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On 1 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zhou Lansun, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Cao Yanhua won her first national table tennis championship after only two months of training under world champion Zhou Lansun, who she said was like a devil? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zhou Lansun. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On 1 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jiang Jianzeng, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that General Jiang Jianzeng's career was "temporarily frozen" after a military plane crash that killed 40 people? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jiang Jianzeng. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:38, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On 4 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Xiaoxing Xi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Professor Xiaoxing Xi was arrested on charges of having sent restricted technology to China, but was exonerated when scientists found that the prosecutors had misunderstood the evidence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Xiaoxing Xi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:55, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On 9 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Red Revenue, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Red Revenue stamp (pictured) was sold for HK$ 6.9 million in a 2013 auction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Red Revenue. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:01, 9 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

		The 200 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Hi Zanhe, its quite a time since I gave you a DYK award for 25 articles and now you have made 200. Well done. In the meantime you have helped save Wikipedia from being seen as biased towards American culture, British buildings, and celebrity sports stars et al. You have tried to redress the balance and your contributions remind us that most people do not live in America or Western Europe and there are other parts of the globe. I hope you continue to enjoy writing and I'd like to thank you on behalf of the community, the DYK project and me. Victuallers (talk) 12:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Victuallers for your constant encouragement, especially after the discouraging Signpost op-ed. -Zanhe (talk) 19:47, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I stood back from that one although I noticed that the title (hook?) was incorrect. I know of no one who "proudly" displays incorrect information. We are doing good stuff in an imperfect way but with a very good error correction method. I think we need to celebrate our editors rather than lauding the perfection of inactivity. The main page is not the product. Thanks again Victuallers (talk) 07:05, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since you are significantly involved in the creation of articles relating to PLA/CPC officials, you might be interested in Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2015_October_15#Template:First_PLA_lieutenant_generals. --benlisquare_T•C•E 03:24, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Benlisquare: I've voted keep. I see that you've commented out all the red links, but don't think that's necessary. There's nothing wrong with red links that are plausible articles. -Zanhe (talk) 22:19, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Z Why the English wiki have 8, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Viceroy_of_Liangguang, etc.? Thanks. Skigg (talk) 02:22, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Skigg: Sorry, don't quite understand your question. Could you please elaborate? -Zanhe (talk) 07:49, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Z ... Late Qing had 9 viceroys, not 8. I re-read the English wiki posts Viceroy of Liangjiang, both states 8: is it because they used "China proper' which exclude northeast three provinces (Manchuria)? Thank you for a quick reply. Skigg (talk) 15:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Skigg: The Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces was not established until 1907, so late Qing had eight viceroys except for its last four years. It should be better explained in the viceroy articles, all of which are poorly written. -Zanhe (talk) 22:15, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Z, would you pls kindly take a look at this Anti-missionary riots in China? I'll add more as time permits. Thank you. Skigg (talk) 15:41, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Skigg: I've copyedited the article a bit, as well as the other riot articles you created. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 20:07, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh Lord, Z, thank you so much! Really liked your opening sentence of Jesuit. And all the extras. As a newbie, there's a tiny voice on the back of my mind .. that it might be deleted as I'm writing it. So ... Anyway, I'll try to do better. Again thank you. Skigg (talk) 21:48, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Zanhe ,

The Wikipedia Asian Month will begin in less than an hours, and once again, thank you for signing up! Let's help the world know more about Asia! Below are a few reminders for you:

1. Please check out the rules here. Some rules have been adjusted—the most important being that on the English Wikipedia, stubs may be expanded with some limitations.
2. Do take the time to read the Q&A if you have any questions, or ask on the talk page.
3. The list of participants has been alphabetized so you can more easily find your name and report your contributions.
4. There is a template that you can use on your user page. ((Template:User Asian Month‎))

Enjoy the Wikipedia Asian Month :) --AddisWang (talk)

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:29, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On 6 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sun Zhigang, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before becoming a provincial governor, Sun Zhigang was the chief of China's Office of Health Care Reform? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sun Zhigang. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Zanhe, I was wondering whether you could take on this review, or at least look into the sourcing issue raised here. The request—now over three weeks old—is for someone familiar with Chinese articles, and I immediately thought of you. Thanks for anything you can do here. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:34, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for thinking of me, BlueMoonset. I already looked at the article a month ago and copyedited it a bit, but decided it could not be fixed without significant effort. And the creator has made problematic nominations before, two of which I rejected, see Shekou and Hatton Road. So I'm inclined to agree with Yerevantsi's original review. -Zanhe (talk) 20:12, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I greatly appreciate that you were willing to go back to it to finish the review. Thank you! The nomination should be formally rejected in the next few days. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:25, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On 12 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ding Yiping, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Admiral Ding Yiping was groomed to be the candidate for commander of the Chinese Navy, but was demoted following a fatal submarine accident? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ding Yiping. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, you seem like a person that has some insight into Chinese history. I have seen this article Cho La incident and I find it very biased and it seems unauthentic. The sources are largely Indian, and I could not find any neutral sources for this article. The casualty count and results also seems very odd. Do you have any insight into this matter? I suspect it may be a propaganda article made by nationalistic Indians who felt disappointed after their loss in the Sino-Indian War Greentea555 (talk) 08:36, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Greentea555: Yeah, Wikipedia is full of POV pushers adding claims with partisan sources or no source at all. I'm too busy writing missing articles to rewrite existing ones. If you're interested in improving articles related to the Sino-Indian War, I recommend using The Lessons of History: The Chinese People's Liberation Army at 75. Chapter 9, written by the renowned US military scholar Larry Wortzel, covers the war in great detail. Best of all, the entire book is public domain because it's a US government publication, so the content can be directly used in Wikipedia without copyvio concerns. -Zanhe (talk) 04:57, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

reference from chola incident is real incident with outside Indian reference too. may be some chinese 50 cents army disappointed about their only loss. also how the numbers seems "odd" ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooltunir (talk • contribs) 14:46, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Cooltunir: Judging by your contribution such as this, which you copy-and-pasted from someone's blog without attribution, you're exactly the kind of editor which I was referring to above. The numbers are odd because they're not supported by any reliable source, and contradict respected scholars such as Taylor Fravel. -Zanhe (talk) 22:09, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

so no reliable evidence of "odd" number ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooltunir (talk • contribs) 13:28, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Zanhe. Three articles I have created recently, Zhang Qinqiu, Lu Zhiying and Yang Yongtai, have not received ratings on their quality or importance from WikiProject China. Numerous other articles I have created have yet to receive ratings from the group. I do not want to rate them myself because that would be biased. Also, the article Cheng Weigao (created by me and edited into its current version by user Colipon) is no longer a stub, so I request an upgrade to its rating by the group. Zee money (talk) 02:54, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Zee money: Thanks for creating these articles, they're a great improvement from the unsourced stubs you used to create! I've assessed them, but I don't think it's a problem if you assessed them yourself, as there's nobody systematically assessing China-related articles. If people disagree with your assessments, they can always reassess them. If I have the time in the next few days, I'll try to nominate some of your articles for DYK. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 23:29, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zhang Dingfa, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Admiral Zhang Dingfa stepped down as Commander of the Chinese Navy because of cancer, and died soon afterwards? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zhang Dingfa. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:02, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:06, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Zanhe! I'm Kevin, one of the organizers of the English Wikipedia Asian Month. Thanks for participating, and awesome work so far. I've reviewed your submitted articles and accepted all but one of them: Wang Huayong is too short, as it currently sits at less than 150 words. I know it's short notice, but if you wish to expand the article by December to bring to to the 300 word count, you can do so (and simply remove the "(N)" next to the entry to re-submit). Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 07:59, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SuperHamster: You're right, the article is too short. I should have read the requirements more closely. I've removed the article from my list. Thanks, -Zanhe (talk) 06:55, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, and thanks! You have more than five articles that meet the criteria, so I'm pleased to say you'll be receiving a post card for participating. Thanks, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 06:57, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Zanhe. This is Zee money. I recently created an article, Liu Zhixun and I request that some people from China Wiki project review it. The subject is an acquaintance of Mao Zedong's 1st wife and Mao Zedong personally wrote to his widow 25 years after his death, which should be significant. There are also two other articles that I would like reviewed. They are Duan Dechang and Xu Jishen. In 2009, these two individuals were selected as among the 100 most important people for their time period (the late Republic of China era). Zee money (talk) 04:34, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Huang Jing at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Hansi667 (Neighbor Of The Beast) ^{a penny for your thoughts?} 13:59, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. John from Idegon (talk) 20:26, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@John from Idegon: Cool, my first AfD (as a recipient). -Zanhe (talk) 05:40, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On 4 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Qiu Huizuo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that although General Qiu Huizuo (pictured) was persecuted at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, he authorized the torture of 462 people after returning to power, causing eight deaths? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Qiu Huizuo. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Zanhe. I recently created a template called Template:Provincial leaders of the Chinese Soviet Republic. It is an english translation from the zh:Template:中华苏维埃共和国省级行政长官 on the Chinese wikipedia. There are a lot of red links in the original and some of the people who do have articles in the Chinese wikipedia do not have one in the English wikipedia. Because of this, the English version will be a brief summary of the original. This template will be a great help to WikiProject China. Zee money (talk) 01:46, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hu Die you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheFame08 -- TheFame08 (talk) 13:40, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your determination and dedication to help the encyclopedia grow. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Editor Jim Carter submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I'm more than happy to nominate Zanhe. What an excellent editor she is, with over 43K edits and an incredible 84% to mainspace! A real unsung hero she is, who has given us around 700 articles, of which 209 articles were featured in the DYK section. An asset for the Wikipedia community. Incredibly calm and sensible editor with lots of clue for almost everything. I've never seen her in any sort of conflicts with fellow editors. Day in and day out, since 2010, she has never taken a rest. We must save this kind of spotless editors from getting tired by giving them the recognition they deserve, we don't have many.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk 20:20, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]