User talk:Matt Smith

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Nomination of Deem (disambiguation) for deletion

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Taiwan

I reverted your edits to Political status of Taiwan because even though you are correct in differentiating the ROC from the island of Taiwan, the point in including recognition of the ROC government is to illustrate how some governments recognize the ROC as a legitimate government (and thus the ruler of Taiwan), whereas others do not. Dschslava^Δxparlez moi 04:43, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Republic of China on Taiwan

Moved to Talk:Republic of China on Taiwan § Republic of China on Taiwan

– Matt Smith (talk) 03:42, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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囧rz

一直以為您是英文維基人，直到我突然發現了這個：zh:Special:diff/42185166 囧rz...--逆襲的天邪鬼 (talk) 06:48, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

是的，我本來只編輯中文維基，今年才決定正式涉足英文維基。您在我的中文的用戶討論頁留言後，我以為您知道我在兩邊都有涉足。--Matt Smith (talk) 07:12, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Flag change

Hi there, there's a discussion here regarding the name change of the article. 135.23.144.153 (talk) 01:49, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Responded. --Matt Smith (talk) 04:47, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merger of the ROC in Mainland to ROC in Taiwan

Hi again, you might want to discuss this issue here because the ROC in Taiwan is the continuation of the 1912 ROC similar to how the Baltic states did. 174.88.142.106 (talk) 17:14, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proposing to merge the Template:Taiwan topics into Template:China topics

If you look closely, the PRC and ROC share the same history as China. I'm thinking the Template:Taiwan topics into Template:China topics since two different country names don't make sense. See Template talk:China topics for more. Wrestlingring (talk) 03:45, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I respectfully disagree with the proposed merge because of two reasons:

I think using "Taiwan" to nickname the ROC is confusing and misleading because "Taiwan" is the island's name, not the ROC's. So the proposed merge is confusing and misleading as well. I would agree with the merge if the template were called Template:Republic of China topics and has no content related to Taiwan (island).
I agree that the ROC and the PRC are one China, but I disagree that Taiwan (island) belongs to the ROC. So the proposed merge misleads readers into believing that Taiwan (island) belongs to the ROC and China.

--Matt Smith (talk) 03:58, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Biography

Hey Matt, is this right? I edited the Jen-Hsun Huang article and she was born in (Nationalist) China (which was during the period when the ROC was recognized by the UN). What do you think? If they revert this edit, talk to the users who reverted that edit. 135.23.144.167 (talk) 04:08, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I think Taiwan (island) does not belong to China (ROC or PRC) so I wouldn't use the term "Taiwan Province, China". --Matt Smith (talk) 04:15, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries are especially needed when negating previous content, especially technical info

Hi Matt. Thanks for finding a source and correcting the information at Microdata (HTML). [1] A situation like that begs for a detailed edit summary because of the technical nature of the information and reference, and because you've reversed what the content previously said. Without an edit summary the edit could appear to be vandalism or a WP:POV-violation, and the highly technical reference makes it difficult to tell. --Ronz (talk) 18:39, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I will be more careful next time. --Matt Smith (talk) 02:20, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

I reverted this edit of yours. This needs sources describing it as such. I couldn't find regime in any source. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 03:49, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 2017

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Republic of Formosa, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Lemongirl942 (talk) 04:34, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Republic of Formosa. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to be blocked from editing Wikipedia. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a blockage. Thank you. Lemongirl942 (talk) 04:35, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Republic of Formosa. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:39, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No edit war has happened. Check the history carefully. --Matt Smith (talk) 08:41, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This is a revert where you are edit warring. This is disruptive, so please don't do this. You have been reverted previously in this article as well. If you want to implement changes, get consensus on the talk page. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:47, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Correcting text according to the source is consistent with the policy and is not an edit warring. Read the definition of edit warring. --Matt Smith (talk) 08:51, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Undoing the changes of any editor is edit warring. I am asking you do discuss first. Stop removing content just because you think it is correct. Discuss and get consensus for your changed on the talk page first. If you do it again, I will report you. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 09:01, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not if the change is based on a reliable source. Just because you disagree with the editing does not mean you have the right to accuse others of edit warring. But now that you have shown your disagreement (in an inappropriate way, imo), I will discuss with you in the Talk page. --Matt Smith (talk) 09:10, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, even if the change is based on a reliable source, it is still considered edit warring. You can ask any admin about this. The correct approach is to start a talk page discussion when you have been reverted the first time (See WP:BRD). You had earlier started a discussion at Talk:Japanese_invasion_of_Taiwan_(1895)#Rename_the_article_title - that was an appropriate thing to do (and as you saw editors ultimately disagreed with your rationale). You should start a discussion here as well. If you feel that I am wrong, I don't mind starting an RFC to get more opinions. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 09:15, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please quote the related text from WP:BRD that says the correct approach is to start a talk page discussion after being reverted the first time. The discussion at Talk:Japanese_invasion_of_Taiwan_(1895)#Rename_the_article_title is not done yet, and I was just planning to continue on it. --Matt Smith (talk) 09:22, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you read WP:BRD (read it in full), to understand what is BRD and why is it helpful. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 09:28, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please quote the related text to prove your own words. --Matt Smith (talk) 10:13, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? I am sorry to say but it is obvious if you read the page (and this should be easy enough for even a non-native English speaker). If you are unable to understand it, then perhaps you should consider editing the Wikipedia in your native language. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 10:34, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you cannot provide a quote, I would then reasonably assume that you misinterpreted the explanatory supplement. --Matt Smith (talk) 10:39, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What you are doing is called Wikilawyering (and it is disruptive and has led to editors being blocked before). For your information, BRD stands for bold, revert and discuss. You make a bold edit, I revert and then we discuss and attain consensus. (It's there right at the top of WP:BRD btw, so I am amazed if you could not understand it). --Lemongirl942 (talk) 10:51, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As for "If you cannot provide a quote, I would then reasonably assume that you misinterpreted the explanatory supplement.", you can keep assuming anything, but if you are disruptive/edit war, then you will still be blocked. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 10:53, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not if I was just reasonably "assuming" based on one's acts. Just because the explanatory supplement is called BRD does not mean D should be performed after the first R. Please do not use your own interpretation of the explanatory supplement before confirming it. --Matt Smith (talk) 11:24, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Since you apparently have a WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT attitude, I can't do anything more. Next time you disrupt Wikipedia, you will simply be blocked without warning. If you think I am wrong, go ask any admin. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 11:39, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest that you do not make accusations so easily in the future. Read policy Wikipedia:No personal attacks. --Matt Smith (talk) 11:53, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the personal attack? You were edit warring and I warned you. Is that a personal attack? --Lemongirl942 (talk) 12:01, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is not just "edit warring". There were also "Wikilawyering", "WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT attitude", and "disrupt Wikipedia". And from my point of view, it is actually you that look more like the disruptor. So do not make accusations so fast. --Matt Smith (talk) 12:06, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

None of those were personal attacks. Believe me, I have dealt with multiple editors before and this kind of behaviour doesn't help in a collaborative setting. If you feel I am misinterpreting any policy, you are welcome to ask any uninvolved admin. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 17:55, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to degrade others' personalities is, imo, a form of personal attack. --Matt Smith (talk) 04:19, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect use of WP:IAR

How is this an application of WP:IAR? And again, you refused to discuss but reverted to your preferred version here. Did you check out the discussion on the talk --Lemongirl942 (talk) 03:01, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 2017

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Taiwan under Japanese rule. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Lemongirl942 (talk) 03:02, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

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Edit warring about the history of Taiwan

The following discussion is closed and will soon be archived.

You've been warned for edit warring about the history of Taiwan per a complaint at the edit warring noticeboard. You are risking a block if you make any more reverts about the political status of Taiwan (past or present) that are not supported by a prior consensus on the talk page. The statement on your user page may suggest that you are here on Wikipedia to impose your personal point of view and not to improve the encyclopedia. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 15:21, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Smith; you were warned by EdJohnston, above, to specifically avoid 'mak[ing] any more reverts about the political status of Taiwan (past or present) that are not supported by a prior consensus on the talk page.' Your two most recent edits suggest you have not taken this advice to heart. You edit on Republic of Formosa, This, with the edit summary 'more info in the talk page' did not have a consensus on that page for change. In fact, your remark on that page (that you 'could have go ahead and perform the change' suggests that you have fundamentally misunderstood the advice above, and WP:CONSENSUS generally. Secondly, this revert on Two Chinas was accompanied by the edit summary 'The particular reverter didn't manage to provide the reasons within the consentient time. Restored the previous revision' (which refers to this demand that your changes are acepted within two hours on Lemongirl942's talkpage). This likewise had no consensus, and relied only on your imposition of an artificial deadline.

You appear to be continuing with the same uncollegial,dismissive, and partisan editing that resulted in the previous WP:ANEW Talk:Republic of Formosa report. Please note that this now a behavioural discussion and no longer one of content. I suggest you self-revert your edits and await input from a broader audience of editors. Cheers, O Fortuna!^{...Imperatrix mundi.} 12:52, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, please allow me to remind you that the first edit of mine you mentioned is not a revert at all. In my humble opinion, it is an amendment as well as improvement to an uncited content based on a reliable source. Further more, no one has ever said that we will have to get a consensus on that particular content so your reason WP:CONSENSUS is not valid. Secondly, as mentioned by me in User:Lemongirl942's talk page, she failed to keep her own words that she would explain her revert later yesterday. In order to show my patience on this matter, I then allowed her for two more hours. So that means you probably didn't see the whole context carefully before accusing me of imposing deadline.

It is good to have someone like you who is willing to help preventing potential vandalism on Wikipedia. But I would like to suggest that you evaluate the context of every discussion carefully in the future so that you won't make insulting accusations against others accidentally. --Matt Smith (talk) 13:33, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:Matt Smith, please revert your own edits at at Two Chinas and at Republic of Formosa that you made subsequent to my warning at WP:AN3 on 16 January at 15:21. There is no evidence of a talk page consensus in favor of either change. If you don't do so, I'm planning to go ahead with a block of your account for edit warring. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 15:29, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@EdJohnston::

In regards to Two Chinas, although the other editor, who agreed to be responsible for explaining her revert on my edits, hasn't been able to keep her own words, I can accept your advice and do the revert considering she might really have suffered from a certain difficulties. But please let me know how the situation could be solved if she continues to be responseless.

In regards to Republic of Formosa, I had made it clear above that no one has ever asked for a consensus on that particular content. Also, that particular content has never gone through any edit warring so far. What I did to it is just improving it with a reliable resource. So in my humble opinion, my edit was legitimate and didn't violate any policy. If you still think my edit was inappropriate, please explain your reasons in detail and cite related policies. Before that, I won't accept an unclear advice.

--Matt Smith (talk) 15:54, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Long term edit warring about the political status of Taiwan

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You have continued to make edits that advance your own personal opinion about the political status of Taiwan, without waiting to get talk page consensus, after being warned at WP:AN3 not to continue. You have stated on your user page, "TAIWAN IS NOT REPUBLIC OF CHINA, NOR IS IT PART OF REPUBLIC OF CHINA." Your have edited Taiwan-related articles in the way that was explained in the AN3 report -- it appears you think that Taiwan was never independent. It's OK to have personal opinions but you are expected to be able to set aside those beliefs when you are editing Wikipedia. EdJohnston (talk) 16:11, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@EdJohnston:

Having a few conflicts (maybe just 11 or 12 in total) with 2 other editors during 3-4 days should in no way be described as "long term edit warring". "Long term edit warring" is of course your exaggerated, false accusation.
Undeniably, I could had been more reasonable in editing, and I'm sorry about that. But conservatively speaking, only around 20-30% of my edits were not consistent with policy WP:NPOV. "Long term ...... failure to edit neutrally" is just another exaggeration. And it's funny to me that you accused me of not wanting to recognize the Republic of Formosa as a "real state" but you had no problem with yourself recognizing the Republic of Formosa as a "real state". So it seems to me that you have double standard. I had done many researches on the said entity before amending its statehood in that article; how many researches had you actually done before deciding that it was a "real state"? Would you answer that question in all honesty?
And you in WP:AN3 also asserted that I recently "insists that Taiwan remained part of Japan from 1945 to 1952". That is a blatantly false accusation. I had never done that kind of edits.

--Matt Smith (talk) 03:18, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Taiwan demonym

Hello Matt, could the demonym for Taiwan to include Chinese too? We know both the PRC and ROC are ONE CHINA. 2607:FEA8:61F:F0AB:C158:98C2:1732:48EE (talk) 00:36, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Not sure how you knew that I regard the PRC and the ROC as one China, but that indeed is my position. But an important thing to note is that "Taiwan" in my definition is an island and I regard the territorial sovereignty of the island as undetermined. So in my opinion, it is misleading and confusing to refer to the ROC as "Taiwan". Until the English Wikipedia stops referring to the ROC as "Taiwan", I cannot support an idea which can possibly mislead people into believing that Taiwan (island) is part of China. --Matt Smith (talk) 01:35, 29 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome again

Please discuss this. I noticed the Greek and Russian Wikipedias have the full names of the ROC and PRC. 2607:FEA8:61F:F0AB:5C89:BBA5:CFF6:4F03 (talk) 00:16, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Although I, too, do not agree with nicknaming the ROC as "Taiwan" because that's very confusing and makes the content of the article even more confusing, it looks like the English Wikipedia won't change it currently due to WP:COMMONNAME. I will vote, but I don't expect the change. And please also note that it is POV to assert that Taiwan belongs to the ROC because there are different opinions on that topic. --Matt Smith (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Three periods of ROC History

There's a discussion on Talk:Taiwan and the second period means the ROC in exile held on to the UN seat. 2607:FEA8:61F:F0AB:19CC:10C8:E1F7:57E8 (talk) 21:07, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The article in discussion contained some misleading information. For example, it asserted that the ROC formally received Taiwan in 1945, and that is not conforming to policy WP:NPOV. It needs to be a neutral article before editors can accept it, and the necessity of it being a standalone article also needs to be evaluated. --Matt Smith (talk) 02:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion page of TAIWAN

Please read my reply in disscussion page regarding to your editing advice.ILVTW (talk) 01:35, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion invite

Hello. I invite you to join a centralized discussion about naming issues related to China and Taiwan. Szqecs (talk) 04:34, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitration Case

Hi there, I am inviting you to participate in this arbitration case I filed regarding the ROC/PRC issue. Supreme Dragon (talk) 00:46, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Arbitration Special:Permalink/787497450#Cross-Strait conflict: PRC and ROC Closed

This is to inform you that the request for arbitration in which you were recently named as a party has been declined by the committee and closed. GoldenRing (talk) 19:44, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

多谢啦

只是觉得Ip在乱写。我不关心政治什么的。祝好。----損齋 (talk) 05:07, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. 別客氣。--Matt Smith (talk) 05:12, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help on Republic of China (1949–1971)

The article I have created is threaten deletion again. It needs to be discussed and objected at this page because the ROC had three periods. Wrestlingring (talk) 14:57, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I didn't participated in the previous discussion so I don't know how exactly the decision was made. And I'm also not sure if it's necessary to divide the ROC into three periods. --Matt Smith (talk) 15:06, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merger discussion for Flag of the Republic of China

An article that you have been involved in editing—Flag of the Republic of China—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Wrestlingring (talk) 19:02, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. My position has changed since the previous discussion. Now I think that the Republic of China is no longer representative of China and therefore we should avoid making readers think that it is still representative in these matters. --Matt Smith (talk) 01:52, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Taiwan

I am confused as to why my source was not acceptable. It's from the BBC, which is about as RS as it gets. Kiteinthewind ^{Leave a message!} 02:40, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. That BBC source does not describe Taiwan as a "state". --Matt Smith (talk) 03:00, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The proposal that change the article's title "Taiwan" to "Republic of China"

I read the talk page named "Talk:Taiwan". You support the proposal that change the article's title "Taiwan" to "Republic of China". I also support the proposal. Taiwan is an area belong to China. Taiwan is also an ambiguou term. Taiwan can refer to (1)"Free area of the Republic of China", which de facto controlled by the regime "Republic of China" only since 1949; (2)"Island of Taiwan", an island named "Taiwan" located in East Asia; (3)"Taiwan Province, Republic of China", which is a province of the regime "Republic of China"; (4)"Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China", which is a province claimed by the regime "People's Republic of China". "Republic of China" is a regime which was established in 1912, controlled "Chinese mainland" between 1912 and 1949, de facto controls "Taiwan area" only since 1949, and whose de jure territory consists of the whole China. In conclusion, the regime "Republic of China" is too different from the area "Taiwan". Thus, I hope you can put forward the proposal that change the article's title "Taiwan" to "Republic of China" again in the talk page named "Talk:Taiwan". What is your mind? MouseCatDog (talk) 13:40, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I had made the proposal in the past so my proposing it again won't help much. Since you support the idea, too, you can go ahead a make the proposal. I will support you.

Besides, it's controversial to say "Taiwan is an area belong to China" because opinions differ on that topic. --Matt Smith (talk) 15:28, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ROC nationalist IPs

Re: your request for page protection, I believe we are dealing with the same person knowingly abusing an open proxy here. See the articles for the president of the PRC and ROC. CaradhrasAiguo (talk) 03:49, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. I had added the information you provided on Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. --Matt Smith (talk) 03:53, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

September 2018

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at China and the United Nations.