User talk:Zanhe/2015

DYK for Qidiao Kai

Harrias ^talk 00:02, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Jiuduansha

You're welcome! — LlywelynII 23:50, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

A Barnstar For You

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For expanding Gongchen Tower. Well done! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:09, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar, Anna Frodesiak. I'm glad to help save the article (but sadly not the real thing) from oblivion. -Zanhe (talk) 07:03, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Good job Zanhe. AfD now closed as speedy keep.  Philg88 ^♦talk 07:30, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Philg88! -Zanhe (talk) 08:57, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Request

Happy New Year, my friend. Can you please take a look here? Thank you very much! Jim Carter 07:35, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year Jim! I've started the review. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 08:11, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

I have mentioned about Rahul Sinha's brother in the hook. Can you please re-review? Btw thanks for reviewing it so quickly. Have a nice day! :) Jim Carter 11:50, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much friend. Jim Carter 06:32, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Can you review this? Jim Carter 14:58, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Your opinion, please!

Hey, Zanhe. I'm working on an unfinished draft article in my userspace and I'd like your opinion on what it should be called. There is no generally agreed-upon English language name for the subject. I have been considering Autumn Hunt (the current name in the draft, translated from the Chinese name), Qiuxian (the Chinese name), Imperial hunt of the Qing dynasty (a descriptive name), Imperial hunt (Qing dynasty) (a variant of the previous name), just Imperial hunt (since the name is not currently being used), and Mulan hunt (after the name of the hunting site). What do you think is the best name? Feel free to suggest alternatives I haven't thought of. Thanks! --Difference engine (talk) 03:09, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Difference engine, I don't really have enough knowledge about the subject to offer a truly informed opinion. A Google books search for "imperial hunt"+qing yields more results than "autumn hunt"+qing. So if I have to take a pick, I'll choose "Imperial hunt of the Qing dynasty" (imperial hunt by itself seems too broad), with redirects from the other names. Pinging CWH, Madalibi, Nlu, and Philg88 for their insights. -Zanhe (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for thinking of me, Zanhe. I'll put my comments on the at Autumn Hunt TalkPage ch (talk) 05:51, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Ditto.  Philg88 ^♦talk 07:16, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Ohel Rachel Synagogue

You're welcome! Thanks for your work as well! — LlywelynII 05:36, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the catch

at Vietnamese boat people. No, I hadn't realized I'd blanked the content. That's a glitch that I've seen a few times from the Great Firewall and I usually catch, but not this time. :blush: — LlywelynII 05:11, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

No worries LlywelynII. I figured it was an inadvertent mistake. I have no issue with your hatnote edit, although the redirect seems questionable. -Zanhe (talk) 05:14, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Liu Cigui

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:16, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Later Sui Empire

Thank you for the explanation; I've deleted it as a hoax. A11 is virtually impossible to prove, unless it's something like "The Later Sui Empire was founded by Billy in his back yard yesterday". I don't know the history of the period, and I wasn't aware that I should be looking for evidence of a hoax until reading your message. Nyttend (talk) 05:25, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Gongchen Tower

Harrias ^talk 01:30, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Huang

Zanhe (talk) please stop your unexplained deletions and vandalism of the page or you will be blocked. This is a warning to you! Please discuss any concerns you have on the Talk page instead of persistently deleting information rendering the article useless for readers. 64.134.234.101 (talk) 04:56, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

I have to say you're the most persistent and evasive IP vandal I've ever encountered. Which VPN do you use? If you really want to make an argument about the merit of your edits, I suggest you register an account, and not pretend to be a new anon user every few weeks. -Zanhe (talk) 05:03, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Ah, I see, you're the sockmaster ProfessorJane. No wonder you don't want to register an account. -Zanhe (talk) 00:34, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK images

I saw you exchange images. How do you like that of Hogwood in String Quartets, Op. 50 (Haydn)? I forgot to add it to article, but now it's in, hook is in prep 5, - Hogwood died last year, deserves an image I think, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:15, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

It's done. -Zanhe (talk) 00:49, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, very considerate, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:34, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Chongqing proper

Hi Zanhe,

you made this article a redirect, with the rationale that it was not a well defined concept. Most of the statements there did not depend on definition, however. What can be done?
Kind regards
Sarcelles (talk) 15:35, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

We don't normally have separate articles about ill-delimited city propers. The best place to discuss the city proper is the city article itself, as the proper is by definition central to the city. Of course, if you disagree with me, feel free to restore the article, and I'll start an AfD to solicit opinions from other users. -Zanhe (talk) 00:33, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pan Fusheng

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ANI edit

Sorry about the revert - my phone froze on me, and I didn't realize I had done it. I apologize for any frustration it caused, thanks for undoing it. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:49, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

@Barek: I thought it must have been some kind of mistake. Thanks for the explanation. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 19:54, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Gansu Flying Horse

Thanks (once again) for the knowledgeable input on Gansu Flying Horse. I actually wanted to reference the horse for a section I'm drafting on urban folklore/ legends concerning Zhou Enlai (one legend was that Nixon saw the horse and put it in his pocket & Zhou got it back). I was surprised to find that there was no article on it and got sucked in.

But I wonder if we want to keep the info on the ban on showing it abroad without checking how long it lasted and whether it's still in force. I originally thought not to include this info because there is a headnote at List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad which says that it's out of date, and the two references are indeed from 2003. What's your thought?

Also, is there an info box for works of art? There is on the French Wikipedia. Cheers. ch (talk) 22:03, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

CWH, thanks a lot for creating the article. I know what it feels like to get "sucked in", it happens to me a lot too. :) As for the ban on showing it abroad, it's definitely still in force. The article is out of date because it only shows the first batch of 64 items, while two more batches were added in 2012 and 2013. The zh-wiki article has more information. -Zanhe (talk) 22:41, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

I've now updated the article with some basic info about the two new batches. -Zanhe (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Good. Thanks for the info.ch (talk) 23:52, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for New Synagogue (Shanghai)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ohel Rachel Synagogue

Harrias ^talk 14:42, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Lu Zhaolin

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:01, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Why did you change what I edited

Why did you change what I edited? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imthemanofdoom (talk • contribs) 06:00, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Because you were adding false statistics to the articles. -Zanhe (talk) 06:19, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Don't take it personally, Youretheladofdoom, he does that with real statistics, too. ^_^ — LlywelynII 23:25, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

What's that supposed to mean, LlywelynII? If it's a joke I don't find it funny. I already waste way too much time dealing with vandals and disruptive users, and giving them more straws to hold on to only means less time for me to write content. -Zanhe (talk) 04:31, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, can you prove that please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imthemanofdoom (talk • contribs) 03:18, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Llywelyn good to know, so does Zanhe do this alot? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imthemanofdoom (talk • contribs) 03:30, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Your were randomly changing numbers that are different from sources, and adding personal comments to an article. -Zanhe (talk) 04:24, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Show me these sources lol, you can't just accuse me without proof.......The US doesn't have the GDP per capita that the article says it does, its much lower. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imthemanofdoom (talk • contribs) 06:05, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

The source is already cited in the article, can't you read? For your convenience, here it is again. Your edits such as this one messed up all the numbers. If you do it one more time you'll be reported to WP:ANI for vandalism. -Zanhe (talk) 06:38, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Lol, except it's the truth, those sources clearly state that the US only has a GDP per capita of around $40 thousand and not $55 thousand, you must be a typical American. If you change one of my edits again I'll be reporting you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imthemanofdoom (talk • contribs) 17:41, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

If you cannot read a simple table, you have no business editing Wikipedia. Either you're grossly incompetent or just trolling. Either way, I'm not going to waste more time trying to reason with you. -Zanhe (talk) 21:59, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Also, when the word "Turkey" was changed to "Turkgay" on the Turkish Armed Forces article how come you didn't do anything about it? I find it very offensive that you only correct articles to do with America, I know you Americans can't really comprehend the World outside of US borders because of your poor education system but at least put up an effort. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imthemanofdoom (talk • contribs) 17:54, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

See this. -Zanhe (talk) 21:59, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

That was nice

but I don't even think we disagree generally. In that instance, you weren't wrong: you were just following along with a counterproductive misinterpretation of one of the rules. But from the reaction of other editors when I brought it to their attention—"hey, yeah, we should just change the guideline, thx, ok, 88"—it's obvious that they're just ratcheting up standards as a kludge to deal with the backlog. Didn't seem to be any support for just keeping the rule as it existed, so I'll go back around and source/delete some of the sections til it works. — LlywelynII 23:23, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Beth Aharon Synagogue

Harrias ^talk 00:56, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Yang Jiong

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:11, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Do not vandal at Yang(State)

Revert vandal from user id: Zanhe , Stupid you Zanhe look at legal international text and the references.ADHZ07111989 (talk) 13:29, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Replied at ANI. -Zanhe (talk) 20:42, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Ruoxu

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:52, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for N.E.B. Ezra

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:02, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Israel's Messenger

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:03, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Liu Han

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:01, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Canvassing: Lhasa (prefecture-level city) proposed move

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Your GA nomination of Pan Fusheng

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DYK for Hu Die

Harrias ^talk 21:41, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Anti-Corruption

Hi, Zanhe, I am not sure how interested you are in this, but I have began the draft for an article on Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign and I wanted to ask you to take a look and give any comments or advice you might have. Thank you!
By the way I've seen the discussion at Lhasa, I really sympathize with your point of view. Let's see how it goes. Colipon+(Talk) 19:22, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

@Colipon: That's a very nice and comprehensive article indeed! A bit more referencing and it can be nominated for GA, IMO. I'm only familiar with a few individual cases, and far less knowledgeable with the overall campaign than you are. So I probably won't be of much help (not that it's needed anyway). As for the Lhasa saga, the discussion is getting a bit too heated for my taste (and I've been too busy lately to get more involved). Although I disagree with Aymatth2, he has doubtless done lots of useful work on the subject, and I won't be too distressed if he prevails in the end. -Zanhe (talk) 02:42, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Kang-i Sun Chang

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 23:12, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Chia-ying Yeh

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 00:01, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Xu Lai (actress)

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Your GA nomination of Xu Lai (actress)

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Thanks for your review! -Zanhe (talk) 15:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the stubbornly non opening link

....in Maria Radner 's references here.

I had no idea what to do, whom to ask! If you hadn't done the DYK review, I never would have learnt.

So one just cuts out areas of the code that is in square brackets? the [tt_news][backPid]

Do you know why the music school code did it that way in the first place? are these placeholders to remind the webadministartor/programmer whatever, to change them when they migrate the news to an archive on their webpage?--Wuerzele (talk) 19:51, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Wuerzele, I think the problem is that the square brackets in the url conflict with the Wikipedia syntax. I use Google Chrome, which automatically encodes the brackets when I copy-and-paste the url. I have no idea why the school uses brackets in their urls. -Zanhe (talk) 20:25, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

learnt another thing! thanks!---Wuerzele (talk) 20:31, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Qin Yi

Allen3 ^talk 00:13, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Taiyuan Metro

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DYK for Nada, Hainan

— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 16:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your expertise - there are a few in prep

@Victuallers: Thanks for generously crediting me in your nominations. I don't think I've done enough work (yet) on those two to deserve DYK credit. But I'll try my best to improve them. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 19:39, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh don't worry, I'm happy to share anyway ... and if you have time to polish the rougher edges then that would be great. I'm particularly stuck with Jiang's later life as we could do with more about her later affair. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 19:46, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

S thanks for the improved quality. In your opinion did Jiang marry the first guy she was betrothed to? The bio source says that she broke a "marriage agreement". Do you think this was an agreement to get married or a marriage contract? This is important as our hook says "husband" and maybe it should say fiance? What d'y'think? Victuallers (talk) 21:35, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Victuallers, I don't think she should be considered to be the wife of the first guy. She was promised as a future bride to the Zha family when she was a child (a common practice in pre-Communist China), but the sources are clear that they never officially wed, as she eloped with Xu Beihong before she was taken to the Zha family. I think it's better to change the hook to say fiance. -Zanhe (talk) 21:53, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ye Shuhua

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:02, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

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DYK for Taiyuan Metro

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Zhou Qunfei

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James Whitford Bashford

Hi Zanhe -- thanks again for all your help and attention. I apologise that I did a "hit and run" job at James Whitford Bashford, only adding some basic references without using them to make a respectable article. So I wonder if it wouldn't be better to leave the "stub" tag in order to keep it on the "stub" lists and (perhaps!) attract someone with more time or knowledge. The article is certainly short enough to deserve the stub tag and doesn't mention major parts of his life, his presidency of Ohio Wesleyan and the mission work in China. Cheers in any case, ch (talk) 19:15, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

@CWH: feel free to restore the stub tag if you think it's better that way. I find the stub tags distracting and add clutter to the page, and tend to remove them when articles meet minimum start-level standard. But that's only my personal preference, and I'll defer to your more informed judgment. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 21:05, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. I agree with you in principle about stub tags, but I guess would set the bar for removing them just a little higher. Maybe the next editor will be annoyed enough to look at the references and expand the article! ch (talk) 22:27, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhao Luanluan

Harrias ^talk 00:02, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Liu Geping

Hi, great work on Liu Geping! I actually clicked on a red-link for him initially thinking he was some 'low-hanging fruit', a 15-minute write up to get done and over with, but through writing that article I discovered what a fascinating figure I had stumbled upon by coincidence. Thank you for adding the scholarly references and the copyediting! It might well make GA. Colipon+(Talk) 04:55, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the article, Colipon. There's really no "low-hanging fruit" of people born in the early 20th-century China. By the end of the Cultural Revolution, their lives would have been turned upside down five or six times, which is why I find their stories so fascinating. On the other hand, every biography is a major commitment and I hesitate to start writing them. -Zanhe (talk) 04:43, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Baocheng, Hainan

Hi can you add to this. I found it on google maps as a town but when I started it I forgot where it was!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:01, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: I found the coords on the zhwiki and added them to the infobox. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 18:17, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Nice one! Amazes me how many sizable towns are still missing like that! Do you know a reliable source for population and area data these days? I'm not sure Baidu is really a reliable source, isn't it a wiki? If I could get hold of some lists with population I might have another run starting some of the missing township level divisions.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:17, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: I know, most towns/townships of China are quite large (with 10,000s of people), and about 30,000 of them are missing (don't even mention the 600,000+ villages)! I've also been thinking about creating them for a long time, but intimidated by the scale of the task. Unfortunately I don't know of any single source where the population/area data are available. County government websites usually have them, but they're scattered about and not easy to find. I don't think Baidu is considered a reliable source, and it doesn't have all the data either, does it? -Zanhe (talk) 08:20, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Wei Heng

Allen3 ^talk 00:04, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhou Qunfei

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:46, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Fancy seeing you at WP:RFP

Hey Zanhe, I saw your request over at WP:RFP when I was filing my own request because the vandal who kept insisting Cao Cao was an emperor came back. What amazing coincidence that ProfessorJane's socks also came back to make similar changes on Huang (surname) and Lord Chunshen! I know we have discussed this before and I had my doubts, but now I'm fully convinced the same person is behind all these edits. Let's help each other out, and I'll have your back if you decide to take further action against this person. _dk (talk) 07:54, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

@Underbar dk: This is a particularly persistent and elusive sockmaster whom I've had the misfortune of having to deal with for more than a year. The person's main interest is aggrandizing the surname Huang, calling Lord Chunshen (Huang Xie) a king, Huang (state) a kingdom, and Huang (surname) a "royal" and "imperial" surname, etc. I don't know what made him/her branch out to Cao Cao. Let's both keep an eye on all these articles. -Zanhe (talk) 08:12, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

S/he also decided to go after my edits on Goguryeo–Wei War. Judging by this and his quick response on RFP, s/he's probably stalking us. _dk (talk) 08:18, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

@Underbar dk: For sure. ProfessorJane's IP's have been silently reverting my edits or otherwise vandalizing pages as varied as Qian Xiuling, Qingming Festival, Shang Yue, Beijing Daily, Shanghai Morning Post, etc. The only connection between the pages is that I recently edited them. -Zanhe (talk) 02:46, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Absolutely disgusting. I wonder if semi-protection is our only option. _dk (talk) 03:07, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

@Underbar dk: Our friend is now turning their attention on Peking Man to promote their nationalistic POV. -Zanhe (talk) 04:47, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Update: protected by Materialscientist. That was fast. -Zanhe (talk) 04:53, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ma Xingrui

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:32, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tsien Tsuen-hsuin

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DYK for Qian Xiuling

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 06:16, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Liu Geping

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 07:02, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of William Hung (sinologist)

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DYK for Jiang Biwei

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DYK for Xiao Wangdong

Harrias ^talk 16:01, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Sun Duoci

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GA review for First Mongol invasion of Burma

Hi Zanhe, just wanted to say thanks very much for doing such a thorough review (and also for suggesting to list it for review in the first place.) Thanks, Hybernator (talk) 01:33, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Hybernator, it's always a pleasure to read and review your expertly written articles about Burmese history, whether for DYK or GA. I've learned so much from them! Drop me a note if you decide to nominate your other articles for GA. I'll be glad to review them. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 18:45, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thanks for the collaboration! 15,000 views is impressive and the article is still getting 30 to 50 hits a day. The article looks great. Here's to the next time. Victuallers (talk) 16:45, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

That's very kind of you, Victuallers. You're the one who really deserves the barnstar for researching and writing about this relatively unknown heroine. It's always a pleasure to work with you. -Zanhe (talk) 18:41, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sinuiju Incident

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DYK for William Hung (sinologist)

Allen3 ^talk 12:10, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Wenzhou Rail Transit

Allen3 ^talk 00:12, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki

Hi, can I interest you and page stalkers in this project? For starting missing articles from other wikis. All about addressing systematic bias. You could use it to list lots of missing Chinese articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki/Chinese, ones which are priority for starting. If so, put your name down on the project talk page and add a tick by your name. Even if not, at some point we'll do some Chinese stub of the week (see further down project page what I've started) drives and will need your input on what is missing! I'm aware that other wikis the quality isn't always great for translation, but the idea really is to identify notable missing articles and aim to start a lot of them with improved sourcing/content.♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:58, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Thanks for taking the initiative. I've added myself to the project. -Zanhe (talk) 18:54, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Welcome aboard!♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:55, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Thanks! I hope more people will join. The main issue is the dearth of active editors. There are tens of thousands of China-related articles that need to be written, but only a handful of active editors writing them. -Zanhe (talk) 18:59, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Exactly, and if Baidu is anything to go by I'd guess there's well over 1 million missing articles on China!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:02, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Can you do me a favour and create a list of 20 missing Chinese rivers and use Template:Ill with the zh interlinks? I'll be adding a Chinese rivers topic focus.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:16, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: I added a bunch to Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki/Chinese/Geography. -Zanhe (talk) 19:23, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Any you can also start would be much appreciated!♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:24, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Lü Bicheng

Harrias ^talk 19:05, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Tsien Tsuen-hsuin

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 07:50, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Qi Jianguo

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:00, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Sinuiju Incident

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 21:45, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Instantnood socks

Zanhe-- I've put in requests for Joint address (Canada) and The Crown to be semi-protected, as Instantnood continues to cause disruption there via his socks. I'm not sure if you should or can vouch for the anon ips being socks of Instantnood at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Current requests for increase in protection level, but, I wondered if it may help any reviewing admin. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 15:08, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

@Miesianiacal: Thanks for initiating the page protection request. I've added my comment there. Unfortunately, it's unlikely to stop Instantnood, he's been evading blocks using dynamic IPs for more than seven years. -Zanhe (talk) 19:46, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Mǎ diào

Hi Zanhe, since you moved that page I've said to myself: Well, he seems to know what he's doing. I say this not because of MOS:ZH, but because it now reads "Madiao" instead of "Ma diao", as described by Andrew Lo in his article for the IPCS, which I have. Please tell me, where is the difference ? Krenakarore ^TK 18:17, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It's a long story. Once upon a time some ancient shamans started cracking oracle bones to divine the future ... I'll let Zanhe explain the rest  Philg88 ^♦talk 20:24, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

I can hardly wait to hear it  ! Krenakarore ^TK 23:00, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

@Krenakarore: First of all, thanks for creating the article! The reason for my move is that pinyin is spaced according to words, not characters, per WP:NC-ZH#Romanization. Not every author strictly follows the pinyin orthography, but many do. See Google books results for "madiao". And WP:NC-ZH states that we should too. -Zanhe (talk) 19:15, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

The same as Mahjong (Redirected from Mah Jong). Thank you for the explanation. Krenakarore ^TK 20:16, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Maya civilization

Hi Zanhe - just wondering if you are still intending to review Maya civilization? No rush, I am likely to be busy over the next few days anyway. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 20:05, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

@Simon Burchell: Yes definitely. Sorry about the delay; I've been distracted by a few other matters. I'm almost done, just need to finish the write-up. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 04:06, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for responding and for taking on the review of this lengthy article... All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 10:10, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ouyang Yuqian

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:15, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Protection

Got them all. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 03:59, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Hong Shen

Thanks for your help with this great project Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Cao'e River

Every article helps - thanks Victuallers (talk) 20:17, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Shang Yue

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:47, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Chinese star maps

Hi, can you do me a favour and get rid of the nasty sourcing on this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:03, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

What a sorry mess! I've made a first stab at copyediting and taking out the garbage, but beyond that there's not much I can do. This is a subject that I know little about. -Zanhe (talk) 21:31, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Yup! Thanks Zanhe. In another week or so I'll be asking you for some more Chinese rivers to put up on the board!♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:51, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Shang dynasty

Thanks. I am trying my best to be unbiased in filling in the holes in East Asian and Southeast Asian history and prehistory. I am noticing that the development of early China, according to the latest research, was much more diverse than was previously thought. I can see how this would be an uncomfortable subject for some, but that doesn't mean it should be ignored or silenced. I was also going to post new evidence supporting the Aryan Invasion of India but am now hesitant because of all the "poltics" that seem to be involved. --Easy772 (talk) 04:36, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

@Easy772: There are a lot of politics on Wikipedia and plenty of POV pushers, but I don't think this dispute is evidence of that. Most long-term editors are quite fair-minded (or they wouldn't survive for long on Wikipedia), and Kanguole is the most knowledgeable editor I know wrt to Chinese linguistics. I'm no linguist myself, but I've read The Cambridge History of Ancient China from front to back, as well as other writings by Keightley, Nivison, Shaughnessy, and so on, and what you added is really not academic consensus. Early China was very diverse for sure, and both Chinese and Western academia have agreed on that since the 1980s (although the media and public perception still tend to cling to long-held myths and traditions). But with regard to the language of Shang, the consensus is that it was ancestral to modern Chinese. -Zanhe (talk) 05:16, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

I am not a linguist either, just a history and anthropology enthusiast. I'm also new to editing wiki. According to the reliable sourcing article both majority and minority views must be taken into account. I am not so much trying to show Shang language was surely Austro-Asiatic but rather educate readers and other enthusiasts to the different views of respected scholars. Also a scholarly consensus must be cited not that I doubt you. I think the rules are quite clear here. I am confident my sources meet the criteria for Wikipedia and will compromise on the tone of my edits, but I feel like these new findings definitely deserve to be on the Shang page and much more questionable material has been Overlooked articles by users criticizing my sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Easy772 (talk • contribs) 07:07, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Haidi

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:24, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Chen Gang

Hi Zanhe, I created an article for a bizarre case of a suicide of a mid-level academic official in China named Chen Gang. I got a GNG tag slapped onto the article shortly after I created it, and then I attempted to improve it through more reliable sources. In any case, I was wondering if you could give it a quick readthrough and give me some advice as to what else I need to do to establish GNG or just about the article in general. For what it's worth this article will unquestionably meet GNG requirements at the Chinese Wikipedia. I do plan to nominate it for DYK! Colipon+(Talk) 03:15, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

@Colipon: This appears to be WP:1E. The person himself seems to be non-notable, but his suicide has been widely reported in China, so it may be notable. My suggestion is to rename the article to Suicide of Chen Gang, and add more sources to establish lasting effects and depth/duration of coverage. See WP:EVENTCRIT. -Zanhe (talk) 08:15, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Yueshi culture

Hi, Zanhe. I've now added more stuff and refs to Yueshi culture, so now the article seems fine. Hope you like it. In particular, the dissertation by Min Li is quite relevant, with a lot more useful material there. All the best, Y-barton (talk) 06:41, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

@Y-barton: Thanks for your improvement, it looks great! I've started a DYK nomination, just in time to beat the 7-day deadline. You may wish to keep an eye on the nomination page and/or suggest alternative hooks. It's great to see editors like you work on Chinese archaeology, which is a completely neglected area. Of the thousands of archaeological sites in China protected on the national level, only a few have articles. Even glorious cultures like Liangzhu and Longshan only have short articles. I also noticed your work on Niuheliang, thank you very much! -Zanhe (talk) 08:28, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Royals

Wedding of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, and Sofia Hellqvist.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:02, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Duke Hu of Chen

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DYK nomination of Duke Huan of Chen

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Thanks. I'm in the middle of something right now, but when I get a chance, I'll try and do a more thorough review if another reviewer doesn't step in first. Viriditas (talk) 20:02, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Duke Hu of Chen

Thanks for this Victuallers (talk) 21:52, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

DRN:Shang dynasty

Hey, listen, Easy filed a DRN: Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Talk:Shang dynasty.23Language discussion

He neglected to include a number of active participants, including you. You might want to go to the page above and request you be added, or just add yourself, I'm actually unclear which is correct.

The fact that he only included three people, and some of the people he included were prominent discussants, is making me feel unkind thoughts about his motivations. Ogress _smash! 23:35, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@Ogress: Thanks for letting me know. I've never been involved in a DRN before, so am not too sure about its procedure. I'll give my two cents when I figure out how it works. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 07:22, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

You just write briefly what you think about the dispute, your position, like "I believe the argument has been made that ..." in the section under your name and wait. Ogress _smash! 16:44, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

ITN for Qiao Shi

--Spencer^T♦C 01:40, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Chen Qiufa

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:58, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Photos

Hi, Zanhe - where do you find these photos for the Chinese politicians? I was thinking of digging up some photos for the people at this list. Colipon+(Talk) 21:02, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

@Colipon: I simply search for their Chinese names on Google images, and look for old photos whose copyright has expired (more than 50 years), or recent ones that are hosted on US government sites so likely copyright-free (easier for generals than politicians, it seems as if every Chinese general had paid an official visit to the US!) -Zanhe (talk) 05:13, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Advice

Hi Zanhe -- I have been following an important article that I think needs major reworking. I want to summon the help of many editors by nominating it for Good Article and offering a large number of specific suggestions, so many, in fact, that they would swamp the TalkPAge. Would it be the best thing to make a userspace sandbox and post the link on the TalkPage? Or is swamping the TalkPage not a problem?

I do not want to be or seem critical of the editor who has taken over the article, for there has been a great amount of energy put into it and the editor should be applauded and encouraged to keep up the good work but to follow Wikipedia guidelines.

Maybe I should create a userspace article with a neutral name for you and a few others to give advice on. Not sure the best way to proceed.

My larger purpose is to argue that Wikipedia has now reached the stage where there are many major articles that need basic work but that editors (such as me) are more tempted to create new articles than to work on old ones. So rather than simply jump in and get into disputes, I want to raise the issue and start a process (of course, the immediate purpose is to make the article acceptable).

Any thoughts? Thanks once again in any case. ch (talk) 16:58, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

@CWH: I can totally relate to the temptation of creating new articles over the dreary task of cleaning up other people's mess. Wrt your plan, if the comments you plan to post are pertinent to the improvement to the article, I don't think you need to worry about "swamping" the talk page. You can always move the discussion to a subpage later on if it does turn out to be too long. Creating a userspace article would certainly help other people see exactly what you're trying to achieve, so it may be helpful, but I usually just try to be bold and change the article directly. It depends on how comfortable you feel about the risk of being reverted. If you don't mind sharing the name of the article, I'll add it to my watchlist (although I'll take a wikibreak soon for the summer so may not be able to help too much). -Zanhe (talk) 20:31, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Request

I'd like to request closure of this discussion, which is going nowhere. I'm tired of engaging in futile arguments and being accused of base motives. (All I tried to do was to close an out-of-date nom – which got reopened almost immediately, then posted short-term.) Unfortunately, I found instructions at WP:ANRFC confusing (as I often do). Can you just close it and put us all our of our misery? Thank you. Sca (talk) 14:44, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

@Sca: I agree the discussion was becoming counterproductive and should not continue. Looks like Spencer has already closed it. Let's all move on. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 00:53, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

This user no longer responds to, or comments upon, statements made anywhere on Wikipedia by TRM. Sca (talk) 00:56, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Hurrah! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:53, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Lord Pingyuan

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:46, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Kishu mandarin

Hello. You removed the ref to [1], quite reasonably, on the grounds that it is a blog. It claims to be sourced from the Japanese Wikipedia article; can you, or anyone you know, check this, and transfer its sources if possible? HLHJ (talk) 18:50, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Yueshi culture

Hello! Your submission of Yueshi culture at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:32, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Tan Khoen Swie

Hi there. If you have time to check back in from your summer break, could you add the Mandarin version of Tan Khoen Swie's name to his article? Yeah, it's been forever, I know. The name's available in this book on page 363. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:24, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I know, it's been a while. And you've got a new sig, almost didn't recognize you. It's done. Oh, I still haven't started Wu Cun/Wu Tsun yet. Maybe after the summer. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 12:40, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

• I haven't had much time to write either; two big translating projects, a digitization project, and a new baby have ways of sapping up time. Thanks muchly. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 08:57, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

• @Crisco 1492: Congratulations on your new baby! I know how exciting and exhausting it can simultaneously be. Enjoy the adventure! -Zanhe (talk) 00:21, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks. He's sleeping pretty well now, thankfully. Though since he's our first, naturally, we worry about every little thing. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:23, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much...

...for your support over at my RfA. I shall do my best to be worthy of it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:42, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Duke Huan of Chen

Gatoclass (talk) 01:50, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hou Yao

Hello! Your submission of Hou Yao at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 00:42, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Duke Xuan of Chen

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:21, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Formal mediation has been requested

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WP: Intertranswiki

Hi, can you add Sichuan rivers for round 7?♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:09, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: I'm travelling for the summer, with little spare time and often patchy internet access. Anything requiring more than a few clicks would be challenging. I probably won't be able to do much until sometime in August. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 00:13, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

OK, I'll hide it until August then, enjoy your well deserved holiday!♦ Dr. Blofeld 05:18, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Yueshi culture‎

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:51, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Permission to pregnancy

Hello! I wanted to work on permission to pregnancy practiced in China recently but you reverted the relavant edit here. Doesn't it sound fitting for an article?Sattar91 (talk) 09:36, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

@Sattar91: You're not supposed to add a red link to the "see also" section. You can add it after the article is created. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 21:30, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Hou Yao

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:55, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thanks for the hint! habve a good summer.. Sattar91 (talk) 13:49, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

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Sources discussion

Hi Zanhe, there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Chinese_history#Direct_dynastic_histories_citations on the use of Chinese dynastic histories as sources in which you may be interested.  White Whirlwind  咨  17:48, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Huang Ju

Hi, do you feel very strongly about removing the Xu Caihou piece from the article 'Huang Ju'? I feel it is relevant since Chinese media have reported on the "Huang Ju model" [2] [3] [4], not to mention the Chinese Wikipedia coverage. Colipon+(Talk) 20:11, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

@Colipon: I don't think Xu Caihou should be mentioned in Huang Ju's article as the two cases are completely unrelated. Mentioning the "Huang Ju model" is fine, but adding speculations about Xu Caihou is unwarranted, IMO, especially as they turned out to be false. Overseas Chinese media often report unconfirmed rumours and speculations (if I remember correctly, Boxun had to pay damages to Zhang Ziyi for falsely reporting she was Bo Xilai's mistress), and we really need to be careful using them as sources. Besides, even if someone is treated using the "Huang Ju model", it does not mean he has anything to do with Huang himself (as an analogy, we don't include unrelated people on Karl Marx's page just because they're Marxists). -Zanhe (talk) 04:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Miao Hua

Hello! Your submission of Miao Hua at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Silverseren^C 23:36, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Chinese dynasty infobox title naming dispute

Hi. For a long period, the infoboxes for the different Chinese dynasties simply had (what I see as) the proper/official dynasty name at the top (e.g. "Jin", "Qin", "Great Yuan", "Great Qing", etc.). However, I have become involved in a dispute that began with a disagreement between myself and Cartakes over what should be placed at the top of the infobox. His viewpoint is that it should be "<dynastyname> dynasty" (e.g. "Jin dynasty", "Yuan dynasty", "Qing dynasty", etc.) whereas I supported the old format as infoboxes for countries generally have the official state name (in this case, dynasty name) at the top which I see as the dynasty name alone, without the word "dynasty". He and I conducted a number of consecutive reverting edits before I placed it on the talk page of WikiProject China for general discussion. Philg88 pinged you a while ago, but you may have missed it. I am asking for your opinion on this issue which can be found here. Thanks. Nick Mitchell 98 (talk) 10:49, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Nick Mitchell 98, why are you keeping ignoring the fact that there was actually an inconsistent usage in the infoboxes of Chinese-dynasty related articles before changes made by you and myself. For example, in articles such as the Zhou dynasty, Han dynasty and Tang dynasty, their common Western names are/were used. On the other hand, in articles such as the Sui dynasty, Yuan dynasty and Qing dynasty, "Great"-style names were previously used. In other words, there was no single "old format" (as you said above) at all, but simply inconsistent usages. I simply made them consistent across articles and follow the standard convention in English. For more detailed discussions, please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China#Chinese dynasty infobox title naming dispute. --Cartakes (talk) 14:02, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

@Nick Mitchell 98 and Cartakes: Thanks for reminding me of the discussion. I was unable to comment when it started because I was travelling, and forgot about it later on. I've just posted my two cents at the RFC thread. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 21:59, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

@Cartakes: Please stop accusing me of ignoring the inconsistency issue, this is explained in the main article that I directed Zanhe to. I have tried to condense the situation on this talk page to include only the basic outline of the situation, apologies if I was unable to include every minuscule detail here. Nick Mitchell 98 (talk) 08:16, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

There was no single "old format", wasn't it? Why did you make it appear as if there was indeed a single "old format" for a long time in your first message? This is not a "minuscule detail" as you said, but a major part within the basic outline of the situation. That's why I need to correct this obvious error. --Cartakes (talk) 13:08, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Sudden spike of hits on China-related articles

I have been noticing a sudden spike in hits in China-related political articles of late, such as Guo Shengkun, Wang Yang (politician) and Wang Qishan, beginning August 1. What is causing such a sustained high number of pageviews? Colipon+(Talk) 13:32, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

@Colipon: This is mysterious indeed. I have no idea what's going on. Maybe has something to do with the Beidaihe Conference and/or tweaks with the Great Firewall? -Zanhe (talk) 21:31, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Actually the more I look at it, the more it appears to be undetected bot traffic. The traffic looks unusually consistent from day to day, and the sustained surge of page views results in almost no extra edits. -Zanhe (talk) 21:40, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Then the interesting part is ... why are those articles specifically being targeted by bot traffic? Some kind of hacking operation? What good does it do to needlessly pump up hits on Wikipedia articles? They're selective too; I've only noticed this on maybe half a dozen articles. Colipon+(Talk) 00:17, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

There's no way too find out. Having access to the raw server log would help, but I don't think that's possible. -Zanhe (talk) 18:53, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject TAFI

Hello, Zanhe. You're invited to join WikiProject Today's articles for improvement, a project dedicated to significantly improving articles with collaborative editing in a week's time. Feel free to nominate an article for improvement at the project's Article nomination board. If interested in joining, please add your name to the list of members. Thanks for your consideration. North America1000 14:21, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting on my DYK nom of John Hoskins (officer)

I think I've corrected all issues. The hook is 199 characters, so that may be an issue, but I couldn't figure a way of cutting it down any smaller. Would appreciate input. Thanks again. I'm satisfied enough that as soon as it's reassessed as B-class I'm going to put it up for GA right away. I'd appreciate any additional comments you may have about the work. BusterD (talk) 18:41, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

@BusterD: I agree, but someone else usurped my review before I got a chance to respond. Very nice article, by the way. I think it'll pass GA without much difficulty. -Zanhe (talk) 21:54, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Very nice of you to say. The reviewer who was helping me with my B-class review checklist went ahead and reviewed my DYK, so I hope that's ok. I'm quite proud of this one. I've been around a long time but only have a few GAs to my name. This is the first time I've built an article from scratch, from a subject totally unknown to me five days ago, that went straight to DYK, B-class, and to GA review. Took me about ten hours or so, over the course of about three days. Makes me feel like I have wiki-muscles I'm not yet using. And this subject (pardon the pun) has legs. Using my newspapers.com account I'm finding lots from AP and UP I could use to get this up to A-class and maybe even FA (would be my first). I need to practice reviewing a lot more myself. It would help me with my own pagespace. Just never made the time... BusterD (talk) 22:39, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

You seem to do a lot of DYKs, so allow me to ask you a question: When the nomination is more than seven days after creation (seven days and about 22 hours), is this an automatic fail? Is there any leeway on such things? BusterD (talk) 11:51, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

@BusterD: Wikipedia has no firm rules. I never fail a nomination just for being a few days late, and usually give new contributors (or particularly well written articles or interesting subjects) even more leeway. -Zanhe (talk) 22:38, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Miao Hua

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:47, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Cydevil38 is back

... and his name is Stevenloveswaffles15 (talk · contribs). Ogress _smash! 04:30, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

@Ogress: Thanks for letting me know, I'll keep an eye on the SPI page. I don't understand why he would do that, after he volunteered to get blocked. -Zanhe (talk) 05:10, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

LOL I'm not surprised at all. He's pretending to know nothing about Wikipedia to boot but it's obvious as all hell. Ogress _smash! 05:14, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

That IP user

2607:FB90:1BC0:3ACF:0:A:8DAB:C301 (talk · contribs) is redoing all the edits Stevenloveswaffles15 did. Ugh. Ogress _smash! 07:08, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

@Ogress: Yeah, that's really obvious. I've reverted his reverts. -Zanhe (talk) 07:25, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

UGH he's IP-hopping now. Ogress _smash! 07:43, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Stevenloveswaffles15 is ignoring discussion and changing Monarch > Taewang on every page he can find about Goguryeo. Ogress _smash! 05:50, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

@Ogress: That's annoying, but WP is full of POV-pushing SPAs like him. I see that you've reverted them already. If he keeps doing this I guess WP:AN3 is the next venue. -Zanhe (talk) 23:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Liu Bingzhang

Hi Zanhe, could you pls kindly review my submission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Liu_Bingzhang, let me know if it needs any update? Thank you. Ireneeng (talk) 12:43, 2 September 2015 (UTC) Irene Ireneeng (talk) 12:43, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

@Ireneeng: I've moved the draft to the main space and expanded it a bit. The previous reviewer's rejection on the basis of notability is not reasonable. In the future, it would help if you make articles more substantial, preferably with multiple English sources (search google books for historical figures), before submitting them. Most AFC reviewers have no background in Chinese history and can't tell the significance of even highly important figures. Let me know if you run into problems. -Zanhe (talk) 21:49, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Z! Not sure this is the right way to reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ireneeng (talk • contribs) 22:20, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

I've a few more articles if you've time for them. This is Liu Bingzhang's picture, would you be able to upload it?

This, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:1897_Red_Revenue_surcharge_stamp, this one I'd prefer to call it 1897 Red Revenue Surcharges because this is how it's known to the collectors. A few admins/editors were haggling over the title for much of this afternoon in the help desk. Thank you. I appreciate the seriousness of this place, but at the same time, when the subject matter isn't really their fort, they shouldn't get their hands dirty. One even asked me if I own the Draft H of Q, even after I offer the wiki link to DHQ. For pete's sake, it's 529 volumes collection!!

Irene Eng 01:13, 3 September 2015 (UTC) Ireneeng (talk • contribs)

@Ireneeng: I'll help if it's a subject I'm reasonably familiar with and interested in. Yeah, the Red Revenue Small One Dollar is the most famous stamp in Chinese history, but the title of the article depends on whether you plan to write just about that single stamp, or about the Red Revenue stamps in general. The Chinese-wiki article (a feature article, no less) is about all Red Revenue stamps, see zh:紅印花加蓋暫作郵票 (and there are quite a few images there you can use for your article). -Zanhe (talk) 23:25, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Also, when you write an article, remember to write a lead section at the beginning which introduces the subject and summarizes the most important aspects of it (see WP:LEAD). That would be useful to help people understand what the article is about and why it's notable. -Zanhe (talk) 23:32, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

By the way, I uploaded a different image of Liu Bingzhang. I didn't use yours because uploads require sources and I'm not sure where your image came from. You can upload public-domain images yourself using https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard (login with your Wikipedia account). -Zanhe (talk) 00:26, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Z! Got it. Greatly appreciated the pic! The Chinese red revenue is major. If a pic is used on other wiki site (i.e. Chinese or German ..) = they're definitely in the pic common? My red revenue aims to the whole series, not just the block of four. Irene Eng 01:11, 3 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ireneeng (talk • contribs)

I added infobox for Liu, hope didn't mess anything. I don't have right code for multiple children for Liu. Xuexi: how to eliminate one minister header? I've two now. Irene Eng 01:35, 3 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ireneeng (talk • contribs)

@Ireneeng: Just add all children on the same line, connected by the {{ubl}} template or </br >. By the way, when you post a message on a talk page (such as here), remember to append it with ~~~~ (four tildes), and it will be converted to a signature with your name and the timestamp. -Zanhe (talk) 05:25, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Song Puxuan

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Yu Zhongfu

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

mufu, muliao and pan dingxin

Hi Zanhe, could you pls kindly review the following when you have a moment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Muliao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mufu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Pan_Dingxin

Thank you Irene Eng 20:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC) Irene Eng 20:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

this page looks different than the last one I used ... ?? Irene Eng 20:05, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

@Ireneeng: I'll take a look in the next few days. I think muliao should be merged into mufu as most of the content is identical. What do you think? Also, do you happen to have urls for the references? That would help a lot! -Zanhe (talk) 22:57, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Z. It sounds a good idea, titles Mufu and muliao? Urls to the two books? I don't have the urls: they published in 1967 and 1968. Not sure they would be online. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:M._D._Chow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:1897_Red_Revenue_surcharge_stamp

It's pushing -:) ... do what you can. Thank you and have a great weekend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Irene Eng (talk • contribs) 23:42, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

@Skigg: I see that you've changed your username? They're all done now. -Zanhe (talk) 00:50, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Z, yes I did. Thanks for correcting them! Wondering if the title "Red Revenue Surcharge" be better? Bec they're known as postage stamps, not the revenue stamps. Once again, thank you so much for your help. Have a great weekend.Skigg 17:44, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ma Faxiang

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Wang Guanzhong

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:36, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Tan Benhong

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:21, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Li Zuocheng

Gatoclass (talk) 01:38, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Gao Jin

Materialscientist (talk) 01:08, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Liu Lei

Gatoclass (talk) 00:37, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Wang Shouye

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Hong Kong

Hi Zanhe, i appreciated your reply. This topic is debated all the time. I agree Hong Kong SAR is not a sovereign state, in fact it is clearly stated in on the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 1- "The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inalienable part of the People's Republic of China". I agree this should be kept consistent. I just wanted to point out that on the ACI (Airport Council International)page where the statistics are from, the list is written like this-

• LONDON, GB (LHR)
• TOKYO, JP (HND)
• HONG KONG, HK (HKG)
• BEIJING, CN (PEK)

The 2 letter abbreviation after the city refers to the country it is in. Notice in Beijing it is CN and in Hong Kong it is HK. If Hong Kong uses China's flag than the list should be written as "HONG KONG, CN (HKG)". In order to make sure the information given to the reader is correct, we should keep what is stated on the source (ACI), unless there is another reliable source that puts CN as the country Hong Kong is in. In that case it will be appropriate to use the Flag of the PRC. Please let me know what you think! -Carsonhk (talk) 12:21, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

@Carsonhk: Hong Kong is indeed a special case, and can go either way in reliable sources. However, Wikipedia requires consistency and cannot depend on the whim of individual sources. This has been the subject of numerous discussions before, and the longstanding consensus on List of countries is that only sovereign states (either de jure or de facto) are considered countries, otherwise we'd have endless time-wasting debates and edit wars on whether Scotland, Wales, Chechnya, Quebec, etc. should be listed as countries. And the recent RFC, specifically on the status of Hong Kong, just reaffirmed that consensus. -Zanhe (talk) 20:34, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

References

tea and more

Hi Z, I wrote more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Shanjuan_Chunjue, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Zhou_Shutao, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Chow_Chung-cheng. On tea, I found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_houkui - it has no reference and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Esherick - all primary sources; wondering if you've time to comment on them? Thank you so much. Skigg (talk) 01:01, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

@Skigg: I see Zhou Shutao has already been published by someone else. For the rest I'm not sure if I can help, they're not really topics I'm familiar with. -Zanhe (talk) 00:39, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhou–Chu War

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:24, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Suggestion for new article

Nie Qingping (聶慶平) seems like a notable enough person. Bloomberg article sst^flyer 15:35, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

@SSTflyer: Thanks for your suggestion, I agree he's notable enough by Wikipedia standards. But I'm aware of at least a few thousand missing people (kings, scholars, artists, governors, ministers, generals, etc.) who are more notable than him. So unfortunately I'll probably never get to write about him (unless he gets promoted to a higher position). Regards, -Zanhe (talk) 00:44, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, and good job with your articles! sst^flyer 02:11, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

This Commons deletion discussion may be of interest to you

c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Ddfemergente-4.jpg Image used on the Chen Zhen (artist) article. sst^flyer 02:21, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

@SSTflyer: Thanks for letting me know. Apparently France (and some other countries) has the strange law that says you cannot release photos of public art into public domain. It's nonsensical but there's nothing we can do about it. -Zanhe (talk) 18:38, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

You may want to download a copy of the image from Commons before it gets deleted, so that you can upload it here (enwp) as a fair use image. sst^flyer 05:36, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Chen Zhen (artist)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:54, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Qiu Yanpeng

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:09, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhou Lansun

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Jiang Jianzeng

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:38, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Xiaoxing Xi

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:55, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Red Revenue

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:01, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

200 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

		The 200 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Hi Zanhe, its quite a time since I gave you a DYK award for 25 articles and now you have made 200. Well done. In the meantime you have helped save Wikipedia from being seen as biased towards American culture, British buildings, and celebrity sports stars et al. You have tried to redress the balance and your contributions remind us that most people do not live in America or Western Europe and there are other parts of the globe. I hope you continue to enjoy writing and I'd like to thank you on behalf of the community, the DYK project and me. Victuallers (talk) 12:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Victuallers for your constant encouragement, especially after the discouraging Signpost op-ed. -Zanhe (talk) 19:47, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

I stood back from that one although I noticed that the title (hook?) was incorrect. I know of no one who "proudly" displays incorrect information. We are doing good stuff in an imperfect way but with a very good error correction method. I think we need to celebrate our editors rather than lauding the perfection of inactivity. The main page is not the product. Thanks again Victuallers (talk) 07:05, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Template:First PLA lieutenant generals

Since you are significantly involved in the creation of articles relating to PLA/CPC officials, you might be interested in Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2015_October_15#Template:First_PLA_lieutenant_generals. --benlisquare_T•C•E 03:24, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

@Benlisquare: I've voted keep. I see that you've commented out all the red links, but don't think that's necessary. There's nothing wrong with red links that are plausible articles. -Zanhe (talk) 22:19, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

8, not 9 viceroys in Late Qing?

Z Why the English wiki have 8, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Viceroy_of_Liangguang, etc.? Thanks. Skigg (talk) 02:22, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

@Skigg: Sorry, don't quite understand your question. Could you please elaborate? -Zanhe (talk) 07:49, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry Z ... Late Qing had 9 viceroys, not 8. I re-read the English wiki posts Viceroy of Liangjiang, both states 8: is it because they used "China proper' which exclude northeast three provinces (Manchuria)? Thank you for a quick reply. Skigg (talk) 15:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

@Skigg: The Viceroy of the Three Northeast Provinces was not established until 1907, so late Qing had eight viceroys except for its last four years. It should be better explained in the viceroy articles, all of which are poorly written. -Zanhe (talk) 22:15, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

anti missionary riots in China

Z, would you pls kindly take a look at this Anti-missionary riots in China? I'll add more as time permits. Thank you. Skigg (talk) 15:41, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

@Skigg: I've copyedited the article a bit, as well as the other riot articles you created. Cheers, -Zanhe (talk) 20:07, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Oh Lord, Z, thank you so much! Really liked your opening sentence of Jesuit. And all the extras. As a newbie, there's a tiny voice on the back of my mind .. that it might be deleted as I'm writing it. So ... Anyway, I'll try to do better. Again thank you. Skigg (talk) 21:48, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia Asian Month is COMING!

Hi Zanhe ,

The Wikipedia Asian Month will begin in less than an hours, and once again, thank you for signing up! Let's help the world know more about Asia! Below are a few reminders for you:

1. Please check out the rules here. Some rules have been adjusted—the most important being that on the English Wikipedia, stubs may be expanded with some limitations.
2. Do take the time to read the Q&A if you have any questions, or ask on the talk page.
3. The list of participants has been alphabetized so you can more easily find your name and report your contributions.
4. There is a template that you can use on your user page. {{Template:User Asian Month‎}}

Enjoy the Wikipedia Asian Month :) --AddisWang (talk)

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:29, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Sun Zhigang

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Chikan, Kaiping

Zanhe, I was wondering whether you could take on this review, or at least look into the sourcing issue raised here. The request—now over three weeks old—is for someone familiar with Chinese articles, and I immediately thought of you. Thanks for anything you can do here. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:34, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for thinking of me, BlueMoonset. I already looked at the article a month ago and copyedited it a bit, but decided it could not be fixed without significant effort. And the creator has made problematic nominations before, two of which I rejected, see Shekou and Hatton Road. So I'm inclined to agree with Yerevantsi's original review. -Zanhe (talk) 20:12, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

I greatly appreciate that you were willing to go back to it to finish the review. Thank you! The nomination should be formally rejected in the next few days. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:25, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ding Yiping

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Very Strange Article

Hello, you seem like a person that has some insight into Chinese history. I have seen this article Cho La incident and I find it very biased and it seems unauthentic. The sources are largely Indian, and I could not find any neutral sources for this article. The casualty count and results also seems very odd. Do you have any insight into this matter? I suspect it may be a propaganda article made by nationalistic Indians who felt disappointed after their loss in the Sino-Indian War Greentea555 (talk) 08:36, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

@Greentea555: Yeah, Wikipedia is full of POV pushers adding claims with partisan sources or no source at all. I'm too busy writing missing articles to rewrite existing ones. If you're interested in improving articles related to the Sino-Indian War, I recommend using The Lessons of History: The Chinese People's Liberation Army at 75. Chapter 9, written by the renowned US military scholar Larry Wortzel, covers the war in great detail. Best of all, the entire book is public domain because it's a US government publication, so the content can be directly used in Wikipedia without copyvio concerns. -Zanhe (talk) 04:57, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

reference from chola incident is real incident with outside Indian reference too. may be some chinese 50 cents army disappointed about their only loss. also how the numbers seems "odd" ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooltunir (talk • contribs) 14:46, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

@Cooltunir: Judging by your contribution such as this, which you copy-and-pasted from someone's blog without attribution, you're exactly the kind of editor which I was referring to above. The numbers are odd because they're not supported by any reliable source, and contradict respected scholars such as Taylor Fravel. -Zanhe (talk) 22:09, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

so no reliable evidence of "odd" number ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooltunir (talk • contribs) 13:28, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Request for importance and quality ratings

Hello, Zanhe. Three articles I have created recently, Zhang Qinqiu, Lu Zhiying and Yang Yongtai, have not received ratings on their quality or importance from WikiProject China. Numerous other articles I have created have yet to receive ratings from the group. I do not want to rate them myself because that would be biased. Also, the article Cheng Weigao (created by me and edited into its current version by user Colipon) is no longer a stub, so I request an upgrade to its rating by the group. Zee money (talk) 02:54, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

@Zee money: Thanks for creating these articles, they're a great improvement from the unsourced stubs you used to create! I've assessed them, but I don't think it's a problem if you assessed them yourself, as there's nobody systematically assessing China-related articles. If people disagree with your assessments, they can always reassess them. If I have the time in the next few days, I'll try to nominate some of your articles for DYK. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 23:29, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Dingfa

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:02, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:06, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

WAM Review

Hi Zanhe! I'm Kevin, one of the organizers of the English Wikipedia Asian Month. Thanks for participating, and awesome work so far. I've reviewed your submitted articles and accepted all but one of them: Wang Huayong is too short, as it currently sits at less than 150 words. I know it's short notice, but if you wish to expand the article by December to bring to to the 300 word count, you can do so (and simply remove the "(N)" next to the entry to re-submit). Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 07:59, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

@SuperHamster: You're right, the article is too short. I should have read the requirements more closely. I've removed the article from my list. Thanks, -Zanhe (talk) 06:55, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

No problem, and thanks! You have more than five articles that meet the criteria, so I'm pleased to say you'll be receiving a post card for participating. Thanks, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 06:57, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Request for review

Hello, Zanhe. This is Zee money. I recently created an article, Liu Zhixun and I request that some people from China Wiki project review it. The subject is an acquaintance of Mao Zedong's 1st wife and Mao Zedong personally wrote to his widow 25 years after his death, which should be significant. There are also two other articles that I would like reviewed. They are Duan Dechang and Xu Jishen. In 2009, these two individuals were selected as among the 100 most important people for their time period (the late Republic of China era). Zee money (talk) 04:34, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

@Zee money: I've assessed them all. Thanks again! -Zanhe (talk) 19:25, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Huang Jing DYK nomination

Hello! Your submission of Huang Jing at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Hansi667 (Neighbor Of The Beast) ^{a penny for your thoughts?} 13:59, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) 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 article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. John from Idegon (talk) 20:26, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

@John from Idegon: Cool, my first AfD (as a recipient). -Zanhe (talk) 05:40, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Qiu Huizuo

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Help with template

Hello Zanhe. I recently created a template called Template:Provincial leaders of the Chinese Soviet Republic. It is an english translation from the zh:Template:中华苏维埃共和国省级行政长官 on the Chinese wikipedia. There are a lot of red links in the original and some of the people who do have articles in the Chinese wikipedia do not have one in the English wikipedia. Because of this, the English version will be a brief summary of the original. This template will be a great help to WikiProject China. Zee money (talk) 01:46, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

@Zee money: Thanks for creating the template. It looks good. There are a lot of articles missing, of course, but you've done a good job creating them! -Zanhe (talk) 23:31, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hu Die

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Hu Die you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of TheFame08 -- TheFame08 (talk) 13:40, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your determination and dedication to help the encyclopedia grow. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Editor Jim Carter submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I'm more than happy to nominate Zanhe. What an excellent editor she is, with over 43K edits and an incredible 84% to mainspace! A real unsung hero she is, who has given us around 700 articles, of which 209 articles were featured in the DYK section. An asset for the Wikipedia community. Incredibly calm and sensible editor with lots of clue for almost everything. I've never seen her in any sort of conflicts with fellow editors. Day in and day out, since 2010, she has never taken a rest. We must save this kind of spotless editors from getting tired by giving them the recognition they deserve, we don't have many.

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient user box}}

Zanhe

212 Did You Know?'s

Editor of the Week for the week beginning December 06, 2015

Created or rewrote 700+ articles. Had many items featured in the In the News and On This Day .

Recognized for

Improving the geographic balance of Wikipedia articles

Nomination page

Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk 20:20, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, that's really nice! -Zanhe (talk) 23:32, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations, Zanhe! Thank you for your contributions; this is well earned! Finnusertop (talk | guestbook | contribs) 23:41, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Amen! And continued thanks for all your help! ch (talk) 23:53, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Congrats! You deserve it. Thanks! Jim Carter 03:40, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

@Finnusertop, CWH, and Jim Carter: Thanks for your encouragement. I've collaborated with all of you in the past and it's always been a great pleasure! -Zanhe (talk) 19:31, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Wow, congratulations! Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and keep up the great work! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 09:33, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

One of the benefits of facilitating the Eddy award is that I get to meet editors like you. Too many veteran editors spend too much time at the various drama-laden pages of Wikipedia. They rarely take the time to see the hard working editors that fly under the radar of contention and strife. Editors like you are the heartbeat of Wikipedia. Thanks for all you do. Happy New Year. Buster Seven Talk 17:02, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

@Buster7: Thank you, and happy new year to you too! -Zanhe (talk) 17:34, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Tingfa

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Re: Grand Cinema (Shanghai)

Thanks for improving this article. I've been editing (and creating) many Shanghai and Suzhou-related articles lately since I recently visited both cities. I did not necessarily visit all of these sites, but, if interested, here are some articles I created based on my research and recent travels: Eddy's Bar, Fuyou Street Merchandise Mart, IAPM Mall, Jing An Shangri-La, Lucca Cafe and Lounge, Pudong Shangri-La, Suzhou Zoo, Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, Chong Hing Finance Center, Ciros Plaza, Grand Cinema (Shanghai), Jing An Kerry Centre, Pacific Hotel Shanghai, Pan Pacific Suzhou, Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World, Shin Kong Place (Suzhou), Tian An Centre, Xinshi Bridge, May Thirtieth Movement Monument, Hehe Xiexie, Chen Yi Square, Gucheng Park, Jing'an Sculpture Park, New Town Central Park, Pingjiang Road. If you are interested in improving any of these, by all means, please do! :) I will be uploading and incorporating my photographs into some of these articles as soon as possible. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 09:07, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

@Another Believer: Hey thanks for writing all these articles. I've also visited many places that don't have articles, but since my main interests are in history and biography, I haven't bothered to create them. I'm taking a break right now. I'll check them out after the holidays. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 13:25, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Sounds good! And no pressure, 'twas just an invite in case any were of interest. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:54, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Fang Yi

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Priscilla Chan in Prep 3

Hi, just wanted to let you know that I added to your hook by pulling out that 99% factoid from the article. Best, Yoninah (talk) 23:40, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

@Yoninah: That's fine. Thanks for letting me know! -Zanhe (talk) 13:42, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Please protect Cho La incident, Capitals00 is back vandalizing that page again

Hello admin please protect the page Cho La incident. Look at who is back.

--162.74.52.147 (talk) 17:02, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

I'm not an admin and cannot protect the page. I'm on my wikibreak right now, and have no intention to ruin my holiday by edit warring with an unabashed POV pusher. -Zanhe (talk) 13:48, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ni Zhifu

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Asian Month Barnstar
	Thanks for your great contribution in Wikipedia Asian Month 2015! --AddisWang (talk) 19:59, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Chen Muhua

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Priscilla Chan (philanthropist)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Bao Zhao

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Leader's Greetings to you!

Leader's Greetings!

Dear Zanhe,
A wise man said "man is the master of everything and decides everything". Reflecting the single-hearted unity of our editors, I have decided to send these Leader's Greetings to you – Zanhe – a masterful Wikipedian professing indomitable independence, creativity and consciousness in editing. May the popular masses and world progressive people enjoy your contributions next year, too! Finnusertop (talk | guestbook | contribs) 18:05, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy holidays on behalf of the North Korea working group, Zanhe!

@Finnusertop: Thank you, and happy new year! -Zanhe (talk) 17:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Huang Jing

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhang Qinqiu

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ai Xia

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Li Hongzhong

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 31 December 2015 (UTC)