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Research Request

Research request: I know that one of the members of SMAP has done signficant anime seiyuu work, including the role of Riiya in Akazukin Cha Cha. Let me look that up on AniDB or someplace like that. Also, SMAP is freqeuntly satirized in anime, particularly the reference in Sensei no Ojikanj where one of the characters has an unhealthy obsession with a Goro-like singer. Michael Hopcroft 19:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm amused you haven't heard of Howl's Moving Castle.--24.5.125.75 08:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Backstreet Boys

You know, it really should read that the Backstreet Boys are an American version of SMAP instead of the way it's written now. The unfortunate boy-band tradition is older in Japan than America, and hell - SMAP has been around longer and has had more per capita success. I guess it really is hard for you Americans to not have a white-centric view of the universe. Kenzilla

And I guess it's really hard for you non-Americans to avoid pointing out every perceived flaw of Americans, real or not, never mind the fact that there are much, much worse cultures and governments in the world. And introducing the racial aspect of it - nice race-baiting. I've been to Europe, I can attest that Europeans are definitely as a whole more racist than Americans as a whole, and don't even get me started on Australians. I will guess by the tone of your comment that you have never been to the U.S., which is the prerequisite qualification for America-bashing. Having said that, Backstreet Boys and SMAP both suck.--220.49.228.16 (talk) 08:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Europeans may be more racist. I don't know. Americans are more insular, though, which is the real point of Kenzilla's statement. TRiG (talk) 14:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Project Assessment

This is probably the longest, most detailed entry on a band I've seen yet. Far too many restrict themselves to the discography, with little prose. A picture of the band would be great, though. LordAmeth 01:27, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked out the very good articles on The Beatles, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, or Nirvana? - cgilbert(talk|contribs) 20:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Picture?

Any particular reason the current picture is uh.. of TOKIO? You know, being as they're an entirely different band (albiet of the same promotional agency) and all.

Yes, a picture of this page is TOKIO.Somebody should correct as soon as possible.
This misunderstanding appears to be the result of some anon vandalising Image:SMAP.jpg, which understandably is of SMAP.--ZayZayEM 03:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The picture has been changed to a real picture of SMAP. ;) (Calamity-Ace 14:47, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mother Series reference

Should we added that SMAP is referenced in Mother 2? SMAP is one of the default choices for "Favorite thing."

Dragon Quest?

There's no date for when SMAP became the spokespeople for the series. Was this a one-time thing, or on-going? More information would be great.--Gocchin (talk) 22:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think they've got so.They appeared that CM for three time(DragonQuest7(2000),DragonQuest8(2004) and newest,DragonQuest9(2009)) and Tsuyoshi appeared on the press conference of making DQ9.
  • And...I know some of this article got old but I don't have enough command to edit wikipedia in natural English,I'm Japanese speaker.Somebody please edit those in natural English!
  • Their record of six-day tour in Tokyo Dome had broken by KAT-TUN...they did eight-day tour.
  • Goro's "Goro's bar" was reformed to "My fair lady".
  • Shingo's Sma-STATION's title had changed "SmaSTATION-6" to "SmaStation!!" again and "Tokujou! Tensei Shingo" came to an end.
  • Masahiro's hair is no more long now.it's so short...well,I don't wanna think of it so much,but it's losing.
  • It's English version of wikipedia,why don't you write about "Black Eyed Peas" with SMAP?They appeared SMAPxSMAP for three time and they made two songs for SMAP("Theme of 019"&"Here is your hit" of "super.modern.artistic.performance")--220.156.33.229 (talk) 14:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move (1)

The following discussion is archived. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
Clear consensus to keep current title.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 15:44, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SMAP → Smap — all naming conventions for articles of this nature discourage the use of all capitals merely because that is how name appear on artwork etc. — Lets Enjoy Life (talk) 12:39, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
  • Oppose. SMAP stands for "Sports Music Assemble People", and therefore it's an abbreviation. As stated in the Wikipedia's naming conventions, use abbreviations when "almost exclusively known only by its abbreviation and is widely known and used in that form". --staka (T) 03:39, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Reason clearly mentioned above. Quality check 17:10, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Oppose move. The sources and their own website refers to them invariably as SMAP. It's an acronym, and as they aren't currently called "Sports Music Assembly People", it only makes sense to keep this article at the acronym, which should be fully capitalised. Maedin\talk 11:35, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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The result of the move request was page moved. —Ryūlóng (竜龙) 12:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Sports Music Assemble People → SMAP — This article was moved to Sports Music Assemble People without discussion by an editor to enable the creation of a disambiguation page on which the only other entry is a red link. The band name is clearly the dominant use at present, and they are never referred to anywhere as "Sports Music Assemble People", which is probably a Backronym anyway. Any disambiguation in the future could easily be handled by creating SMAP (disambiguation) if necessary. DAJF (talk) 23:10, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move (3)

– Computer protocols are at least as important as boy bands. Nouniquenames 14:47, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose: The band has in the past proven to be the primary topic by which the name "SMAP" is applied to, and that still seems to be the case. The Simple Mail Access Protocol article is short, unsourced, and does not appear to be in any way widely known in order for the band to no longer be afforded the acknowledgement by the English Wikipedia to be the primary topic by which "SMAP" is associated with.—Ryulong (琉竜) 17:01, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support; no evidence of primary topic. Powers T 17:08, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    They're one of the best selling groups in Japan and the other topics (that are on Wikipedia) in question are certainly not the primary topic either. Simple Mail Access Protocol is a stub and has been for years (no one's even bothered to edit it in 2 years and it seems to be about a defunct product). Soil Moisture Active Passive relies on primary sources and hasn't even been used yet. And Supervisor mode access prevention is only a redirect. From JHunterJ's previous revert of the original move, it certainly seems that he decided that the band was the primary topic. A simple search on Google also seems to bring up the band more often than any other option and prefers the band as a result rather than any other subject which may share the acronym, including a BBC News article.—Ryulong (琉竜) 18:21, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    The first non-Wikipedia result on Google for me is Soil Moisture Active Passive. Remember, our main criterion for primary topic is that the topic is not just being more likely to be sought, but more likely than all others combined, and far more likely than any other single topic. I need something more than just a Google search to convince me of that. Powers T 19:24, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Let's compare the articles then. This one is twice as long as the other two we have on Wikipedia combined and is also the best sourced. And going back tot he search, it brings up more suggestions for the band as related searches than for the single satellite which won't be launched for two years and the e-mail protocol that apparently has never been implimented across platforms. I would say that's enough.—Ryulong (琉竜) 06:39, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per primary topic usage criterion. Below is a list of page views for SMAPs. The disambiguation page's page view is only about 2.5 percent of the plain title and the page view ratio for the band and rest is about 10 to 1. I don't think other topics has long-term significance that outwaigh the usage statistics. --Kusunose 10:05, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Powers' findings for the real world (ie. not limited to Wikipedia) -- 70.24.245.16 (talk) 21:49, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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