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Talk:Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

message: The original change to the article title from Diqing to Dêqên does not make since for three reasons. The accompanying three arguments are:
# Dêqên is the common name. Regardless of the official name used by the Chinese government, the common name in English prevails.
# Dêqên is the official name used in English.
# Dêqên is the Tibetan name, so we should use that instead of Diqing, the Chinese name (subjective, non-policy).
However, these are incorrect because:
# Dêqên is not the common name. Using Google Ngrams, Dêqên does not have enough mentions to even appear on the graph.
# Dêqên is not the official name in English. The prefectural government's website uses Diqing, as does state media (e.g. People's Daily article).
# Dêqên is not the original Tibetan name for the area; there was not one at all because Tibetans did not choose the borders of the prefecture, the Chinese government did. While the name does come from Tibetan , Dêqên is the Tibetan pinyin spelling, which was created by the Chinese government. The subjective, non-policy crux of this argument is that we should retain Tibetan names for Tibetan areas, rather than blindly follow the Chinese government's respelling and renaming of important ethnic minority places. However, as the Tibetans did not claim this area prior to the Chinese government creating the prefecture, there is no "original name" to retain. Opposing the Chinese government's decisions is also undercut by the fact that Dêqên was the spelling decided upon by the Chinese government. Of course Wikipedia could use the Wylie spelling Bde-chen, but I am sure everyone would agree that is the worst choice because not only is it neither common nor official, but it will likely be misread as "B" does not indicate a distinct sound in Wylie, but it does in English.
For these three reasons, I am moving this article from Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Yue🌙 00:16, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: An additional detail in regard to the first point: When comparing Diqing with Deqen or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture with Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the former prevails over the latter, in predominant fashion. Yue🌙 01:26, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diqing, not Dêqên 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Reading Beans (talk) 03:43, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 9 November 2023
Talk:Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture

message: Jim Goodman just published a book on Nujiang --the first thing of any significance in English.
Somebody find/buy/borrow a copy, and update the Wiki page, hm?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.147.39.116 (talk) 10:26, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New book on Nujiang 

message: Basic information to add to this article:  what it borders. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 09:47, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: To add to article
Talk:Huzhou

message: Kindly bear it in mind and don't repeat the Chinese text and romanizations in the lead when it's already in the infobox. If any additional languages need to be added, see . — LlywelynII 14:16, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: WP:MOS-ZH

message: Obviously the page is in a bad way. Kindly help remove the Chamber of Commerce fluff where you can. This digression may merit its own page but obviously needs to have the Facebook page-sourcing replaced:
:Huzhou General Hospital
:
:Dr. Fred P. Manget (1880-1979) went from the U.S. state of Georgia to Shanghai as a medical missionary in 1909. In 1912, he rented a building in Huzhou to establish a hospital that could hold about 30 beds. At the end of World War I, Dr. Manget returned to Shanghai and discussed with the representative of The Rockefeller Foundation in China about the Foundation’s intention to spread the practice of Western medicine in China.  After much negotiation, the Chinese Government agreed to provide  of land, while the Foundation provided US$30,000 to build a hospital in Huzhou.  The remaining needed funds were provided by the Southern Methodist Church and the Northern Baptist Church in the USA.  Thus, the small hospital with a small rented building and one doctor was transformed into Huzhou General Hospital (湖州醫院), which had  of land, over 100 nurses and 100 other personnel, in addition to the most modern medical facilities in China.  The facilities included a chemistry laboratory, an X-ray facility and a Nursing School. Later, Japanese troops occupied Huzhou General Hospital.  Luckily, the family members of Dr. Manget were able to leave China for the USA.  However, Dr. Manget was not willing to leave China.  When he saw how badly the Japanese troops treated the Chinese people, he even dared to point out the wrongdoing of the Japanese troops.  As a consequence, he was arrested by the Japanese troops, who wrongly accused him of espionage.  Later, the Japanese troops released him.  Under the strict control of the Japanese troops, Huzhou General Hospital reopened and Dr. Manget worked there for three and a half years.Nona B. McMichael (Mrs. Robert S.), "The story of Dr. Fred Prosper Manget", the Woman's Auxiliary of the Bibb County Medical Society, Georgia, April 4, 1963 Meeting, Macon, GA, 1963.Rebecca Chan Chung, Deborah Chung and Cecilia Ng Wong, "Piloted to Serve", 2012https://www.facebook.com/PilotedToServe
 — LlywelynII 14:21, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: American Baptist missionaries operated in Huzhou during the Qing dynasty.(the University of Wisconsin - Madison)(Digitized Jan 14, 2009)(the New York Public Library)(Digitized Feb 4, 2011)
 — LlywelynII 14:34, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup needed
Talk:Jiaxing

message: Please include Miao Huixin, artist, in list of famous people from Jiaxing
Here is a link:
http://www.wlotus.com/MiaoHuiXin/default.htm
75.69.69.251 (talk) 13:54, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It would seem fair to add, will do - but I can't do the Chinese character name. Stevebritgimp (talk) 12:06, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please include Miao Huixin, artist, in list of famous people 
Talk:Quzhou

message: Could something be added to the article about Quzhou's museums? 173.88.241.33 (talk) 16:02, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: To add to article
Talk:Shaoxing

message: This picture shows the traditional city centre of Shaoxing and a view that the article currently doesn't show. Maybe it can be added. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shaoxing.jpg  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.105.18.64 (talk) 10:08, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: — Assignment last updated by SheilaSh11 (talk) 17:18, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - FA22 - Sect 201 - Thu
Talk:Hanukkah music

message: The Hebrew transcript is:
Chanukah, Chanukah, Chag yafe kol kach
Or chaviv misaviv, gil leyeled rach
(in Hebrew)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.132.237.96 (talk) 07:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone have the lyrics of the English version of Levin Kipnis sond "Chag yafe kol kach"? 

message: The external links is a valuable part of the page, not (as an anonymous editor said) part of a marketing campaign.  (The external link is free, and gives more information about the songs, and makes the songs available.)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.194.23.91 (talk) 16:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Why doesn't the title of this article spell Hanukkah the way it's spelled on that article's title and most of the rest of Wikipedia? --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 02:20, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This appears to be an uncontroversial change, per the naming of all related articles. Making the change as requested now. Dekimasuよ! 01:26, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: Under the "I had a little dreidel" section, it says that:
"The author and lyrics writer are Samuel S. Grossman",
where Samuel S Grossman links to Samuel Joseph Grossman.
It seems fairly clear (from their initials and from the page on S.J. Grossman) that the two are not the same people. This should be fixed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.100.78 (talk) 09:39, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Samuel S Grossman 

message: I don't think this song really fits here.  The other songs listed are either traditional verses that have existed, with or without their current tunes for centuries, are sung by large numbers of people on the holiday, or are echoing sentiments and/or traditions associated with the holiday.  "The Chanukah Song" seems to me to me to not fit any of these, and is more of just a song that refers to Hanukkah, and not a Hanukkah song. 35.11.168.199 (talk) 13:07, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The Chanukah Song

message: How is the Orrin Hatch song appropriate here? It's a traditional Hanukkah song? Really?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.115.220 (talk) 02:46, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Orrin Hatch

message: No mention of Lehrer's "Hanukkah In Santa Monica"? 99.98.1.31 (talk) 07:10, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Tom Lehrer]]

message: It is clear that the first section of "Who Can Retell" is in F major. But the second section is confusing. There's a dispute on whether it is in C minor (it is based primarily on the C minor and G7 chords) or F minor (it ends with an authentic cadence of the key of F minor.) Anything to clear this up?? Georgia guy (talk) 17:23, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Key of "Who Can Retell"
Talk:Tibetan attack on Songzhou

message: Is calling, in an encyclopedia article, the emerging Tibetan state by its Chinese name in Tang annals in accordance with WP:NPOV, esp. since that name is neither the standard narrative voice of contemporary historiography nor the one used in the indigenous Tibetan annals?Nishidani (talk) 10:41, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tufan 

message: , would you like to discuss the problems you are having with this page? You are reverting a lot of edits without adequate explanation. Ogress smash! 22:43, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV
Talk:Emperor Taizong's campaign against Xueyantuo

message: Please see :
* Emperor_Taizong's_campaign_against_Xueyantuo#Notes
* Xieli = Ashina Duobi ? = other name ?
* Tuli (nephew of Xieli)= Ashina Jiesheshuai ? = other name ?
These previous point are unclear and may need clarifications (by correction or in notes). --62.147.248.245 (talk) 13:53, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear points
Talk:John W. Bonner

message: This is a new article.  These much work, including material in the listed references that isn't mentioned in the article.  I saw it while looking at people buried in Arlington National Cemetary and thought, isn't it interesting that an attorney general fought in the war?  A quick check showed that he has no article. VK35 23:05, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Lyman U. Humphrey

message: A 2-term Governor would merit a few mentions about his time in office. Valetude (talk) 19:26, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Achievements as Governor? 
Talk:Alxa League

message: I am actually not entirely sure which one is more correct. Japanese Wikipedia writes Alašan, but the dictionary at www.linguamongolia.co.uk seems to prefer Alaša. The fact that the PRC romanization of the aimag's mongolian name is Alxa (without trailing 'n') leads me to believe that Alaša is more correct. Please let me know if I am wrong. Yaan (talk) 18:45, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: solved. See official website.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaan (talk • contribs) 19:41, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alaša or Alašan
Talk:Auckland rail

message: Can't find anything on Flickr. Richard001 (talk) 01:28, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hardly surprising. The species is restricted to two islands that are not visited by tourists, in fact generally not visited at all. The best bet would be to contact the Department of Conservation, which has a few images taken of an individual kept at Mt Bruce 20 years ago (the only photos of this species I have ever seen). Sabine's Sunbird  talk 01:55, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I pretty much leave this note on all pages even if it's very unlikely there'll be one, just so that I (and perhaps others) know I've checked and where I'm up to. Can you find a picture of one on the internet? If you can provide a link I'll see if I can track down the copyright holder. Richard001 (talk) 02:55, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I found and added an illustration from a journal article form when it was assumed extinct. FunkMonk (talk) 21:53, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: Shouldn't this be Auckland Island rail? That's the name all the sources use. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 08:11, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name?
Talk:Everyday Shooter

message: Added USB controller support to article. Steam version allows controller use :)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.227.156.40 (talk) 00:36, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: USB Controller Support

message: Windows availability?  Can't seem to find it anywhere.
:This game won't be free , but should be available for Windows.  It sounds like it might be distributed by Gametap.  No clue, I couldn't find anything on the forums.--Riff 21:08, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Availability

message: Please don't just copy and paste text in from the homepage and call it an article.  Not only is that quote vague as all get go, but you didn't source who said it.  I went through and tried to add some actual meat to the article.  If anyone has actually played it and can flesh out the article more that would be great.  I just had to go on what I could glean from that youtube link at the bottom.  So go to and add some actual content, I have no illusions how lacking my description is. (: --Riff 21:08, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Plagiarism in Article

message: This game is still not available on the PlayStation 3 Network in Australia.
*cries*  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.18.211.154 (talk) 08:56, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australia 

message: There's a new trend in most Wikipedia articles which includes an interesting style like  "this title is notable because", "this person is notable because". I don't think that this is the correct way to establish the notability. Say, in this article; being developed by a single person does not make a video game notable. Are there any reliable third party documentation, review or etc. about the game? This is what should be questioned.--Alperen (talk) 19:28, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Because...
Talk:Eielsen Synod

message: I sent an email to elca.org/archives about names the ELCA considered in the mid 1980s and the fact the Eielsen formal name was ELCA got this response  Smith03 23:31, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Walter Mittelholzer

message: There is a difference between German and English Wikipedia regarding the date Mittelholzer flew over the Kilimanjaro / Kibo. Whilst English Wikipedia cites New York Times, German Wikipedia cites ETH Zürich.
According to ETH Zürich the date is January 8th 1930 (not 1929 as in the English Wikipedia). As I can not find the New York Times article online, I think, the date should be changed in the English Wikipedia to January 8th 1930. Please revert / discuss, if you have a different (sourced) opinion.  Skasperl (talk) 12:44, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of flight over Kilimanjaro / Kibo
Talk:An (Chinese surname)

message: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kuwabara's+misleading+thesis+on+Bukhara+and+the+family+name+An.-a019404327
Rajmaan (talk) 14:42, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kuwabara's misleading thesis on Bukhara and the family name An.
Talk:G-Unit Clothing Company

message: This is starting to look appropriate: WP:ANI for all subjects related to G-Unit. Flowanda | Talk 02:29, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The noticeboard I like 
Talk:Adam Cohen (journalist)

message: This should disambig to Adam Cohen (musician) as well, the son of Leonard Cohen and lead of Low Millions, noted American pop rock group.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlanH (talk • contribs) 18:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Musician

message: An RfC: Which descriptor, if any, can be added in front of Southern Poverty Law Center when referenced in other articles? has been posted at the Southern Poverty Law Center talk page. Your participation is welcomed. – MrX 16:15, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC
Template talk:Stockholm public transport

message: I'm making a trial. I have changed this template to use the Navigation template in order to make the navigation box neater and to make a more "clean" layout to the pages that refers to this template. Pros are: better layout, standardized, needs less vertical space. Cons are: less informative, since the information about transit type is removed. Although that information may be included using Navigation template, I prefer having the navigation box as clean as possible. The classification of the different transist system is explained in the main article Public transport in Stockholm as well as in the separate articles on each system, so there is no need to classify the transit systems in the navgation box. Comments? Kildor 23:37, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Navigation template
Talk:Ekeko

message: These paragraphs were removed. They appear to be very poor translations from another language. (Okay, well, good efforts, but very difficult to understand when read in English!) I hope Ekeko is not offended! To make up for it I will make some external links to this article so others can improve.PBF 23:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed paragraphs

message: I'm reverting the changes made by Unknown Lupus because the copyright of that image does not belong to him, it belongs to:
TERRA ANDINA srl
Licencia Unidad de Turismo Prefectura de La Paz  #005
NIT 1003715029 -  PMC  TER423D49923
Dirección: Calle Guachalla nº 662 - Sopocachi  - La Paz - Bolivia
Tel. (00 591 2) 242 29 95 - Fax (00 591 2) 212 14 53
Email : bolivia@terra-andina.com
URL : http://www.terra-andina.com
as it reads here, thanks. Erebedhel  - Talk 07:47, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Revision of [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekeko&action=historysubmit&diff=339684936&oldid=339680199 7:30, 24 January 2010]

message: So far the information from Antonio Paredes Candia  the BBC  and the anthropologist Thomas Alan Abercrombie , identify the cult of the Ekeko with Bolivia and specifically with the city of La Paz, I consider it important to rely exclusively on the academic information because sometimes our brain can make us assume erroneous ideas and input inaccurate information. Besides I don't see enough reasons to change the categories established since the creation of this article in 2003 and lasted unaltered till 2009. Erebedhel  - Talk 02:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead 

message: I believe that the best source so far to explain these parts is the work of Fernando Cáceres Terceros  it's very concise so I'll use it to give the structure for these sections while I find more sources. Erebedhel  - Talk 04:03, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology and Origins

message: This article also reflects a problem with Wikipedia. Only somebody that never lived in the area would think this is a shared celebration. This festivity happens every year since its inception in La Paz. Is a major event, every January 24th. From there, people have taken this event to other cities and places.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Izelpii (talk • contribs) 18:21, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins 
Talk:SMOG

message: I don't understand what this entry is trying to say.  Is it just chicken scratch? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johndheathcote (talk • contribs) 23:47, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don't understand 

message: :Section copied from article history
The author and copyright holder of the document in question has been contacted as of 2008-JAN-08 by myself. - Agvulpine (talk) 02:16, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not wanting to deal with legalese of the GFDL and merge SMOG Index here, I've starting writing on the subpage. —Dispenser (talk) 01:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I, G. Harry McLaughlin Neuroling am the author and copyright holder of the document in question  which, like SMOG, has always been in the public domain. I have now added a GDFL notice to it because Agvulpine imagined that there was a copyright violation. Because of his further concerns I have provided information in  SMOG Index showing that SMOG was published in a refereed journal, had outstandingly high correlation with its criterion, and has been widely used e.g. by the NIH. As I obviously do not fully understand the ways of Wikipedia I invite Dispenser to use my contributions as he sees fit.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neuroling (talk • contribs) 21:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Do we need to included a boilerplate message for attribution?  —Dispenser (talk) 21:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If the text comes from the page, it should be listed under "sources", not under "external links". that's the needed attribution. --Alvestrand (talk) 21:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio 

message: I have looked at the source cited, and found that it now carries a GFDL license. Since this is enough for Wikipedia, I have reverted the copyvio notice. Thanks to everyone! --Alvestrand (talk) 15:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we need to included a boilerplate message for attribution?  —Dispenser (talk) 21:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If the text comes from the page, it should be listed under "sources", not under "external links". that's the needed attribution. --Alvestrand (talk) 21:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio tag removed 

message: The title SMOG (Simple Measure Of Gobbledygook) is an incoming redirect, that some articles link through.
But, the word "Gobbledygook" does not appear in the 1969 paper.
I would guess that the "SMOG" is a play on Gunning fog index, and that the other explanation is a backronym - though possibly it is an official one (given by original paper's author, or similar) ?
Can anyone find a Reliable source pointing either way? Ta. -- Quiddity (talk) 04:23, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is SMOG defined? 

message: Mentioning the name of at least one notable software implementation might be a good idea...  76.10.128.192 (talk) 13:42, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable software implementations?
Talk:Poros (disambiguation)

message: We need an article on or at least a definition of poros stone, which was a very prominent building material in ancient Greece. The term appears at least in the following Wikipedia Articles: Old Temple of Athena, Rhamnous, Archanes, which uses hyphenated "poros-stone" (uncommon in my experience), and Peribolos —Blanchette (talk) 03:37, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poros stone?