Talk:Chien-Ming Wang

message: I reviewed the editing history in this article, and I found multiple edits of vandalism by an anonymous user identified with its user IP 205.188.116.13. The last warning on his vandalization was August 2nd, 2006, yet he chose to disregard the warning and continue to vandalize the article. A block should be implemented upon the user for excessive attempt of vandalization. --Vic226 01:02, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive Vandalism from [[User:205.188.116.13]] 

message: "He recorded his first complete game on June 18, 2006 against the Washington Nationals, but it was a bittersweet accomplishment as he allowed a 1-out, 2-run, walk-off home run by Ryan Zimmerman to lose the game 3-2."
To be technical, Wang only pitched 8 1/3 (or, in baseball calculation, 8.1) innings when he allowed the 2-run walk-off home run by Zimmerman. I'm skeptical that this was still counted as a complete game, as I recognize the definition of complete game as pitching a minimum of 27 outs, 9 innings, by the starting pitcher. --Vic226 01:18, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: what are you talking about?? a complete game is a complete game which by one of the many definition is "A statistic credited to a pitcher who pitches an entire game without relief" and it also says that a complete game can either be a win or a loss. where do you get the definition of "27 outs" ??? so, if the visitor pitcher has a no-hitter but loses the game (someone makes an error and then the runner ends up scoring) how do you want him to get the other 3 outs??? he would still be credited with a complete game no-hitter because a pitched for the WHOLE GAME, which in his case was 24 outs. In Wang's case he pitched 8 1/3 innings, and he pitched the WHOLE GAME, so how isnt't that a "complete game" Don't assume things, look things up, this is not the first time this is happen so you should be "skeptical" that all those games are call complete games. I don't get what your skeptism has to do in the "Chien-Ming Wang Discussion Page" seriously, i don't get it. --CesarCossio 07:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

text: oh, and by the way, please learn to quote things, don't just "copy and paste" things from the article. worst, you didn't even put quotation marks. --CesarCossio 07:37, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK, forgive me for being such a reckless Wikipedian rookie. That is if my ignorant skepticism had made you so mad like this at any point. However, to be honest, I couldn't see any reason for you to shout at me as if I have previous convictions for making stupid comments before checking. --Vic226 14:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

text:  Also, I have never intended to start any verbal argument like this. No, I did not expect that everyone in here is nice, but what I could see so far is that most of them are. It must be rare to meet someone like you. --Vic226 14:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: dude, i didn't get mad, why in the world would i get mad over something like this? If you feel offended in any way well, i can't do anything about that and i don't understand how you got the impression that 1. i got mad and 2. that i "shout at you". I was just explaining what a complete game was and giving examples and asking a question, then i went on and asked you to look things up BEFORE you write about something that you are not sure 'cause like i said that wasnt the first time this has happen. I don't get your skepticism, that's it, i don't get why would anyone be skeptical about that and i don't get why would you put that in here? why not going to the "Complte Game" article and say what you think there since that would make 100% sense but Chien-Ming Wang article?? This talk page should be about HIM and things that would make the article better not about what a complete game is or should be and as i said before i can't make you think i'm nice, if you think i'm "not nice" just because i gave you an answer then okay, whatever. --CesarCossio 19:58, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I think he meant perfect game in his question. --Borgarde 16:42, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Complete Game or Not? 

message: I have noticed that his name is often pronounced as "Chien-Ming Wong", as opposed to "Wang".  An "a", in any language, is rarely pronounced as a short "o" unless followed by a silent letter, often a consonant (example: "mackinac" sounds like "mackinaw").  Therefore, phonetically, his last name should rhyme with "sang" (the past tense of "sing"). Hallpriest9(Talk|Archive) 03:34, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Except in Mandarin, the "a" is pronounced as an unstressed "o" because it's part of the combined sound "ang." Mandarin uses several combinatory sounds e.g. "ai", "ei", "eng", "ang" - that's just how the phonetics work. The "rhymes with sang" is more of a Western pronunciation. You don't see people pronuncing the "Zhou dynasty" as the "zoh dynasty" because it's "joe" in Mandarin. The guys in the broadcast booth probably want to keep the pronunciations similar to how they're said in Wang's native language. - Pandacomics 20:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

text: His last name should actually be pronounced more like 'Wahng', saying the 'a' as the British say the word 'chance'. Also, 'Chien' is pronounced more like 'jehn' in Mandarin, not the 'ch' English speakers think of. To say that Wang's name should be pronounced to rhyme with 'sang' is outrageous.  The name of the Japanese city 'Hiroshima' is pronounced more like "HEE-roh-SHEE-mah" and not "hih-ROW-shih-muh" (with a short 'i' as in 'hit') like some tend to say it.  It is unrealistic to apply English phonetics to foreign words.  There is no exact equivalent in English for the sound the 'a' in 'Wang' makes in Mandarin Chinese.  Broadcasters merely try to come as close to the original pronunciation as possible.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.116.56.82 (talk) 18:48, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

text: One more thing: The "Ming" in his name, though the official spelling, is technically wrong. It should be "Min". The character 民 is pronounced something like "mean"; it is not 明 "Ming". 61.224.41.15 (talk) 05:37, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of last name 

message: Just wondering why it says that he lives in Fort Lee, when he actually lives in Edgewater. I know this because I used to be his neighbor. I lived right across from them and would see them all the time. And they still live there now.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MadisonGold (talk • contribs) 19:05, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current Residence 

message: Was curious why Wang was not given a highlight of being a WS winner in 2009. Sure he didn't play and wasn't on the playoff roster, but didn't he get a ring anyway due to being on the team, all be it the DL? Arnabdas (talk) 17:24, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:BASEBALL consensus as he wasn't on the playoff roster. --Muboshgu (talk) 21:48, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: He got it ring, but some don't consider it to be a career highlight or award. 71.255.88.109 (talk) 01:37, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  World Series champion in info box 

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thread_title:  [[:File:Chien-Ming Wang pitching.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: Does Chien-ming Wang change teams?
On MLB's website, See it, He is Nationals, not Cubs.
--SiaoRong (talk) 01:50, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  He is still in [[Washington Nationals|WASHINGTON NATIONALS]] in 2011, NOT in Chicago Cubs.