Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hong Kong/Archive 10

CfD nomination of Category:Hong Kong pan-democrats
Category:Hong Kong pan-democrats has been nominated for. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. -- Tavix ( talk ) 15:55, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to Women in Red's special November activities
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Good Article review for Causeway Bay Books disappearances - would welcome some help
I have started a GA review for Causeway Bay Books disappearances. Many of the references are in Chinese, would welcome assistance is checking them from any WP:HK participants who can speak/translate the various references. If you could weigh in at the GA review page with your comments that would be helpful. I am going to check the English languages references myself. Thanks in advance, Shearonink (talk) 21:15, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
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Talk:Raymond Chan
I invite you to the ongoing RM discussion. --George Ho (talk) 03:38, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Draft:Edward Leung Yiu-ming
Hello. I have trouble improving the Draft:Edward Leung Yiu-ming. I invite you to contribute to the draft. --George Ho (talk) 22:25, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge February 2017 is Multilingualism
FYI, take a look in commons:Commons:Photo challenge/2017 - February - Multilingualism. I'm sure there is some nice picture regarding also Hong Kong that can be proposed, if you have it stored it somewhere. It's a way to think about images that we don't always collect, but can be useful.--Alexmar983 (talk) 07:16, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Please double-check Template:Special schools in Hong Kong
Hi! I started Template:Special schools in Hong Kong to be the English version of zh:Template:香港特殊學校列表, but there's two things: I haven't yet found the English names of all of the schools on the list, and there is one row name I haven't found the translation of? (Please also double-check the translations I put in of the column names) WhisperToMe (talk) 07:25, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Edits by
It is one of the IPs used here by a long term abuser in zhwiki. He has been making disruptive edits whose contents are often related to HK. Hope someone would handle this. --578985s (talk) 14:39, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Red bean soup split discussion
Please come participate in the discussion to determine if this article should be split into two or more articles. Thank you. ··· 日本穣 ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 06:29, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Categorization of Hong Kong related topic
As HK company had seperate company law, seperate nationality (BNO only, Canadian passport with HK id, HKSAR passport, etc.), I saw often other wikipedian remove the cat from the container cat "XYZ by country" and put HK related topic as a subcategories of China only, is that appropriate or did it had an administrator consensus before? Matthew_hk  t  c  06:57, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * The categorization of things to do with Hong Kong (and other dependent territories) in lists of things by country is a longstanding stalemate situation. The current practice seems to be "don't mess with the list as set-up". If an editor unilaterally moves Hong Kong out of the "by country" category even though the previous situation was stable, you should revert them, discuss on the talk page, and notify the rest of us here. Deryck C. 12:12, 17 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Category:Bookshops of Hong Kong you talk to the revertor. Matthew_hk   t  c  20:05, 17 February 2017 (UTC)


 * and I noticed that Category:Companies by country seems to have many entities which are technically not really countries. Isle of Man for example is considered a country - self governing, but reliant on the UK for defence and foreign policy. What is the definition of a country here? --Lemongirl942 (talk) 18:23, 21 February 2017 (UTC)


 * We generally try follow the relevant topic definitions. When it comes to football, England, Scotland, and Wales are separate countries too. But then on the internet, the person with the most time wins. So it's up to each of us to argue our case. Deryck C. 18:34, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Proposed user group for Hong Kong
As I don't know about any discussion spaces for Hong Kong editors who are not active in Chinese Wikipedia, I'll put my message there. After AffCom decided to de-recognize Wikimedia Hong Kong several Hong Kong editors in Chinese Wikipedia and I has proposed a brand new user group for our local Wikimedian community. Now I would like to invite any editors interested in to take part in the process of the user group's formation. The page doesn't provide much details, because everything is in planning stage, but we are drafting on this - with assistance from experience editors in other parts of Greater China. Should you have any questions, feel free to ask me. -- Spring Roll Conan ( Talk · Contributions ) 15:42, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Moves about PRC Vs China
There have been a bunch of moves recently related to whether it is appropriate to substitute PRC with China. It would be helpful if more input can be provided. Thank you. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 18:08, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Talk:Civil Service of the People's Republic of China (to be moved to Civil Service of China)
 * Talk:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (to be moved to National Emblem of China)


 * It seems there is one more and possibly directly relevant
 * Talk:Chinese_political_parties
 * Thank you. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 14:49, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * There’s a discussion about whether a guideline would be useful for such issues, here: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese).-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 15:55, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks & Resorts featured list
Greetings. I am attempting to get the Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts article upgraded to featured list status here: Featured list candidates/Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts/archive1. If you are a member of this task force, your input will be valuable.  Jackdude 101  ( Talk ) 23:37, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Hong Kong–Singapore relations
Hi, I recently tagged Hong Kong–Singapore relations with proofreader needed. The quality of the English looks fine, but as a non-Chinese speaker I can't evaluate the accuracy of the translation; I'm only tagging it because this is an important article translated from 香港與新加坡關係 with virtually all the work done by a single editor, and additional eyeballs are always helpful. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 23:52, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

"This is a Hong Kong name"
We have a lot of articles with the hatnote "This is a Chinese name. The surname is ___". But for many of those articles the name actually takes the form [European-language given name] [Surname] [Chinese-language given name] which is unique to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Should there be a new template that says "This is a Hong Kong name. The surname is ___"? Deryck C. 15:14, 26 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I like this idea, although I'm disinclined to call it "Hong Kong name", bcause as you said this form used across SE Asia. Perhaps something like, "This is a combined Chinese & Western name. The surname is ___." Thoughts?


 * — A L T E R C A R I ✍ 06:08, 10 May 2017 (UTC)


 * That sounds like a good idea too. Deryck C. 11:57, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

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Request for comment on proposal at Template:Gazetted beaches in Hong Kong
Please comment on my proposal to omit the word Beach from the names of beaches in this template, for the reason redundancy. The discussion so far is below.

I propose we remove the word "Beach" from the titles of beaches in this box, as the name of the box makes clear this is about beaches. All these redundant, repetitive words are no more than visual clutter. — A L T E R C A R I ✍ 04:59, 19 May 2017 (UTC)  : I don't feel strongly either way, but – there must be a precedent out there we can refer to? This discussion is also relevant to Template:Public libraries in Hong Kong. Citobun (talk) 17:31, 1 June 2017 (UTC) ::* Template:Protected areas of California may be a relevant example of leaving out redundant words like Forest, Park, Sanctuary in this example. ::* Template:Beaches of New South Wales is a little inconsistent but seems to omit mostly. ::* Template:Beaches in Puerto Rico is also inconsistent but retains Beach and Playita at least once each. :: Thank you for linking Public libraries in Hong Kong. I'll crosspost this to WT:HK for more responses. —  A L T E R C A R I  ✍ 13:36, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Tony Chang for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tony Chang is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Tony Chang until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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AfD for Michael Ching (businessman)
The article for the Chinese-Canadian businessman Michael Ching (businessman) has been nominated for AfD. You're welcome to join the discussion at Articles for deletion/Michael Ching (businessman). -Zanhe (talk) 18:23, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Emperor Group articles including New Media Group Holdings Limited, Emperor Entertainment Group, and Emperor Motion Pictures nominated for deletion
These Emperor Group articles have been nominated for deletion:
 * 1) New Media Group Holdings Limited
 * 2) Emperor Entertainment Group
 * 3) Emperor Motion Pictures
 * 4) Emperor Capital Group Limited
 * 5) Emperor Watch & Jewellery
 * 6) Emperor International Holdings
 * 7) Emperor Entertainment Hotel

Here are the related AfDs:
 * 1) Articles for deletion/New Media Group Holdings Limited
 * 2) Articles for deletion/Emperor Entertainment Group

Concerns at the AfDs are that the subjects are not notable and the Wikipedia articles are advertisements. Would editors be able to look for more sources and help clean up the articles to remove any promotion? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 04:58, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Flash Fax (閃電傳真機)
Can someone please create an English article? https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/閃電傳真機. Cheers. --89.180.157.202 (talk) 16:53, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Re: Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong
Please see Talk:Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong to discuss other possible article titles. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:44, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Hong_Kong

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 15:56, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Categorizing Hong Kong images at Commons
Odd request, asking editors to help categorize photographs from my recent trip to Hong Kong, but I've posted them here, if any project members are interested in helping out by sorting images without captions. I've been working to identify subjects and sort accordingly, but you'll still see there are chunks of "unidentified" (by location) images, mostly showing streets and buildings. If you're familiar with Hong Kong, and like working over at Commons, I'd appreciate any help!

Thanks, --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 06:25, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Re: Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars
I posted a question at Talk:Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars, if anyone is familiar with the sculpture series. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 07:35, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Sam Hui / Samuel Hui move discussion
A move discussion was located at Talk:Samuel Hui. Thank you. Matthew_hk  t  c  11:14, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Railway and Station capitalization


Is there some special consideration about caps for Hong Kong related articles that I should know about? My case fix was revert at Hung Hom Station, but it looks like sources don't consistently cap it, so per MOS:CAPS, neither would we, right? Dicklyon (talk) 05:01, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I think they should have Station de-capitalized per consensus from the November RfC, as should most other metro and subway stations in the East Asia region; I've already done South Square of Chongqingbei Railway Station station., note that individual WikiProjects should not govern article titling, and that generally Wikipedia practice tends to defer towards not capitalizing where it does not need to be done and where reliable sources use a mixture of capitalized and not capitalized. While Hong Kong does have its own variety of English I'm not aware of any major differences between it and British English in the written form. Jc86035 (talk) 05:11, 16 December 2017 (UTC)


 * I do not see the logic in Hong Kong articles automatically following an RfC on Chinese railway stations. If an RfC found consensus on changing all Chinese railway station names from English to pinyin, as some people advocate, we would not automatically follow that here as the Hong Kong context is simply different. Likewise, for the English names of Hong Kong stations, we can refer to a breadth of English language popular and professional media that doesn't exist for any Chinese metro system.
 * Anyway, my position is that "station" should be capitalised for Hong Kong stations as it forms part of the proper name, and it reflects how the name is invariably presented on the station buildings. In the mainland Chinese context there is often no English name, or pinyin is used instead, as at Beijing South. In Hong Kong, the English name is established and official. "Station" is often included as part of the proper name in publications and news media.
 * If WPHK is not the venue to seek consensus on article titling, fine – I just feel that a Hong Kong-specific consensus should be sought somewhere for making a change this significant. Maybe I will be vastly overruled here, in which case I won't object – but there should be a discussion with the involvement of more Hong Kong editors. Citobun (talk) 05:56, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Presentation on station buildings is going to be either title case or all caps, naturally. What matters here is whether independent reliable sources treat these as proper names; that is, cap them in sentences, as opposed to in title/heading contexts.  If you look at books, it's pretty clear that "station" is not usually treated as part of proper name of Hung Hom station.  Same as in other countries.  Nothing new here, is there? Dicklyon (talk) 06:03, 16 December 2017 (UTC)


 * There are 10 results on that page. Of them, seven have "Station" capitalised. I have politely asked for a consensus to be developed with the involvement of more Hong Kong editors, so why do you insist on continuing to move articles, as at University station (MTR), rather than let a discussion take place? Citobun (talk) 06:11, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * And 6 of 10 use it in lowercase (maybe we're not seeing the same hits?). Nowhere near the "consistently capped in sources" criterion of MOS:CAPS, and no indication of anything special about Hong Kong.  I didn't notice that another article I was working on was HK-related.  Dicklyon (talk) 06:17, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * could you link to the sources found? I think it would be best to avoid moving these pages until the discussion ends, partly because there are a number of templates which rely on the titles having a standard format to generate links. Jc86035 (talk) 07:41, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I gave this books search link above. When I go there, here's the first 10 I see:

So this time I got 5 lowercase, 3 uppercase, 1 that does both mixed, and 1 all caps. This is pretty typical of the sort of names for which we default to lowercase, i.e. do not interpret as "proper" names. Dicklyon (talk) 16:59, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * 1)  – caps Station in Regulating Information Asymmetry in the Residential Real Estate Market (however, it references recent Wikipedia articles, so may be biased by what it found here)
 * 2)  – "Hung Hom station" in The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia On A Budget
 * 3)  – "Hung Hom station" in Lonely Planet China
 * 4)  – both way in the same section in ''Time Out Hong Kong"
 * 5)  – "Hung Hom station" in ''Hong Kong & Macau"
 * 6)  – capped Station in Hong Kong & Macau
 * 7)  – capped Station in Hong Kong Tuttle Travel Pack
 * 8)  – "Hung Hom station" in Hong Kong ( Hongkong), Macau (Macao) and Guangzhou (Kanton)
 * 9)  – "Hung Hom station" in Swimming with Asian Sharks
 * 10)  – "HUNG HOM STATION" in Hong Kong Mass Transport Study (you might need to go back to the search hits to see the snippet on this one).

Similarly, in news hits I'm seeing 4 lowercase and 3 upper, and 3 that use "Hung Hom" without the word station to refer to the station (even when I search for the quoted phrase including station). You have to click through some of the hits to find how they use it. Dicklyon (talk) 17:12, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I think an RM would be needed for this, since Hong Kong station, Fo Tan station, Quarry Bay station and Lai King station have been edited before. Jc86035 (talk) 07:22, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, good idea; if people are still objecting, after the all the recent consensus in every other country, then we'll do a Hong Kong specific multi-RM discussion. Dicklyon (talk) 16:42, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

OK, RM discussion opened at Talk:Hung_Hom_Station. Dicklyon (talk) 16:52, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Talk:MTR (disambiguation)
Move discussion In ictu oculi (talk) 20:06, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Please come and help...
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Disneyland Resort Line, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Your opinion and rationale are needed so a decision can be made. Thank you and Happy New Year to All!  Paine Ellsworth   put'r there  16:24, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Relisting of move discussion
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Hutchison 3G, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, Sky  Warrior  20:20, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
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Listing Hong Kong on aviation lists
Please participate in this RfC regarding how to list Hong Kong in lists of airlines destinations. Deryck C. 12:18, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

British Hong Kong
There's a discussion about what the year of establishment should be in Talk:British Hong Kong. Third party opinions welcome. Spellcast (talk) 19:58, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Sharkfin and prawn dumpling in superior soup and 魚翅餃
Sharkfin and prawn dumpling in superior soup was nominated for deletion at Articles for deletion/Sharkfin and prawn dumpling in superior soup. I commented at the AfD that the article seemed to be about shark fin dumpling (魚翅餃) but another editor noted "A Google on '魚翅餃' seems to provide an entirely different type of jiao." Cunard (talk) 08:15, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia User Group announcement: Rename proposal
Dear Hong Kong and Macau Wikimedians,

The meta:Wikimedia User Group Hong Kong needs to choose a new English name to fit the guidelines for user groups established by meta:Affcom. Please select your choices at meta:Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Hong_Kong.

Thank you, 多謝 do1 ze6, WhisperToMe (talk) 18:13, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Should Template:Chinese always display both Traditional or Simplified Chinese, or should it only display the relevant written forms based on territory
Please see Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/China_and_Chinese-related_articles WhisperToMe (talk) 17:04, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Use of linktext template
I'd like to start a discussion on the occurrences and methods of linking inline Chinese text. I just saw the linked text in the article Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards, where each character was linked individually. It seems to me that it would be more reasonable and useful for readers to link each lexical word rather than each character, such as "", "", "". Any comments? --  Ohc  ¡digame! 10:24, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I think it‘s a bad idea to link Chinese words or chars. We don’t do it for English so why Chinese? Generally Chinese should only appear in articles alongside English which explains it, linking to Wiktionary for an explanation is therefore redundant; it should be clear from the article what it represents. Of course there is more to a word or char than that one meaning, but that is also true of English words but we don’t link English words in the same way.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 10:44, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I think there used to be a trend to link to Wiktionary for individual Hanzi, but this practice eventually became frowned upon. I am also of the opinion that we generally shouldn't link to dictdefs of Chinese characters unless the dictdef is of special significance to the topic of the article. Deryck C. 11:10, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

New article
I just created an article about the Victor Mallet ban controversy. Can someone take a look at it for improvements, find other articles to link to it, and help me nominate it for DYK (think of a hook, etc)? --  Ohc  ¡digame! 16:15, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Tai Po Market railway station
Should Tai Po Market railway station redirect to Tai Po Market station or Hong Kong Railway Museum? Please leave any comments you have in the discussion at Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 September 18. Thryduulf (talk) 17:03, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Eastern Sports Club
Here is two renaming which related to Hong Kong. Matthew hk (talk) 17:33, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Categories for discussion/Log/2018 December 24
 * Talk:Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Requested move for Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor
There is currently an open requested move at Talk:Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor. Feedback/comments would be welcome, as no one has commented yet. Jc86035 (talk) 13:29, 5 February 2019 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Discord
Anyone here have some interest in having a channel for this WikiProject on the unofficial Wikimedia community Discord server? It would be nice to do some coordination in real time. Nova Crystallis  (Talk)  20:29, 15 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Discussion about editing in wikipedia should record here. Since no one ever to participate in talk page for e.g. merge tag for articles related to Hong Kong, it is not helpful to open a discord either. Also, it may against wiki policy. Matthew hk (talk) 09:20, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

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When did Hong Kong become a nation?
At 08:28, 7 July 2010‎ apparently. When FootballHK (moved Hong Kong cricket team to Hong Kong national cricket team over redirect) But is Hong Kong national cricket team right, or was Hong Kong cricket team more correct? In ictu oculi (talk) 15:39, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
 * The same way Montserrat has a national football team. Nova Crystallis   (Talk)  16:41, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory (BOT), many of which are nations. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:48, 28 March 2019 (UTC)


 * There is Hong Kong national football team since Hong Kong joined FIFA in 1954 and as of today it still a full member. For cricket i am not really sure but the umbrella association Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China is a full member of International Olympic Committee. "Foo national foo team " is a standard naming convention for so long even some of the "nation" are not a sovereign state or a member of UN. However, Hong Kong is a full member of WTO too. Matthew hk (talk) 15:44, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Resolution regarding the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019 (of the Hong Kong Community)
Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong plans to resolute the following statement:

Rights for the Wikimedia movement to provide existing services in Hong Kong is one of the core missions of Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong. It includes both the provision and (unlimited) access of free knowledge.

The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019 has brought underlying fear the above-mentioned mission. In this Bill, restrictions for extraditing personnel to China are lifted. As seen by how the People’s Republic of China engages in activities against access of Wikipedia (and its sister projects), the Hong Kong User Group is in dire concern of the silencing effect this bill brings, and how it fundamentally uncovers the protection of rights for the Wikimedia Movement to provide services (including, but not limited to access of Wikipedia) in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong User Group is in dire concern of the effects the proposed bill may bring, and urges all parties to stay calm and keep rational. We also hope the government may withdraw the above-mentioned bill, and to resubmit the bill only when citizens (and different stakeholders) of the city are properly consulted and the concerns resolved.

Shall there be any opinions regarding the above statement, please feel free to comment below. This statement will be official once three days after the posting date if there are no opposition.

With thanks, --1233 ( T / C） 14:02, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


 * You should credit your name only. WPHK had so long no real discussion thread, if excluding those WP:RM notifications . Matthew hk (talk) 16:12, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Lung On Street
Lung On Street has been nominated for deletion. Please share your thoughts on the AfD page. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:58, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Discussion on Minnie Chan of the South China Morning Post on the reliable sources noticeboard
There is a discussion on the reliability of Minnie Chan's reports in the South China Morning Post on the reliable sources noticeboard. If you're interested, please participate at. —  Newslinger  talk   09:18, 20 June 2019 (UTC)