Talk:Zhan Guo Ce

Vandalization
Perhaps someone with background in this area should assist me in fixing it. Calabashhh 21:06, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

reverted to previous version Calabashhh 21:11, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Lead
I agree with the editors before me that the lead reads much better starting with "The Strategies of the Warring States..." and think the article should be moved there eventually. However, at the moment, the article is here and, until it is moved, the lead sentence should start with the title we have. Even worse, Google Ngram, Scholar, and Trends all seem to agree that—uncommon as any discussion of this book is in English—right now the most  name is "Zhan Guo Ce". (Well, the scholars have better pinyin and prefer "Zhanguo Ce", but that's a different issue...) That might just be an artifact of where the Wikipedia page is parked, but it's still what we should stick with until the English name gets more traction in English discussion about the work.

Also, we've already got the Chinese in an infobox on the right. We don't need to—and shouldn't—repeat it in the lead sentence as well. — Llywelyn II   20:14, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

WP:ERA
The page was established with a dating format. This should be maintained consistently, pending a new consensus to the contrary. — Llywelyn II   20:32, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Sources for future article expansion
As a side point, the initial form of the page was in many respects much better than what we have now, with a name section dealing with alternate forms of the title and a much fuller bibliography that was breezily nixed without explanation by a series of editors a few years back. White Whirlwind is generally a force for good, so there is probably some explanation for the gutting of the article's sources. That said, a great deal of material can and should be restored. — Llywelyn II   20:32, 16 December 2017 (UTC)