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Chu state
Zanhe,
You removed too much info in the rulers section, such as Battle of Bi for King Zhuang of Chu, King Zhao of Chu who fled to Sui State after Wu State captured Ying. These are referenced in Shiji among others such as Zhan Guo Ce. Please do not be so free handed/ freewheeling when editing out from an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.206.232.46 (talk) 04:56, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
Well, the article is about the state, not about the kings. I felt that it should not be bogged down by so many details of the individual kings. Truly significant events should go in the history section. Zanhe (talk) 23:35, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
On 4 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wu Ying, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Wu Ying, named China's sixth richest woman at the age of 25, has been sentenced to death for financial fraud? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wu Ying.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hi. I'm currently reviewing this DYK, and I wanted to communicate with you here first before I finish the review.
You submitted this DYK under the wrong date and almost a day late. In the future, please be mindful of the UTC date in the page history and the five day window.
You're right, I think it was off by 8 or 9 hours because I forgot to take into account the time difference. Sorry about the oversight.
Do you know if there are any English sources on this subject? I've used Google Translate to attempt to verify the content, and while I found it to support it in general, I had some issues with certain details such as the hook. For example, is the festival in question primarily devoted to ancestor worship, or does it have another purpose? In an English translation of the sohu.com source, it says, "The annual Lunar New Year, March 3, new leaf village will hold a grand ceremony of ancestor worship." Obviously, this translation leaves much to be desired, but could you explain the difference between the annual Lunar New Year and the ancestor worship ceremony, if in fact there is a difference? I ask because the DYK says that the village "holds an ancestor worshipping festival every year". Do you see what I'm getting at?
Google translation is a bit wacky here. The original text says "The annual lunar calendar March 3", not lunar new year. The rest of the sentence is correct, and the purpose of the festival is primarily ancestor worship. There are some English sources, though not as detailed. I'll add a few to the article at appropriate places.
How would you feel about mentioning the festival in the lead?
That'll be fine. I'll add it.
I'm assuming the translation is your own. Is that correct? Is this a translation of the sister article on zh, and are you User:Zhangzhugang?
It's my own translation, but it's not a translation of the zh article which is a lot shorter. I only used the images from there. No, I have no connection with User:Zhangzhugang, who wrote the zh article.
Google Translate says the editor's name for the Jiande News link is "Chu Ling Juan". If this is accurate, can we add it as the author? I would like to see references fleshed out whenever possible.
Commenting here after a request on my talk page. For the second point, I'm reading Google's horrible translation as "As done annually on the Lunar Year, on 3 March Xinye village will hold a grand ceremony for ancestor worship". Admittedly I don't speak Mandarin, and I'm suspicious of them saying that the Lunar New Year is on 3 March (this year it was on 23 January). Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:26, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Google translation is wrong. The original text says "The annual lunar calendar March 3", not lunar new year. The lunar new year always falls on Jan 1 of the lunar calendar (Jan 23 of the Gregorian calendar this year). Zanhe (talk) 06:13, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately the rest of that article is behind a pay wall and I have no access. So I changed hook to a fact mentioned in a CNN article in English. That should make things easier. --Zanhe (talk) 22:16, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
But I don't think that "South Tibet" as a geographic (or political) entity should redirect to a page describing a territorial dispute, as this would be mixing concepts.--Pseudois (talk) 07:56, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
You're conveniently forgetting the fact that the page now called "South Tibet dispute" was previously called South Tibet until RegentsPark moved it without seeking consensus. I was only trying to undo the damage he did. But I don't want to be involved in an edit war, so I'm not going to revert your edit before the current move request reaches a conclusion. However, it was definitely uncool of you to start an edit war in the middle of an ongoing discussion. --Zanhe (talk) 03:31, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
My only interest on this page is to safeguard the Encyclopaedic nature of Wikipedia. All previous versions do not satisfy this requirement. I have reverted your edits as I had the feeling that you were starting an edit war and had personal issues with RegentsPark. I never edited any article in the past related to this topic, and never had any interaction neither with you nor with Regentspark, so I thought I could attempt a kind a mediation with my propoal of creating a disambiguation page for this topic. Please let's not forget that neutrality is a core principle of WP and all our edits should go in that direction. Thank you.--Pseudois (talk) 04:19, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
PS. If I restablished RegentsPark version of "South Tibet", it is because your redirect does not correspond to the current content of "South Tibet dispute". We have many articles in WP with links to "South Tibet", and these internal links do not aim to refer to the political dispute but to a geographic area. Currently "Arunachal Pradesh" is the closer article we have corresponding to "South Tibet". Let's see what happens with the disambiguation proposal.--Pseudois (talk) 04:25, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I never had any interaction with RegentsPark until I realized that he redirected the page even though two previous proposals to do so had been rejected (I wasn't involved in those discussions, by the way). This kind of blatant violation of Wikipedia policies is simply not to be tolerated, especially when it was committed by an administrator who's well aware of them. If you want to safeguard Wikipedia, I invite you to join me in my demand to undo his action. --Zanhe (talk) 04:51, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I think both the previous and the current titles are not good options, so I won't waste time into looking who is wrong/right and will remain neutral on this issue (and I'm not much interested in disputes anyway). What about my proposal to create a disambiguation page?--Pseudois (talk) 05:09, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
So your position is that violations of official policies by administrators should be condoned, and trying to undo such violations is a waste of time? I also try to spend most of my time writing articles and avoid getting into disputes, but what RegentsPark did was just too egregious to ignore. Right now I'm still waiting to hear his explanation of his actions before considering the next move. --Zanhe (talk) 05:35, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Please read again what I wrote. I neither criticized nor supported your approach, I just said that I have no interest in being dragged into this dispute. I don't know if there was a violation of policy or not, and the issue about violation does not interest me in this particular case because I think that both titles are not suitable. In other words my position is that I have no position regarding your dispute, but I have instead proposed an alternative (make "South Tibet" a diambiguation page). I think these articles should not become hostage of your issue with RengentsPark. Other editors' inputs should be respected and treated with their due value.--Pseudois (talk) 06:49, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Well, action speaks louder than words. When you started with twice reverting my edits in the middle of the ongoing discussion, it is hard for me to believe it when you say you're trying to stay neutral, and it's hard for anyone to believe that you're being "dragged" into the dispute. As for your proposal for dab page, I will reply soon at the article talk page. --Zanhe (talk) 22:13, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
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On 29 February 2012, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Wang Shu, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.
On 7 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article King Gong of Chu, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that King Gong and then King Kang ruled the Chu kingdom in the 6th century BC? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
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The situations are different. The Jin rulers did not use clan names, the Qin rulers' clan name was disputed, but the Han rulers are known to use Han as their clan name. The rulers of Chu, Qi, Zhao, and Wei also had well known clan names. I think when the clan names are well known, they should be included for completeness. --Zanhe (talk) 19:28, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
On 1 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Jing of Jin (Ju), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the rulers of the ancient state of Jin include Duke Jing and Duke Jing, while a third Duke Jing is disputed? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 2 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yang Kuan, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that historian Yang Kuan believed that the history of China's Xia Dynasty was pure mythology? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yang Kuan.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 3 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Feizi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the state of Qin, predecessor of China's Qin Dynasty, was founded by Feizi, a horse breeder? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Feizi.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 8 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Wu of Qin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 678 BCEDuke Wu started the practice of funeral human sacrifice in Qin, which continued in the ancient Chinese state for nearly three centuries till Duke Xian abolished it in 384 BCE? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duke Wu of Qin.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 8 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Xian of Qin (Shixi), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 678 BCEDuke Wu started the practice of funeral human sacrifice in Qin, which continued in the ancient Chinese state for nearly three centuries till Duke Xian abolished it in 384 BCE? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 15 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Xiang of Qin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Duke Xiang succeeded his father Duke Zhuang as ruler of the ancient state of Qin after his older brother refused to take the throne? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duke Xiang of Qin.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 15 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Zhuang of Qin, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Duke Xiang succeeded his father Duke Zhuang as ruler of the ancient state of Qin after his older brother refused to take the throne? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 24 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Huan of Lu, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Duke Xiang, ruler of the ancient state of Qi, had an incestuous relationship with his sister Wen Jiang and had her husband Duke Huan of Lu murdered? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 24 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wen Jiang, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Duke Xiang, ruler of the ancient state of Qi, had an incestuous relationship with his sister Wen Jiang and had her husband Duke Huan of Lu murdered? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 25 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wukui, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the five brothers Prince Wukui, Duke Xiao, Duke Zhao, Duke Yi, and Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wukui.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 25 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Xiao of Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the five brothers Prince Wukui, Duke Xiao, Duke Zhao, Duke Yi, and Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 25 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Zhao of Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the five brothers Prince Wukui, Duke Xiao, Duke Zhao, Duke Yi, and Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 25 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Yì of Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the five brothers Prince Wukui, Duke Xiao, Duke Zhao, Duke Yi, and Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 25 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Hui of Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the five brothers Prince Wukui, Duke Xiao, Duke Zhao, Duke Yi, and Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 30 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Ling of Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 567 BC Duke Ling of Qi annexed the neighbouring state of Lai, more than doubling the size of the state of Qi? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duke Ling of Qi.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 31 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Zhuang II of Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Duke Zhuang II of Qi ascended the throne with the help of minister Cui Zhu, but was later killed by Cui for having an affair with his wife? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duke Zhuang II of Qi.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Thank you, Zanhe, for !voting at my successful RFA; I am humbled that you put your trust in me. I grant you this flower, which, if tended to properly, will grow to be the fruit of Wikipedia's labours. Can't wait to see more about Qi! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:33, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
On 4 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Jing of Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that more than 600 sacrificial horses and 30 dogs are estimated to be buried in the 2,500-year-old tomb of Duke Jing of Qi? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duke Jing of Qi.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 5 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Tai of Tian Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 386 BCDuke Tai of Tian Qi was formally recognized as ruler of the state of Qi, ending over six centuries of rule by the House of Jiang? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duke Tai of Tian Qi.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Well usually I have to look and see what people do but it this case I know your work from see the unusual word Qin on the DYK suggestions page. Do remember that there is one for 50 too! Thank you on behalf of the wiki and scholars on Qin. Victuallers (talk) 08:47, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
On 6 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Duke Dao of Qi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that An Ruzi was made ruler of Qi despite being just a little boy, but was killed by his older brother Duke Dao of Qi after less than a year on the throne? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 6 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article An Ruzi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that An Ruzi was made ruler of Qi despite being just a little boy, but was killed by his older brother Duke Dao of Qi after less than a year on the throne? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/An Ruzi. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 14 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yan, Marquis of Tian, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that although Duke Huan of Tian Qi murdered Tian Yan to usurp the throne of Qi, the two brothers were buried together in the Two Kings' Cemetery? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I mainly work on pre-Qin dynasty history, which still has a ton of work left to do. I'll try to write the two articles if I can find reliable sources about them. However, as I expect to be extremely busy in real life for the next year or so, it's probably going to be a while before that happens. -Zanhe (talk) 19:24, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Sino-Indian War , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 16:19, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Don't remove the Ji surname from the articles of Zhou Dynasty nobles. Ji was a surname used by members of Zhou Dynasty reigning family and nobles of the state that were descended from them. There was never a single surname in Chinese history that applied only to woman. Woman receive their surname from their father, period.--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 01:39, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
You don't seem to understand the difference between the ancestral name and the clan name in pre-Qin dynasty China. The Ji surname of Zhou dynasty nobles was their ancestral name, used by men only to trace their ancestry to prevent marriage between people of the same ancestry. Men were never referred to by their ancestral names, but only clan name + given name, or if he had no clan name, by his given name only (e.g. Xiong Ai, not Mi Ai). Women were referred to by title + ancestral name, such as Wen Jiang and Li Ji. Jiang and Ji were their ancestral names, respectively. Please read Yang Bojun's Annotated Zuo Zhuan or Han Zhaoqi's Annotated Shiji. -Zanhe (talk) 09:48, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Well I have never read an actual Chinese history book, but I am Chinese. I've heard people like King Wen of Zhou being called Ji Chang and the Chinese wikipedia use the Ji surname side by side with the given name of the person along with the title, ie. 獻公姬具. While I don't doubt that in Zhou time, they would have rarely have done this, but it seems modern Chinese people would use ancestral/clan names like surnames and place in front of their given name. --The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 02:14, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately most people nowadays do not understand the distinction between the ancestral name (姓) and the clan name (氏) of the Zhou dynasty. To make matters worse, modern Chinese surnames are called 姓, originally meaning ancestral name, even though they are mostly derived from ancient clan names. Consequently Wikipedia is full of mistakes. The Chinese Wiki is better in this regard, with most articles on the list of Zhou dynasty monarchs avoid using ancestral names to refer to the male rulers. -Zanhe (talk) 04:52, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
As for the Ji Ji argument. How is Ji Ji and different from Concubine Qi or Consort Yu. Ancestral names/clan names or surname are never in the second character. 季姬 ancestral name should be 季 not 姬; her brother and her father presumably were from the 季 family. How can 姬 be a surname for women whose fathers' are not from the 姬 family? Are you saying in Zhou times, women had their own ancestral names in this case 姬, that are seperate from their father's family? How do you distinguish between if it was a name or the title? Is Qin Shi Huang's mother Zhao Ji or Lady Zhao? --The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 02:14, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
The difference is Ji Ji lived during the Zhou dynasty, while Consort Yu and Concubine Qi lived during the late Qin and early Han dynasties, after the Qin abolished the distinction between the ancestral and clan names.
In the Zhou dynasty, women's names were composed of title and ancestral name, and the ancestral name was always the last character. Ji Ji (季姬)'s ancestral name was 姬, not 季. Her father was Ji Kangzi (季康子), who was referred to by his clan name 季. His ancestral name was 姬, same as the royal house of Lu, as he was descended from the youngest son of Duke Huan of Lu. His ancestral name would never be used except to be passed to his descendants and used by his daughters and his sons' daughters, and so on. -Zanhe (talk) 05:10, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Tibetan sovereignty NPOV section
The NPOV section was getting rather long and unwieldy - therefore I have moved your comments on Mongolia to a new De-jure independence section - I hope you don't mind. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:10, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
For creating or expanding the many articles on Chinese monarchs and airports, thereby improving Wikipedia's geographic balance. Teply (talk) 22:33, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks very much for continuing to correct my pinyin misreadings, before the entries become actual articles and moves (and resulting bad re-directs) become required. Sometimes my eyes fail me indeed! GotRTalk03:15, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Also, you may want to set up automatic archiving with Miszabot III; 70+ sections is slightly overwhelming, although most of them are DYK's that are evidence of your outstanding work. I have yet to write one, as I haven't stumbled across particularly interesting towns. GotRTalk03:22, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your tireless work sorting out the mess of Chinese towns and townships. You're right, it's probably time to set up archiving for my talk page. -Zanhe (talk) 04:12, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
A cheeseburger for you!
We haven't crossed paths before because I don't edit much prior to 1970, but I saw your user page today and was extremely impressed. Thanks for your thorough work on Chinese monarchs; Wikipedia needs more editors like you. Khazar2 (talk) 20:34, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Back to the topic of the Gongzi-Prince translation, huangdi as emperor, gong as duke, hou as marquis are more common than Gongzi as Prince because the title Gongzi evolved into a phrase that refer to anyone's son in later Chinese history. Is it too much to ask if you insist on the Gongzi-Prince translation that you add a footnote saying something that this a translation of the title Gongzhi and not the Wang-Prince translation.--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 08:08, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm insisting on the Gongzi-Prince translation only because it's the established convention. As I've already explained before, Google book search on "Prince Chong'er" returns almost 3,000 books, whereas "Gongzi Chong'er" returns 45. The fact that Gongzi can now be used to refer to anyone's son is irrelevant in the context of ancient history, neither is the fact that Gong (duke) means grandpa in modern usage. I don't think you'd suggest a footnote be added to every single article for Chinese dukes to clarify the title's modern usage. -Zanhe (talk) 08:48, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Xu Lijia
On 19 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Xu Lijia, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Chinese Olympic gold medalist and flagbearer Xu Lijia nearly died at age 12 and missed the Athens Olympics because of a tumor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Xu Lijia. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
You deleted contents of history books. I added just chinese characters, I
included links to its contents. For example, look Book of the Later Han.
You could find book 1, book 2, book 3, like. When you click it, you could visit
the source page, wiki source page.
Please remember this is the English Wikipedia. I deleted the lengthy tables of content you added because they were written completely in Chinese, with links to source texts also in Chinese. While they might be of some value on the Chinese Wikipedia (although they tend to overwhelm the actual content of the page), they definitely do not belong in the English Wiki. -Zanhe (talk) 23:02, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Other wikipedians will do change chinese characters into English characters in the future. English names of Book of Later Han are changed from chinese characters step by step? Many people ddid its translation job. (Gauge00 (talk) 23:06, 23 August 2012 (UTC))
Never mind. My native language is not chinese, therefore I do not know the correct English spelling of the historical figures, therefore I have no ablity to change chinese names to English names. I just made table to give links to the wiki sources. For example whenever I wanted to visit biography of He Jin (?-189), I have to follow many steps. It was cumbersone to me, therefore I just added wikisource links. THe sentence, "other wiki people are so lazy means that why other wiki people did not make link to wiki sources? why did not made a contents table". I mean "table making" not "enlish change". I emphasize that I did not add contents table of History of Ming for MYSELF. I could not read chinese sentences, so why sould I needed wiki source to History of Ming? I dont need it. I dont have any interest of history of Ming dynasty, or Yuan, Jin, QIng, etc. HOWEVER I am very skillful to make to tables, I could make that table in 2 or 3 minutes, I dont need mouse's copy and pastes. FOr me making table is so easy, therfore for other's benifit, I made the tables and added it. NEVER MIND. once again, I'd like to say, that I DO NOT need the table. (Gauge00 (talk) 00:31, 24 August 2012 (UTC))
I once again sais, that "I wanted to contribute my table making skills, a sort of text manupulating skills. (Gauge00 (talk) 00:31, 24 August 2012 (UTC))
But I'd like to point out that you surely did not know there contains the links to the wiki sources at the time when you deleted it. Haha. You, chinese, probabliy, would regret your deletion. Haha. (Gauge00 (talk) 00:31, 24 August 2012 (UTC))
Sorry but you're wrong. I saw the wikisource links, but it did not change the fact that everything you added was in Chinese, not English. Besides, a wikisource link had already been provided at the bottom of the page, and there's no need to add dozens of separate links to it as you did. -Zanhe (talk) 03:33, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
Please don't get me wrong. I only reverted a small number of your edits, but the vast majority of your edits are fine. Please don't get discouraged from making contributions to Wikipedia. -Zanhe (talk) 03:40, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
DYK for Ye Shiwen
On 26 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ye Shiwen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen won two gold medals and broke two records at the 2012 Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ye Shiwen. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 3 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mekong River massacre, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an alleged Burmese drug lord and nine Thai anti-narcotics soldiers are accused of committing the 2011 Mekong River massacre, the deadliest attack on Chinese nationals abroad in modern times? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mekong River massacre. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Do you know if there is an article in Chinese about the China-NK border on the Chinese Wikipedia? If not, would you be interested in creating a stub in Chinese about it?
WhisperToMe (talk) 16:24, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
I don't think an article exists on the Chinese Wiki. Unfortunately I'm very busy in real life and probably won't have time to create any meaningful content until next summer. -Zanhe (talk) 14:33, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
