a little too extreme and controlling for a DIGIMON WIKIA.

I'm sure you're aware of Wikimon.net. Even they use these sources for their information.

"I have an extremely busy life". You seem to be too busy to run this Wiki then, if you can't even quickly look over translations and the official books and confirm the information for yourself?

The translators also have very busy lives. Do you know how hard it is to scan that many pages of such long books for references? They're obviously not going to do that. Which means the burden of "proving" this info falls on me. I would have to physically buy the books and scan them myself. And then it would take my own money and TIME for ME to do.

And look, I'm sorry. Most ages are stated with their numbers clearly seen within the books. If I bought the books, they'd have THIS EXACT INFORMATION. I'd rather save my money, but it's extremely frustrating that this Wiki can't just update the sources on the ages that they're missing on the characters' direct pages.

https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Digimon_Adventure_02/Appendices/Ages_and_grades

You even have a page for this information right here.

I'm sorry if I sound a little harsh too, but this is proving to be a constant problem for the fanbase because no one, especially those newer to the series who haven't picked up on all the timeline notes yet, can seem to understand the characters' ages at a glance. This is because most of them aren't aware of all the timeline references nor understand the school system. Fixing the ages references would help with this, but you're refusing to accept them unless you have scans, demanding the scanner take money and time out of their day to do so to provide you with these.

When a simple google search is made, THIS WIKIA COMES UP FIRST. Wikimon is usually not noticed by them. Thus, actually updating the information here would be very useful for the fanbase.

You'll realize reading upthread I first contacted about this situation in summer of 2018. It still has not been resolved, and I am losing my own patience on the matter, as you are clearly unwilling to work something out that's actually reasonable for the Wikia and this fandom.

G-SANtos, the novels are on Onkei's site, if you can search them up. It seems the wikia ruins the links somehow when they're linked.