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#1: Jan 28th 2020 at 1:18:39 PM

I brought this up in ATT earlier (...almost a year ago, but getting back to talking about this this now) and also noticed a similar comment from last year on the game's Discussion page recently.

So, Taiko Drum Master currently has its English-localized name as its main page, with Taiko no Tatsujin as a redirect. However, the newest Western-localized games in the series, Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! and Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun!, the first Western releases since 2004 (with the former first getting an English-language release under the Taiko no Tatsujin name a year earlier) are released under the original "Taiko no Tatsujin" name, and the only game with the "Taiko Drum Master" title is one PS2 game from 2004 - it clearly seems like they're going with the Taiko no Tatsujin name from here on.

How to Create a Work's Page states that "If the work has an official localized title, use the English title for the page and add the non-English title as a redirect", however I'm guessing in this case, where a series/work was released under a localized name in the past but later switched to releasing localizations under the original title, the main page should be changed to the series' original name, Taiko no Tatsujin, since this is what it's being localized as now, despite being released under a translated title in the past, and Taiko Drum Master made into a redirect. But since Taiko no Tatsujin is already a redirect, and this would be "reversing" how it is now, how would you go about undoing the redirect for the Taiko no Tatsujin page?

Edited by Zanreo on Jan 28th 2020 at 10:19:54 AM

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#2: Jan 28th 2020 at 7:08:46 PM

To break a redirect, follow the Related pages. Clicking on "Related" at Taiko Drum Master, then on the link in the "This article is the target of 1 redirect(s)" box, brings you to https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin, and you can edit the page from there.

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#3: Jan 28th 2020 at 7:21:26 PM

Tried that and just got redirected back to Taiko Drum Master when trying to edit

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Meito Anizawa, Anime Tenchou
#5: Jan 28th 2020 at 8:50:57 PM

That's what I did, though, and the link you posted also redirects for me

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#6: Jan 28th 2020 at 9:03:21 PM

You can get to it by manually editing the URL of an edit page to go to the right page.

HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#7: Jan 28th 2020 at 9:14:49 PM

Well, hmm. It's always worked before, including when I was testing it to write my post, but now it's redirecting me, too.

Zanreo Meito Anizawa, Anime Tenchou from Glitch City (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#8: Jan 29th 2020 at 12:47:22 AM

Well, seems like I got it to work now at least, so guess I'll just copy the page over? (Along with the subpages?)

EDIT: Moved main page and subpages, should the Taiko Drum Master subpages be cut or redirected?

Edited by Zanreo on Jan 29th 2020 at 10:35:30 AM

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