User talk:Madeintibet59

Mao Zedong and Tibet
Hello there and thank you for contacting me on this issue. I assume that you have done so because you have identified me as one of the primary contributors to the Mao Zedong page. In fact, my work on that page has been chronological, working from Mao's birth onwards, but so far I have only focused on providing well-referenced, accurate information on his early life and events during the civil war; I have not added anything to the period during which he was in political power. For that reason, I am not personally accountable for anything on that page post-1949. I am surprised that it does not mention anything on Tibet/Xizang however, and I certainly intend to rectify that in future. The concept of a "Chinese takeover" of Tibet during Mao's era is however a little problematic; internationally, Tibet was recognised as a region of China rather than an independent country for centuries before Mao and the Communists came along. It did have quite a lot of de facto autonomy however, which results in the popular idea that Tibet was an independent country invaded by the Red Army in the 1950s, which is something that – though not strictly historically accurate – is popularised by the contemporary Free Tibet movement. There should be other Wikipedia pages which deal with the issue in greater depth. I wish you well on your research paper, all the best, Midnightblueowl (talk) 00:36, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Although you may have already gotten what you need and taken your notice off my Talk Page, I'd like to encourage you to keep up your research. Wikipedia probably isn't the best place for a complicated and controversial topic like this, though. If you want an idea of just how strongly people feel, take a look at the Tibet Talk Page page! If you possibly can, get a book like Tom Grunfeld's The Making of Modern Tibet, which is relatively neutral and describes the events in pretty good detail. Cheers ch (talk) 04:11, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:01, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Mao Zedong's wiki page


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 * Please do not use categories to pose questions to other editors: it's inefficient and inappropriate. I realize that new editors tend to mistake the category dialogue as a means of communication, but it's not intended that way. If you have a question, just ask on the appropriate editors' talkpage, and try to confine the question to maybe three or four editors.  Acroterion   (talk)   03:55, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh I see. Before I was able to post questions on the talk page but later it somehow created a new category.--Madeintibet59 (talk) 03:59, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * If you want to start a new discussion, there is a "New section" button at the top of the page. Use that, rather than the Category links at the bottom of the page. —C.Fred (talk) 04:02, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Got it. Thanks. --Madeintibet59 (talk) 04:04, 26 April 2013 (UTC)