User talk:SocietyBox

About Baijiu/Baiganr/Paikaru

Hello SocietyBox, wherever in you may reside in the world. I see you are very active in editing things across the wiki, and I appreciate that, as should everyone else on this wiki. As for your string of edits about Baijiu, I have some thoughts about it.

First of all, it's quite clear that "白乾児" is the name of the Chinese liquor that helps Conan and Haibara return to adult form, besides the antidote. The "乾児" part in "白乾児" contains Japanese shinjitai kanji characters and are exclusive to the Japanese language, meaning that "Baiganr", a Pinyin romanization used for Chinese characters, is incorrect. Instead, "Paikaru" should be used.

As for the moving the article "Baijiu" to "Baiganr", I would like to politely object, but not undo, this action. This is because the article is referring to the general use and appearances of Baijiu in the anime, not just Paikaru itself. Paikaru is a type of Baijiu, and the APTX 4869 prototype antidote is implied to have some components of Baijiu in general, but not specifically Paikaru. For this reason, not only do I believe the Baiganr article should be moved back to Baijiu, but also, references to the prototype antidote's ingredients should say "Baijiu" and not "Baiganr" or "Paikaru." However, "Paikaru" should continue to be used when referencing the specific liquor.

Of course, these are not any sort of mandatory commands, they are only a list of my personal suggestions and their supporting reasons, of which can be ignored. But I hope that you could maybe take these into account for future edits and continue your diligent contributions to this wiki. Take care. --Avico (talk) 22:53, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

Personally, I dislike any Chinese words being used as I only enjoy Conan in its original Japanese text/audio so I'm not a fan of using "baiganr" either. But it's still an English wiki so using "Paikaru" seems wrong. To me, it would be like calling the Netherlands "Oranda" (the Japanese name) which is just too insensitive to the readers. As for "baijiu", given there's no reference to the "baijiu" term in the manga/anime, why introduce it? That's my only argument on "baijiu". --SocietyBox (talk) 23:07, 4 February 2025 (UTC)