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Requested move 24 June 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 15:00, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]



– For the cinematographer whose surname is "Lin", "Jong" is an English name and not his Chinese given name, probably first used when he was attending Tisch School of the Arts in the U.S., therefore the WP:NC-ZH surname-first convention doesn't apply. Rather, his Chinese given name is "Liang-chung" or "Liangzhong" (pinyin). He is usually credited as "Jong Lin" in Chinese-language films when just about everyone else (who did not study or live in western countries like him) has their surnames listed first (in the Latin alphabet). I think this is clear indication he wants to be credited in the west in that naming order and/or name. IMDB, which often blindly reverses Asian names without much research to conform to their surname-last convention, then lists him as "Lin Jong" as if his surname is "Jong".

If this sounds too confusing, just look at Google search results:

But the Aussie footballer (whose surname is Jong, an S/E Asian variant of Yang (surname)) should really be WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for "Lin Jong" per overwhelming Google search results. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 06:05, 1 July 2015 (UTC) Timmyshin (talk) 18:22, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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