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Adding Beijing Born celebrities as a new section[edit]

Adding famous people who were born in Beijing. Five in total, each of them has a short description and birth date to death date (If applicable). Users are welcome to add more celebrities or do refinement in "Beijing Born celebrities" section.--Linghe Wang (talk) 03:07, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Add Beijing Rock Music[edit]

Adding Beijing Rock Music section. Famous Beijing rock bands and solo singers are provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruijun Ni (talk • contribs) 19:04, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the first image on the Beijing article to the Forbidden City[edit]

Forbidden City is more recognisable than the CBD plus the first images on the NYC, Paris and London articles are also landmarks This post was made in response to the edit revert by Remsense IceKingWasTaken (talk) 20:28, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the central business district is a more general overview of the city compared to a photo of the Forbidden City. The examples you gave are not examples of similar landmark-only photos. New York shows Midtown Manhattan (and the Empire state building). Paris shows much of the central arrondissement as well as the Eiffel Tower. London shows the River Thames, the Tower Bridge, The Shard, the Tower of London and the City of London. Cerebral726 (talk) 20:42, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If not the Forbidden City, at least change it to something more recognisable - because right now it looks like any other generic city. Something like this:
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IceKingWasTaken (talk) 19:00, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I mean, it looks like a major city, because it is one. Understanding that memorizing skylines isn't something most people accomplish to any level, it does look like Beijing to me, even if it's not the most distinctive skyline. Remsense留 19:02, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Climate[edit]

The meteorological observation station "Beijing" (WMO ID: 54511) is situated in the driest region in Beijing plain, making it less representative of the overall precipitation patterns in the entire Beijing area or its city center. On the other hand, "Haidian" (WMO ID: 54399) provides a better depiction of the city center's climate, boasting an annual average precipitation of 586mm (1991-2020) or 604mm (1994-2023). Furthermore, Beijing's abundant trees and forests suggest that the Dwa climate classification is a more accurate descriptor compared to Bsk. 38.90.18.251 (talk) 04:07, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely! דולב חולב (talk) 21:47, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can add Haidan district’s table to the main article (or the geography article) if you think there is a problem about general classification.PAper GOL (talk) 10:08, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just added climate classification of all the districts (by their representative WMO stations) in the main article.
Dwa: Haidian, Chaoyang, Fengtai, Shijingshan, Fangshan, Mentougou, Huairou, Miyun, Shunyi, Pinggu, and also Dongcheng & Xicheng (no WMO stations, but determined by data from regional stations over the past 10 years)
Bsk: Daxing, Tongzhou district in the south ("Beijing" observation station is located in Daxing, 39.80N 116.47E), and Changping and Yanqing district in the northwest. 38.98.188.42 (talk) 12:43, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted the station names, which would have to be sourced individually per WP:V. Uness232 (talk) 14:38, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Beijing’s climate[edit]

When does Beijing became semi arid?

it’s a dry winter continental city Dwa. דולב חולב (talk) 21:50, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Unseen @PAper GOL דולב חולב (talk) 21:31, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
With these values it's just below the threshold.(threshold 546)
Classification looks right.PAper GOL (talk) 06:03, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I’d love to hear more about the threshold, but Beijing is such a known continental monsoon Dwa city! It appears in every video explaining the Dwa climate! דולב חולב (talk) 03:39, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It surrounded by woodlands and forests!
How can it be semi arid!? דולב חולב (talk) 03:40, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
“Semi-arid climates tend to support short, thorny or scrubby vegetation and are usually dominated by either grasses or shrubs as they usually cannot support forests.”
from the semi arid climate article. דולב חולב (talk) 03:43, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Average annual temp is 13.3, multiplied by 20 is 266 and since more than 70% of precip falls in high-sun half of the year, we will add 280. The final result is 546 just above 528mm precip.
However, Beijing is administratively a huge municipiality(Just click on it in google maps). and covers a large area including plains and mountains. The mountainous area is absolutely Dwa and has woodlands/forests, but the area in which the station is located is just on the border. moving southwards climate is semi-arid and flat steppe, northwards it is wooded mountain or grassland that is continental.
Most semi-arid locations are grassy or shruby, but this one is a borderline example, and we cannot be certain about the biome of borderline examples.PAper GOL (talk) 07:32, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Most semi-arid locations are grassy or shruby, but this one is a borderline example". In my opinion, this is not a "borderline example", but a failure of Koppen classification - the entire North China plain is not grassy, not only Beijing. Koppen supposed that more precipitation fall in summer but not winter is not good for trees, which is questionable.
Anyway, I am not going to argue about this. But you may take a look at Haidian, Beijing - Wikipedia or Chaoyang, Beijing - Wikipedia - the majority of WMO stations in Beijing including those that are much closer to the city center have a clear and comfortable Dwa climate. 38.98.191.240 (talk) 09:11, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then why not put them in the main article for better illustration? The data in the city’s main article is borderline classification, but more towards BSk. Tianjin is also BSk border, if that is also Dwa in the main area, then it should have its data as well. It’s not a matter of wether the classification fails or not. It’s about clarifying how it got classified at the first place.PAper GOL (talk) 10:02, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And i saw the requirement is at least 10 times the precipitation of the driest winter month, in the wettest summer month.
the driest month of winter has 2.2mm and the wettest has 169mm on average.
that’s way more than enough. דולב חולב (talk) 03:58, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@דולב חולב At this point, please see WP:CIR. I understand that you are making these edits in good faith and are just trying to learn, but people have been explaining the same things over and over again to you, and yet you refuse to take one complete look to the rules of Köppen. The threshold marks the distinction between B and all other climate types in Köppen, and one look at any source would make that obvious.
People have also told you that biome is not the driving factor of the Köppen classification, and yet you keep making arguments about biome. Editors should not have to assuage your concerns every time for issues so trivial most could figure it out by themselves quite easily. Uness232 (talk) 05:07, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Climate דולב חולב (talk) 21:32, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So last question why Harbin is still considered as Dwa with the same precipitation levels? — Preceding unsigned comment added by דולב חולב (talk • contribs) 18:15, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@דולב חולב Becuase it is colder. Uness232 (talk) 19:13, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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