User talk:HaileJones

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Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 04:23, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Fantano edits
His divorce hasn't been covered in reliable sources, so it shouldn't be mentioned in the article. An offhand mention in an old source isn't enough-- given his (ex) wife is a non-public figure, the information is best left out; see Biographies_of_living_persons. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 04:37, 20 September 2023 (UTC)


 * His divorce has not yet been covered, but his marriage was mentioned by a reliable source. I can find several more mentioning her if you need me to. I consider a man's marriage to be the most important part of the personal life section, far more than eating habits. The fact that he was married can be conclusively proved and is relevant to his personal life. I deliberately did not mention Boxley by name, but most Wikipedia pages do name the spouse if a name is provided.
 * Is your objection to the source? I am not talking about divorce, just marriage. HaileJones (talk) 17:24, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * A primary source (court document) indicates he was divorced, and it hasn't been reported in a secondary reliable source, although old reliable sources indicate he was married at one point. The wording I removed made it sound like he was still married, but we know that's not true because of the primary source. His wife isn't a public figure and his marriage has only gotten passing coverage. We've had a recurring issue regarding articles on lower-level BLPs having personal tangential information about them (family stuff generally) that becomes outdated/untrue, but no reliable source reports on it. The solution in my opinion is just to remove information that information and instead document what reliable sources directly talk about. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 18:40, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Mind if you kindly stop promoting false Chinese territorial claims on Wikipedia?
What you are doing has consequences on what millions of people perceive as true historical fact.

Yes, the treaty is a real thing, but the notion that parts of modern day Kazakhstan like Almaty was under Chinese rule is nonsense. Chinese rule in eastern Kazakhstan was never ever mentioned by old Chinese sources. These are all made up claims by the CCP(ruling party of modern China).

Back in the 18th to 19th centuries, borders in central Asia were mostly fluid. This means that they can't be accurately represented as solid lines.

No way Almaty was a part of China. How can a bunch of Manchus can have jurisdiction over a city 5,000 km away? This claim is clearly nonsense. PurpleRequiem (talk) 07:49, 27 November 2023 (UTC)


 * It was my understanding that the Qing conquered territory that formerly belonged to the Dzungars ie modern Almaty and held it for a century. I provided a non Chinese source - and every map I have seen of the period puts the border at lake Balkash. Do you have a source that backs up your statement? HaileJones (talk) 08:13, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * All of those sources were made up. Nomads didn't have a bureaucracy like China or Europeans. There simply weren't any records that mentioned that Qing north-western borders ended at lake Balkhash.
 * When the Dzungars were defeated by the Qing, the Kazakhs regained control of their lost territory.
 * Those maps are wrong as they are based on the false fact provided by the source, we all trust - Wikipedia. Which is why I strongly advocate for you to stop undoing the edits I have made.
 * Nomadic entities never have solid and clearly defined borders like Prussia or Britain. The shape of the territory they have jurisdiction over can be roughly mapped. I can't provide you any source because there simply isn't. Qing China only controlled prominent cities like Illi or Urumqi. Almaty was NEVER a part of Xinjiang province. PurpleRequiem (talk) 11:22, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * From what I've read the Qing were able to exert fairly effective control over nomadic peoples through their banner system. Even the Dzungar nomads were beginning to create a centralized state before the Quianlong emperor subjugated/exterminated them. I recommend the book China Marches West by Peter C. Perdue. I concede that there was a great deal of local autonomy and fluidity on the frontier, but from what I've read I believe that the preeminent power east of Balkash (until Yaqub Beg) was China.
 * If you can provide a reliable source that supports you on this issue, I'm happy to back down on it. Otherwise I'll have to stick to what the sources we have say. The source I provided predates Wikipedia by decades. HaileJones (talk) 16:12, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * source, source is all you puny westerners want. I'll keep undoing your edits.
 * As for the source, I'm not a shut in geek like you who sits around the whole day. Click the link, and there is an answer posted by one of the forum moderators. He explains how the fact that Qing China never actually controlled region near Almaty. And I think that answer contains the sources.
 * https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/i-advocate-game-designers-of-victoria-3-to-review-the-your-map-because-the-territory-of-qing-dynasty-is-inaccurate.1477013/ PurpleRequiem (talk) 01:52, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Also keep in mind your sources aren't necessarily true. Can you just drop the whole Qing Chinese claim? It's not a well backed up claim either. The whole lake Balkhash thing is very blurry and not crystal clear of who exactly owned it. PurpleRequiem (talk) 02:05, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

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