Talk:Anisodus tanguticus

Qinghai-Tibet plateau is Chinglish not English
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is Chinglish and misplaced in an English language publication. Here a bit more background: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is simply Chinglish for Qing Zang Gao Yuan. First, it is geographically not useful, since it does not include current W-Sichuan nor NW Yunnan. Otherwise it would need to be Yun-Chuan-Qing-Zang Gaoyuan, or should it be now the Heng(duan [Mountains])-Qing-Zang Plateau? Second, from a geological, gemorphological and ecological perspective it does not make real sense, since TAR and Qinghai are not two distinct units which need to be addressed as separate entities. Third, culturally, ethnographically, linguistically etc. it is also useless, since the whole area - or at least 95% is Tibetan settlement area and the distinctions are not based on a useful Tibet-Qinghai differentiation.

The English term "Tibetan Plateau" has been established since centuries in English and its equivalents in other western languages, so it is not necessary to replace a more concise geographic term with a translation based on Chinese politics.

Thus, it should be changed to simply Tibetan plateau. Also nothing grows "in" the Plateau, as misstated in the locked introduction, but rather "on" the Plateau. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel Winkler (talk • contribs) 07:44, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

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