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FYI, some maps of China have been nominated for deletion, see Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2010 July 4
76.66.195.196 (talk) 03:37, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
FYI, there's a request to rename gunpowder. 76.66.195.196 (talk) 04:31, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
According to this [1] , the Han are an offshoot of the older Tibetan group, and the split was 3000 years ago. 76.66.195.196 (talk) 06:37, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
There's been a major re-write of Involvement_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China_in_Africa. Would you consider re-rating the page? Thanks 69.142.154.10 (talk) 01:01, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
People might be interested to leave comments and feedback at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Mongolian)#Mongol script proposal. This is in regards to inclusion of the Mongol script Unicode text in Mongolia-related Wikipedia articles, as opposed to solely using Cyrillic. Mongol script is official in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, and most ethnic Mongols in China cannot read Cyrillic, which is official in the Republic of Mongolia. More opinions and ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 李博杰 | —Talk contribs email 10:55, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
There's a discussion on the talk page about renaming that article. The article is primarily but not exclusively focused on economic interactions between the PRC and Africa, but it includes historical information dating back to the Tang dynsasty. It does not discuss the ROC/Taiwan except as a political or economic competitor. Are there any comments or objections to:
Economic relations between mainland China and Africa
I know there are extensive discussions that have taken place about these terms. They support geopolitically neutral terms, which "mainland China" seems to be. 69.142.154.10 (talk) 06:23, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
FYI, there is a proposal for a WikiProject about Wuxia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals . 76.66.192.55 (talk) 01:03, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Your help is requested in List of cities proper by population. This list contains a number of Chinese cities, usually with a wrong population numbers. As we all know, Chinese cities, especially the direct-controlled municipalities and the sub-provincial cities can be quite large, which surprises people who do not know China. However, city proper is defined as the area within the administrative boundaries of a city. Therefore, the whole population of these large cities must be counted, and not arbitrary small "core districts" as often done in this list. I have tried to correct it, but the edits have been changed back. Please take part in the discussion and help editing and adding cities. Xie xie. -- BsBsBs (talk) 18:24, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
There is a new RFC at Talk:List of cities proper by population#Guiding principles for List of cities proper by population that asks which definition of city proper to use consistently for the purpose of List of cities proper by population. The outcome of this RFC can significantly influence the representation of Chinese cities on this list. -- BsBsBs (talk) 05:31, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
FYI, Apus (Traditional Chinese star name) was recently prodded for deletion, and deprodded by the author. 76.66.193.119 (talk) 05:49, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
I have created Template:Mousetext, which produces text distinguished easily with a dotted underline, that displays alternate text when the mouse cursor hovers above it. Although there are many potential uses, my original intention and purpose for the template is to include original texts for translations, to minimise cluttering that we currently have with many China-related articles, where the names of Chinese-related concepts have additional data given in parentheses.
For example, instead of:
Zhang Qiangguo (Chinese: 张强国; Pinyin: zhāng qiángguó), also known by his nickname of Old Zhang (Chinese: 老张; Pinyin: lǎo zhāng), was a senior Party Commissariat of the Yunnan People's Party for Democracy and Love (Chinese: 云南人民民主爱情党; Pinyin: yúnnán rénmín mínzhǔ àiqíng dǎng), and a graduate of Beijing University
which is very cluttered and difficult to read and navigate, the same text can be rendered as:
Zhang Qiangguo, also known by his nickname of Old Zhang, was a senior Party Commissariat of the Yunnan People's Party for Democracy and Love, and a graduate of Beijing University
without omitting any detail. Note: The individual and political party described is entirely fictional, for the sole purpose of demonstrating the template. The given name chosen is a common generic personal name, similar to that of "John Johnson". The template does not have to specifically apply to leading paragraphs. It can be used to disambiguate any Chinese name that appears in an article body that does not have an article of its own, and thus cannot be linked to:
On 17 April 1941, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhang Zhengming to push forward towards Futian, so that his men could meet up with and assist the army led by Chen Zhiyuan to the south, which was engaging against the Chinese Communist general Hu Yongjie and about 500 communist troops. By the end of May, Kuomintang troops controlled all of the Xiyuan region, and Zhang Zhengming was awarded the Order of the White Sun for his actions.
Additionally, since in the future text cluttering would no longer be an issue, we could also solve the issue of distinguishing between Chinese names. For example, Zhang Hen'e (张很饿) and Zhang Hen'e (张恨恶) can be rendered as Zhang Hen'e and Zhang Hen'e within the main article body (i.e. paragraphs), distinguishing/disambiguating the original name without cluttering up the text body. An alternative use would be the other way round: "In 1432, 张明 became the governor of 小村, however was murdered by 李阴 not so long afterwards. His successor, 陈文, wrote 小村之邪恶, a novel based on the incident, which became a bestseller during the Ming Dynasty" - however this method might not be so friendly to non-Chinese speakers.
Any suggestions, corrections, criticisms, comments or feedback? Main discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (use of Chinese language)#Unofficial proposal for widespread utilization of mouseover template. Thanks. -- 李博杰 | —Talk contribs email 08:11, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Very good and useful template Lao Benlisquare, useful far beyond China. Xie xie -- BsBsBs (talk) 13:33, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Yes, excellent work. Thanks Benlisquare. Keahapana (talk) 21:13, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
FYI, several Chinese star name lists have been prodded for deletion, see Category:Proposed deletion as of 29 July 2010
76.66.193.119 (talk) 04:43, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
I was surprised and disappointed to see that there isn't a Project Tibet on Wikipedia. While we all acknowledge the political and military realities, lumping in Tibetan culture with Chinese is absurd. There is no shared language, or even linguistic roots, and while their cultures have interacted for thousands of years, they are obviously distinct. This is particularly disturbing when reading pages about Tibetan Buddhism, which is completely distinct from Chinese forms (beyond the usual back and forth that happens between all neighbours). In short, Tibetans are distinct from Chinese ethnically, linguistically, and culturally, and lumping them together is just wrong on many levels. I can expand my argument, but I think the reasoning should be obvious. Has there been no discussion of this anywhere? --Joechip123 (talk) 20:39, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
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I am hoping there is a person on here that can provide feedback on a question I left on the language reference desk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language#Chinese_coiffure_or_turban
--Ghostexorcist (talk) 13:07, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
I am going through the hard-copy autobiography of Puyi, in order to add references and clarity to the Wikipedia article on him. Specifically on this section Puyi#Family I am snagged on names of Puyi's brothers and sisters, which Puyi himself spelled differently than we have in Wikipedia. He states that his father 2nd Prince Chun had four sons and seven daughters. In the front of the book is a chart "The Pedigree of the Ching House". These would be the four sons and seven daughters in order as they are listed:
How do I list these names on the Puyi Family section and make them coordinated with how the names are spelled there?
Maile66 (talk) 21:33, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
This peer review discussion has been closed.
I've listed this article for peer review because I'd like to nominate it for Featured Article status, once it is of sufficient quality to be pass. I'm willing to do all the legwork and make whatever improvements are necessary.
Thanks for the feedback, ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 04:53, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Hope these comments will be useful. Elekhh (talk) 06:13, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
I've organized this section into tasks, so I can easily track what has been done and what is yet to do.
Nefirious's thoughts on the article
I'm proofreading the text of A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert A. Giles (1898), which is in the public domain, on Wikisource. (see s:A Chinese Biographical Dictionary). Because it's pretty long (2,579 entries), I would appreciate help going through it, proofreading and creating pages for the individual articles. Many of the articles can also usefully be transferred here as stubs for notable Chinese people. Rigadoun (talk) 16:39, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
The article Yujiulü Anluochen has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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We should have articles on all of these, just as we have articles on the letters of the alphabet. Let's do it! bd2412 T 00:58, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
There is a dispute over the naming of this article. Please see Talk:Turfan and offer input if you can. rʨanaɢ (talk) 19:03, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Another editor kindly suggested that discussion of the name of the article Standard Mandarin should be referred to this project page as well as to the article talk page and the Naming conventions (Chinese) pages where it has already been discussed for a while. What reference sources do you know for the name of that language in English? -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 16:22, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
I am currently in the process of trying to generate lists of information sources in English directly relevant to the various WikiProjects out there. Right now, I have found at least a few related to China, most of which are general information or news sources. If the members would want me to continue finding these sources for this Project while I continue to find them for groups in general, please indicate as much to me.
John Carter (talk) 00:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Any views on this would be appreciated. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
For List of National Treasures of Japan (writings), I am looking for the reading of 張即之, who was a calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. Thanks for any suggestions? bamse (talk) 23:26, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Are there any Chinese speakers out there that are competent with scientific articles and journals, and would like to take a look at Roulingzhi? Is someone able to obtain peer-reviewed scientific journals from Chinese universities? (the article in question has an AfD here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meat ganoderma) -- 李博杰 | —Talk contribs email 08:52, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
FYI, a bunch of emperors are being renamed, see Talk:Emperor Taizu of Later Liang.
76.66.197.151 (talk) 10:53, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
I found a source about this:
WhisperToMe (talk) 15:39, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
Can someone look at Xiren (character), and perhaps write about what this is about, since there is no clue as to which Xiren this is supposed to be about. 70.29.210.72 (talk) 02:04, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
If there is someone who can read Chinese (no idea on the dialect, but I don't know if that matters...) I need a review of the sources in this page version if possible. They look a lot like popular websites, and therefore not reliable sources for the page in question. There are at least two blogs, which doesn't give me much hope. Thanks, WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 08:48, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
I'd appreciate any knowledgeable help on this subject. The historical province has always been one of the more frequent links to the disambiguation page at Bing, because there was nowhere to send it from there. An IP recently posted on Talk:Bing lamenting that Bing (province) was a redlink, and my understanding is that Bing is just the former name of what is now Shanxi, so I created a redirect to that article. The IP disputes that they are the same, and my knowledge of the matter does not extend to anything not included in this paragraph, so I would love to see a more informed opinion. Better yet, if anyone is capable of writing a stub, that would fix things regardless. Thanks for any help you can give. — Gavia immer (talk) 05:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I've begun drawing up lists but as google translate is poor I'm adding them in Chinese. Can you please help translate them? I hope eventually to have a full list of townships by province. Dr. Blofeld 16:09, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Please discuss what your thoughts are on them at Talk:Emperor Taizu of Later Liang. Right now, we have a single person responding to my proposal in a rather unhelpful manner (objecting to it while not providing any kind of a consistent alternative). Whether you agree with me or not, I'd like to hear your thoughts, because this really deserves more attention than it is getting. --Nlu (talk) 22:32, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm trying to see if a Hmong Wikipedia could be started. The Hmong people largely originated from China in history.
The proposal is at:
WhisperToMe (talk) 07:34, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
I've noticed that Pekingese is very bare of information about China, even though it is a Chinese construct. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 05:06, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
FYI, Ni hao (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has been nominated for deletion. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 06:38, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Anybody could verify an article called Giog? It says it's a variant of Xiangqi. I'm slightly skeptical about this. Giog doesn't show anything relevant on the search engines. Thanks. Komitsuki (talk) 05:31, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
FYI Tourist attractions of Beijing has been nominated for deletion. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 05:31, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
FYI, Commandery has been requested to be renamed. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 03:04, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
The article Sea of Japan naming dispute has been under full protection for about 1 month due to an edit war that occurred in August. Discussion on the talk page stalled at the end of August, and there are not many active participants on that page. Since that time, I have been working on a wholly new draft to fix, as best as I could, many of the numerous problems on the article. Since this article falls within the purview of this Wikiproject, I am inviting members to come participate in the discussion on the talk page at Sea of Japan naming dispute#Major overhaul, which explains the current articles deficiencies (poor sources, disorganized, etc.) and what I have done to fix them. In that section you will find a link to the draft version in my user space. While this article and its subject are clearly a contentious matter, I sincerely believe that we can create a useful and NPOV article about the subject through the careful involvement of more editors. Thank you for any help you can provide. Qwyrxian (talk) 10:34, 28 September 2010 (UTC)