User talk:2A01:E0A:208:4130:3115:9BAE:FC8:F300

April 2024
Hello, I'm Lachielmao. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Wootz steel seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Lachielmao (talk) 03:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

My point of view is neutral: read the study, it is in no way, shape or form anti-chinese. William Lox (2009) cites all the production methods and points of view in China concerning "bintie" steel and is based on research performed in China as well, both from a metallurgical and archaelogical aspect, the term "Bintie" is explained etc. historical context as well, different production methods are even given, taken verbatim from ancient chinese authors. The problem is not China or the Chinese people, it's Needham, who in 1971 didn't have the qualifications to identify correctly the steel type which isn't hyper-eutectoid like wootz : his opinion is thus outdated since research has shown what the steel really was. The Chinese did produce a very hard steel circa 500BC but it was made via different types of co-fusion (wrought iron + cast iron), China is even coined as a quite plausible birthplace for the co-fusion process in said study. The link for the excerpt in PDF was given as well.