Talk:Suzhou

message: Reference to "2500 years ago in the late Shang Dynasty" is internally inconsistent. Either there is a typo, or else the appropriate dynasty is the Eastern Zhou. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_in_Chinese_history  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.136.32.226 (talk) 22:52, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Article

message: Sue Jo? Sue Chow? Sue Zo?  Anon 17 March 2008 11:18 UTC  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.224.81.234 (talk) 11:18, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "Soo-joh" is a good enough approximation for a non-Chinese speaker. 208.120.96.170 (talk) 03:53, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

text: The short answer is "Sue Joe". The longer answers is that there are good reasons neither Wade–Giles nor pinyin writes it that way and interested readers can look at their pages and . Sadly, it's probably a bad idea to include a "usual English pronunciation" using  in the lead: someone would immediately insist on the "proper" Chinese IPA, which is completely unhelpful. Pinyin is already phonetic enough that  can transcribe directly from pinyin to the IPA letters and Pinyin is much easier to write and better known than the IPA transcriptions of Chinese sounds. Since all of that is at the infobox already and at 's Wiktionary entry, it would just be an eyesore and an unhelpful one. — LlywelynII 07:15, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronounciation

message: The location of Suzhou is shown on the map on the main page.  But it is missing from the maps when they are viewed by clicking through from the main page.   MarcMFresko (talk) 11:02, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect maps 

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thread_title: File:Suzhou collage.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion

message: No information about the replica collection of famous landscapes from around the world in Suzhou?
This collection includes even the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Alexandre III Bridge and, of course, the Tower Bridge from London.
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2012/07/24/chinas-builds-tower-bridge/
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2012/07/05/tower-bridge-replica-china/
http://www.nadernazemi.org/2012/07/tower-bridge-in-china-suzhou-builds-its.html#!/2012/07/tower-bridge-in-china-suzhou-builds-its.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.204.102.130 (talk) 22:50, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  replica collection - Bridge 

message: Just as a reminder, since the Chinese is dealt with in two infoboxes and an etymology section now, the hanzi should not be included in the lead sentence as well. It's completely needless and frowned upon per . — LlywelynII 18:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead section

message: Per  and , this edit established this pages usages as / and American English, respectively. Kindly maintain both consistently, pending a new consensus. Remember best practices involve using non-breaking spaces—& n b s p ;—between the era and the date and placing  before numerical dates and (typically) omitting it entirely when discussing centuries. When using the  template, remember that its creator defaulted it to British English and it's necessary to add a |sp=us or |abbr=on tag at the end. — LlywelynII 07:15, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:ERA]] & [[WP:ENGVAR|ENGVAR]]

message: WV has a decent article voy:Suzhou and are considering making it their destination of the month sometime soon voy:Wikivoyage:Destination_of_the_month_candidates#Suzhou. Of course it needs contributions.
Is there anyone here who would be inclined to join in? Pashley (talk) 15:49, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suzhou article at Wikivoyage 

message: I don't believe there are any Quality, Valued, or Featured images of Suzhou. Is anyone aware of any good images worth nominating, either here at English Wikipedia or at Commons? ---Another Believer (Talk) 04:59, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quality images of Suzhou? 

message: There are more historical and economic historical details
* here
from the official website of the 2001 APEC summit, part of which occurred in Suzhou. — LlywelynII 05:59, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Future article expansion

message: Try Adobe Illustration or a graphic designer. The flag letters don't follow a fine curve. Pay a Japanese graphic designer. It's not bad. Don't be an egoist. Do the best you can, even if that includes others. Others aren't the enemy if they help us. Do your best, even by involving other human beings. We should achieve the superior result. The superior result is the goal, not egoism!
::the edifice isn't centered, you can measure its corners - even the lines beneath it are blurry 
we can do better! Redesign from the beginning!!!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2149:844B:4500:DDE0:42F3:43A1:C82 (talk) 14:10, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag not correct 

message: Should that not be included in the lead section of the article? Peter K Burian (talk) 17:16, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  pinyin: Sùzhōu? 

message: Is Suzhou more properly referred to as being in southern Jiangsu or southeastern Jiangsu? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 22:48, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess southeastern is technically more geographically precise. But it's a pretty meaningless specification because southeastern Jiangsu is kind of an arbitrary area, whereas southern Jiangsu is more well-defined and meaningful, both culturally/historically (see Jiangnan) and geographically (generally areas south of the Yangtze are considered to be southern Jiangsu, but there's nothing that divides it west-east.) F1anders (talk) 06:09, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Southern Jiangsu or southeastern Jiangsu? 

message: Looks like the Administrative Divisions section already has districts/satellites and their populations. The population table in the Demographics section is not only poorly formatted, but also therefore seems unnecessary. F1anders (talk) 06:05, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics/Admin Divisions 

message: — Assignment last updated by KawhiKawayi (talk) 18:47, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - FA23 - Sect 201 - Thu

message: The article includes a variety of reliable resources, including appropriate links and citations. All of them supported the topic well, and helped the article be more professional.-Luxiiinyu (talk) 19:50, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evaluation