User talk:Manchurian Tiger

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Manchurian Tiger! My name is Ryan, aka Acetic Acid. I noticed that you were new and haven't received any messages yet. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it uses different formatting than other sites that use HTML and CSS. In the long run, though, you'll find that the WikiSyntax is a lot easier and faster than those other ways. Here are a few links to get you started:

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About pictures of Dalian

All your pics about Dalian have no licences. Please add tags on them.--Fanghong 02:55, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

About tags

Bonjour Lis ici et additionne tags dans {{}} s'il vous plaît. Cordialement --Fanghong 00:33, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I thourgt you understand French. Please read here and add the suitable tags within {{}} in the picture description page.--Fanghong 01:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Manchukuo is a former country

Do you have any evidence showing it was not a puppet state, but a truly independent state and recognised by other sovereign states? — Insta ntnood 07:46, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to receiving your reply. For the time being what you can do is to restore to the version before your edits, and proceed to the talk page of that article to express your views, seek community consensus, then edit the article accordingly. Good luck, and happy editing. — Insta ntnood 18:41, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Manchukuo

Before you revert my edits (which has been approved by some other[[1]] [[2]] contributors on Wikipedia as well), please read these articles, throughly, on NPOV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute#How_can_one_disagree_about_NPOV.3F http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV#The_neutral_point_of_view By completely deleting the part stating that '[Manchukuo] is regarded by most as a puppet state', which is a view that many other contributors and people in the world hold, you have obviously broken the Wikipedia policy of NPOV. If you disagree about whether my edits are NPOV (with yours obviously POV), please proceed to the Talk page and discuss, rather than reverting my edit again and again without stating any reason in your edit summaries [[3]] [[4]], nor paying any attention to my discussion. I have also added { { NPOV } } on top of the article at the moment, before we can solve our dispute, so that innocent readers of Wikipedia will not be erred by your blind nationalism. Please DO NOT REMOVE it (Which you have done before as seen by the edit history of the page [[5]]).Herunar 00:37, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see you have made another illogical/POV edit, without any discussion, which I reverted as it is very misleading. See my comment on Talk page. Please, before you make another edit, which often is contradicting to the original idea in the article, discuss in talk page. Herunar 01:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yet again, you have made an edit without any discussion in talk page nor edit summary. I would advise you to make a respond or explanation in the article Manchukuo's talk page in 24 hours, from now on; If you do not, I will have to revert that edit, since it does not correspond to the sources given, nor does it cite any source. Herunar 04:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll keep this simple. Please go to talk page and discuss before you make ANY edit in article Manchukuo (other articles as well if your edit is disputed), and please read clearly what others are saying. It is impossible to improve Wikipedia without cooperating with other users. Thank you. Aranherunar 03:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page

Please DO NOT remove unsolved/unanswered contents in your talk page, which you did countless times as seen by your page's history [6]. If you do it again, you may be banned. Herunar 01:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are you out of your mind? I never deleted anything from this page.--Manchurian Tiger 04:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He, Herunar,just likes to pick fights like that. Clearly he is supporting the chinese nationalist idea. He is giving me hard time on the Tibet article as well. I see the pattern now. Also he has beef with Japan. Me 17:33, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have got it all wrong. This is not a fight. I have made my edits with the intention of improving Wikipedia; If not, I would not have spend so much time editing and trying to improve things that will give me no profit, except the pleasure of seeing something done, something that I have contributed.

Unlike you, I do not live my life trying to destroy what others created. To me, joy can come in many ways, and least of it destruction.

Please, no personal attacks. Your harassing will not help Wikipedia, nor user Manchurian Tiger, who I believe is another user trying to contribute to Wikipedia. Aranherunar 10:58, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3RR

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert a single page more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you. --Ideogram 03:26, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

State not necessarily a body in a country

Hi, there. Concerning your recent edits to Manchukuo, we may have a slight misinterpretation of the word state. By definition a state can be a "a : a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory; especially : one that is sovereign b : the political organization of such a body of people c : a government or politically organized society having a particular character <a police state> <the welfare state>[7]", and is not necessarily a body in a country. I have added a place to discuss whether Manchukuo should be called a state or a country in Talk:Manchukuo. Thanks. Cowman109^Talk 16:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

aloha, My understanding is that a state is more about its political identity; while country is more about culrure and history. Machukuo's establishment was based on the region's common history and culture, therefore, country is a better term. But I agree that "state" makes some sense as well. So I won't oppose an edit to "state". --Manchurian Tiger 16:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's your understanding, and I do not totally disagree with you - However, I believe many others prefer to call it a state, especially those that believe it is a puppet state. Since a country is also a state itself, it will be safer to call it a state instead, because I'm sure some people would not agree with 'country'. Aranherunar 09:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your revert...

Your revert here appears to have removed a part of a perfectly valid edit changing the word 'devided' to 'divided'. It might be a good idea to fix that; also, I don't think accusing others of 'bogus' editing will improve the editing environment much. My recommendation is that before reverting the edits of more than one editor, you see the talk page to see if others agree with your reasoningg. Otherwise we're back where we started at an edit war. I agree that some of the edits made before yours were not necessarily appropriate, but it's best to talk about it instead of revert it, as otherwise we'll have yet another revert war. Thanks. :) Cowman109^Talk 18:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On second thought, I have rewritten the opening and moved the puppet state explanation to the body of the article. Please reply on the talk page and tell me what you think :) Cowman109^Talk 18:36, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your revert on Tsinghua University

I was not clear about the reason for my edit. My apologise. While I note from your talk page that you are experienced with the usage of the English language in the US, such usage can often be confusing for those from other environments - see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English, especially the point about common expressions.

The Oxford English Dictionary, regarded as an authority on the (non-American) English language, states as the meaning of "Alma mater":

A title given by the Romans to several goddesses, especially to Ceres and Cybele, and transferred in Eng. to Universities and schools regarded as ‘fostering mothers’ to their alumni.

Also, please do not assume that others whose experience of the English language differs from yours are automatically ignorant of the English language. I am aware of the alternative meaning of Alma mater as a univerisity's song or anthem - and I am also aware that this meaning is not used in Commonwealth countries. As you have probably gathered by now, I do speak English, and while I am a graduate of a a much less prestigious university than Tsinghua University, I am fairly confident of my at least passable linguistic skills. --Sumple (Talk) 06:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~#You may like to read Commonwealth of Nations and the English language.~~

~~#You may also like to read up on university. A university is not a "school".~~

~~#Do not edit my user page: if you have comments, add them to my user talk.~~

#I'm sorry if you don't understand the meaning of Alma Mater. As I have already indictaed, I know what Alma mater means. It is you who fail to appreciate that there are other English-speaking countries in the world than the United States of America.

~~#I am still waiting for an apology for your rather rude comment about my command of English.~~

I bow out of this WP:LAME debate. --Sumple (Talk) 23:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, I've been trying to do some research regarding the name of Manchuria, because there is debate over the name of the article as Manchuria---at least I think there is---and I noticed that you had previously posted some information regarding the term used in the region itself, which was later removed from the article. As far as I am aware, the region is still commonly referred to as Manchuria in English, but I'm not sure how to go about supporting that in any way, and so I was curious to know where you had gotten your information about elder people there referring to it as "北満" and "南満", as well as increased use among younger generations. Is this personal experience, or do you have some "legitimate" source to which you are referring? I would be very curious to know. Thanx!! Shautora (talk) 08:23, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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