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Chu River and Han Street
Just wanted to say thank you for all the beautiful photos you added to the Chu River and Han Street article. I think they really enhance the article and make it much easier to understand and appreciate this project. Great work! — Hebrides (talk) 08:46, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. I happened to have photos taken when I was touring that street. Hope you can come to see it some day!Howchou (talk) 14:56, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

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Rail_map_of_China图有小差错
Rail_map_of_China图有小差错，wuhan（武汉）到jiujiang（九江）应为灰色普通铁路，而jiujiang（九江）到nanchang（南昌）应在加上与现有灰色普通铁路平行的昌九城际的绿色线. 请问你SVG文件用的什么软件制作的？ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enyiths (talk • contribs) 11:47, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I used iDraw.--Howchou (talk) 16:17, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

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 * added links pointing to Private college and Hongshan District


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MU WUH-SFO
WikiProject Airports/page content (bullet #7). Same plane but the flight passes through a domestic hub (PVG). Therefore those destinations cannot be listed. Please take to the talk page if you disagree. 68.119.73.36 (talk) 02:20, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * okay, i got it.--Howchou (talk) 02:41, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I have readded it with a source stating that it is the same plane, same flight number (and passengers originating from WUH going to SFO do not get off plane or change aircraft at PVG). I would still discuss it though. I'll just leave it for now until we can figure out if the flight is considered "timetable direct" or the aircraft changes constantly. 68.119.73.36 (talk) 05:45, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Better to be on the safe side, I have removed it again. Will take to the respective talk pages if necessary (WUH, SFO, and WP:AIRPORTS). Do not want to get into any edit wars. 68.119.73.36 (talk) 05:52, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

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WHU

 * Wuhan University is a Chinese university with historical and cultural importance, that is why I think contents added to this article should be especially deliberated. For example, Yellow Crane Tower may be notable, but that doesn't mean it's important enough to have a long paragraph from the article China. To list all those rankings from 2002 is obviously against WP:WEIGHT. What's more, both Wu Shulian and CUAA rankings, their methodologies are fairly opaque. Wu Shulian has listed Zhejiang Uni as the top university of China for many years, that must be a great joke. So they may be notable, but they're not reliable.


 * If you carefully examined my edits, you'll find I not only remove some content, but also updated the data, and added a link to the current president Li Xiaohong. You yourself removed legit and useful content added by other editors, too. To be polite is important, but to improve the article is more important. If you feel offended, I apologize. I have no question to ask, I barely give my answer here. Thanks for your note. Regards--Huang Jinghai (talk) 13:06, 21 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I apologize again that I didn't start this discussion earlier. Yes, I'm Chinese and as you know, I'm not fluent in English. But I prefer to leave the message in English so that other English wikipedians can also understand our conversations.


 * I admit I am somtimes tendentious, but I have never edited pages purely on my own judgment. I know that all rankings have their shorts, but it is precisely because their popularity do they attract criticism. However, that's not the point. According to Alexa, the site shanghairanking.com is ranked 47,090th globally, cuaa.net 636,424th. Overlook also that most pages of cuaa.net are NOT directly related to university rankings. It's very clear that their influence are not at the same level. Wu Shulian has not even an official site. The search results on Baidu are meaningless, since many results are from blogs and forums.


 * To introduce an university and a kindergarten with the same length in one single article is not neutral. In fact, you will see that no kindergarten appears in articles about cities, although some kindergarten may be notable itself. If you insist to put Wu Shulian and cuaa rankings in the WHU article, I suggest to keep only the rankings in 2014. Or, remove all the rankings.--Huang Jinghai (talk) 02:47, 22 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your understanding. I may update the WHU article in the future, your further comments are welcome --Huang Jinghai (talk) 01:52, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

/x/
I recommend checking out this thread. I'm having doubts about [wuxan].

Peter Isotalo 00:05, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello Peter. I think it would be better if you can clear your doubts first, either by getting help on the thread you mentioned or finding a source (a paper or a book) that can back up your contentions, than go directly editing the page, since you seemed not certain about this yourself.--Howchou (talk) 04:58, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Actually, I'm fairly sure of this. I studied Chinese in both high school and college and I've been nerding phonetics for close to a decade. I recognize [xu] and [xɤ], but [xan] sounds wrong. And I'm saying that as someone who grew up with Russian, which has very clear [xa] syllables. There's also this this pointer in Standard Chinese phonology. The source you gave in your edit comment isn't a reliable one.
 * Revert at Wuhan if you feel you're in the right, but I'm not sure it's the best pronunciation guide.
 * Peter Isotalo 08:29, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


 * The source might be unreliable, but I did find other source pointing at the same direction. What I hope to clarify here is, if you can find a source to buttress your finding, that would be perfect. But if not, Wikipedia is probably not the best place for an original idea. I am not talking from my own scholarly training on linguistics, even though I have some at both college and graduate level.--Howchou (talk) 10:03, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Note the ref to Duanmu pointing to variation in pronunciation of /x/. That's not my addition.
 * Peter Isotalo 10:21, 9 December 2014 (UTC)


 * "Some speakers pronounce it [h]." I can make the exact opposite argument, arguendo, saying that "other people pronounce it [x]." My personal experience with the pronunciation of "Wuhan" is [wuxan] because it is a location name, not just any noun, and it tends to be pronounced more clearly. I would recommend you finding a native Chinese speaker and ask him/her how to pronounce "Wuhan," and see if it is [wuxan] or [wuhan].--Howchou (talk) 11:42, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

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China railway map projection?
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Hello, I'm Cfls. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Wuhan University, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Cfls (talk) 07:54, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * You can simply mark them with a template or flag the section you deemed problematic. Directly removing huge chunks of text is not very helpful and unconstructive.--08:59, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Howchou (talk)
 * Please refrain from linking Wuhan University's origins to the Ziqiang Academy established in 1893. This historical association is currently a subject of significant national controversy, including objections from within the university's own faculty. Due to ongoing debates, primary sources from Wuhan University may not provide an impartial perspective on this matter and should be avoided with caution. Cfls (talk) 21:01, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I understand there was a debate, but at least we can include the details of such debate. Not allowing mentioning such debate was rather authoritarian isn't it? Howchou (talk) 01:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The policies WP:PRIMARY and WP:NOTADVERT are fundamental and non-negotiable aspects of Wikipedia's guidelines. There are no exceptions to these rules. Cfls (talk) 22:10, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It's important to accurately represent Chinese universities, including Wuhan University, without applying the subjective and unofficial label of "research university." In China, there's no formal classification or accreditation for this term by the Ministry of Education or other authoritative bodies. This is true not just for prominent institutions like Tsinghua University and Peking University, but also for other universities such as the Southern University of Science and Technology and Shanghai Dianji University. While some individual rankings might label these institutions as "research universities" for ranking classification purposes, these designations lack a standardized, well-recognized, and due process of evaluation and are therefore arbitrary. It's crucial to avoid using this term when discussing Chinese universities and colleges to maintain accuracy and objectivity. The rule of WP:BOOSTER is strictly enforced Wikipedia-wide. Cfls (talk) 21:10, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
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