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Throwing this out there for consideration. I think it'd look nice centered at the head of the wikia frontpage. I think the SA mush has been lacking in an iconic representation anyway. However, the one thing I stumbled on was the proper kanji combination for Shoujo-Ai. I used Shoujo (girl) and Ai (love) but somehow it doesn't seem right. If anyone can correct me, or has preferences on the image itself let me know. --Yukio 01:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I quite like it, although there's a three kanji version used heavily on the shoujoai.com sites that might be a 'proper' style - I'm not sure. IIRC, that's the kanji for 'small' and 'woman', making 'girl', while this is just woman alone. (Not, mind, that that's necessarily a bad thing in my book...) However, I'm hardly an expert. --breisleach 03:42, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

This is rather nice, I think. I'm not certain which of the kanji writings would be more suited, though the three-kanji wording may be so wide that it overshadows the english title, whereas the two-kanji here aligns nicely. May need to use a wider font or spacing for that if the three-kanji wording is used. Yuriko 02:01, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I personally prefer the two-kanji, as it's a bit more broad scoped. But I don't know which is proper ^^; I guess until anyone says otherwise, you're free to use this image however you desire in whatever manner you prefer. If yoou want me at a later date to make a three-kanji version or make any adjustments or changes all you need do is ask ^^; --Yukio 06:22, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

"The term 少女愛 (shoujo ai) does exist in Japanese, but it’s used more often as a synonym for lolicon (”feelings of love towards young girls”) than for Girls’ Love (”lesbianism”). I kid you not. The first page of results on google for 少女愛 gives you nothing but lolicon-related articles. In English, we use it only for the latter meaning."

Taken from http://www.darkmirage.com/2006/09/09/japanese-titbits-2-hentai-vs-ecchi/

I guess the main audience isn't Japanese anyway. ^^

Thanks much for that, Ki ^^; I guess that pretty much secures either of the images as being correct since neither truly is in japanese. So for now it seems the two-kanji can work perfectly fine unless otherwise requested. So, whenever someone who can edit the front page (and is so inclined) wishes to, by all means put it up ^^; --Yukio 10:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)