User talk: Colipon
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Hi! I wish that you can have a look of the new format of Kangxi Emperor of China. I move the table as I think that such large table at the top is disturbing. wshun 00:05, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Please see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese)/Name list example and comment. --Menchi 00:27, Aug 2, 2003 (UTC)
- Yeah, it's pretty good. Colipon 21:04, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
The link to dynasty goes to the wrong place for the Chinese Dynasty link. --Jiang 23:53, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- hold on I'll fix that Colipon 23:57, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
You may want to try Table of Chinese monarchs or Timeline of Chinese history or make a new List of Chinese dynasties instead of plugging in some obscure link that doesnt have to do with China. --Jiang 00:01, 3 Aug 2003 (UTC)
The TOC will appear when there are three headlines in the article. --Jiang
Hi, Gordie. I would appreciate your opinion on the current Talk:Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC). Cheers, kt2 00:33, 27 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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Name for Chinese WP
We're having a poll on the Chinese name for "Wikipedia" at zh:Wikipedia:Wikipedia的中文名. We'd like to know what you think. --Menchi 03:43, 3 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Welcome back! BTW, there is an ongoing poll at Talk:Augusto Pinochet#Another poll? 172 18:33, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
Hi Colipon. Unfortunately, your adminship nomination has not been successful on this occasion and I have removed it from RfA. The votes are archived here should you wish to refer to them. Good luck with any future application you make. Angela. 15:41, May 26, 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese cities
Re: your request on my talk page — yeah, I'll help out as much as I can.
One thing though: most of the cities we'll be dealing with at first will probably be prefecture-level cities, which means they'll include a lot of surrounding counties. So does that mean we should do it like Beijing and Chongqing zhixiashi and have articles that talk about the entire dijishi? -- ran 14:51, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)
- I'll help out in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese cities. Ktsquare (talk) 02:47, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Re: your question about license plate numbers — I got those by searching for 中国 车牌 on google. I can't remember the exact site, but it was a traditional Chinese site from Hong Kong (IIRC). The information looked a bit out-of-date, so there're probably better sites out there.... -- ran 17:36, Aug 10, 2004 (UTC)
- I found an excellent site for this! http://www.chelink.com/topic/chepai.htm -- ran 03:09, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
- Another one: http://www.sfd99.com/gsjj/Doc/armyauto.htm -- ran 03:28, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
- Re: your question about stats for Chinese cities — well, I have a copy of 中华人民共和国行政区划简册2004 (26 RMB), it has area figures, population figures, area codes and postal codes, all down to county-level. You might be able to get information on www.xzqh.org too, I think they have some of this information as well. -- ran 04:29, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
VERY NICE WORK with Jinan and Nanjing! How did you make those maps, by the way? -- ran 12:05, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
- Okay, I took a second look and found that the maps came from Chinese wikipedia. In that case you probably should explain that in the image description pages before they get deleted.
- But still, very nice work! I like the way the box looks. -- ran 13:57, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
WikiProject Chinese Cities -- extended
Re your comment about Shandong: I'm currently trying to work my way through the provinces of China, expanding each one of them section by section, according to the "official" order (Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, etc...). Currently I'm somewhere between Heilongjiang and Jiangsu, so I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to get to Shandong for quite some time.
You're welcome to expand the Shandong article in the meantime, of course. ;)
What changes are you thinking about for the province template, btw? Just make the changes on the province template first and then we'll discuss it. -- ran 07:52, Aug 15, 2004 (UTC)
- Re the box in Shandong: I'll get to it eventually. Right now I'm focusing on the traditional/simplified problem over at Chinese wikipedia. -- ran 06:56, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)
- Please don't use "major cities" -- it really confuses everything. The cities listed are prefecture-level cities (dijishi), not major cities (zhuyao chengshi). -- ran 03:02, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
I've replied on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese). -- ran (talk) 14:18, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
Expressways and Transportation
Colipon,
In your mid-August 2004 message on my talk page you mentioned something about expressways and transportation in China and around Beijing. I'm writing to tell you that I've added a template for Beijing-based roads, expressways and China National Highways, and that a project (all-round project) on roads, rail, expressway, airports and seaports has been initiated by me at Wikipedia:WikiProject Transportation in China. I'm hoping to complete basic information on 85-90% of expressways in China by October 2004.
Best, --DF08 18:44, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)
Expressway Template
Hi Colipon,
Yes, that's true. The problem is, how could one do a nationwide template? At present road numbering on the expressways is spraodic (although China National Highways fare better). The naming is also fraught with confusion (see the relevant bit in the Hebei section of the article for the Jingshi Expressway for more), as we have "one expressway, multiple names" at times.
Maybe to start off province-to-province and then to ultimately create a nationwide one?
Best, --DF08 03:55, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
Transportation
Hi Colipon,
I've taken a look at the naming conventions page. Nicely done! :-) I'd like to add that China National Highways could also be abbreviated to the G+3-digit-code (e.g. G101). This was how I did it for the Beijing transportation template.
On Jingshi: the path this expressway takes certainly looks like it's far beyond Beijing-Shijiazhuang; in this case Beijing-Zhuhai is correct. I've no idea where the Jingshen (Beijing-Shenzhen) name came in (it may be an early/abandoned name), it comes in the moment you're in the Hebei stretch (I've ventured no further south than that), and this name is not present in any Chinese expressway atlas. Where this road is being referred to by other exp'ways, they often cite Jingshi and not Jingshen/Jingzhu.
Zhuhai is close to Macao, and Shenzhen is next to Hong Kong. This could be a case of expressway merging, though, so you may be right.
Chinahighway.com seems to be the closest link (albeit highway), with bjhighway.cn coming in close for the Beijing-area ones (though it's Beijing expressways, not highways -- as in the PRC usage.) (By contrast, the Germans have a full database of Autobahns online, at autobahn-online.de.)
Best, --DF08 04:59, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
- Search Google -- in the entry field type in the Chinese name, preferably in Chinese characters (I use a Mac, so I just use Safari and type in the name in Chinese in the search field). You're going to find a lot of pages with related info. Maps do appear to be rare, though. --DF08 09:52, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
Survey
Hi Colipon,
If you have time, please vote on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese)#Survey. Thanks. -- ran (talk) 23:25, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)
- Xiaopo has started a new survey on Chinese naming conventions on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese)#New survey. Please come and take a look. -- ran (talk) 16:53, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)
Jiangsu
Hi Colipon, can you take a look at Jiangsu#Tourism? I don't know where half the places are and I think I've messed up the list enough already.. :( -- ran (talk) 02:44, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)
You might be interested in the Wikipedia:China-related topics notice board. --Jiang 02:11, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
China Collaboration of the Week
You showed interest in taking part in China-related topic development. I have just set up a China Collaboration of the Week. Please add one, or several, nomination(s) and tell others about it. You may access it via the COTW page at Wikipedia:China-related topics notice board/ZHCOTW or through the shortcut WP:ZHCOTW. --Oldak Quill 11:22, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology
I just started this and am looking to get some people involved. I noticed you've done some work on the subject, and your involvement would certainly be appreciated. Thanks! Sarge Baldy 06:14, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
