User:Juwhit/sandbox

Article Evaluation:

I evaluated the Studio Ghibli article.

Overall great structure- succinct description of the studio. Covers the history, key players, kept the content of the studio itself removed from anything regarding the staff.

One thing I had initially thought the article was lacking (but realized that would have been an incorrect inclusion and thus why it is not there) is the mention of Miyazaki's strong political statements and actions. But upon realizing that in fact that would be bad content for the page I noticed the page does a great job of keeping things agnostic.

Doesn't try to hide Miyazaki's several "retirements" since none have them have ended up being retirements.

Some statements have misaligned citations, stacking a handful in one spot and leaving other sections uncited. This is a somewhat confusing method to display information given that we read linearly.

Potential articles for contribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8Dzoku and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop#Japan

The Bosozoku article is pretty messy overall and could benefit from some general housekeeping (noted by the laundry list of issues listed up top). The Kpop in Japan section could use a little more information on potential tensions between Japan and Korean wave. Also it could use some additional citations/sources.

2/22 Bosozoku article plan. The main thing I would like to tackle is the citation list, there are only a few citations and considering the amount of content in the page itself there is a lot of missing citations. I can use the scholarly documentation found in the library database to look into to prove/disprove claims or simply attach a source to information. The lead section is a single sentence, this can be expanded with more information and adding summations of the content already there. The header claims there are weasel words, I would like to go in and do some rewording/removing of biased phrasing. Hopefully in finding more sources some of the original research and speculative materials issues can be addressed.

The four sources that popped out were http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A473703712/ITOF?u=marriottlibrary&sid=ITOF&xid=0cd08f0c http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A241628561/ITOF?u=marriottlibrary&sid=ITOF&xid=1c6636e3 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011128793039003002 https://search.proquest.com/docview/303443061/previewPDF/C731040387154733PQ/1?accountid=14677

These four articles have a good broad spectrum of information about the history and culture, including a more recent article (2016) about how the culture is vanishing. These are of course good spots to springboard off of and I intend to use any sources cited within to dig further to see what else I can unearth. One of the articles is a hobby-grade publication but one that is well versed in the Japanese automotive scene so I believe it can still bring insightful information. I would like to add more information to the article, as well as looking into citations to verify information, and adding more inline citations for consistency. I believe these articles will be the basis for providing information to fill out the lead section and clear up some of the wording.

Bosozoku header

Bōsōzoku (暴走族, literally "running-out-of-control (as of a vehicle) tribe") is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized motorcycles. The first appearance of these types of biker gangs was in the 1950s with Bōsōzoku's predecessor, the kaminari zoku (雷族, "Thunder Tribe"). Popularity climbed throughout the 1980s and 1990s, peaking at an estimated 42,510 members in 1982.Their numbers dropped dramatically in the 2000s with a reported number of under 7,297 members in 2012.

Bōsōzoku style traditionally involves jumpsuits similar to those of manual laborers or leather military jackets with baggy pants, and tall boots. This uniform became known as the tokkō-fuku (特攻服, "Special Attack Clothing")and is often adorned with kanji slogans. Typical accessories to this uniform are Hachimaki , surgical masks, and patches displaying the Japanese Imperial Flag. Bōsōzoku members are known for taking a Japanese Road Bike and adding modifications such as over sized fairings, lifted handle bars shifted inwards, large seat backs, extravagant paint jobs, and modified mufflers. Bōsōzoku styles take inspiration from American Choppers and Greasers.

Stereotypes and media characterizations

The tokkō-fuku is usually worn open with no shirt underneath, exposing their bandaged torsos and baggy, matching pants tucked inside tall boots. Tokkō-fuku in Japanese means "Special Attack Uniform", which is the uniform of the Kamikaze pilots, the Tokkō-tai (特攻隊, "Special Attack Battalion"). These tokkō-fuku uniforms are typically adorned with militaristic slogans, patriotic rising sun patches, or ancient Chinese characters. The uniform is often be accompanied by a Tasuki, a look inspired by Japanese World War II fighter pilots.

Leather jackets embroidered with club/gang logos, and even full leather suits are also seen as common elements of the bōsōzoku look. Other items in the bōsōzoku attire usually include round sunglasses, long hachimaki headbands also with battle slogans and a pompadour hairstyle usually attributed to either the greaser/rocker look or a look that tends to be associated with yakuza thugs. The punch perm hairstyle and Surgical masks are also considered common bōsōzoku attire.

Vehicles

Bōsōzoku-style customized motorcycle

Bōsōzoku are known to modify their motorcycles in peculiar and showy ways, which are called Kaizōsha (改造車,"Modified Vehicles"). The general style of bōsōzoku bike modification appears to combine elements of an American chopper bike and a British café racer, such as raised handle bars like those on a chopper or oversized fairings like those found on café racers (though bōsōzoku usually fit them much higher on the bike than their original position, and angled upwards at the front).

A typical customized bōsōzoku bike starts off by taking an average 250-400cc Japanese road bike, adding a shugo exhaust system (multiple tube header), squeezing the handlebars inwards (known as shibori), and addingh a 3 or 4-trumpet horn- sanren or yonren, respectively . Loud paint schemes on the fenders or the gas tanks with motifs such as flames or kamikaze-style "rising sun" designs are also quite common. The bikes will often be adorned with stickers and/or flags depicting the gang's symbol or logo. .

There are also marked regional differences in motorcycle modifications. For example, Ibaraki bōsōzoku are known to modify their motorcycles in an extensively colorful, flashy way. They will often have three or four oversized fairings in a tower-like way in and an abundance of lights.

Bōsōzoku motorcycles are often confused with Kaido Racer car modifications. In America it is common to hear Kaido Racers referred to as "Bosozoku", though this is not the case. They can often seem similar and can be seen on highways together in Japan, though they are two different things. More extreme "silhouette style" Kaido Racers often take inspiration from old race cars of the 80s. They add wide bodykits and huge wings, resembling the Group 5 "Special Production Cars" of the 1970s.