Talk:Corky Lee

Birth name unsourced
I searched at least four likely sources as provided in the article, and none contained his birth name, so I have removed it as unsourced. Elizium23 (talk) 13:01, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The New York Times indicates his pinyin birth name, but it contains no Chinese characters, and these are, again, unsourced and cannot remain in the article without one. Elizium23 (talk) 02:24, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Claim of No Chinese Workers in Golden Spike Photo
While it is important to note Corky's focus on photographic justice and improving visibility of Chinese workers in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad; I have to point out the claim that there are no Chinese workers visible at the original 1869 ceremony has been disputed since Corky Lee brought it to wide public attention.

One prominent argument against this is the famous AJ Russell "Handshake" photograph, which Stanford researchers working on the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America project have claimed to have identified to have identified two Chinese workers visible in the ceremony: https://news.stanford.edu/2019/04/09/giving-voice-to-chinese-railroad-workers/

Another AJ Russell photograph from 1869 titled "Chinese Laying Last Rail" also depicts several other Chinese workers who were in attendance at the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit. http://exhibits.usu.edu/items/show/19202

I do not know how to address this in the main body of the article, but I feel it is important to note that Corky Lee's claims of there being no Chinese workers photographed at the last spike ceremony are dubious at best. Xboxtravis7992 (talk) 15:10, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

The Phtographic Work Section is Atrocious
New Yark Post? "loving police brutality"? Vincent Chin was attacked "because he was mistaken for being straight"? I dun't who did this but, wow. If an accident, it's embarrassing; if deliberate, it's graffiti. 2600:4041:58D8:1500:7C9F:8062:D3E6:42C7 (talk) 20:35, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Various errors
EDIT: It looks like the various things I mentioned have been fixed as I was first writing this.

I'm not a Wikipedia editor, so I don't know if I'm bringing up this topic in the proper way. Please accept my apologies if I'm not.

I found a few errors and inconsistencies:

1. The first sentence of the first paragraph states that the subject was gay. However, the first sentence of the last paragraph mentions his wife.

2. The first paragraph in the "Photographic work" section begins "among u's work documented key events..." It appears that an edit was made incorrectly.

3. The second sentence of that paragraph begins "His 1875 photograph of a Black American man being beaten..." I checked and verified that the photo in question is from 1975, so I'm making that minor edit. 2600:8801:C81A:4700:D198:14DB:6426:A8DF (talk) 20:36, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

English nickname origin?
What's the etymology of "Corky"? Is it based on the Canto reading of his Chinese name? Possibly based on 國? Idk Cantonese at all. Can we find a source for and put this info in the article? 104.232.119.107 (talk) 21:45, 11 May 2024 (UTC)