User talk:Keepers8

Your recent edits to articles[edit]

I see that you've been going around changing many occurences of links to "Taiwanese people" to other links, for example, "Chinese people". Is there a specific reason you are doing this, because I think that using the word Taiwanese would be more accurate, seeing as these people/groups originate from Taiwan. Happy editing, Bramble claw x 21:52, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, originate from Taiwan true, which is why the birthplace and origin etc are "Taiwan" but the ethnicity however, is Chinese. :)

Taiwanese is also considered an ethnicity, isn't it? I mean, ethnicity is really just a person's heritage and culture, so if these people are from Taiwan, and are part of Taiwanese culture, I would assume them to be Taiwanese, right? Isn't "Taiwanese" more accurate than Chinese, which is used a blanket term for most people from the area around China? Bramble claw x 21:59, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well go be honest, Taiwan's official name is Republic of China and people from Taiwan and Mainland China are pretty much the same people...both Chinese. Since you, quite rightly, believe ethnicity is a person's heritage and culture, Taiwan's culture is actually identical to that of China's. Taiwanese can be considered like a subgroup of Chinese. :)

If you believe that Taiwanese should be used, then feel free to change what I did but I just personally think it's ethically more accurate to say that since most Taiwanese are people of Chinese descent. And I'm new to wikipedia too so sorry if I'm not doing what I'm meant to be doing lol.

No, no, you're doing fine. On Wikipedia, we treat each other equally, so when we have questions about other peoples' edits, we talk to each other to find out each other's points of views. What I personally think is that Taiwanese would be better (unless the person actually says they are Chinese and not Taiwanese), since it is a subgroup. Here's a somewhat weird example I just thought of: it'd be more accurate to call Oak a tree, instead of a plant, even though tree is a subgroup of plant.

I will change those back, but don't be offended: in fact, you're doing a pretty good job! You're picking up editing techniques like how links work, and stuff, very quickly! Keep up the good work, Bramble claw x 22:18, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) Well I don't really mind now. Feel free to undo my edits if you personally believe it's better to do so but personally, being a British Chinese myself, I felt it's accurate to change since most Taiwanese people admit they're ethically Chinese people.

And a quick question about wikipedia... How do users find out so quickly when e.g. A page has been changed? Like you found out straight away after I began editing articles. Is it like... Everyone has a few articles they monitor?

In the top corner of each page, beside the "view history" tab, there's a star. When you're on a page, and click the star, it adds that page to your watchlist. Then when you visit your watchlist, you can see recent changes to the articles you put on the list. Another thing Wikipedians use is Special:RecentChanges, which lists all recent edits. Bramble claw x 19:25, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

May 2011[edit]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at China PR national football team. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Ben Ben (talk) 17:08, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit dispute on Jay Chou article[edit]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Jay Chou. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted or removed.

If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor then please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive; until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively could result in loss of editing privileges. I am not sure what your point is by adding Chinese to Taiwanese articles but any edit dispute must be resolved by consensus. I suggest that you should also read Five Pillars of Wiki before you continue to make edits that may construed as disruptive. Also the discussions at WikiProject Taiwan and WikiProject China has past consensus that forms the basis of current edits/formats. Please don't feel disheartened over reverts but once you get the hang of it, it will feel easier.--Michaela den (talk) 17:11, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How is it "unconstructive" when I am simply stating the fact that Jay Chou can be considered both Chinese and Taiwanese, thus stating both on the article. It is a fact so why is it changed back all the time?

Blocked[edit]

...can't take a hint? Rather childish.

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

— Scientizzle 14:32, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]