Talk:Heirloom Seal of the Realm

Chinese links?
Does it make any sense that there is an external link from the English Wikipedia to a Chinese text website? Furthermore, the link is not even labeled as such (directing to a foreign language). Since this is the English language Wikipedia, I would assume that, like myself, most readers are primarily English speakers, although I'm sure some are bi-, tri-, or even multilingual. Understand, this is not a race issue: I have no problems with China (beyond some political disagreements, in which I don't think I'm alone), Chinese people, or the Chinese language. However, shouldn't an external link to a website (on any Wiki) that is in a different language than the originating article be noted as such (as they are in the "External Links" or "References" sections of an article)? Maybe this rant was a little overlong for such a simple question, and for that, I apologize. At any rate, I am going to note this link as a foreign language link (foreign to the English Wikipedia, anyway), and if it needs to be changed, then I'm sure someone will change it. I just hope they will look here for my reasons first (although I'm sure it's not that big of a deal).75.65.0.31 (talk) 20:34, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, actually, links to foreign-language sites are normal, but unlike here, are usually labeled as such, with a note of what language the site is in. However, this usually only applies to external links, not links interspersed throughout the normal text, and I'm unaware of any guidelines allowing or disallowing the linking to foreign-language sites in this context. Yadaman (talk) 21:59, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Plagiarism?
This article is nearly identical to a China Daily article at http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2007-12/19/content_11848483.htm. That article is dated from 2007. Coyoty 03:29, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The China Daily article (December 2007) appears to be a copy of this section of the Cultural Heritage of China site (copies on the Wayback Machine date back to July 2007), which seems to be a copy of this WP article as it was in April/May 2006. I will remove the Cultural Heritage of China reference, as the relevant part is copied from this page. Kanguole 14:25, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

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Image
The image in the infobox of the seal shows it using the bird-worm seal script, but the Qin Dynasty made the Small seal script their standard. Why would they use a non-standard script for their emperor's main seal? Furius (talk) 22:32, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , the source given is this. I also see a different design for this seal there. --Donald Trung (talk) 22:54, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * It's based on an image in a book by Xue Shanggong (12th century), which may be viewed here. Kanguole 23:02, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

changed link to western phoenix directly to fenghuang, presumably what was being referred to in the 13th century text
I'm no expert on Romance of the Three Kingdoms but there's no way the phoenix being referred to was the western phoenix, as is redirected to? Changed it to fenghuang but honestly not 100% sure — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.13.209 (talk) 05:16, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

In popular culture
The Heirloom Seal of the Realm is central to the plot of the Elementary (Sherlock Holmes) episode Worth Several Cities. Perhaps it would be wise to create a list under the section name "In popular culture" where references to this seal are listed. --Donald Trung (talk) 02:03, 30 December 2022 (UTC)