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January 25

on or in the Chinese mainland

Which preposition should precede "the Chinese mainland", on or in? Thank you.

on --Viennese Waltz 12:39, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, though "In mainland China" would also be correct. That's because "mainland" takes "on" whereas "China" takes "in". For the OP's example, "Chinese" is the adjective, and does not change the preposition-noun relationship. For the inverse example (mainland China), the word "mainland" has an adjective function as a noun adjunct, and so itself does not modify the preposition-noun relationship "in China". --Jayron 32 13:54, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Name of Illustrator of work in German

Can a German speaker please look at this book and identify the illustrator of the plate on Locusts, at [1]? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:53, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The illustration is by one Emil Schmidt. He is named on the book's title page; and the same illustration, credited to Schmidt, appears on page 212 of this work. Deor (talk) 19:33, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Uploaded in two versions:

-- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:00, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bit of clarification: This Emil Schmidt (whose lifetime is given in the Geschichte der Tierillustration book I linked above as 1839–1909) does not appear to be the same person as Emil Ludwig Schmidt (1837–1906). There seems to be some confusion about this on Commons, where their page Creator:Emil Schmidt is about the ethnologist, whereas their category Category:Emil Schmidt is of works by the illustrator. Deor (talk) 20:05, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've now split them up, and created Emil Schmidt (Q61000587) for our illustrator. Please check. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:29, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At a quick glance, the Commons stuff looks OK to me now. Deor (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]