User:Madalibi

Hello! I'm a Canadian man of European descent, and I've lived in China with my family for more than 10 years. I specialize in Chinese history, especially the history of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), as well as in pre-modern Chinese law and medicine. I no longer work in Academia, but I'm still publishing articles and working on two scholarly books.

I edit Wikipedia as an artisan builds a mosaic, little piece by little piece. This is why I can be very slow, but I believe meticulousness helps to create lasting, reliable content.

Useful links
I have found the following links particularly useful.


 * Wikipedia's most crucial content policy: Verifiability
 * Wikipedia's "Neutral point of view" (NPOV) policy
 * Wikipedia's ban on original research
 * An explanation of the notion of "reliable sources"
 * Wikipedia's "Manual of Style"
 * An essay on NPOV, by Coppertwig
 * PericlesofAthens's user page. PericlesofAthens has made significant contributions to 19 Featured articles and 13 Good articles!

My sandboxes
You're welcome to leave comments on the "talk page" of my sandboxes. Most of them are long-term projects.

Main series

 * /Qing dynasty
 * /Chronology of the Qing dynasty
 * /Economy of the Qing dynasty
 * /Government of the Qing dynasty
 * /History of the Manchus before 1644
 * /History of the Qing dynasty
 * /Legal history of the Qing dynasty
 * /Religion in the Qing dynasty
 * /Science, technology, and medicine of the Qing dynasty
 * /Society and culture of the Qing dynasty
 * /Template:Qing dynasty
 * /List of emperors of the Qing dynasty

Emperors

 * /Nurhaci (1616-1626; Timeline)
 * /Hong Taiji (1626-1643; Timeline)
 * Shunzhi (1644-1661; Timeline)
 * /Oboi regency (1661-1669; Timeline)
 * Kangxi (1662-1722; Timeline)
 * Yongzheng (1723-1735; Timeline)
 * Qianlong (1736-1795); Timeline
 * /Jiaqing (1796-1820; Timeline)
 * /Daoguang (1821-1850; Timeline)
 * /Xianfeng (1851-1861; Timeline)
 * Tongzhi (1862-1874; Timeline)
 * /Guangxu (1875-1908; Timeline)
 * /Xuantong (1909-1912; Timeline)

Ming-Qing transition
The mothership would be /Ming-Qing transition (1619-1683). The eventually featured topic would include Chongzhen Emperor, /History of the Manchus before 1644, Shunzhi Emperor, Three Feudatories, Shun Dynasty, and Southern Ming, as well as articles on key people like Dorgon, Wu Sangui, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong.
 * People (political): Ajige, Chongzhen Emperor, Dodo (prince), Dorgon, Hong Chengchou, Hooge (prince), Hung Taiji, Jirgalang, Li Zicheng, Shunzhi Emperor, Tianqi Emperor, Wu Sangui, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhang Xianzhong.
 * People (non-political): Bada Shanren, Chen Yuanyuan, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, Qian Qianyi, Wang Fuzhi, Wu Weiye.
 * Events, institutions, etc.: Battle of Shanhai Pass, Battle of Songjin, Booi Aha, Shun Dynasty, Three Feudatories, Yangzhou massacre.
 * Southern Ming: Southern Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Zhilong, Zhu Yousong, Zhu Youlan, Zhu Yujian.
 * Missing: /Fan Wencheng, /Fang Yizhi, /Fushe, /Haircutting command, /Li Chengdong, /Liu Liangzuo, /Ma Shiying, /Niu Jinxing, /Tantai.

Other Qing topics

 * /Anti-Qing sentiment
 * /Boxers
 * /Boxers (new structure)
 * /Chronology of the Boxer Uprising
 * /Old Manchu Archives
 * /Scramble for concessions
 * /Shunzhi succession (draft)
 * /Tangse
 * /Tzewang Rabtan
 * /Women in the Qing dynasty
 * Needs better coverage: Anti-Manchuism
 * Need a page: /Yue Zhongqi
 * /Timeline of Qing reigns

Chinese culture, medicine, and history

 * /Chinese medical manuscripts
 * /Chronology of Chinese medical history
 * /Distinction between Hua and Yi (quotes)
 * /Dunhuang medical manuscripts
 * /Emotions in Chinese medicine
 * /Emotions in Chinese medicine (notes)
 * /Fangmatan
 * /Five Phases
 * /Grace Vineyard
 * /Historical writing in Republican China
 * /History of acupuncture and moxibustion
 * /History of China
 * /History of East Asia
 * /History of medicine in China
 * /History of moxibustion
 * /History of Neidan
 * /History of wine in China
 * /History of women in China
 * /Intellectual, religious, and cultural history of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
 * /Jin dynasty (notes)
 * /Legal history of China
 * /List of Chinese medical texts
 * /Madness in Chinese history
 * /Neidan
 * /Prehistoric China
 * /Tao Hongjing
 * /Wine in China
 * /Xia dynasty
 * /Xia-Shang-Zhou economy
 * /Yellow Emperor
 * /Yellow Emperor notes

History and anthropology of science and medicine

 * /Anthropology of emotions
 * /Ethnopsychiatry
 * /History of cybernetics
 * /History of scientific texts
 * /Medical history
 * /Medical history (disambiguation)
 * /Shamanism and mental illness

Korea

 * /Assassination of Queen Min
 * /Gojoseon
 * /History of Korean nationalism
 * /Joseon Korea
 * /Korea (blood, ethnicity, etc.)
 * /Korean ethnic nationalism (draft)

Nationalism and historiography in East Asia

 * /民族
 * "Ethnic nationalism" series: /Ethnic nationalism in China––/Ethnic nationalism in East Asia––/Ethnic nationalism in Japan––/Ethnic nationalism in Korea
 * "Nationalist historiography" series: /Nationalist historiography in China––/Nationalist historiography in East Asia––/Nationalist historiography in Japan––/Korean nationalist historiography
 * /Japanese historiography
 * /Korean historiography
 * /Social Darwinism in East Asia

Others

 * /History
 * /Prehistoric Asia
 * /Nihewan Basin

Boxer Uprising

 * Current wikis on the Boxer uprising: Battle of Beicang, Battle of Beitang, Battle of Dagu Forts (1900), Battle of Pai-t'ou-tzu, Battle of Peking, Battle of Senluo Temple, Battle of Shanhaiguan (1900), Battles on Amur River (1900), Battle of Tientsin, Battle of Yangcun, Beijing Legation Quarter, Boxers attacks on Chinese Eastern Railway, Boxer Protocol, Boxer Rebellion, China Relief Expedition, Defence of Yingkou, Divine Engine Division, Dong Fuxiang, Eight Nation Alliance, Gaselee Expedition, Hushenying, Imperial Decree of declaration of war against foreign powers, Imperial Decree on events leading to the signing of Boxer Protocol, Juye Incident, List of 1900-1930 publications on Boxer Rebellion, Nie Shicheng, Open Door Policy, Ronglu, Russian Invasion of Northern and Central Manchuria (1900), Seymour Expedition, Sheng Xuanhuai, Siege of the International Legations, Taiyuan Massacre, Wuwei Troop, Xishiku Cathedral; Zaiyi, Prince Duan
 * Other Boxer-related wikis that should be written: /Boxers (and all its possible redirects; include section on "Red Lanterns"), /Zhu Hongdeng
 * /Chinese forces during the Boxer Rebellion

Uploading images

 * Uploading images: general explanations (though a bit technical)
 * File Upload Wizard: links to upload form
 * Upload file: another upload form with a slightly different format
 * "Information" template: a crucial template for identifying images and their origins
 * List of all copyright tags
 * Uploading images on Wikimedia Commons: for free-content images that can be used in all Wiki projects
 * File:Anders-Celsius-Head.jpg: an outstanding example of how an image file should be presented

The wikis I've created (excluding about 330 redirects)

 * Battle of Senluo Temple: a prelude to the Boxer Uprising
 * Changning (prince): a Manchu noble of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912)
 * Chronology of the Shunzhi reign
 * Symbol support vote.svg Deliberative Council of Princes and Ministers, the main policymaking body of the early Qing dynasty
 * Doksa Sillon: "A New Reading of History" (1908), an influential essay by Shin Chaeho, the originator of Korean nationalist historiography
 * Fangmatan: an archeological site from the late third century BCE where the oldest extant piece of paper was found
 * Fuquan (prince): a Manchu noble of the Qing dynasty
 * Geng Zhongming: an important military commander of the Ming-Qing transition, whose grand-son became one of the Three Feudatories who rebelled against the Qing in the 1670s
 * Grand coordinator and provincial governor: the main civil administrators of Chinese provinces during the Qing dynasty
 * Imperial Clan Court: the institution in charge of managing the affairs of the imperial clan under the Ming and Qing dynasties
 * Imperial Household Department: an important institution in the Qing government
 * Jirgalang: a Manchu prince who served as co-regent during the minority of the Shunzhi Emperor
 * Johns Hopkins Hospital Historical Club: founded in 1890 and meeting for the first time in 1902, it was instrumental in the creation of the discipline of medical history
 * Juye Incident: the killing of two German missionaries that led to the "scramble for concessions" of 1897 and 1898 in China
 * Liu Shiduan: founder of the Big Swords Society, a precursor of the Boxers
 * Mao Qiling: an influential scholar from the early Qing dynasty
 * Military of the Qing dynasty
 * Mojokerto child: a controversial fossil from Indonesia
 * Peking Field Force: founded in 1862, one of the first modern armies of the Qing dynasty
 * Provincial military commander: a high military official in charge of the Green Standard Army during the Qing
 * Rare Poultry Society: a British association devoted to conserving and promoting rare poultry breeds
 * Symbol support vote.svg Shamanism in the Qing dynasty: on the lesser-known religious practices of Qing rulers and Manchu bannermen
 * Shuanggudui, an archeological site rich in bamboo strips that was excavated in 1977 near Fuyang (Anhui)
 * Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao: the Annotated Catalogue of the Siku Quanshu
 * Taisu: one of three extant versions of the Chinese medical classic Huangdi Neijing
 * Wushi'er Bingfang: Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments, a Chinese medical work from the third century BCE
 * Yin Yang Shiyi Mai Jiujing: the Cauterization Canon of the Eleven Yin and Yang vessels, another early Chinese medical work
 * Zubi Shiyi Mai Jiujing: the Cauterization Canon of the Eleven Vessels of the Foot and Forearm, an early Chinese medical text that contains data on the origins of moxibustion

The wikis I've rewritten or substantially referenced

 * Anubis
 * Battle of Shanhai Pass
 * Cup of Solid Gold: China's first national anthem
 * Symbol support vote.svg Hanpu: the alleged founder of the Jurchen Wanyan clan, whose descendant Aguda eventually founded the Jin Dynasty in 1115.
 * Symbol support vote.svg Java Man
 * Jizi (or Gija): a semi-legendary Chinese sage from the eleventh century BCE.
 * Liu Yizheng: a Chinese historian of the late Qing and early Republican periods
 * Manchu conquest of China
 * National Library of China
 * Cscr-featured.svg Shunzhi Emperor: the first Qing emperor to reign over China (r. 1643–1661).
 * Southern Ming
 * Tickle Me Elmo
 * Yellow Emperor: the mythical ancestor of all Chinese.

Recognition from peers
  Qing dynasty

Thank you for quality scientific articles on Chinese culture, medicine, and history, especially the Qing dynasty and its people such as Shunzhi Emperor, its first "emperor to reign over China", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 15 March 2013 (UTC)