User talk:Zanhe/2018

DYK for Shu Xiuwen
Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Thoughts on moving Kshitigarbha to Kṣitigarbha
Hi! I recently opened a requested move on renaming Kshitigarbha to Kṣitigarbha over at the talk page and seeing that you participated in the previous discussion I was wondering if you could share your thoughts. Thanks! --DTM9025 (talk) 05:21, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Art of Uruk
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

National first-grade museum of China
I have promoted your hook for the National first-grade museum of China to prep, but it would be very nice if you could create at least a stub for the Memorial for the War to Resist America and Aid Korea because readers are bound to be interested in this monument, which is currently a red link. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:12, 4 January 2018 (UTC)


 * sorry for the late reply. I was on vacation at the time and missed both your message and the DYK update. I may have found enough material to create a full-fledged article, good for its own DYK. -Zanhe (talk) 01:40, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Wolfgang Franke
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Yiqu
Mifter (talk) 00:04, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Lei Jieqiong
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for National first-grade museum of China
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for He Luli
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for He Siyuan
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Deng Hongxun
Alex Shih (talk) 00:04, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Liu Jianfeng (PRC)
Alex Shih (talk) 00:04, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Li Huang
Hello! Your submission of Li Huang at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 21:12, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Li Huang
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Another helping of "thank you" from my bucket of gratitude!ch (talk) 15:56, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * it's always nice to see your expertly written articles featured on the main page! -Zanhe (talk) 16:11, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Otto Franke (sinologist)
Vanamonde (talk) 04:23, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Xu Shijie
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for National archaeological park of China
Mifter (talk) 15:32, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Chen Guangyi
Alex Shih (talk) 15:05, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
... for fixing my bad edit. That's what happens when you try to cook dinner, clean the house up after the kids have gone to bed, and edit....! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:38, 19 January 2018 (UTC)


 * No worries! BTW, you may wish to take a look at this, the user's behaviour looks strange. -Zanhe (talk) 21:31, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Yang Yuanyuan
Gatoclass (talk) 14:03, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Warning
I have noticed several cases of disruptive editing, vandalism, adding original research, altering statements to contradict sourced materials, and not adhering to the neutral point of view. For the most recent edit on Goguryeo, I will have to warn you from committing more disruptive edits (1), from being highly biased (2), and from altering the statements to improperly represent the cited sources (3). This article has been repeatedly protected due to similar circumstances that have been imposed today. The original article that has been previously protected was the result of; talk page discussions and resolutions conducted by numerous editors and administrators from within the article itself, as well as a combination of talk pages from several editors and administrators in participation.

1- Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. 2- Hello, I'm Wandrative. 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 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. 3- Hello, I'm Wandrative. I wanted to let you know that some of your recent contributions have been reverted or removed because they could seem to be defamatory or libellous. Take a look at our welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Wandrative (talk) 09:43, 23 January 2018 (UTC)


 * do you have any idea what WP:NEUTRALITY means? I've reverted both Chinese POV and Korean POV such as yours . You, on the other hand, have been edit warring with multiple editors to exclusively promote the Korean perspective. You need to read the RFC closure comment on the article talk page: "Editors recommended following WP:UNDUE in presenting the different viewpoints and WP:NPOV in not favoring one side over the other." I recommend that you read neutral academic works about Goguryeo history and archaeology such as Mark Byington and Chris Beckwith. -Zanhe (talk) 19:10, 23 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Firstly, you have edited the article against the cited sources, which drops your actions into acts of original research. Secondly, you must re-read the terms of WP:NEUTRALITY yourself. From the comment above, I could report that you have committed "Harassment of other users" as you have blamed me for "edit warring with multiple editors to exclusively promote the Korean perspective.", which is not true. You are imposing the Chinese POV my deliberately removing many phrases that state that Goguryeo is Korean, even against the sourced materials. I revert both extremest Chinese POVs such as yours, as well as extremest Korean POVs (see history in ). The established neutral point of view that has been settled in Wikipedia is the format that has been protected. Since when did the Chinese POV become the 'neutral' standard in your analysis? This would fall into original research also.

Combining with the information that has been presented in my talk page: 1- you have once again altered the statements to misrepresent the sourced materials. 2- You are not adhering to the neutral point of view, although not being knowledgeable of the situation. 3- you wrongly accused an editor of committing something that one has not done, and have also used the wrong level of warning even if it was appropriate (this triggers two levels of warnings in combination). For these reasons I paste these warnings on your wall:

Please do not add defamatory content to Wikipedia, especially if it involves living persons. Thank you. Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Please refrain from abusing warning or blocking templates. Doing so is a violation of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Please use the user warnings sandbox for any tests you may want to do, or take a look at our introduction page to learn more about contributing to the encyclopedia. Thank you.

As long as the sources are proper, the statement from within the article matches the sources, I think no further conflict will arise from this incident between us. Wandrative (talk) 03:49, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

I see that you are not replying or giving any reason for the actions listed above. In fact, you are continuing your activities despite my warnings. With an added accumulation of the previous charges above (except for abusing templates), you have now erased entire credited sources without proving that it has corelation faults or if it is entirely uncreditable on the talk page. This is an act of vandalism.

Hello, I'm Wandrative. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted. Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Hello, I'm Wandrative. I noticed that you recently removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Since it is apparent that you passionately do not agree with the current status of the article, I highly suggest you to investigate the sources themselves. You can discuss about them to see if it is foraged, or if it is actually supporting a statement as it is written in the article. Wandrative (talk) 20:44, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Song Jian
Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Zhang Wendan
I've left a comment there, just so you know. Cheers, Alex Shih (talk) 06:35, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

FYI
I seem to recall Bish telling me somewhere that she's not enough of a masochist to go after these user conduct messes more than seems necessary. A courtesy ping once when her name was mentioned on ANI would probably be enough, which is why I didn't ping her myself (I saw you already had). Wand was engaged in unambiguous and clearly problematic canvassing (did you see where he tracked down an admin who blocked me two years ago?), and we have unambiguous evidence of such; but we kinda lose the moral high ground when we repeatedly ping the same editors, even disregarding that it might have a 逆効果 by annoying said users. Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 07:11, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I just habitually linked the users I mentioned, didn't even think about the ping effect. I agree pinging someone twice within a few hours about the same issue is intrusive. -Zanhe (talk) 06:29, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK rejections on the Approved page
Zanhe, we prefer to let the bot do the cleanup on the Approved page, which automatically removes approved and rejected nominations and logs the fact every two hours on the odd hour. It's only on the regular nominations page that we have to remove the dates by hand, because the bot was designed not to touch date headers on that page. There's no need to undo any that you've already done, but in future you can save yourself some time. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:05, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for the note. I noticed many empty dates on the DYK count, then I saw that you manually removed a date, so I thought maybe the bot was not functioning. Now I realize you were removing a special date. I'll save my effort in the future. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 00:14, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the special occasion dates need to be removed by hand, since the bot doesn't look there, and the date in some cases might still be needed for further hooks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:45, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Wrong User On Miryang Hospital fire
The updater column refers to the person who has updated the article nomination on the candidates page, NOT the person who created or updated the article. As I updated that nomination to the correct title, that makes me the updater not the person you claim has updated it. Read the logs. EDIT: It doesn't matter now though, the column has been posted in the news. Just a heads up, it doesn't really bother me. ChieftanTartarus (talk) 09:24, 29 January 2018 (UTC)


 * I think you've misunderstood the meaning of the "updater" field. It refers to the person responsible for most updates to the article, not to the nomination. See Template:ITN candidate. And for 2018 Miryang hospital fire, the main updater is no doubt the article creator, who was responsible for 99% of the content at the time of my nomination. -Zanhe (talk) 18:19, 29 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Apologies for the confusion. ChieftanTartarus (talk) 10:59, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Chen Junsheng
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Wendan
— Maile (talk) 02:25, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

About a past edit
Hello

I noticed for this article: https://i.imgur.com/NALUb2O.png someone added a "random indian reference", I did some digging and I was surprised it was you. Here on Wikipedia indians have a tendency to add their country to articles that really shouldn't reference india or its people, which is really annoying since I have to undo/rewrite it without such bias. So coming back to you, I was surprised that a (Chinese?) person would add a random indian reference in an article about a war in Afghanistan vs NATO, that has nothing to do with india. Why is that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by YipC (talk • contribs) 23:30, 5 February 2018 (UTC)


 * You seem to be confused on several points. 1) My edit summary clearly notes that the info was merged from Draft:January 2018 Kabul car bombing, a duplicate AFC draft article that was written by someone else. I was simply merging the info before turning the draft into a redirect; 2) NPR.org is not an Indian reference, and was already used in the article before my edit; 3) The nationality of the editors is irrelevant, what matters is whether they write from a WP:Neutral Point of View. Judging from your tone, you seem to be a bit biased yourself. -Zanhe (talk) 00:04, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Hello! Your submission of Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Warofdreams talk 20:59, 9 February 2018 (UTC) Warofdreams talk 20:59, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mu-ming Poo
Hello! Your submission of Mu-ming Poo at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! David Eppstein (talk) 04:09, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Prep 3
Hi, just to let you know that I spelled out the hook a bit more, since readers will be much more familiar with "Dolly the sheep" than "the Dolly method". Best, Yoninah (talk) 22:30, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * A bit wordy IMO, but no big deal. I'm fine with it. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 02:03, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Wish you a peaceful and very happy Lunar New Year
Dear Zanhe, I wish you a peaceful and very happy Lunar New Year, also, I want to show my personal appreciation for your splendid editions among considerable sinological articles, with rigorous standards. I think you are a good example shows us what we are all capable of. Thanks! Med Nyin (talk) 14:16, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much and Happy New Year to you too! Hope to see you around more often in the new year! -Zanhe (talk) 20:42, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for China's 100 major archaeological discoveries in the 20th century
Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Mu-ming Poo
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Huang Zongying
— Maile (talk) 00:04, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Shaitan Singh
Zanhe, I was wondering whether you could return to your DYK review now that some hook issues have been cleared up. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:21, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder. I'm busy working on several articles at the same time. Will get back to this in the next few days. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 00:04, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Candia massacre
Thank you for your time reviewing this. I've just added a thumb next to the hook.Alexikoua (talk) 15:44, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Su Bai
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wang Bingzhang (general)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Wang Bingzhang (general) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Alex Shih -- Alex Shih (talk) 15:21, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Zhang Junsheng
Hi; apologies. I assume you disagree with the bio tag assessment which I will leave alone. Are you agreeable to allowing me to update the living parameter at least to no since Zhang Junsheng is no longer living? sorry for the trouble.--FeanorStar7 11:17, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Please feel free to update the project tags, but assessing this article which took me several hours to write as a stub was a bit disrespectful, IMO. -Zanhe (talk) 23:52, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for your message. My sincere apologies. I will only update the living parameter. --FeanorStar7 00:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Su Bingqi
Hello! Your submission of Su Bingqi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Drmies (talk) 20:28, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Huang Xuhua
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Yalu River Broken Bridge
— Maile (talk) 00:12, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Jagdgeschwader II DYK nom
Hello,

This article is submitted to DYK as a recently passed Good Article. Although it previously ran as a DYK in January, it did so as a new article. If there are actual grounds for disapproving the second nomination, I should like to be advised of them.Georgejdorner (talk) 15:11, 10 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Georgejdorner, articles are only allowed to run at DYK once, which this did back in January. From that point on, they are ineligible for DYK. Sometimes they don't get to run at all at DYK, if they have previously run at ITN or OTD. I'm afraid Jagdgeschwader II will be rejected if you have submitted it for a second run on the main page. (See the WP:DYK, 1.d.) BlueMoonset (talk) 21:57, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Sonovagun, I never noticed that provision. I thought that, in the past, I had seen articles run as both new articles and passed GANs. Please excuse my error.Georgejdorner (talk) 00:08, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure it had happened before, when both the nominator and the reviewer were unaware of the rule. It'd be nice if the same article could be featured on DYK multiple times. I've also had several articles promoted to GA after appearing on DYK. -Zanhe (talk) 01:38, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Georgejdorner, for future reference, the promotion to GA can be a second chance for articles that were previously nominated but were rejected for being too short, insufficiently expanded, or whatever reason. If you should have an article that qualifies, when you do nominate, please do not reuse the previous nomination template as you did here; a differently named template needs to be used. (If you need help with that, just ask at the DYK talk page.) For this nomination, since the same page was reused, it seemed to me that the best thing to do was to revert to the original nomination closure; the second nom edits will be accessible from the article history in case anyone goes looking. I've just taken care of it. (If you'd prefer, I can create a separate template, populate it with the edits you and Zanhe made, get an admin to merge in the edit history, and then formally close it.) One of the many things I like about DYKcheck is that, in addition to all the size and newness and expansion information, it also tells you if there was a prior DYK, and when the article was moved to mainspace. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:02, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * For the record: I did not purposely reuse the original nomination page. It autofilled on me. Thus my original note about difficulties.Georgejdorner (talk) 04:00, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Luo Haocai
Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Yao Xian (general)
Hello! Your submission of Yao Xian (general) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Innisfree987 (talk) 17:16, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Edit request for Template:Chinese currency and coinage
Could you please make Template:Chinese currency and coinage look like User:Donald Trung/Template-sandbox - Chinese currency and coinage? I just added a new article on Bamboo tallies which require an exonumia section alongside Yansheng charms. --Donald Trung (talk) 15:55, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * it's done. Thanks for your great work on Asian numismatics! -Zanhe (talk) 16:06, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * And thank you for all your articles as well, I sometimes check back to your user page just to see what new stuff you've created, keep it up. --Donald Trung (talk) 16:32, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Da He ding
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Junsheng
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Min fanglei
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Su Bingqi
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Yao Xian (general)
Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Wang Bingzhang (general)
Hello! Your submission of Wang Bingzhang (general) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:14, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Zanhe, we really need a response from you very soon if you wish to continue pursuing this nomination. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:11, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry I overlooked your first notice. Will get back to this soon. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 04:34, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Feng Yidai
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Interested in becoming a new page patroller?
~ Amory  (u • t • c) 15:26, 10 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'd like to help out. I'd patrolled hundreds (or maybe thousands?) of new pages before the new process started. How do I sign up? -Zanhe (talk) 04:41, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and added you to skip the bureaucracy. You can take a look at WP:NPR again when you have time! Alex Shih (talk) 04:56, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks Alex! -Zanhe (talk) 05:05, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
 * 👍 ~ Amory  (u • t • c) 11:30, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Request possible Information, knowledge or assistance in putting a halt to vandalism who are deliberately misinterpreting multiple sources in Wine History Page
Hello Zanhe. You seem like an experienced wikipedia editor, who is also knowledgeable and versed on issues and pages regarding China, sadly I am not. I am an occasional editor and have nowhere near the knowledge on how to stop vandals when mods/admins fail to show up (they usually do when there is vandalism going on). I don't know who to talk to to make that happen either.

I was wondering if it was possible to request some information or assistance, on how to put a stop repeat vandalism on the Wine History Page, where a vandal is repeatedly introducing Factual Errors/Falsehoods, and attributing them to two separate sources, in a bid to deface the page with lies.

There are two Legit sources (1. by Prof. Castro-Sowinski and 2. by Prof Gina Hames) that state that China has "grape wine" around 7000 BC. The Vandal can't seem to handle that fact, and keeps twisting sources into making it seem China had no wine at all, but something else other than legit wine... This is going straight against the majority of the sources originally present... All in a attempt to pull his preferred nation (Georgia) as the first nation to have grape wine, while sources explicitly contradict this. This is because he has no legit sources that states Georgia had grape wine at 7000bc or earlier. He goes all crazy defacing the page and then demanding people talk first and not restore the original version!

He repeatedly tries to Misrepresents/Twist those two sources sources, introducing Factual Errors, keeps changing his story and even deletes Quotes from those sources (1. Castro-sowinski and 2. Hames) to make it seem they are based on a 3rd vague source (McGovern)... while that is totally untrue, as they dont even cite McGovern on this specific issue.

Any Advice would be welcomed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.132.187.209 (talk) 22:47, 10 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Well, it's not a subject I'm familiar with. The sources do seem to support Jiahu, China as the earliest place which had fermented grape juice, although possibly mixed with other alcoholic beverages. The best way to deal with the dispute is probably to start an RFC on the talk page, to solicit input from more editors. And please don't call the other user "vandal", he/she is editing in good faith, just interpreting the sources differently. -Zanhe (talk) 23:29, 11 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello Zanhe Good Sir, My sincerest apologies, for this very late reply. Real life kept me busy and away from home (and sadly, still very busy). I had to suddenly leave on the 10th on short notice (business), briefly returned on the 12th, asked around about Wikipedia Rules, but before I could check your page, I had got another call and had to leave again. Furthermore, accept my apologies, this time for KartvellianCelt, who was following me around while I was gone, which is going against WP:FOLLOWING. He seemed to think he has the right to barge in uninvited and harass the people that I sought advice from, on their Talk Pages. He even did this elsewhere, on Another Talk page. I never invited him here, nor even mentioned your name to him. The time gap between his last series of edits took 11 days (31 march to 10 April), and one before that, even longer. Yet, I never followed him around and harassed the people he visited on their pages, just to get his attention... I don't know what his problems are...


 * I never wanted to see anyone dragged into this mess, which was why I only asked for advice - and did not link anything - in the form of Information, knowledge or assistance with the rules, to stop his violations. But then I see he decides to barge in and spread more lies (see below about his "invite" I never received, until I called him out for it on another Talk page, very recently)... The fault is mine for not providing links his to violations, which clearly shows that they were not merely different interpretations based on Good Faith, such as outright "Vandalism" / "Blanking" as shown Here (and that's why I started calling him a Vandal) the exact two quotes I placed there of Professor Castro-Sowinski as well as Professor Hames ( See here ) in a bid to put a stop to his violations. Those two quotes seemed to be very inconvenient to his WP:Synth and WP:OR misinterpretations of those exact two critical sources. Not only did he withheld mentioning his deletion, he left a mocking comment in his description, instead aka trolling as shown Here(More details in the 2nd section below, which I will add later on, when I get the chance). It is cool, it is not a as much a question about wine, but more about rules of Wikipedia, regarding repeated abuse of WP:Synth and WP:OR amongst other violations. Because without WP:Synth WP:OR, his whole story about mixtures and other fruit falls apart and he cant abuse it anymore (See the 2nd section below). I thank you for your advice on the RFC, I'll check it out. I agree with you on Assuming Good Faith, which is exactly what I did (see below in the 2nd part). Sadly, for there to be a continuation of Good Faith, one has to act in Good Faith as well. Which his repeated violations and trolling on that page, he threw away Good Faith, all by his own hands and actions. 24.132.187.209 (talk) 00:00, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * 24.132.187.209, I clearly apologised for that specific action which was a mistake. Pay attention to your talk page on which I have reached out and tried to settle this dispute. The fact that you keep complaining to experienced contributors despite my attempts to make peace suggest that you are the one trying to cause trouble. I've done all I can to assuage this conflict but yet you keep going. As I said, I am willing to compromise with you if we can have a civilised discussion. In good faith, --KartvelianCelt (talk) 16:23, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * *I revert my above accusations if you haven't noticed my attempts to reach out. As I said, please check your own talk page and check the other talk pages before carrying this on. Thanks, --KartvelianCelt (talk) 16:28, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Zanhe, I'm the "vandal" that 24.132.187.209 is complaining about. I invited 24.132.187.209 to talk about it on the talk page for history of wine but they did not do so; rather, they aggressively responded to my edits and accused me of vandalism and lies. All I did was rephrase the sentences to make it clear that the drink in ancient China was a mixture of fermented fruits and not grapes alone. None of the sources are explicit in mention of a beverage being made purely from grapes and Castro-Sowinski, the source that 24.132.187.209 so religiously clings to is not about that archaeological site but rather about micro-organisms and environmental biology. It briefly mentions grape wine in china but not in any real detail. In any case, I have since rephrased my sentence in a more compromising manner by explicitly stating that the beverage in China was a wine made from grapes among other fruits. I think I was a bit unclear initially- maybe that's why this conflict arose to start with. --KartvelianCelt (talk) 09:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)


 * The sources are quite explicit about Jiahu's use of grape juice to make alcohol, although possibly mixed with other ingredients. Whether that counts as wine or not is a matter of opinion, I think. I'm no expert on this subject and cannot make an informed judgment, so if the dispute persists I suggest starting an RfC to settle the matter. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 04:23, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Sure, but I did not delete the sentence saying it was wine; I just rephrased it to make it clear that grapes were mixed with other fruits as seems to be the consensus among most sources. If need be, an RfC can be called in but I hope that it's not necessary given the way I've represented it. --KartvelianCelt (talk) 18:13, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Lin Hu (general)
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

About the surname of Ding Hui (volleyball)
Ding Hui's mother, Yu Jian-xiu said that Ding Hui's surname is from his father from South Africa. Therefore, this "Ding" is not Chinese surname, Ding (丁). "Ding" is a kind of transliteration though Ding Hui might not know his father's whole surname.Thickertom (talk) 03:24, 14 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Regardless of the exact origin of his surname, "Ding" is a sinicized name chosen to match an existing Chinese surname (like the Yeh in Chia-ying Yeh). However, I don't have a strong opinion about this. Feel free to remove the hatnote if you wish. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 04:10, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Could you read Chinese characters? Could I write Chinese words at talk page?
Dear Zanhe, Could you read Chinese characters? Could I write Chinese words at your talk page? May I ask one help? Thanks a lot! Sincerely, doedoeneoneo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doedoeneoneo (talk • contribs) 04:42, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes I can read and write Chinese. -Zanhe (talk) 04:51, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Zanhe 您好, 在電影"A Better Tomorrow 2018"英文維基頁裡, 遇到一位奇怪的外國人(他的IP是5.xxx.xx.xxx). 在2018年1月5日, 他悄悄地在電影英文維基頁裡的Infobox, 將音樂作者填上Komail Shayan(KS). 此時電影還沒上映, 電影的上映日期是1月18日.

我是這部電影的粉絲, 在騰訊和Youtube上已經有電影影片了, 我想在維基頁上填上更多的電影資料, 讓它看起來很豐富. 我參考電影影片的開頭和結尾(film credits), 還有電影的官方微博, 想將Infobox裡的每一個欄位都填上正確的資料. 我發現電影音樂作者是撈仔和竇鵬, 不是KS. 於是我在3月21日將維基頁更新. 沒想到隔天, 那位外國人(5.xxx.xx.xxx)立刻將音樂作者改成KS.

後來我在3月24日, 再次更新維基頁, 沒想到隔天, 那位外國人又改成KS了.

後來我在3月29日, 我又更新了維基頁, 沒想到同天, 那位外國人立刻改成KS, 這次他在KS旁放上參考資料. 我看到那篇參考資料, 是一篇英文影評, 影評的結尾處, 提到一些工作人員, 包含KS. 後來我發現那篇影評是1月24日寫的, 作者應該是參考了當時電影英文維基頁上的音樂作者KS. 這篇參考資料, 並不是來自官方, 應該不可以放進Infobox的. 他看起來很堅持己見.

這部電影的所有工作者都是中國人, 沒有外國人的. 電影音樂的作曲編曲指揮都是撈仔和竇鵬,演奏是中國國家交響樂團和國際首席愛樂樂團.

我的維基資歷不夠, 他可能不會理會我. 不曉得可不可以麻煩您幫忙和他溝通一下?

這兒有相關資料, 提供您參考:

(1) 電影"英雄本色2018"的影片, 這而是Youtube上的影片連結 => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUGoYGIS1io, 在片頭和片尾真的沒有這位KS. 騰訊官網也有了.

(2) 電影"A Better Tomorrow 2018"的英文維基頁 => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Better_Tomorrow_2018

(3) 電影"英雄本色2018"的中文維基頁 => https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%B1%E9%9B%84%E6%9C%AC%E8%89%B22018

(4) 外國人提供的參考資料 => https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-better-tomorrow-2018-review/5125894.article

非常謝謝您! 如果您忙, 請不用擔心, 我會試試看和他溝通!

Sincerely, Doedoeneoneo (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:06, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * 你好，! 文中引用了兩篇文章：screendaily.com 和 asianmoviepulse.com 都提到 Komail Shayan 為該電影作曲，在我看來這信息還是可靠的. 但我沒看過這部電影，也不是電影專家，不能解釋為何電影中的credits與媒體報導不符. 抱歉！-Zanhe (talk) 17:15, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Dear Zanhe, 您好, 請不用抱歉, 不用擔心, 我會試試和KS溝通, 請他貼出官方的資料. (請讓我發一下牢騷, 快被他們氣死了) 電影的Infobox, 好像只能放film credits提到的工作人員. 我一開始和你一樣好奇, 怎麼可能兩篇影評都提到他, 甚至讚美他. 他是誰? 電影官方微博完全沒提到這個人, 電影前段和後段, 也都沒有KS. 明明工作人員都是中國人, 怎麼會突然跑出一位外國人. 後來漸漸地察覺整件事好似詐騙集團, 他們這麼做應該不是第一次, 以後還會有更多的中國電影的英文維基頁, 被一些外國人利用, 而沒有被察覺. 也就是說中國電影的英文維基頁, 會成為一些外國人的工作履歷, 那些英文影評也成為那些外國人的廣告推薦文了. 一直以來, 中國電影的英文維基頁, 提供的資料不多, 大家的英文都不好, 很少有中國人會去檢查上面的資料是不是正確的. 中國電影的英文維基頁, 就會成為一些不肖外國人讓自己成名的地方. 打從1月5日, 電影還沒上映, 電影英文維基頁的Infobox裡, 電影的音樂作曲者就是KS. 後來電影在海內外上映了, 兩位影評人, 其中一位John Berra參考了英文維基頁的錯誤資料, 將KS放進他的影評裡, 在1月24日在ScreenDaily發布. 另一位Panos Kotzathanasis, 整篇影評除了討論導演和3位主演外, 就是突然地讚美KS做的音樂, 他在3月13日在Asia Movie Pulse發布. 因為突然地讚美KS音樂, 更顯突兀, 覺得這篇影評好像是收了錢的廣告文. (這兩篇影評ScreenDaily和Asia Movie Pulse是我在3月24日放進英文維基頁的Critical response, 當時沒仔細看內容, 現在發現他們引用錯誤訊息, 下一次更新我想移除這兩篇影評, 避免錯誤資料擴散). 通常影評人的手上是沒有完整的電影工作人員名單的, 他們是參考維基頁, 如果維基頁是錯的, 他們影評裡所提供的電影資料也是錯的. 現在若是有外國人覺得這部電影的作曲很棒, 他們會把功勞歸於KS, 而不是真正的作曲編曲指揮的撈仔和竇鵬了. 很不喜歡他們這樣大膽地在維基頁做這樣欺騙人的事. 前幾次更新, 他們還把撈仔和竇鵬直接刪掉, 只放KS. 最後一次更新, 他們保留了撈仔和竇鵬, 但是KS排第一. 假設KS真的參與音樂製作, 工作份量應該很小, 小到film credits都沒有他的名字. 他們卻大辣辣地將KS排第一, 真正有功的撈仔和竇鵬卻被放在KS後面. 他們可能察覺我不是電影官方工作人員, 所以每次我做更新, 他們毫不考慮地立刻刪掉我的更新, 完全不尊重我, 他們欺人太甚了! (沒事了! 很高興看到您的回覆! 我會用最溫和的態度, 和他們溝通看看, 我會自己試試看的. 謝謝您) -Doedoeneoneo (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:40, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Duan Yihe
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Nguyễn dynasty coinage template request
Could you please make this edit to this page? --Donald Trung (talk) 00:22, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. -Zanhe (talk) 03:38, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

about Da Yu ding
A Japanese user ReijiYamashina777 deleted a lot of historical facts, including the Japanese army's deeds of looting Da Yu ding.--Huangdan2060 (talk) 23:45, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I see that you've restored the content, and I'll keep an eye on it too. However, the history section does seem a bit too detailed to me. Some of the minor facts can probably be trimmed down a bit. By the way, thanks for your many recent articles, especially Buddhist temples! -Zanhe (talk) 00:09, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree to cut out some of the sentences in this article, but the article should keep the historical context. If the people associated with Da Yu ding do not write into this article, the history would be meaningless.I used to write articles in Chinese Wikipedia util it was blocked by the government. I just reach the CET4 level. The article needs polishing, please amend it.--Huangdan2060 (talk) 03:39, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The 'History' description was written on internet articles which  contains  mistakes. e.g. Pan family really moved from Beijing  in 1896/1897, NOT 20th  century...  and Pan Zuyin alredy used the Pangu Pavilion in 1872, It was not built  for  the 2 tripods.. etc.. Please use  more academic reports  e.g.  academic  articles of the museums  and  Real Letters of Pan Zuyin's friends,  or Records of 19th  century scholars.--ReijiYamashina777 (talk) 18:39, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * There's one unreliable source that I removed, the remaining sources are fine. If you can find better academic sources, please add them, but repeatedly blanking the article based on vague, unproven claims of error is not good. -Zanhe (talk) 19:38, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Please avoid using newspaper's articles without criticizing. The dating in 'History" is dubious.  e.g.  1849 discovery has not any temporary document. --ReijiYamashina777 (talk) 19:50, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Of course it's better to use academic sources when available. Media sources are often bad for interpreting ancient inscriptions, but are generally reliable for reporting more recent events such as the 20th century. In any case, edit-warring to remove referenced material without consensus is not acceptable. -Zanhe (talk) 18:24, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * This is an encyclopedia. We should avoid RECENT newspaper's  article to  write facts and dating many years ago. Really it has many mistakes I already showed. It might  be acceptable to use  the contemporary newspapers cut.--ReijiYamashina777 (talk) 21:40, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Wang Juntao place of birth
What is your source for Wang Juntao's place of birth being Gong County in Henan Province? The creator of his page included a reference to a reliable source listing his place of birth as Beijing. And the Chinese version of his page also lists his place of birth as Beijing. Oaxacanalia (talk) 23:53, 20 April 2018 (UTC)


 * You are confused about the facts. I was the one who changed his birth place to Beijing and added the source, see ., who wrote the article, reverted it back to Gong County, twice. I had better things to do than engage in an edit war over a minor detail, so left it at that. -Zanhe (talk) 00:13, 21 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Sorry, my mistake. I know the author and we will look into this...I'm not sure where Gong County came from, I'll ask the author about her source. Oaxacanalia (talk) 03:14, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Chen Xiaolu
Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Edit request
Can you make this edit please? I am planning on writing an article about that coin and the succeeding one soon, but I would rather see it in the list now as I had forgotten about it and the current list is misleading without it. --Donald Trung (talk) 11:55, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much for this edit. --Donald Trung (talk) 18:22, 22 April 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅. I suggest linking all the coins in the template, unless you don't like red links and prefer adding links after the articles are created. -Zanhe (talk) 18:30, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

About maps
Can you help make some location maps of China's provinces? Like " File:Location map China Hunan EN.svg ", it can show places within the maps if fill in the latitude and longitude. Now Wikipedia only has the location maps of Beijing, Shanghai, Gansu, Guangdong, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Qinghai, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Fujian, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hong Kong, and Macau.--Huangdan2060 (talk) 09:03, 25 April 2018 (UTC)


 * sorry I'm clueless about making maps, but I agree that the provincial maps are badly needed. The only map expert I know is, author of the Hunan location map among others. Hopefully he can help. -Zanhe (talk) 23:20, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

是不是維基不允許使用者直接拷貝原文？
Zanhe，您好！不好意思，又來打擾了. 想請教一些問題，在4月24日，我建立了一個電影條目<素人特工> => https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%A0%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%B9%E5%B7%A5 然後，一位維基人說這是"侵犯著作权". 因為我所寫的文句都是直接拷貝原文，並放上ref. 是不是維基不允許這樣？我可以改正嗎? 因為頁面寫著"請暫時不要修改本頁或重複創建相同內容的頁面"，不知如何改正. 這是昨天電影定檔的新聞 => http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/www.xinhuanet.com/ent/2018-04/26/c_1122745584.htm 謝謝Zanhe！ -doedoeneoneo (talk)


 * 維基百科非常注重版權，所以拷貝原文是絕對不允許的（除非原文屬公有領域）. 等原頁面被刪除後你可以重新創建，但一定要用自己的語言重寫. -Zanhe (talk) 19:17, 27 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Zanhe，謝謝您! 我明白了，我會等它被刪除後再創建的. 謝謝Zanhe! -doedoeneoneo (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:44, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

The WikiCup
As a WikiCup judge, I have had to disallow four of your DYKs because you submitted them too late. The rule states: "In the spirit of fair play, contestants have 14 days to nominate their work after promotion (for good and featured content), appearance on the main page (for did you knows and in the news articles) or the completion of good article reviews. Work submitted after this time is no longer eligible."

The ones I have disallowed were from February and March and were submitted on April 23rd. I have allowed all the ones from April even though some of them were technically submitted a little late. Please claim your points promptly in future, so that you are not deprived by this rule of points you deserve. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:12, 26 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Well that's a bummer. Several of my submissions in the first round were not counted toward my final score either, probably for the same reason, although I didn't bother to find out why. I entered my name on a whim and never read the detailed rules (maybe a counterintuitive and traplike rule like this should be added to the front page). It's not really a big deal though, as I'll be travelling a lot in the next few months and would be unlikely to survive the third round anyway. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 19:30, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. The rule was added when some competitors thought they were being disadvantaged by other competitors making their submissions at the last minute. It looks as if you will get through to round 3 anyway. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:41, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. -Zanhe (talk) 22:10, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Sun Jian (politician)
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for El Piñal
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Yang Shoujing
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Your GA nomination of Yang Shoujing
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DYK nomination of Li Keran
Hello! Your submission of Li Keran at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Template:DYK_nomination_header
See the history of. It appears that you have reverted multiple times without engaging the available discussion at the talkpage. If you repeat your actions, you might be violating WP:3RR and be reported. Please start entering arguments. - DePiep (talk) 01:33, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * When I follow your link above, I see this then this. You seem to be an experienced editor, and you should know that bold edits that drastically change a highly visible page without consensus are likely to be reverted (see WP:BRD). Now calm down and try to win people's support on the talk page. I already entered my arguments, and so did other users, but you simply do not hear them. -Zanhe (talk) 04:35, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Li Keran
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Kelly Lai Chen
12:01, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

創建好的條目, 被"轉向"到新的條目, 請問可以"撤銷"嗎?
Zanhe: 您好! 不好意思, 又前來打擾您了! 上次電影<素人特工>的中文條目, 已經重新創建成功了, 謝謝您! 這次有問題的是它的英文條目. 這部電影的英文名是, 將於2018年12月上映. 在維基裡, 電影名是的已經有3部了, 分別是 "The Rookies (1959 film)", "The Rookies (1990 film)" 和 "The Rookies (2002 film)". 於是我創建它的英文條目是"The Rookies (2018 film)", 以示區別. 可是後來有一位維基人, 創建新的條目"The Rookies (film)", 並將原本我創建的條目轉向他創建的條目. 我覺得他的條目"The Rookies (film)", 並無法辨識是哪一年的電影. 我在他的條目"The Rookies (film)"的"檢視歷史", 嘗試"撤銷"他做的轉向動作, 並且想解釋我的看法, 發佈後, 發現並沒有發佈成功. 請問還可以把電影條目轉回原來的條目嗎? 電影的英文維基頁 謝謝Zanhe! -doedoeneoneo (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:42, 5 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Bovineboy2008 did not create a new article, but moved yours to The Rookies (film). I've moved it back to the original title because disambiguation is needed, see . (sorry for replying in English, I write much faster in English than Chinese). -Zanhe (talk) 19:02, 5 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Zanhe您好, 實在不好意思, 現在才看到您已經幫我轉過去了, 實在太感謝您了! 您寫英文就可以了, 我讀英文是可以的, 只是我寫英文寫得不好, 我的英文表達能力不太好, 可是我讀英文是OK的. 再次感謝您的幫助! -doedoeneoneo (talk)

DYK for Yang Gui
Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Li Zhengyou
Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

DePiep at ANI
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DYK for Zheng Tuobin
Vanamonde (talk) 00:01, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Bai Xiangguo
Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Wu Nansheng
Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Wang Bingzhang (general)
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Huang Zongying
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Your GA nomination of Shu Xiuwen
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DYK for Lin Haiyun
Gatoclass (talk) 00:31, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Ye Jizhuang
Gatoclass (talk) 12:16, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Huang Zongying
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Your GA nomination of Shu Xiuwen
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Your GA nomination of Song Jian
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Categories
Would you also create new categories on request? Because of my emoji signature I'm not allowed to create categories for some reason and several articles which I will be launching soon require a more specific category (two in fact), if I would draft them in my user space would you be willing to launch them? --Donald Trung (talk) 11:17, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Wang Danfeng‎
Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Edit request
Could you make these edits? --Donald Trung (talk) 11:26, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Actually Chinese exonumia needs to be a separate template but I'm not allowed to make it, if I would draft a template would you create it? --Donald Trung (talk) 11:27, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

I made a draft template, if you're interested you could launch it. --Donald Trung (talk) 12:15, 16 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I am no longer banned from those mainspaces, you could archive this. --Donald Trung (talk) 14:03, 18 May 2018 (UTC)


 * That's great news. Sorry for being unresponsive. I've been travelling for the past week. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 13:15, 21 May 2018 (UTC)


 * If you've gone anywhere interesting you should probably upload pictures of it to Wikimedia Commons, unfortunately a lot of Great buildings and statues are still missing from that site. --Donald Trung (talk) 13:51, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Do you ever visit museums, by the way? Because images of the interiors of museums are always needed. --Donald Trung (talk) 17:49, 21 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I've visited countless interesting places, including many remote cultural and archaeological sites. I always visit local museums wherever I go, and have taken 10,000s of photos of exhibits. Organizing and uploading them will be a time-consuming challenge, however. If you need a photo of a certain place or artifact (especially Chinese), drop me a note and I may be able to find one from my personal collection. One day I hope to write articles about all the places I've visited, but my current focus is on biographies. -Zanhe (talk) 18:31, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Talkback
Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 15:08, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Li Qiang (minister)
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Your GA nomination of Wang Bingzhang (general)
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Help
Can you change the title of the article "Qingshanqiao Town, Ningxiang" to "Qingshanqiao, Ningxiang"? "Town" is unnecessary. I do not have permission to move the title of that article. Thanks.--Huangdan2060 (talk) 13:37, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅. -Zanhe (talk) 18:26, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ye Jizhuang
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you very much! There's still tons of work to be done. -Zanhe (talk) 23:32, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Hello
Thank you for improving the article Xu Yingkui. Please see my comments on the nomination page. Sunzhai (talk) 20:04, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Image of Zhao Nanqi
Hello, I noticed that the image of him was once there and removed, is this image a problematic one? (I removed it for now)Sunzhai (talk) 07:42, 21 June 2018 (UTC)


 * The uploader claimed the photo was taken in 1955 and PD, but it was likely taken in 1988 and not PD, because it's a picture of a man in his sixties, not a 20-something. I've nominated it for deletion on the commons, see Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:赵南起.jpg. BTW, thanks for the barnstar! -Zanhe (talk) 18:49, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Eunice Lam
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wang Bingzhang (general)
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Invitation to participate in study
Hello,

I am E. Whittaker, an intern at Wikimedia with the Scoring Team to create a labeled dataset, and potentially a tool, to help editors deal with incivility when they encounter it on talk pages. A full write-up of the study can be found here: m:Research:Civil_Behavior_Interviews. We are currently recruiting editors to be interviewed about their experiences with incivility on talk pages. Would you be interested in being interviewed? I am contacting you because of your involvement in Wikipedia’s Women in Red project. The interviews should take ~1 hour, and will be conducted over BlueJeans (which does allow interviews to be recorded). If, so, please email me at ewhit@umich.edu in order to schedule an interview.

Thank you Ewitch51 (talk) 23:07, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Cao Tianqin
Gatoclass (talk) 00:01, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Li Zaiping
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 27 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Zhang Xiaoqian
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DYK for Li Qiang (minister)
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Youshang
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Xiaoqian
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Liu Yichang
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Li Lin (biochemist)
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DYK for Zhao Nanqi
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Your GA nomination of Ye Jizhuang
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DYK for Wang Yinglai
Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Liu Xinyuan
Gatoclass (talk) 01:16, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Actress Olive Young
Hi Zahne, I will soon stop work on an article you might be interested in Olive Young (actress). There a fair amount more that I could write, and may later, but I'm out of time and my brain is sore from researching, and matching Chinese and English through Google's translator. Jacqke (talk) 22:11, 12 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the article, and especially The Young Companion, which looks great! I've been wanting to write that article for years. Unfortunately I'm not really familiar with Olive Young, but the article already looks good. -Zanhe (talk) 08:17, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Adel Mahmoud
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:51, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

[CHAT] Shangchen ITN nom
Just wondering why you think this is the case? If we factor out Americans (who can barely name the Canadian provinces and territories), that is. None of my previous web searches on the matter ( especially when compared to the bloated name recognition of often Christian fundamentalist U.S. states ) have turned out a satisfactory explanation. Caradhras Aiguo (talk) 07:21, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * From personal experience. Most Westerners, even highly educated ones, know nothing about Chinese geography other than Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tibet. -Zanhe (talk) 07:40, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Yan Jizhou
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:36, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

And
And don't think I didn't notice you commenting out my highly relevant bit about the loess. The courteous thing to do is put a citation needed tag, or look for the citation yourself, instead of trying to impose WP:OWNERSHIP of an article. Abductive (reasoning) 07:46, 14 July 2018 (UTC)


 * LOL, so I was owning the article just because I commented out your unsourced content? You're an experienced editor, and I don't think I need to remind you of WP:V. I couldn't simply add a cn tag because ITN requires articles to be thoroughly sourced. I was being courteous for not reverting your edit. By the way, thanks for adding the source after all, but in the future please don't use WP:BAREURLS. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 07:56, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * You should have been thrilled to learn something useful. Abductive  (reasoning) 07:58, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I would've been if I hadn't already known what loess was. -Zanhe (talk) 08:02, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Lantian County Infobox Pushpin map problem
Hey- do you have any suggestions about how to fix the Pushpin map in the Infobox on the Lantian County page? I'm trying to figure it out myself right now. Geographyinitiative (talk) 23:48, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
 * The error is caused by the nonexistence of the China Shaanxi location map. I've changed it to a China map. Unfortunately many Chinese provinces are missing location maps. -Zanhe (talk) 23:52, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Understood,　thanks! Geographyinitiative (talk) 00:00, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Li Lin (physicist)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Nanking government listed at Redirects for discussion
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Nanjing government listed at Redirects for discussion
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DYK for Hu Wei (general)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zhu Yunming
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Young Companion Photos
I know you're on vacation and there's no hurry with this. I have substantially added to the Liangyou photos on the Commons and should have the entire group of 172 magazine covers from the first Liangyou added within the week. Many of them have included identities in Chinese which brings up articles on Chinese Wikipedia and on the Encyclopedia Baidu. It looks like there is plenty of material for anyone who wants to work on Chinese articles. I am going to do some of them but there's way too many for me in the time I have available. If you know of anyone interested in these kinds of articles, please let them know. Thanks,Jacqke (talk) 17:09, 20 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for uploading the images and creating the missing articles! Yes, Wikipedia's coverage on China is terrible. Unfortunately this is a huge problem with no simple fix. We have only about a dozen regular contributors for China-related topics, while there are easily several hundred thousand articles that need to be created. I can only write a few hundred articles a year, hoping to plug some of the most glaring gaps. -Zanhe (talk) 08:44, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Well that answers another question I had about numbers of writers. I'll keep plugging away. I've put down other writing interests for the time.Jacqke (talk) 10:41, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Sun Fuling
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of William Chong Wong
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Beijing
Good Evening Zanhe (talk), I did not mean to add any advertising content to Beijing and I firmly believe the content are facts of Beijing (as of now), my apologies on adding blog content though. If you take a look at other cities such as Washington D.C or London, I believe you would see the same thing. I've removed the blog content, and stuff about expat living. Zionziho 18:02, 24 July 2018 (UTC).


 * I trust that you mean well. However, please remember to stick with WP:NEUTRALITY and avoid hyperbole and promotional language, which is prevalent in many media reports, especially travel-related articles. Remember hyperbole can go both ways, either positive ("exerts an extraordinary global influence") or negative ("people are choking and dying from the pollution!"). We need to avoid exaggerated opinions and stick with the facts. -Zanhe (talk) 09:57, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Chen-Lu Tsou
Casliber 00:04, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Wang Jian (businessman)
Casliber 00:02, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Fanjingshan
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Liu Boli
Vanamonde (talk) 00:01, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for William Chong Wong
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Li Lin (biochemist)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Sutanto Djuhar
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Wu Zhonghua
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What does this say


For the life of me I can't seem to figure out which characters the "Huo" and "Xin" are on this cash coin, can you tell me what characters they are? --Donald Trung (talk) 14:12, 5 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Sorry I've been away for a while. The words are barely legible but they look like 火平信寶 to me. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 04:18, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zheng Pingru
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Wu Zhonghua
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Chinese military history template
You had opened a template discussion (about Chinese military history) a while back. The same creator has recreated it as Template:Ancient and Dynastic Chinese Military History. Your thoughts? --Cold Season (talk) 18:04, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Neat. Thanks. will check it out to learn more about 'havoc' Template might cross invisible borders... ciao. LairdUnlimited 16:21, 9 September 2018 (UTC)Allthingsgo


 * It's still indiscriminate but at least the new title is better. I just returned from a long summer away and don't feel like re-litigating this issue. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 04:22, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wang Yinglai
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Draft:Mark Tuan
Hello. Thank you for the review of the draft of Mark Tuan. I would like to ask you about the reason of rejection. You indicated "the notability." GOT7 has grown a popular music group that gains 9th concert income in the US this year. They had gained furthermore attendance through the world tour this summer as well. There had been biograghy lines about each of GOT7 members in GOT7 wiki page, but they were deleted on 2017-10-24 because of (→‎Members: removing irrelevant content per Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Korea/Popular_culture#Members_sections) So we needed to prepare other pages to supplement the members' information. Your decline seems contradictory.Piano coffee (talk) 10:35, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I believe I explained the rejection clearly by including a link to the latest AFD discussion: Articles for deletion/Mark Tuan (3rd nomination). The general consensus is that band members are not individually notable unless they have a significant career outside the band. I don't think that criterion has been met yet. -Zanhe (talk) 19:55, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. Then it is possible to add his biography in GOT7's page until he worth having his own page, isn't it? I wonder why you delete members' biograghy abusing various reasons.Piano coffee (talk) 01:56, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? I didn't delete any member's content. I simply rejected the AFC nomination based on the consensus of three previous AFD discussions. -Zanhe (talk) 06:29, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant you = elder wikipedians. Do you have any ideas helpful for making his biograghy back in the GOT7's page? Piano coffee (talk) 08:42, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree he's quite famous and probably deserves an article. Unfortunately I cannot override the consensus of three AFDs with my personal opinion. I suggest that you add significant work he's done outside of the band (film roles, solo performances, TV shows, etc.) to provide justification for a standalone article. -Zanhe (talk) 06:56, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Rishav Kumar is a well-noted person
Dear Mr. Zanhe, I would like to request you to accept Rishav Kumar's Article because he is a well-noted person as one of the Youngest Apple Developer. He has a good reputation and I am writing a wikipedia article for him. Please accept the article. (Link to the Article : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Rishav_Kumar ) Thanking You, Dan Chris (Wikiwriterpro) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiwriterpro (talk • contribs) 04:19, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Article requests
Hello Zanhe, do you take article requests? As I've found a short-lived Chinese state that doesn't currently have an English Wikipedia article yet, and although I can find plenty of works about its coinage in English and know enough Mandarin to peruse books about its coinage from China, I don't have the books about the political history of China to start new articles about historical countries, can you help out? --Donald Trung (talk) 09:08, 19 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm always interested in writing about history and there are quite a few Zhou dynasty states that I plan to write (but I'm better at procrastinating than writing :-). Which state are you referring to? I'm quite busy at the moment, but I'll see what I can do. -Zanhe (talk) 07:02, 20 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Excuse the late reply, and same here with procrastination. Qianlong Tongbao is supposed to be my final article but I've been too busy procrastinating to actually write it. Anyhow it's the article "Da Shu (Song dynasty)" ("The Great Shu Kingdom") a Kingdom created by Li Shun in Sichuan, I've found quite a number of English language sources on its coinage but very little about the state and its administration itself except for here so most sources are probably in Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly enough it is already mentioned in the article "List of peasant revolts" but for some reason those writing about the Song Dynasty on the English language Wikipedia have largely ignored it, comparably the Kingdom of Chengjia also in Sichuan created by Gongsun Shu also doesn't have a large entry here but the Mandarin Chinese Wikipedia article about the country is of considerable size. If I would include other internet encyclopedias like the Baidu Encyclopedia all of the aforementioned subjects would have large articles but finding Anglophone sources isn't always an easy job. --Donald Trung (talk) 19:04, 4 October 2018 (UTC)


 * what do you mean it's supposed to be your final article? There are tons of articles still missing, you're not quitting, are you? As for Da Shu (Wang Xiaobo/Li Shun rebellion) and Chengjia (Gongsun Shu regime), there is some coverage in The Cambridge History of China, although in far less detail than I hoped. I'll dig up my Chinese books to see if there's more info. I'll work on them after finishing a few articles that I need to write (mostly people who died recently). -Zanhe (talk) 04:58, 5 October 2018 (UTC)


 * The last one I had planned until I discovered this. But I've exhausted my sources on Chinese cash coins to the point that most "new" content I'm writing is just a fork and theoretically I could write about every individual Chinese cash coin inscription but then I'd end up mostly writing stubs and out of principle I don't write stubs (I'm not against stubs as it's better to have some information than no information, I just don't think that stubs give the readers the information they're looking for), I'm mostly trying to (semi-)retire from here so I can finally focus on Wikimedia Commons. You won't believe how much files I still want to upload to Wikimedia Commons and those files could be used anywhere else and honestly I think that the coverage of Chinese cash coins will probably first be expanded on the Mandarin Chinese Wikipedia. Anyhow I literally used all of my sources ad nauseam so I literally can't find anything new on them. I won't quit because I still have to fix Vietnamese cash and expand the coverage of silver coins (especially foreign dollars and pesos) at Qing dynasty coinage. My biggest issue with the coverage of the monetary history of China is that the entire coverage of the Chinese yuan issued between 1912 and 1949 seems to be missing or at least barely covered. I won't write in that area but I'll try to have around images of 3000 (three-thousand) different banknotes from that era on Wikimedia Commons so others could illustrate it when they're writing about that currency. There's just too much work to do on Wikimedia Commons and this starts feeling as a distraction. --Donald Trung (talk) 06:16, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Feng Timo
It looks like she won't get deleted based on what I saw from the AfD but I do kind of wish that people wouldn't nom things for deletion when they don't understand the media landscape well enough to recognize notable sources, eh? Anyway, thanks. Simonm223 (talk) 16:42, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * It's unfortunate but also understandable. There are a lot of promotional articles created about dubious internet personalities, and it's reasonable for people to be suspicious of a new article with foreign language sources they cannot read. I've encountered a lot of similar situations at WP:AFC. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 19:40, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Wang Yinglai
The article Wang Yinglai you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Wang Yinglai for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ceranthor -- Ceranthor (talk) 14:21, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Nachang Changbei Airport
Hello Zanhe,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Nachang Changbei Airport for deletion in response to your request.

If you didn't intend to make such a request and don't want the article to be deleted, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit edit the page] and remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Xx236 (talk) 06:55, 1 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Please go ahead and delete the redirect. I made a typo. -Zanhe (talk) 06:56, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I wasn't aware it was a redirect. I don't know what to do with it.
 * Sometimes a redirect from an erroneous name is useful. WP:SD Xx236 (talk) 07:09, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
 * (tps) Nah it's a implausible redirect, I went ahead and deleted it. I know you are a content person Zanhe but I feel like the RfA question must have been asked before? Alex Shih (talk) 07:13, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks as always for your help. RfA is a tempting thought, but answering all the questions will probably cost me the time to write 5 to 10 DYK articles. So probably not worth the trouble. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 08:26, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:38, 1 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks again ! -Zanhe (talk) 18:23, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Alternate names of PLAN
Hi Zanhe, I saw your removal of the alternate names of PLAN. I do not think the removal is appropriate as PLAN has been referred by the two alternate names in Chinese and English contexts. Also, the literal translation are meant to be literal and not idiomatic. Therefore the "sea-army" should be used instead of "navy". -Mys_721tx (talk) 18:48, 4 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I reverted your edit before seeing your message. As I said in my edit comment, translating Haijun as "sea army" would lead to ridiculous renderings like "Middle Kingdom Human Folk Sea Army". -Zanhe (talk) 18:53, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
 * In that case I will not oppose the removal of the literal translations. However, I still think the alternate names should be kept due to their usage in Chinese and English context. -Mys_721tx (talk) 18:57, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure, feel free to add them back. I don't think they're too useful, but I guess keeping them does no harm either. -Zanhe (talk) 18:59, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Request
Stop WP:FOLLOWING my edits, and don't try to deny it. Also, take my talk page off your Watchlist. Timmyshin (talk) 02:49, 10 October 2018 (UTC)


 * What the hell are you talking about? And where's this belligerence from, did I inadvertently piss you off somehow? Why would I waste my time following your edits? I do watch User:AlexNewArtBot/ChinaSearchResult, and check new articles created by anyone, including you, if that's what you mean. -Zanhe (talk) 03:00, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * BTW, I watchlisted your page for possible replies when I gave you a barnstar a while back. I've taken it off now per your request. -Zanhe (talk) 03:06, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Tashi Dawa and Wu Yiwen are not new articles, nor are Empress Xiao, Mu Xin (artist), Chang Hsiao-yen. And don't pretend that you had Wu Yiwen in your watchlist, you would've added the Chinese name template long before 2018 and not yesterday, right after my edits. Timmyshin (talk) 03:31, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I've edited 10,000s of pages and don't remember how I reached them most of the time. Moves often show up on AlexBot which mistakes them as new, so that probably explains Chang Hsiao-yen. And I'm sure I've checked your contribs occasionally when an edit of yours appears on my watchlist (especially when you move an article). But accusing me of following you because of a few edits here and there is ridiculous. And I checked my edits on the articles above, none of them were reverting yours. So why are you so belligerent all of a sudden? -Zanhe (talk) 04:02, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I know you can't even remember what you did yesterday, but stop doing that thing that you call "checked your contribs occasionally", OK? Like you said, it's a waste of time, why would you do it when you don't have the guts to own up to it? Timmyshin (talk) 05:19, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I've made 400 edits since yesterday, and don't remember how I ended up on every article I edited in that timespan, especially ones that I only spent a few seconds on. And what makes you think you have the right to demand people not to check your contribs (what do you think the contrib link is for)? Go read WP:FOLLOWING again: hounding is "joining discussions on multiple pages or topics they may edit or multiple debates where they contribute, to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work." If you think my edits fit that pattern, WP:ANI is that way. Otherwise stop wasting my time. -Zanhe (talk) 06:06, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sheng Zhongguo
Hello! Your submission of Sheng Zhongguo at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! David Eppstein (talk) 20:32, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Choong Eui Song
Good morning Zanhe. Recently you reviewed the document Draft:Choong Eui Song that I had made and I noticed you rejected its publications for several reasons. More recently I fixed some errors and refresh the contents. I will be grateful if you review this document again and give a comment if it is yet not acceptable. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.145.212.22 (talk) 04:36, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I've accepted the draft. Thanks for your improvements. -Zanhe (talk) 04:47, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Nanchang Xiangtang Airport
Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Huang Qingyun
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Zheng Xiaosong
Congrats, and thanks for your post on my Talk Page.Tlhslobus (talk) 07:59, 23 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks, but I had already been given credit for this, and thought that you should share it! Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 03:32, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Huang Clan Empire
Hello, i noticed that you have disputed the content on the page Huang Clan Empire, changed the title, and cut the content. According to Wikipedia rules,"Simply being of the opinion that a page is not neutral is not sufficient to justify the addition of the tag" - you do need to supply reasons. All the information i have put on that page was referenced and cited. The term 'Huang clan empire' is commonly used to describe the extended family business empire in media reports - therefore Huang Clan Empire would appear to be more accurate than Miramar Huang Family, which gives the impression that it is just one family, which it isn't - it's an extended network of different families. (Please click on the references to confirm) You've also removed the list of businesses that are or have been controlled by the Huang Clan Empire. To know what businesses the clan is involved in is basic information, surely, not my POV. I take the Wikipedia regulations of sourcing material very seriously - if there is information there that you believe has not be sourced adequately, please let me know and i will be happy to either remove it or improve the references. Thank you. Before the Bang


 * The language you used in Miramar Huang family reads more like a tabloid than an encyclopedia: "born ... on the wrong side of the Keelung River, the Huang brothers didn’t cross the river, they moved it." "they built an empire, becoming known for their colourful, at times tragic lifestyles." And the title you chose, "Huang Clan Empire", was seriously POV. We do not even describe the Rockefeller family as an "empire". Please read WP:NPOV and pay close attention to the policies: "Avoid stating opinions as facts", use nonjudgmental language and maintain an impartial tone. Regards, -Zanhe (talk) 03:30, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for your explanations, i'll take them on board, but believe it or not, it is "a fact", not an opinion, that they did manage to have the Keelung River moved (straightened), which resulted in their land changing from useless flood prone land, which was previously on the non-city side, to prime inner-city real estate, and i did supply a reference for that.

Anyway, i have removed that part for the moment - i understand that someone not familiar with the Huang clan or Taiwan would find it implausible - i will discuss it in a later section with more detail as it's a key to understanding how they managed to build up such a successful business conglomerate.

As for the 'Huang Clan Empire' i was simply using the term that they are commonly referred to by in mainstream media reports. I can use another description but i do feel that your alternative suggestion, Miramar Huang Family is misleading as readers would assume that it's just one family, which it isn't. Could you please change this to Miramar Huang Clan? Cheers, Before the Bang (talk) 03:52, 24 October 2018 (UTC)


 * If they did move the river, go ahead and describe it in the article, but in a neutral, non-sensational tone. The Huangs are closely related enough to be considered one extended family, not a clan. The Rockefeller family or the Kennedy family is not a single nuclear family either, but they are still considered families. For examples of clans, see Cui clan of Boling and Lu clan of Fanyang, which lasted for centuries and had thousands of members. -Zanhe (talk) 04:05, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Ok, i accept, but every media outlet in Taiwan (mainstream and tabloid) does use 'Huang clan'... so i hope there's no confusion! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Before the Bang (talk • contribs) 04:14, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello Zanhe, on reflection, i see i was wrong and you were absolutely right - thanks for your input - it's a great help. Have rewritten the Miramar Huang family intro to improve the tone - could you please take a look? Cheers Before the Bang (talk) 22:41, 31 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the improvements! I've removed the tags and copyedited it a bit. By the way, the Taiwanese Miramar Group does not yet have an article (only the Hong Kong Miramar has one). Maybe you can create it, since you seem so familiar with them? Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 07:31, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, appreciate your input! Yes, that's a good idea. Also working on a couple of other articles connected to the group. It's a crazy story but you're right, the plain facts tell it best - i knew that but slipped up - let me know if i run off the tracks again Before the Bang (talk) 11:29, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Did you Know? (Chengjia)
Hello,

I clicked on this image and notice that it was approved for "Did you know?", I know the author of the image very well and one of his images made the DYK? for the Mandarin Chinese Wikipedia last month and he was really happy to know that. As I want to take another screenshot of the main page when this cash coin appears there for him, could you notify me when that happens on my talk page? I barely check the English Wikipedia lately and would be very grateful if you could inform me when this happens. --Donald Trung (talk) 13:21, 1 November 2018 (UTC)


 * The DYK nomination has been approved, but whether the image is used or not depends on the person who promotes it to the queue, so it's not guaranteed. Also, I've listed you as a co-contributor, so you will automatically get a notice when it appears on the main page (actually two, because it's a double nomination). Given the backlog at DYK, it's probably going to be in December. -Zanhe (talk) 18:53, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Lin Yanjun


The article Lin Yanjun has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. PRehse (talk) 10:00, 3 November 2018 (UTC)


 * It was a redirect turned into an unsourced BLP by a self-declared fan girl, lol. I've restored the redirect to the band. -Zanhe (talk) 00:07, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

ITN for Wang Guangying
Well overdue posting of this one, great work on the article - Dumelow (talk) 13:55, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Modern Chinese biographies
Hello Zanhe,

Do you by any chance know a good website where I can find good biographical information about modern Chinese people (as in from 1950 or 1949 onwards) in English? I need it for creator templates in Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata for people who only have a Mandarin Chinese Wikipedia article. --Donald Trung (talk) 14:44, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Also could you sign me up at Wikipedia Asian Month? --Donald Trung (talk) 16:28, 3 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't know of any good website, and find Google books to be much more useful in general for finding reliable English sources. Although many pages are unavailable for preview, from multiple sources you can often put together a more complete picture. And you can sign up for Asian Month yourself, just click "sign up now" and add your name to the list. -Zanhe (talk) 00:17, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Xia Chao
Zanhe, is the only reason that you did not pass this nomination because you were proposing a revision of ALT1 as ALT1a, and felt there needed to be a new reviewer to sign off on that one, or were there other issues? If the latter, then please say what they are; if the former, then we need the red arrow to indicate that a new reviewer is needed. Otherwise, people are going to assume that the nominator needs to do some work based on the ? icon and not check ALT1a. Please let me know where this stands (or just post to the nomination); it would be great to get this moving again. Thank you! BlueMoonset (talk) 17:31, 3 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't feel my proposed ALT1a is so different as to require a new reviewer. I was just waiting for the nominator to accept my proposed hook. Also pinging . -Zanhe (talk) 00:24, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I have no problem with ALT1a. Applodion (talk) 09:44, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Nanchang Qingyunpu Airport
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DYK nomination of Ismail Amat
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 * Hey, I don't know if you've seen my recent comment on your nomination. Regards. -- M h hossein   talk 13:01, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of He Siyuan
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DYK for Hu Fo
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Edit sources question
How do I provide sources for edits, is it by putting links on edit summaty, websites names on edit summary or how does it it work or how do I do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.175.251.234 (talk) 21:42, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * After you type information in an article, click the "Cite" tab, enter the source url, and click "generate". -Zanhe (talk) 22:03, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

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Heart Sutra
Hi Zanhe. Thanks for helping me with the publication of the Dānapāla. It was the needed push to publish the article. I am currently having problems with some editors or maybe admins re: personal translation of Chinese-sourced material for the Heart Sutra article. Basically its this announcement from PRC 國家文物局 "房山石经 《心经》 刊刻研究成果发布被认为是现存最早版本，为玄奘所译" located at []. My translation is located on the Heart Sutra Talk Page and I have attached it here :

September 24th, in front of Fangshan Mountain Yunju Temple’s Rock Sutra Underground Depository, the committee for the announcement of the results of research into the Engraving of the Fangshan Rock Sutra “Heart Sutra” gathered. Chinese Institute of Sociology and Researcher at the Institute for World Religions, Fangshan Mountain Yunju Temple and Stone Sutra Research Center Director Mr. Luo Zhao, announced the results of research into the engraving of the Heart Sutra located in the Fangshan Rock Sutra. He regards what is now kept at Yunju temple Rock Sutra’s eighth cave as the oldest extant edition of the Heart Sutra and certified as translated by imperial decree by Xuanzang. The co-chairperson of the Fangshan District government Tang Shurong, etc., affirmed the results of this research, (followed by promises to protect and preserve the precious cultural treasures located there).

Mr. Luo Zhao explained in detail the results of this research. He said, the Prajnaparamitahrdaya Sutra, commonly called the Heart Sutra, has numerous Chinese translations, the most popular one was the translation by the great translator Xuanzang. The earliest record of Xuanzang’s translation of the Heart Sutra is within the Da tang neidian lu, this record was coincidentally completed the same year Xuanzang passed away (664 CE), However there are two records in the Da tang neidian lu. One clearly records “Xuanzang  translated it by imperial decree. The other did not mention the translator. Furthermore there exists in the Heart Sutra’s Chinese and Sanskrit texts special features not found in other Buddhist sutras which led to long-standing competing theories in the international scholastic world on whether Xuanzang actually translated the Heart Sutra.

Amongst the Fangshan Stone Sutra Steles, the engraved stone stele of the Heart Sutra dated to 661 CE is the earliest extant copy of [Xuanzang’s 649 translation of] the Heart Sutra, made while Xuanzang was still alive, as he passed away three years after the engraving. This stone sutra stele explicitly states in its colophon : “Tripitaka Master Xuanzang by imperial decree translated”;moreover the merits for engraving the stele came mainly from Yueyang County adjacent from Chang’an (today’s Xian), which is not far from Daci’en Monastery [where Xuanzang was translating sutras at the time]. Also there is another engraved stone stele of the Heart Sutra [located at Fangshan] dated to 669 CE which also has the same colophon inscription i.e. “Tripitaka Master Xuanzang by imperial decree translated”. In addition to these, we have the Xian's Stele Forest [stone stele] dated to 672 CE, Hongfu Temple’s [another temple where Tripitaka Master Xuanzang translated sutras] Ven. Master Huairen’s [commission of the (re)engraving of] “Foreword of the Holy Teaching of the Tripitaka of the Great Tang” [written by Emperor Tang Taizong] [reign 626 CE - 649 CE] and on the reverse the “Heart Sutra” [both] in the collected calligraphic style of Wang Xizhi, also is inscribed with “Xuanzang by imperial decree translated”. Therefore these examples certified that Xuanzang did indeed translate the Heart Sutra and furthermore was ordered to do so by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

The engravings of the Fangshan Rock Sutra started in Sui Daye era (605-618), the high priest Jingwan ...(followed by why Jingwan engraved the sutras, brief history of Fangshan, how many stone steles still survive today and how Fangshan stone Sutra is the largest collection of stone steles in the world - a rare treasure in this world.)

This is the gist of the announcement --- Mr. Luo Zhao is searchable on Google Scholar and has been in the field from at least the 1980s and is fluent in Chinese, Tibetan and Sanskrit. Mr. Luo Zhao is also referenced in an English language work on the Fangshan Stone Sutra 房山石經. Mr. Luo Zhao's work and Chen Yanzhu's work re: Xuanzang translating Heart Sutra at least as early as 661 CE have not been mentioned by western academia so far (I couldn't find anything). So that's why there is a need for translation.

I'm going to give you some background on why I added this article. There is a theory being promoted originating with Jan Nattier that the short version of the Heart Sutra was first created by a Chinese person (most likely Xuanzang) and then back-translated into Sanskrit. Later Sanskrit translations came back to China and then retranslated into Chinese, Tibetan, etc., (long version). This would then make the Heart Sutra 偽經. This type of information is mentioned in Chinese and Japanese wikipedia but it is only one or two lines and then countered by research from Japanese scholars 原田和宗 and 福井文雅 as well as Red Pine, an American who became a Buddhist priest in Taiwan (now ex-priest) who has written an English language book on the Heart Sutra. His work has been somewhat denigrated on English wikipedia Heart Sutra article esp. by a self-described amateur scholar who has published articles in peer-reviewed UK journals who is very pro-Nattier. He objects to anything mentioning anti-Nattier views and counters them with Sanskrit examples; many of which have already been disproven by Japanese scholars. Baidu's article also makes no mention of Nattier's theory. 'I'm debating whether to delete the whole section containing this (Heart Sutra Dating and Origins) and have put out messages on editor's talk page re: consensus for it as the Nattier theory is contentious.' I argued that there is no NPOV if the English Heart Sutra page is not balanced with the research from the camp opposed to Nattier. However since their work are in Japanese and now an announcement in Chinese, they said it is not a reliable source. My personal translations are not considered reliable sources. Some editor or admin said the Chinese announcement is not considered a reliable source although it basically quotes or paraphrases Luo Zhao, etc., and also because it is not peer-reviewed. Luo Zhao wrote a book recently which may have the same contents but now there is an editor staying that is not a reliable source since the book is not verifiable by English wikipedians since I would have to translate it and the book is not available in public libraries in UK or USA; I probably have to buy it from China. On the other hand, there is a source published in Taiwan (Chen Yanzhu) which states the same thing from 1995 but without reference to Jan Nattier that I can get from a library outside China. I am wondering if you can get involve in this and help me out. I'm not clear what is the translation policy of English Wikipedia. If translation is permissable, I was wondering if you could help me by corroborating my translation or even correct it. That way it has been verified by other English Wikipedians. Let me know what's your thoughts about above article as RS. Otherwise I will try to translate the Chen Yanzhu's relevant portion of book with your corroboration. Chen Yanzhu should be RS since it's been the source of footnotes in at least 2 western articles on Fangshan and the 661 CE Heart Sutra. Or better yet get a Chinese peer-reviewed article from CNKI (if you have access to it) that mention this; as other English Wikipedians knowledgeable in Chinese can confirm the information themselves through the internet. (Unfortunately I do not have access to CNKI). Hopefully this is enough to allay some editor's fears that it's all made up. There are multiple issues here. Thanks in advance. Hopefully you can help me.Hanbud (talk) 11:23, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, I just did a major edit of the Heart Sutra removing lots of material. Hopefully that is good enough for them.  If I need your help still, I will contact you again on this page.  Thanks. Hanbud (talk) 19:55, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't really know enough about the subject to provide an informed opinion. All I can say is that your translation of the SACH article is generally correct. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 23:55, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Yang Dan (neuroscientist)
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks for the barnstar! This is a really good story for DYK, however, I'm not sure if it's eligible because it's not strictly speaking a new article. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 23:57, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * You are always welcomed for collaborative contributions, you said its really a good story for DYK, and if there is something missing make it possible to its way to DYK or make it a featured article. and do help contribute to make it eligible. It would be appreciable. Cheers you too. JogiAsad  Talk   16:32, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of He Siyuan
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 * Thank you for your thorough review and the barnstar! -Zanhe (talk) 03:29, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

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DYK for Lü Junchang
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Your GA nomination of Wu Zhonghua
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Huang Mulan
Hi. Thanks for your comments on the Huang Mulan AfD discussion. I thought I was going insane (I mean, of course, Xinhua churns out propaganda, but you simply can't write about modern China without it). Atchom (talk) 22:07, 5 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately most Wikipedia editors (even some administrators) are focused on entertainment, sports, and other pop culture topics, and are totally unfamiliar with academic practices. I even ran into an admin who thought news articles were more reliable than academic books. Sigh. -Zanhe (talk) 22:16, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Chen Saijuan
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DYK for Wang Enduo
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Meng Wanzhou
I notice that you made some changes to the page Meng Wanzhou which involved deleting details that to me seem relevant, given that Meng is involved in a major international news story. I have proposed restoring the material that you deleted on Talk:Meng Wanzhou and would invite you to comment there (not here; I am posting this here just FYI). Dash77 (talk) 02:31, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Yonglian
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GA Review
Hey, just wanted to remind you that I have completed my GA review for Wu Zhonghua over at Talk:Wu Zhonghua/GA1. I see that you have been active on Wikipedia in the past few days, and just wanted to make sure that you didn't miss that the article is ready for edits. Please let me know if you have any questions/comments! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:18, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your review and apologies for the delay. I've been working on several other articles and DYKs simultaneously and haven't got a chance to respond. I'll get on it soon. -Zanhe (talk) 21:28, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, thanks for responding! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 00:44, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

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Talkback
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DYK for Chen Chuangtian
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Bullshit
The article Guan Shu Xian is as good as its equivalent Cai Shu Du, with the same quality of sources. I don't think I need to give any more sources since the article I've linked it to already contains all that information and more. And there are no independent sources at all about Guanshu that do not deal with the broader Three Guards Rebellion since this character is not very famous.

On Queen Jiang/Qiang, the name is not wrong. FYI it can be written in more than one way, as most things in Chinese. Saying Queen Jiang is extremely confusing because literally half of all Zhou dynasty queens have been surnamed Jiang due to the blood-alliance between the Ji and the Jiang. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Es157 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 13 December 2018 (UTC)


 * 1. Yes, Cai Shu Du is also garbage, but it was created ten years ago, when the quality standard of Wikipedia was much lower. More recently, editors who repeatedly add unsourced or poorly sourced material can be blocked or topic-banned. 2. Queen Qiang is wrong. Although Chinese names can often be romanized in different ways, and 姜 can be written Jiang or Chiang, but Qiang is never correct. 3. Using a profanity in reply to my friendly notice is rude and not helpful. -Zanhe (talk) 08:39, 14 December 2018 (UTC)


 * I think the purpose of this site is to do exactly what I've been doing lately. Any well-written article that is informative and true is not garbage, and you should appreciate them. Bashing everything people try to do here for any reason is only repelling contributors. The information is there anyway so the simpler the better. No one who uses Wikipedia for a reading is interested in looking for individual pages of tens of different unaccessible books they never heard of. This site does not enjoy a reputation of being an Oxford-standard academic encyclopedia, just a popular quick info source. If you think they should have better sources, improve them. A simple article is always better than no article on a topic.


 * Qiang is correct and repeated elsewhere in multiple sources. As I said, but leave it as Jiang if that's really an issue. They are the same. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Es157 (talk • contribs) 11:40, 14 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia will never reach the quality of academic publications, but it's our job to keep the information at least verifiable and point people to reliable sources when they need more information. Unsourced and unverifiable stuff is close to worthless, as it can be (and often is) simply wrong. And I find it baffling that for someone who claims to have access to multiple sources, you barely bother to add any to your articles. Why don't you show a few reliable sources that refer to Queen Jiang as Queen Qiang? I've never seen one myself. -Zanhe (talk) 02:17, 15 December 2018 (UTC)


 * 姜 is never "Qiang"; not even in the postal romanization (which would be Kiang, similar to Wade-Giles). And the 姜 in 姜后 is the same as the surname of the royal family of Zhou, I am not sure what makes it "confusing". I'll probably take action if this kind of misguided effort on disregarding policies and naming conventions continues. Alex Shih (talk) 03:13, 15 December 2018 (UTC)


 * I simply kept the name that had already been used in the red links of other pages. It was not my idea to write 'Qiang'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Es157 (talk • contribs) 14:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Let me guess, was it from another unsourced or poorly sourced article? -Zanhe (talk) 01:13, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

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DYK for Chengjia
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DYK for Gongsun Shu
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DYK nomination of Zhang Ting (politician)
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DYK for Eight Li brothers
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Request for article restore
Hi can you help to restore [Nazo Dharejo], recently a hollywod movie My Pure Land was filmed on Nazo Dharejo's life,and the subject is notable as per Wikipedia General notability Guidelines there was afd which was gauged on the basis of NPOL but the subjects met GNG, if there are secondary source reference available on google from newspapers, I would help you to provide, you please place a article restore request, and if the content is original research it can be rewritten. Thanks JogiAsad  Talk   16:02, 25 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Please contact, the admin who closed the AFD. This is a strong case for restoration IMO. I'm travelling for holidays and will be mostly offline for a few weeks. Happy New Year! -Zanhe (talk) 16:00, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Happy new Year in advance and have a safe journey, I requested it on Courcelles user talk page. JogiAsad  Talk   03:58, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Ting (politician)
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DYK for Li Lianda
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