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[Hoshi]

Hi @jdawg221

 

Continuing the topic here to keep things tidy into a single feedback thread. 

 

Can you explain a little bit more what you do not like with the artisan description? 

 

Your screenshot came from this artisan: 

 

https://nihontowatch.com/artists/yoshinobu-YOS648

 

As a side note, there was an issue affecting scholarly citations on a handful of artisans causing Japanese text to become intermingled in parenthesis. The artisan in question is Hizen Yoshinobu, a member of the Hizen Tadayoshi school. Thanks for bringing this up, it's fixed. 

 

Regarding the Artist pages, I set myself two goals: 

 

Scholarly accuracy

All descriptions are sourced from the most up to date books and NBHTK records, and should in principle be remarkably accurate. You can click the citation markers (all citations are verbatim and verified) and find it in your personal library. 

 

 

That said, there can be errors (and we've gone a long way already). The general rule is: the less scholarly material available, the less the data is reliable. So it's perfectly possible that something on Yoshinobu is not accurate. Is there anything that seems off to you based on your knowledge of the Hizen tradition? 

 

Beginner Accessibility

You can also click on specific technical words to bring up their meaning. This is something I found particularly frustrating when I was a beginner in the field. Now with inline explanation, the field is just much more approachable. 

 

 

There are 855 such complete and referenced descriptions in the encyclopedia presently. I once wrote an article on Bizen Mitsutada and this is the standard I would ultimately like to see for every artist, but It will take time to get there in a programatic way. It took me 3 months to write this article part-time, so this would be 214 years of work. Clearly, there needs to be a more scalable way. 

 

Regarding the design theme, feel free to select the one you prefer. "Classic" is there for visual accessibility. The theme is set to your browser's preferred theme. For some it's light mode, for other, it's dark mode, so users will have different experiences based on their default settings. This is why only some of your friends see the dark theme, while others see a light theme. The "Yuhindo" theme is the homage to Darcy (Black and Purple), and it is not a default theme and needs to be selected manually in the theme configuration toggle, it really is the night owl theme. 

 

I really want to improve it, so let me know how to make it perfect for you. 

 

Best,

 

Hoshi

 

[YourBabyBjornBorg]

Can't wait to subscribe to support this great project!

[Hoshi]

NihontoWatch is live! 

 

Thank you for all the feedback and support along the way. 

 

Hoshi

[Lewis B]

Hello @Hoshi

Found a bug when researching Ryumon Nobuyoshi. The Juyo Zufu linked is for a completely different smith, Echizen Rai (Rai Kuniyasu). Is there a particular explanation for this mismatch?

 

https://nihontowatch.com/listing/63828

[Hoshi]

Hi @Lewis B

 

Thanks you for reporting this. It's fixed. 

 

In the future you can just use the flag feature on the item listing, it will open a chat from where you can report any issue you might come across. 

 

Best,

 

Hoshi

 

[Lewis B]

11 minutes ago, Hoshi said:

Hi @Lewis B

 

Thanks you for reporting this. It's being fixed. 

 

In the future you can just use the flag feature on the item listing, it will open a chat from where you can report any issue you might come across. 

 

Best,

 

Hoshi

 

Where on the page is the reporting icon? I can't see one. Using Firefox on Apple Macbook

[Hoshi]

 

Hi, when you open a listing, just press the flag icon. It will open a live chat. 

[Lewis B]

I don't see any of those header icons on my listing page. Perhaps the version of Firefox (115.39.0esr) is too old. Unfortunately I'm having to use an old laptop, while waiting for the new oled screen MacBook Pro Ultra's to be released.

[Hoshi]

Hi, 

 

Make sure you're logged in on your NW account in the browser. 

 

Once logged in, you will see the flag icon on the top right corner of the listing, along with favorite and share. 

 

 

Select the flag.

 

You can then write directly to report the issue. 

 

 

 

You can also do it via your smartphone, as long as you are logged in, the button will appear. 

 

Once a message it sent, it will transform into a LINE-like chat interface. 

 

I hope this helps,

 

Hoshi