Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tibet

message: The name of the new Chairman of the TAR, known by the Chinese 齐扎拉
(supposedly transliterated as ཆེ་དགྲ་ལྷ in Tibetan), has been romanized as "Che Dalha" in some sources (Tibetan Government in Exile) but "Qizhala", which seems to be a straightforward pinyin rendering of his Chinese-transliterated name by others (Xinhua). Normally official Chinese sources use Tibetan romanization as opposed to using the pinyin of the Chinese name. In this case I want to consult the members of this wikiproject - what is the proper romanization of his name? This is a case where even reliable sources, such as the Associated Press, might be spelling it improperly; furthermore, is this one name or two names?? Colipon+(Talk) 23:39, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know Tibetan, but Che Dalha is the romanization used by the Time magazine , LA Times  etc. -Zanhe (talk) 00:14, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Che Dalha 

message: The numbering system is incorrect, this is my 1st post so please forgive any mess up. The 5th DL recognised the 1st PL the +3 was used by Tashilhunpo & PEKING only. the Tibetans did not use this numbering. it started  with 17 point agreement & was rtned to west in late 80s EVERY BOOK written mentions itRichardson, Shakabpa, Bell, Surkhang etc etc  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Breakingchina (talk • contribs) 18:04, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Panchen Lamas 

message: Dear fellow contributors, I request feedback and perhaps a reassessment of the article Four harmonious animals. Feedback can be given at Wikipedia:Peer review/Four harmonious animals/archive1. Thank you.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 19:20, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request assessment 

message: Hi! I was wondering if anyone would be interested in expanding and improving sourcing on Red Guards in Tibet. It has sourcing, but it can always use more. I cleaned it up a little (it originally lacked any sort of true lead) but it would definitely benefit from being edited by someone who is more familiar with the history. Anyone interested? Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:00, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interested in cleaning up an article?  

message: Can someone please assess the article. It is not a stub anymore. Also, if possible, take a look at the article, and lend a hand if you have time.
One question - are Lopa people and Lhoba people the same? Aditya(talk • contribs) 04:41, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No, they are not the same. Lhopa (lit. southerner) is a Tibetan name for non-Tibetan-related tribal peoples living mostly in what's now Arunachal Pradesh. The people of Mustang are related to Tibetans. Lhopa is written lho-pa, while Lopa is written glo-pa per this glossary. – Greg Pandatshang (talk) 19:28, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Mustang District]] 

message: Would anybody care to create a stub for Tibet House, 1 Culworth Street, London, which "aims to reflect the aspirations of the Tibetan community ... and promotes the developmental policies of the Central Tibetan Administration ... based on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s principles of truth, non-violence and genuine democracy." http://www.tibet-house-trust.co.uk/aboutus/ (We already have an article on Tibet House in NY, NY, so this should be at Tibet House, London ? or Tibet House (London) ?) (Not sure about naming conventions.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.60.63.116 (talk) 05:11, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested article: Tibet House, London 

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thread_title:  WikiProject collaboration notice from the [[WP:WPPORT|Portals WikiProject]] 

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thread_title:  Background 

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message: A discussion is taking place as to whether :Portal:Tibetan Buddhism is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Tibetan Buddhism 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.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 01:08, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomination of [[:Portal:Tibetan Buddhism]] for deletion 

message: Although it is 12 years since WikiProject Tibetan Buddhism was put into a redirect to Tibet, there is now a sufficient accrual of material - articles and categories to justify a separate project, rather than the uncomfortable melding of the two projects, along with the  confusions of 'ownership' by the China project.  If the proposal goes ahead, this change/move will help differentiate the three scopes - china/tibet/tibetan buddhism - in a much clearer way than is found at present.  Tibetan buddhism in the world is a much larger and complex subject and consequently scope, than being confined into a geographic context and part of the china project.  JarrahTree 01:59, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal - to separate the Tibetan Buddhism project and topics from current format 

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thread_title:  Nomination of [[:Portal:Tibet]] for deletion 

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message: Is there style guide in terms of trailing punctuation in translation snippet? I observe divergent patterns:
* Trailing tsheg (syllable separator) - Nathu La - རྣ་ཐོས་ལ་
* Trailing shad (full-stop) - Semo La - བཟར་མོ་ལ།
* No trailing punctuation  - Tibetan Empire - བོད་ཆེན་པོ
* Article with divergent puncutations - Lhasa - in the infobox, the image ends with a full-stop, while the text ends with a syllable separator
--Voidvector (talk) 20:58, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tibetan style guide regarding trailing punctuation in translation snippet 

message: Institute of the Estonian Language made a glossary of geographic names of places in Tibet Autonomous Region here. Useful for anyone editing pages about places in Tibet. --Voidvector (talk) 22:00, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resource for Tibetan geographic names 

message: The following page needs the statistics updating, it is more than ten years since the number of Tibetans living in exile was updated. Is there a process to make this happen properly? I am happy to help but do not know the process. I am happy to learn and contribute more effectively in the future. Please let me know how best to proceed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_diaspora
At the end of the introduction:
"However, in 2005 and 2009 there were estimates of up to 150,000 living in exile."
For example, is it possible to mark it as needing an update?
Tashi delek,
Haré Nigel  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigel Peck (talk • contribs) 20:15, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated Statistics on Numbers of Tibetans Living in Exile 

message: : of Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture to Demchok
Hi! There is a merger proposal here for the articles on the village(s) of Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture and Demchok in the Sino-Indian border dispute. Any input is appreciated! — MarkH21talk 23:29, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed mergers: Input needed 

message: There is an RfC at Talk:Demchok sector#RfC on 1953-1962 control and administrative split of Demchok about whether to mention the pre- and post-1962 Sino-Indian War status of the articles Demchok sector, Demchok, Ladakh, Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture, and Demchok (historical village). Your input is appreciated. — MarkH21talk 14:48, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC on Demchok pre- and post-1962 Sino-Indian War 

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message: Can somebody help with transliterating these two names in English/Pinyin?
* གྲོ་མོ་སྨད་ཆུས
* གྲོ་མོ་སྨད་
The Chinese name for this place is Xiayadong (). Thanks, Kautilya3 (talk) 14:55, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: See http://places.kmaps.virginia.edu/features/1753 . གྲོ་མོ་སྨད་ཆུས Wylie: gro-mo smad-chus, THL: Dromo Mechü, Tibetan Pinyin I think would be Qomo Maiqü. The second one is the same but without the last syllable. – Greg Pandatshang (talk) 18:35, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you, . Does it mean "lower Dromo", like its Chinese equivalent? Is it a made up name, or an actual village/town? It is marked right next to Rinchengang, which is described in plenty of sources. But this name comes out of the blue. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 22:54, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have any information about this place other than that it is listed in the virgina.edu link above. mê does mean "lower" and chü means area. – Greg Pandatshang (talk) 00:29, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help for some Tibetan names 

message: A requested move discussion has been initiated for :Tibet under Qing rule to be moved to Tibet under Qing dynasty. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 11:13, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:Tibet under Qing rule]] listed at Requested moves 

message: Article threatened with proposed deletion. New sources have been listed under 'Further reading'. Help would be appreciated. Skyerise (talk) 13:00, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Tapihritsa]] 

message: There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Zayü County#Requested move 31 August 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 17:11, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move at [[Talk:Zayü County#Requested move 31 August 2022]] 

message: The page which had been Gautama Buddha  was unsuccessfully proposed for a change to Siddhartha Gautama, then successfully changed to The Buddha, and is now being proposed for a change to Buddha.  Your input and expertise would be most welcome at:
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thread_title:  Requested move at [[Talk:The Buddha]] 

message: Nathu La has been nominated for a featured article review, please see here Wikipedia:Featured article review/Nathu La/archive1 Desertarun (talk) 10:02, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: FAR

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message: Hello, I'm from Thai Wikipedia and have recently been editing a number of articles about Tibetan Buddhism by looking for the same ones on enwiki. I found out that titles of Tibetan temples/monasteries on enwiki have inconsistent naming: some contain "temple" (Ramoche Temple), some contain "monastery" (Sera Monastery), some contain Tibetan term "dzong" (Gyantse Dzong), and some contain no notation at all (Jokhang). 
The cases of Jokhang and Ramoche are particularly confusing for me as both are temple-monastery. Why so that Jokhang is "just" Jokhang (or referred to as "the" Jokhang) but Ramoche does not get the same treatment? Also, when would one be considered a "temple" and not a "monastery" (and vice versa) whilst some are temple-monastery kind-of complex? (Cases like Key Monastery is obviously a "monastery" but some are borderline imo)
In short: are there rules or consideration on these title naming? It would be extremely helpful to the neighbouring Thai Wikipedia community I try to improve. Thank you so much in advance.
-- Chainwit. (talk) 05:47, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any rules on titles for temples/monasteries? 

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