Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1207741-20180902030231/@comment-1207741-20180903182509

If there's an explanation for why an article or group of articles are not translated, that explanation should be added to the policy page. An example:

"*Japanese terms that are already familiar to the average English speaker should not be translated. Such terms include but are not limited to Shinobi, Shuriken, and Yin/Yang.
 * Terms inspired by Japanese mythology should not be translated. Such terms include but are not limited to Tsukuyomi, Kirin, and Izanagi.
 * Terms that are more familiar to the fandom when not translated should not be translated. Such terms include but are not limited to Genin, Rasengan, and Jinchūriki. "

And so on in that fashion. I can infer explanations for many of these, but only up to a point. Once I reach that point I either need to invent an explanation that's never been formally agreed upon (we don't translate kekkei genkai unless they end with -ton) or I need to start shoving things into explanations that I'm not confident about (is Shinra Tensei accepted by the fandom? is Shikotsumyaku? is Ninshū?) So I would like other people to offer their own explanations so that I don't feel like I'm deciding policy in a vacuum.

And even if I take the initiative by just going with my intuition, I still end up with a bunch of miscellaneous topics that are too minor to have opinions about; Kokutō, Janin, Rinne Festival. For those, either the wiki should consider renaming them if it can't come up with a reason, or it should collectively shrug its shoulders and acknowledge that at some point it doesn't matter.