User talk:Skyfiler

Hi,

I changed "August First Rockets" back to Bayi Rockets, because English-language media in China and elsewhere very rarely use the name "August First Rockets" (or "August 1st Rockets" or "August 1 Rockets").

Doing a Google search on August First/August 1st/August 1 Rockets shows only a handful of hits, maybe a dozen. Doing a search on "Bayi Rockets" shows 2000+ hits (and "Bayi Shuanglu" and "Bayi Army Rockets" adds a few dozen more). Sites such as http://english.people.com.cn/ (English-language People's Daily) also use "Bayi Rockets".

I did edit the Bayi Rockets page to mention the "August 1st" connection clearer, though.

-- Curps 19:16, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Tao(disambiguation)

I would have just moved the page myself, but there was a notice that a major edit was being undergone, so I decided not to. After you are done, please move the page to Tao (disambiguation), with a space between "Tao" and "(disambiguation)". Thanks, zappa 03:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Xiahou Dun

i don't see the point of adding links to Zhang Fei and Liu Chan under "See also" in the abovementioned article. Please elaborate. Also, i believe that linking to History of China is rather far-fetched. What do you think? --Plastictv 08:11, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Edits to book references

Hi. Please do not change the author names and book titles of the books placed under Reference sections. It might pose problems or confusions to readers who try to locate the books. Just leave them as they are stated. Thanks a lot. --Plastictv 01:23, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Minor edits

Hi Skyfiler, I think you are marking your edits as minor by default (see 'my preferences' -> 'Editing'). Remember to mark your edits as minor only when they genuinely are (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). "The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'." --pfctdayelise 13:29, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mao: Genocide and democide

I only restored the Mao regime to the list because it is a recognized democide. I have no personal feelings about the number, although I am aware it is in the tens of millions. It used to be 40 million; another user changed it to 70 million. I won't object if you return it to that 40 million, althouth another user might. The big problem is that you removed it outright rather than editing it. The definition of democide does include "reckless and depraved disregard for life," which includes mass starvation. Mao's regime is even included in that article, with a value of 40 million.

I'm going to restore Mao again. If you have justification for editing that value, please do so but to remove it outright corrupts the article. It makes it inconsistent with other articles about Mao and democide.

Finally, removing 70 million deaths from this list is a significant edit. Please start a conversation on the Talk page before you make any edits that significant.

- Sethery 15:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your BLOG1 link

In your user page, you might want to check your first blog link http://jiangsheng.blogsopt.com/ as the site seems to be dead (it goes to all advertising now). Shenme 12:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

one-child policy

I attempted to flesh out the human rights section with some sources. I inadvertantly made a mess. You seem to be active and experienced, could you please take a look at my edits. In particular I think its important to show that China official policy seems to disagree with alledged practices as reported by alledged officials charged in the execution of these duties. You may want to touch on the autonomy of local officials and their own initiatives to appease bejing (at least in my view). I'm sure there is a source for such, could easily be compared to some of the nutty things local US governments do that fly in the face of official US human rights policy. Also I tried to touch on the historical practice of at least forced sterilization and how even the US is guilty of endorsing it in the past, especially the fact that some laws are still on the books here making it legal to sterilize the 'feebleminded'. Its my personal opinion that because of the nature of Chinese government its hard to say that if these things are occurring, its sponsored at the national level, and in fact more likely its personal initiatives by local officials. I think its important to not only point out human rights violations, but also who is claiming such violations and their own history on violations of same type. People are trying to condemn China for trying to deal with a very real population problem using methods the rest of the world freely and openly practiced at various times in the last 100 years, and practiced for the sake of nothing more than eugenics - dealing with social problems through genetics, a flawed approach utilizing means that clearly violate any accepted human rights standard. You might find it interesting reading material, even the US Supreme Court sided with the states in their assertion of the right to sterilize people for being nothing more than feebleminded - at a time when the diagnostic ability to accurately determine what febblemindedness was, let alone that it was genetic and could be dealt with by reproduction was non-exsistant. How many US citizens were sterilized that were suffering from lack of education and oppertunity? suffering from treatable mental illness with no genetic cause? suffering from developmental problems caused by things like lead paint? - in other words at no increased risk for having developmentally impaired offspring... Even as recently as 1980 these people were denied civil judgement by the Supreme Court. random wiki reader 65.24.200.137 21:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I answered you...

here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cao_Cao#Family_templates --Sarazyn • TALK • DE 09:00, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would you please tell me what you think of it? -- Sarazyn • TALK • DE 10:24, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

I notcied that you've left messages for Zappa.jake on his talk page, so I thought you mihgt want to vote in his RfA at WP:RFA. ShortJason 15:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for ShortJason's advertising. Normally most people consider it unacceptable to advertise RfAs (Requests for Adminship) on people's talk pages. I have asked him to stop here. Regardless, now that it's here, if you do wish to vote, do so here. Sorry, zappa.jak e (talk) 19:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Battle of Wuhan

Hey, I just extensively expanded the Battle of Wuhan article.. Please check it out! :)

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Calling programmers

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Hmm...

I think you may have copied the wrong link here. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 16:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Burning of books and burying of scholars

If you have time, could you possibly translate the note section and put the translation in parantheses after it? We've got quite a backlog on the translation project, so your help would be greatly appreciated! -Yupik 07:05, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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You also violate WP:3RR rule from editing of Shang dynasty

Current events

Thanks for finding better sources for the Chinese terror-raid story. The Fox News link turns out to have been temporary. KazakhPol 20:51, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Renminbi usage in foreign countries

Hi,

I have heard of the 60% figure in Mongolia. However, the link you provided seem to be broken. Do you think you can find another source. Thanks. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 14:41, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Zhou Tong (archer)

I see that you created a page for Qin Kuai. I think some of the info came from my rewrite of the Yue Fei page. I know the page is not as good as it could be, but it's a lot better than what it was. Anyway, I'm trying to promote my article about Yue Fei's teacher from A-class to Feature article and I am looking for people to vote on it. I figure you might like the page since you created one on Qin. After reading the page, please leave comments on the article's FAC page. (Ghostexorcist 06:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]

IP blocking?

((unblock-auto|1=64.217.74.225|2=repeated vandalism for several days|3=Can't sleep, clown will eat me)) --Skyfiler 15:51, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've contacted the blocking admin, please hold. --Yamla 16:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is some nasty vandalism. Skyfiler, please contact the unblock-en mailing list from your ISP-issued email address regarding this request. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:24, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2008 Sichuan earthquake

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Taiwan is back. User:Nyttend added it back. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 02:55, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Kung Fu Hustle

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Usage of BMP format

I reverted your revision because you attempted to delve into the detail of the BMP files in the intro of the article. This section is supposed to contain only general introductory statements and not the details. Also your mentioning of the size of some of the headers and file structure duplicates information in the section "File Structure" in the article.

A more appropriate place for mentioning the usage frequency of certain BMP formats is the "Usage of BMP format" section of the article as it is not a technical format information but rather sociological statement referring to the current programming and marketing trends. Also, if you are going to make concrete statements about the usage frequency of certain bitmap formats, be prepared to support it with references to statistical research.

Note that the article already contains a statement that some mechanisms in the BMP files are used more frequently than the others. e.g. the sentence: "The BITFIELD mechanism described above allows for the definition of tens of thousands different pixel formats, however only several of them are used in practice" - and proceeds to list these formats.

In any case, the introductory section of the article is not a place for such information.

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Taiwan

Regarding this edit, could you please cite the specific section of WP:Naming conventions (geographic names) that supports your view? --Cybercobra (talk) 01:41, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If the place does not exist anymore, or the article deals only with a place in a period when it held a different name, the widely accepted historical English name should be used. The article deals with ROC which held a different name in an extended period (in fact it is still holding on that name).--Skyfiler (talk) 02:00, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article also (and post-move, arguably mainly) deals with modern Taiwan, hence your excerpt fails on the "only" qualifier. --Cybercobra (talk) 02:48, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, I direct your attention to these two edit summaries. --Cybercobra (talk) 02:52, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the WP:COMMONNAME can override WP:DUE in the context of article text, it self is just a section of WP:TITLE. Look up Taiwan in a dictionary as instructed by Wikipedia:Naming conventions (precision) or encyclopedia like Merriam-Webster's, The American Heritage Dictionary or Britannica. Just because you say A is the common name of B in the context of B does not mean you can define A is B when A has a much broader definition. You need to prove that A is B in most contexts of A. And certainly you can't prove Taiwan is ROC when dominant definition among authoritative dictionaries define Taiwan as something else than a country.--Skyfiler (talk) 03:08, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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