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Warning icon Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Shanghai, you may be blocked from editing. Thanks from the Wiki and I Victuallers (talk) 00:02, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Writer's Barnstar
Good job updating and promoting Yang Gang (journalist) to DYK! Your work in this underrepresented area of Wikipedia is greatly appreciated. Happy editing and keep it up. ComputerJA (☎ • ✎) 01:41, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! -Zanhe (talk) 03:53, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for James Cahill (art historian)

Thanks for another contribution Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Revision/expansion of Chin Tsi-ang article

I just completed a substantial expansion of the article about this Chinese silent era actress. Could you or someone else more experienced than I please take a look at it and let me know if I'm on the right track? Also, as I noted there, the image was not of her but another actress from the same era. I deleted that, but there is still a redirect form the other's name to that of Chin's. Thanks.

Invincible Asia (talk) 19:16, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your contribution, it was a great improvement from the old version. I copyedited the article a bit, but it's mostly fine. One major point to watch out, though, is that user-generated content such as Baidu Baike is not considered reliable source, so please do not use it as source in the future. Thanks also for noticing the bad redirect Xu qinfang, I've placed a Db-redirmisnomer tag on the page. (update: an admin has now deleted the redirect) Keep up the good work! Unfortunately, major contributors Tryptofeng and Benjwong seem to have both left Wikipedia, and there has been a sore lack of contributors for classic Chinese cinema. -Zanhe (talk) 01:04, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback, and for the words of encouragement. I'll avoid Baidu Baike in the future, (I noticed they never seemed to have any sources cited), but I have many other sources to use. I'm still learning the system, so is it OK if I call on you for advice now and then? I promise I won't be a pest.

Invincible Asia (talk) 22:26, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all. Feel free to ask questions any time. Judging by the quality of your work so far, I suspect you're unlikely to become a pest :-) -Zanhe (talk) 00:54, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Ma Chengyuan

The article Ma Chengyuan you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ma Chengyuan for comments about the article. Well done! Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rosiestep -- Rosiestep (talk) 14:41, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! --Rosiestep (talk) 15:48, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your detailed review! -Zanhe (talk) 21:12, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lou (surname 娄)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Lou (surname 楼)

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Zhuangzi (book)

Saw this pop up on my watchlist. Just a heads up: you may want to keep an eye out for disambiguation pages as well. I got two earlier. There are scripts to make this easier. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:14, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, forgot to check those. Thanks for the reminder. -Zanhe (talk) 10:18, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Checked with dabsolver, looks like you got them all! -Zanhe (talk) 10:22, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Chen Yumei

The DYK project (nominate) 00:01, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Demonym for Shanghai People

Hi Zanhe, thanks for responding to my revision. I was looking for some experienced wiki editors who are still active on this topic. Yet obviously there is opinion difference between us, I appreciate your related changes recently on pages like Shanghai, Shanghainese_people, Demonym, etc. In my opinion, "Shanghainese" is a word passed on due to the effect of "Chinglish", which might be invented in the early '80s by some arrogant local English learners in high-school level or lower (Another example, "Black New New", assume you know what it is. But this one is cute, btw). However, it is neither formalized nor "standard" (as you referred to in the revision history). Times have changed, and Wikipedia is a site that people around the world refer to when they don't know about some subject. I think it is very import to make names, concepts and ideas appearing on wiki pages clear and unbiased, as you know this wiki-editing business much better than I do. Even though someone would argue that "Shanghainese got more hits on Goolge", "Shanghaian" is NOT out of play. "Shanghainese" may have been accepted by some expats in Shanghai, but "Shanghaian" definitely makes better sense to foreigners who have never been to China (please ignore the word "Shanghaier"). so it will be much appreciated if you could consider making it a widely known issue among your wiki friends and bringing senior editors and domain experts to fix this problem. Thanks. --MakeItFair Hopefully (talk) 20:04, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, I have added a new talk section at page Shanghai. --MakeItFair Hopefully (talk) 20:12, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've replied to your post there. -Zanhe (talk) 22:32, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Translation of your article Lou (surname 楼)

Hello Zanhe, I have translated an article, Lou (surname 楼) which you significantly contributed to into Chinese and nominated it for DYK.

I also created the redirects Lou (surname 樓) and Lou (surname 婁). Thanks for the work. HYH.124 (talk) 13:26, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for translating it into Chinese. I was planning to do it myself, but there are always more things to do than I have time for. Your help is greatly appreciated. Any interest in translating other articles, such as Tianyi Film Company, Chen Yumei and Lou (surname 娄)? -Zanhe (talk) 18:55, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That depends, as I am planning a semi-retirement from Wikipedia, probably before or after the closure of an on-going GA review of an article I created. Had to cure my Wikipediholism. HYH.124 (talk) 06:48, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. I'm suffering a bit from Wikipediholism myself, and will take a break for a few weeks. In general I find GA nominations not worth the trouble, when there are thousands of notable topics that don't even have a basic article. I've only nominated a few that I've accidentally spent too much time writing. -Zanhe (talk) 19:40, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It seems like none of your articles are promoted to GA status. Anyway, I suggest that for all surname articles which you contributed to with Chinese characters as part of article title, traditional/simplified-Chinese-character redirects can be created. HYH.124 (talk) 05:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I've nominated five articles for GA, and four have been promoted. I had plans to nominate more, but found it a time-consuming and less rewarding task than writing new articles. Thanks for your suggestion for creating the redirects, will try to remember to do that. -Zanhe (talk) 23:11, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mutilations

I am afraid your Feb. 2 deletions and mutilations on the Neville Maxwell page, including eliminating credible and weighty citations, was unprofessional. Wikipedia promotes objectivity. But for some reason, you wish to block that objective in relation to Maxwell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mona.SHEPHERD (talk • contribs) 07:58, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mutilations? You've got to be kidding me. What Harshray added to Neville Maxwell was a blatant violation of the WP:BLP policy. Thanks for alerting me to the fact that he's now added it again. But I'm on a wikibreak now and will have to deal with it later. -Zanhe (talk) 13:20, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect redirect

In the article Zhuangzi Tests His Wife the name Beihai Li redirects to Lai Man-Wai. It should redirect to the article for Lai Pak-Hoi, which is Beihai Li's (or Li Beihai's) Cantonese name. They are two separate people. Sorry to bother you with this, but since I understand it it has to be corrected by an administrator, I don't know how else to get it corrected. Invincible Asia (talk) 15:33, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Invincible Asia: Fixed, while Zanhe enjoys a Wikibreak :) No administrator permission is needed for changes to Wikipedia unless there is a padlock icon in the top right hand corner. ► Philg88 ◄ talk 04:22, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Invincible Asia: Administrator intervention was required last time because we were requesting to delete an incorrect redirect. Changing the target of a redirect does not need administrator permission. @Philg88: Thanks a lot for helping out when I was on a wikibreak. -Zanhe (talk) 03:30, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
不客气 ► Philg88 ◄ ♦talk 04:54, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Utopia University

Thanks for making April 1st special Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Quick question

Do you know how to see how many views a DYK that ran only a few days ago received? It used to be very easy... but I can't seem to locate it anymore? 842U (talk) 20:46, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's on stats.grok.se. Just enter the article name on this link: http://stats.grok.se/en/201404/ -Zanhe (talk) 12:33, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A number for you ...

Always happy to help out a fellow Wikipedian, especially you :), and my apologies in advance if you already know about Chinese numerology. Per your request, you don't really want a number with a "4" in it (Rincewind42 excepted because 42 is special); it's a number associated with death in China and best avoided. The most auspicious is "8" (sounds like father, sons = cash) followed by "6" (sounds like flow, flow = prosperity). So "86" is perfect for you (and it's no coincidence that it's the dialing code for the PRC, although they're probably still pissed that Taiwan trumps them with "886"). Funny how it all comes down to money. Cheers, ► Philg88 ◄ ♦talk 06:15, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. Thanks for your numerology tips! Changing username is too much hassle, but I'll keep your tips in mind when creating accounts on other websites. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 18:11, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

100 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

The 100 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Congratulations on reaching this milestone! Your contributions on Chinese culture, surnames, and other topics are making Wikipedia better, and more interesting! Best, Yoninah (talk) 18:16, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Much appreciated. -Zanhe (talk) 18:50, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

People's Park

See Talk:People's_Park_(disambiguation)#Primary_topic.3F. PamD 08:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. I wasn't aware of any previous discussion. I've now initiated a move request. -Zanhe (talk) 09:03, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Chinese Character Simplification Scheme

Can you help to rate the quality and importance of the article to the two WikiProjects? HYH.124 (talk) 12:03, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't realize it was your article. It could use more inline references, but nice article nevertheless! -Zanhe (talk) 19:08, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Li Xueqin

The DYK project (nominate) 10:33, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

给您一个星章！

编辑星章
Thanks for your continuously work on Chinese related articles! Lzy881114 (talk) 10:08, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! -Zanhe (talk) 19:36, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Hello Zanhe, I have see you have been active on DYK related matter for sometime so I was wondering if you can review this nomination. Please let me know if you can help. Thank you. Jim Carter (talk) 12:52, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a subject I'm familiar with. But I'll take a look. -Zanhe (talk) 03:42, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Please take a look. Since we have only three people Sitush, MelanieN and Titodutta who were very much familiar with the subject but unexpectedly all of them were involved in creating this article. So I thought if you can help. Thank you. Jim Carter (talk) 06:47, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I have  Fixed the issues. Jim Carter (talk) 11:08, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Qiu Xigui

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and a question

Many thanks for reviewing my latest DYKs - possibly the two most disparate subjects one could come up with! I saw a comment you made on one of them about checking for copyvio. Did you use a wmf labs tool or something else? Best,  Philg88 ♦talk 08:23, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I enjoyed reading and reviewing your disparate yet interesting articles. Too bad the North Korean photo did not make the main page. I use Dupe Detector for copyvio checks, but usually only run spot checks on the main sources. Checking every source would be too time consuming. -Zanhe (talk) 19:39, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Zanhe. I'll bookmark that tool.  Philg88 ♦talk 06:25, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Here's another tool I found very useful: http://reftag.appspot.com -Zanhe (talk) 06:47, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's a cool tool, thanks. At Google books I used to click on the "About this book" link in the left hand toolbar then export the citation as a refman etc, format and insert. This will make the process much easier.  Philg88 ♦talk 07:01, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for People's Park (Ürümqi)

The DYK project (nominate) 23:52, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

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