Talk:Hou Xian-guang

Hyphen?
@Chhandama: Hi, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't this page be titled "Hou Xianguang" without the hyphen? As far as I can tell from WP:CHINESE (particularly WP:ZHNAME), hyphens are not usually used for Chinese personal names, except under the Wade–Giles romanization system (or other exceptions?). I don't think the hyphenated name is more common than not for this person either, but to be honest I haven't thoroughly checked. (Also, I've made the non-hyphenated name a redirect to this one for now, if that helps to know, and I've merged the bot-created Wikidata item with an already-existing one with identifiers and links to the de-wiki, he-wiki and Wikispecies pages) Monster Iestyn (talk) 14:55, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I confess that I don't know whether the hyphenated form is more accurate or wrong; both styles are mixed up in his list of publications. I chose the hyphenated mainly because: 1) he used it in his books; 2) his official university page uses it; 3) he used it in his solo paper (e.g. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002233600002758X). Otherwise, I have no further defence for it. I just get the impression that it may be his preference (or more likely he does not care for either one). Chhandama (talk) 07:08, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, it looks like he's not consistent about the use of hyphens in his name at all... oh well, thanks for answering anyway. Monster Iestyn (talk) 12:06, 24 March 2023 (UTC)