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Hello, I just wanted to let you know that it is considered vandalism to remove speedy deletion templates from articles you created. I agree with the assertion that FaceKoo is notable enough to have an article on Misplaced Pages, but in the future, place the hangon template, explain why the subject is notable on the talk page, and improve the article to prove notability. An admin or another user will review the facts and remove the template if there is indication of notability. However, removing the speedy delete template as you did in the future could result in warnings and even blocks. If you have any other questions feel free to post on my talk page. Theseeker4 (talk) 17:27, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

December 2008

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Comparison between Roman and Han Empires

Hy there I'm hereby informing you that I think that your recently created article Comparison between Roman and Han Empires seems in my view to have several problems and to fail in several official Misplaced Pages policies. I presented the whole case at Misplaced Pages:No original research/noticeboard#Comparison between Roman and Han Empires. Thanks. Flamarande (talk) 22:46, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello Teeninvestor, I surely will have a look again over the next days. But in general it is hard to compare them (since all is in the past we might not have all info or history books don't tell the "truth"; both empires didn't fight each other until one empire destroyed the other or caused much damage, ...). There can be set hypotheses e.g. like in Counterfactual history and then provided facts (figures, dates, sources which are not from WP, ...) which help to understand better. And other parties can have other/different hypotheses and build facts on these. A methodical approach when creating the article always helps. You must see like: most people are used to a certain style in WP articles, so they probably expect that new articles are then the same. But that takes time.
In general I'd say there is nothing like: one empire wins and the other loses. Or one contributor has more right than the other. In perhaps 300 years when we have more info about that time periods we might know better. No matter what: seeing all as an interaction process between users is a good thing and if in the end it can not stay at Misplaced Pages, I am sure Wikiversity welcomes this. ----Erkan Yilmaz 23:03, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

So, how are things going ? As I see quite hectic day around that article - did not read all. It's always better to make things not personal and probably also let some time pass. Then other contributors also stay positive. If I were you I'd take the provided feedback so far (people invested time to give feedback also - that is interaction, you could also use the Misplaced Pages:Chat for more interaction) and build the article either on Wikiversity or perhaps in your Misplaced Pages user namespace. And then if it has a certain degree invite people again to have a look. What do you think ? ----Erkan Yilmaz 19:09, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

P.S. you can find me in chat if you like, click here (you will recognize my nick), ----Erkan Yilmaz 19:14, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello Teeninvestor, I prefer not to vote, because that would result atm in a not so favorable vote (unfortunately). I like the topic you have started there, but atm the article form itself is not yet appropriate for this wiki (if you work in WV things might not get immediately into AfD). Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia and for that it needs to be followed some "standards/rules" (this is what the other contributors are missing and trying to say - unfortunately the communication is atm not so that sender and recipient can transmit their statements well :-( ).

I think the most important thing in all this is: to take all what happened so far (feedback, your emotions, ...) as an experience. And improve the article as some have suggested or even in much more ways (either here as subpage of your namespace, e.g. User:Teeninvestor/Comparison between Roman and Han Empires, or at WV). I believe in the future then this will produce much faster some articles. That topic is hopefully just the start of your Misplaced Pages career :-) quote: "I edit wikipedia because since it has given me so much knowledge, i think i should give back." Believe me, if you take one step back now, people will surely later be willing to help you more. Everybody wants new editors who contribute for free knowledge - as they do.

not sure if you have seen this already?

• Rome vs.Han china
• Talk:Rome vs.Han china

I am still in chat (also the next days) if you would need some explanations about statements (I made or others made). ----Erkan Yilmaz 22:35, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Good evening, what would you say, is the article better than at begin ? I have seen users also suggesting explicitly what they don't like. I'd start there and try to "win" them. This all is not about a group against the other. Where on earth can you easily find people who give feedback ?

I could imagine that it was quite hectic + energy consuming the last days because of the many interactions. :-( It could help perhaps to slow down (or taking some time off) in editing on that article ? There are so many articles out there waiting for you.

And most important: not the article is important here - it's the (Misplaced Pages-)experience you take with all that. I'd see this all really as more a good thing than bad. P.S. my offer with the chat still counts :-) ----Erkan Yilmaz 01:29, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Editing Issues

Hi TeenInvestor, while I like your premise and I like your ideas, I really think you should leave the article for other people. I made this point on the discussion but I'll reiterate again; it sounds hysterical, and the grammar... well, I suggest you take some time and read it aloud, as I gave up after the first paragraph. Please, if you want to win your debate, go through and give it a proper clean up, because only you can say what you really mean to say; it'd be a pity to see it lost under an editor's harsh changes that might not say exactly what you want. As of now, the edits will have to take your points one way or another because they are ridiculously ambiguous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tori-swann (talk • contribs) 23:40, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

The reason I say hysterical is because I think you're trying too hard to justify everything you say by saying too much.

I'll just point out somethings I think you should rewrite. I attempted it, but there were far too many things I didn't understand.

First of all, you need a better introduction to each of your points. "Both of the empires were unprecedented in size, chronology and unity" ; "For most of the past two millenia, China was the largest economy on Earth. "Roman society was a relatively hierachial society." ; "The Romans extended their empire to its ecological limits to the west (the Atlantic Ocean) and the south (the Saharan Desert)." ; sentance like these are either ambiguous or covers one spectrum without the other. It's kind of minor, but definitely worth looking into. It should be obvious from the start what you're talking about, which it isn't.

"Below is a comparison of these two empires in several areas" is unnecessarily redundant. Also, in your introduction, you include a lot of somewhat irrelevant facts. You could just as easily had said:

"The Han Dynasty, which was first great land-based empire in East Asia and is synonymous with China, is often contrasted with the Roman Empire, which consolidated their authority around the Mediterranean world, as they were both powerful empires in their own right. These two empires made it possible for their subjects to live more peaceful and predictable lives than previously known. As their ideas laid the base for many intergral concepts in the east and west respectively, such as Confucianism and a common culture based on family-organized ancestor worship and the idea of being a citizen, it provides an interesting scope in which to view the world as we know it now." Or something of the like, depending on what your focus is.

Your Geopolitical evolution section is in need of a rewrite, because, as SAT prep books like to say, the best writing is normally concise. For example, insteand of Geopolical evolution, you could say, Formation or the Rise of the empires. Also, your grammar is a bit dodgy: "The subsequent collapse of both empires also bear striking similarities; both were split into two halves, one that contained the original core but was more exposed to the main barbarian periphery (the west in the Roman case, the north in China), and a traditionalist half in the east (Rome) and south (China)" It should be a colon, not a semi-colon, because you're explaining something that had been stated in the preceeding clause, but again this is up to you.

"Both armies had to fought a number of enemies" - wrong tense.

Also, this is only a few grammar mistakes, so you should definitely go over them again.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is that you need to rewrite it so it's more concise and to the point. I see a lot of verbiage that could easily be more to the point and more factually compelling. Never use a big word when a smaller word can do, and use fewer words when you can. Also, find your point and get to it.

But hey, the reason I'm not making these changes already is because I'm not quite sure what you might mean, and again, some of these points are rather moot. However, I think I reflect the general tone when I say you should clean it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tori-swann (talk • contribs) 03:03, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. I think you are probably editing way too fast and adding stuff rather than cleaning up. I'm sure you know people's names get capital letters, but you wrote 'pines' instead of 'Pines', and you'd probably catch some of your spelling errors if you went over them.

Also, a pretty big issue, you should have started your research here, read all our guidelines on writing articles, layout, how to cite, etc. Even if nothing was deleted, there is a lot of cleaning up to do.

You need to also accept that if the article is kept, a lot of it will be deleted. Most if not all of the experienced editors agree that except for minor details the sources need to be sources that are comparing the two empires. Everything that isn't sourced in that way needs to be removed. As it says below in the window I'm typing in, we all have to accept that our writing may be 'edited mercilessly'. You need to just go with the flow with that, Misplaced Pages is a collaborative exercise and no one owns an article. dougweller (talk) 07:18, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Transwiki?

Hi Teeninvestor. Your comparison article would make an excellent learning resource at Wikiversity. I'm more than happy to import and help you set it up, though make sure you unify your account first to make the attributions easier :-). --SB_Johnny | 14:51, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

It can be both, of course :-). Bear in mind though that the Misplaced Pages version won't end up looking at all like it does now because of the "OR" restriction (Original Research is permitted and encouraged on Wikiversity, unlike the other Wikimedia wikis). Let me know when you've unified your account... "import" brings over the page history as well as the page itself, so your username should be the same there for linking from the history. --SB_Johnny | 14:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Awesome. Importing now. (BTW, you can't import... only Custodians have the tool for that (it comes with the delete and block buttons, so to speak).) --SB_Johnny | 15:01, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Done, see v:Comparison between Roman and Han Empires. I'd recommend leaving notes on the talk pages of the folks you've been debating with to help it grow there :-). --SB_Johnny | 15:07, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

From my talk page (easier in one place):

Oh man wikiversity is lacking a lot of articles.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Teeninvestor (talk • contribs) 15:30, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

The linking works differently on Wikiversity... we don't have "articles", but rather subpages. Ask for help on the Colloquium: there's plenty of folks ready to help you. --SB_Johnny | 19:08, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you regularly import hte changes of the version on wikipedia to wikiversity if you see it and i'm not available? I'm not very familiar with wikiversity. Teeninvestor (talk) 16:36, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Nope, we don't keep them up to date to each other, but rather let them develop independently. I think you'll find the working environment a lot better on wv in any case (you seem to have attracted the deletionists here), so it's likely the wp article that will need updating, rather than the other way around. --SB_Johnny | 19:08, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Ya damn deletionistsTeeninvestor (talk) 19:11, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Well don't take them the wrong way: deletion discussions are the way people decide on what's appropriate for the encyclopedia and what's not. I don't think you'd like my vote... as I said before, it looks like an academic thesis, not an article :-). --SB_Johnny | 09:08, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Original Research

I would very much like to help you understand this. You have said that the 'OR' problem is resolved, which leads me to think you still don't understand what it is. Rather than lecture you, could you possibly explain what you think is our policy on original research (I presume you have read WP:OR?) and why you think there isn't any in the article? Because this is the basic bone of contention. This is important - I can see you as a valuable contributor to Misplaced Pages but it can take time to understand how it works and how it is extremely different from writing an essaym, for instance. Thanks. dougweller (talk) 17:49, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Some advice

Take the high ground and disengage from your debate with Flamarande at the OR noticeboard, as the discussion there is essentially over. The noticeboard really isn't the place to debate the article, and continuing to attempt to do so at the noticeboard simply alienates other editors. Let Flamarande "have the last word" if necessary.

Looking at the comments at the AfD, I will hazzard a guess, and say that the article will not be deleted. If so, the next step will be to rewrite the article and fix the OR issues. But the place to discuss these issues is back at the article talk page, not on the noticeboard. Good luck with your future editing. Blueboar (talk) 22:39, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk page guidelines

Since you are new, I recommend you read Misplaced Pages:Talk page guidelines to learn how to properly post on talk pages, especially the technical and formatting guidelines. Thanks, --Patar knight - /_{contributions} 01:09, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

RE: Comparison between Roman and Han Empires. (response to your comment on my talk page)

Oof, I've been off-wiki for under 12 hours, and it looks like the shit hit the fan. I would like to point out that as far as I can tell, you have not been banned from anything - just warned. Anyway, it's truly tough and upsetting to see you - someone who clearly very much means well - have such hard times, especially in your first couple of weeks of active editing. I do hope you continue editing here, and don't get overly discouraged by this incident. Looking ahead, though, it's important to keep in mind something that is very often forgotten by a lot of editors: that in the vast majority of conflicts, all parties are essentially on the same side as they have the same goals - to build a great encyclopedia. There are just different understandings of how that needs to be done. The keys to successful resolution are: 1) always remain civil. You did this very well, for the most part. There were a few times that you got to a point of borderline rudeness - which is very, very easy to do in such a siutuation. I'm not going to point out these instances; it would be better, I think, for your development as a fine editor, for you to identify them yourself. 2) achieving consensus is very important - even if it means conceding parts of your argument, or perhaps refraining from making contentious edits while the discussion is still ongoing. Again, I highly encourage you to continue working on Misplaced Pages, because your enthusiasm can make you a very valuable asset to the project. Bear in mind that sometimes more experienced editors might have, not so much a better understanding of policies, but a better understanding of the community standards and agreements by which these policies are applied. If you do decide to continue editing, I'd like to offer my help. Please feel free to come to my talk page with any sort of question about editing on Misplaced Pages. Good luck. -Seidenstud (talk) 20:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Off to bed, but I agree with Seidenstud. I think, though I'm tired, with everything he's said above. dougweller (talk) 22:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:LAYOUT

Hi -- would you please look at the above? All the sources should be used as inline citations, and there should be no 'sources' section, as readers need to be able to verify every claim and know where it comes from. This is why we generally need page numbers for books, to make it easier to verify statements. You wouldn't do this I'm sure, but editors have in the past just added books as references with no page numbers thinking no one would try to find what the book actually said. Anyway, the layout guide should be used because otherwise there are editors who will come in and change the layout in ways others might not like (there are a number of editors who specialise in specialist editing tasks such as spelling, layout, fixing citations, etc). Thanks. dougweller (talk) 16:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Misc comments

By the way, if you were under the impression I was homing in specifically on you for copyvio, I wasn't, see this for instance as: where I removed a large part of the article as straight copyvio. And on another subject, yes, I don't know how a tv program from last night is notable, at least yet. If that notice isn't removed within 5 days, someone will delete the article. And I saw that as I was using your history as a convenience to get to the comparison article. dougweller (talk) 16:38, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Great Job!

I love your article Comparison between Roman and Han Empires. Have you considered adding pictures? There should be plenty in Wikimedia Commons. Do take the time to browse through some pictures for the Roman Empire and Han China. Take care, and Happy New Years!--Pericles of Athens 02:46, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

No, no cannons were used, because the "cannon" did not exist in the early 12th century. They had gunpowder formulas which were powerful enough to burst through bamboo casings, but it was not until the late 12th century that the Chinese enriched gunpowder formulas with enough potassium nitrate to burst through iron shells. However, these iron shells were not shot from cannon; they were lobbed from siege machines like bombs or grenades. The earliest confirmed specimen for a small bronze hand cannon from China dates to the late 13th century. Actual heavy field-size metal cannons which have been discovered in China date no earlier than the early 14th century, the Yuan period.--Pericles of Athens 23:25, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. I like the content, but for this to be a Good Article, there are a lot of statements which lack citations where they are sorely needed. Don't get me wrong, you have many citations so far, but maybe you should even shoot for a featured article later on instead, given the size, scope, and breadth of the article so far.--Pericles of Athens 17:00, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, been busy lately and could not respond right away. Until recently, there were whole gigantic paragraphs lacking citations, but it seems that you've been diligent in the past few days in adding more. Good work so far; however, some statements still need citations, such as "Both Rome and Han China were known for their military prowess;" ok, which scholar says this and why are these two specific military powers being compared? The reader is left with this question: is this the opinion of a Wiki editor, or an established scholar? Isn't contemporary Parthia, Rome's Persian nemesis, also known for its military prowess? You do have some direct statements about specific scholars comparing the two civilizations; for example, your mentioning of Yuri Pines in the first section on the creation of both empires. However, I think a lot of material can be scrapped since it seems that you yourself have been linking various similarities between the two empires without the direct comment of scholars. Something to think about as you push forward.--Pericles of Athens 04:50, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

RFC at WP:NOR-notice

A concern was raised that the clause, "a primary source may be used only to make descriptive claims, the accuracy of which is verifiable by any reasonable, educated person without specialist knowledge" conflicts with WP:NPOV by placing a higher duty of care with primary sourced claims than secondary or tertiary sourced claims. An RFC has been initiated to stimulate wider input on the issue. Professor marginalia (talk) 06:06, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Comparison Roman/Han

See the talk page. --Patar knight - /_{contributions} 23:58, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

It's linked on the section in the talk page. Just scroll down to the table and look for B-class. --Patar knight - /_{contributions} 00:05, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Can we move this discussion to the talk page section so everyone can see possible improvements to be made? --Patar knight - /_{contributions} 00:09, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Open invitation

Hi, please check User talk:Arilang1234#Co-editors needed for new article Hua-Yi zhi bian 華夷之辨 Arilang 22:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Please Refer to Talk:Anti-Qing sentiment#Anti-Qing sentiment exists Arilang 02:53, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello there! You seem to have much more knowledge on Chinese History than me, therefore, please consider working on the article here: User:Arilang1234/Sandbox/ Hua-Yi zhi bian(temporary name). I've made a somewhat generic start based on what I could make of the information on AfD (which was really confusing and seemed very OR), so please correct any factual errors. ηoian ‡orever ηew ‡rontiers 03:38, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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Economy of the Ming Dynasty

The same reason that there's no Economy of the Tang Dynasty article: I didn't feel like creating a bunch of articles like I did for Song Dynasty. I do have a life outside Misplaced Pages, you know! Lol. Plus, as you already know, you will find a lot of information about economics in the Ming article already. If you must create an article, go ahead. I'm working still to get the history article draft of Han Dynasty finished.--Pericles of Athens 00:35, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I've nominated Economy of the Ming dynasty, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Misplaced Pages:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. --Redtigerxyz 14:52, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Need your vote

Please go to User talk:Arilang1234#AfD nomination of CCSTV New Year's Gala and give your supportive vote. Arilang 02:02, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

This is canvassing Arilang1234, not supposed to do this. ηoian ‡orever ηew ‡rontiers 06:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Need your help

I have created an article:User Arilang1234/Lao Baixing User:Arilang1234/Sandbox/Lao Baixing, is about 老百姓, I think this article is needed. Could you help me to build it up? Arilang 08:19, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Please check User talk:Arilang1234/Sandbox/Lao Baixing, your opinion is needed. Arilang 03:36, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Lao Baixing

Since Lao Baixing is created, I think most of the English word Chinese in all of these history articles such as Qing, Ming and Song, Ming can be replaced with Qing Lao Baixing, Ming Lao Baixing, and Song Lao Baixing. What you think? Arilang 23:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Past colonialism

As per your response to me on Arilangs talk page, Im not really sure you can call the Roman Empire as barbaric in that sense as the reason for Carthage burning was not just to show dominance over the people. British colonialism figure of 130million? do you have anywhere to link me to specifically about this? Ill agreee with American, Japanese and potentially Russian empire actions are easier to define. Im interested in what you have to say, im not saying China was brutal but certainly the way of rulership caused deaths in past dynasty's too? thanks--CorrectlyContentious 08:20, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

History of the Han Dynasty

Thanks! Well, as usual, I'm always busy. These days, it's hard for me to pay as much attention to Wiki as I did in the past. The main article on Han Dynasty will be updated in time, but I've got four more branch articles to work on first (society and culture, government, economy, and science and technology). When those are done, I'll work on the main article. Your work on it so far is most welcome considering its dinky size and the poor shape that it is still in. I also made a comment on the Economy of the Ming dynasty article; are you going to provide a link for it in the main Ming Dynasty article any time soon? It perhaps deserves its own section in the main Ming Dynasty article.--Pericles of Athens 19:04, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

No, it looks fine for now. When you gather enough citations from different sources, feel free to provide at least a paragraph in that new section explaining the branch article for Ming's Economy. Thanks.--Pericles of Athens 19:58, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Once again, thanks! And also, sorry for not responding to you right away. Like I said before, I can't be on Misplaced Pages all the time! In regards to the Liu Song Dynasty, I don't have any specific sources on hand that I own (spare generic works like Patricia Ebrey's Cambridge Illustrated History of China, 1999), but if I was to rewrite the Liu Song article, I could visit my university library to scour necessary sources. That article, unfortunately, is not on my top priority list at the moment.--Pericles of Athens 22:15, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

It's ok to use primary sources (like the Book of Song 宋书) in certain areas of the article, like when you think a direct quotation from an original source is needed (for example, a memorial essay sent to the throne by a prominent official). However, according to Misplaced Pages:No original research#Primary, secondary and tertiary sources, you cannot use a primary source like the Book of Song alone; you must use books, journal articles, and commentary of modern secondary authors and scholars. I had a long argument with a person at Talk:Ming Dynasty about why the History of Ming cannot be fully trusted as a wholly reliable source given some conflicting information from other sources pointed out by modern scholars.--Pericles of Athens 01:14, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

That sounds acceptable.--Pericles of Athens 03:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

It looks fine for now. It's at least now organized in a comprehensible way, with society and culture, as well as government, separated from the history section.--Pericles of Athens 01:19, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Economy of the Ming dynasty

On February 1, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Economy of the Ming dynasty, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 08:17, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Roman Empire

Hello, I find it interesting how you try to push your cause in Roman Empire. Isn't it still a month ago, that you deplored the community just so for keeping your OR article with your NPOV source and now you already browse boldly the Misplaced Pages, putting links to your nearly deleted page in the main page on the Roman Empire? Just let me tell you, it won't work that way. There are easily two dozen links which merit more their inclusion. Easily. Regards Gun Powder Ma (talk) 13:46, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Please have a look

Hua-Yi zhi bian and the Unification of All under Heaven

Need more editors like you

Like I have mentioned on my talk page, I congratulate and salute you for your eagerness in contributions towards China-related articles. Please check Talk:Qing Dynasty and you might understand the long-term and the complexity, and politic involved, in trying to create well balanced China-related wiki articles. Like I have said before, please try you best to encourage other new editors to come to wiki, provided they know Chinese history like the way you understand history, because when we eventually come to consensus counting, or voting, we have the advantage of majority rules. Arilang 06:21, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Better and more effective

I read your discussion with Madalibi, and understand your arguments. Since wikipedia is a 💕, some of your arguments in fact can be turned into new wikis. For example:

1. Racial tension within Manchu Empire, we can talk about many unfair Laws imposed on Han Chinese by Manchu barbarians
2. Popular uprisings in Manchu Empire, we can talk about all those uprisings and rebellions aimed at Barbarians Manchu using Confucius inspired Han Chinese VS Barbarians
3. Racist remarks by Manchu rulers, quotations such as 寜给外人, 不给家奴, emphasize that in empress Cixi's mind, all the Han Chinese were her 家奴, slaves,booi-aha, not even Baixing, let alone citizens. Another good one is:量中華之物力,结与國之欢心(my translation:Just give them anything we can afford, as long as foreigners are happy, it's OK with me.)

Once we create these new wikis, we no longer need to try hard to convince other editors. Let facts speaks for itself, which is a much better and more effective kind of ways. Arilang 21:43, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Ming vs. Qing

Hi Teeninvestor. I wanted to keep your points together with my replies, so I replied to your message here on my talk page. Madalibi (talk) 07:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Economy of the Han Dynasty

Economy of the Han Dynasty. She's a beauty, isn't she? I've placed it in the main Han Dynasty article already.--Pericles of Athens 22:30, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Song's weakness

It's not so much that the Song was particularly weak (they were able to consolidate the south and invade the Ly Dynasty of Vietnam); it was just that they had very powerful neighbors in the north, very different ones than during Han and Tang. The Xi Xia and Liao Dynasties were the opposite of the garden variety nomadic groups which populated the northern steppe during Han and Tang. These were fairly sinicized and settled states, capable of sustaining their own armies with agricultural foodstuffs (instead of like the Xiongnu relying on Han food through raids) and mustering huge forces of native Chinese in their kingdoms as well as nomadic cavalry. The Song wasn't able to thwart the offensives of the Liao Dynasty until it built the "Great Ditch" of Hebei province, which pretty much halted any hopes of Liao to employ a lightening-fast cavalry advance through the North China Plain. I think if the Song was able to retake the Sixteen Prefectures, then the Khitans would never have been able to recover, let alone threaten Song. The incidence of Liao's fall also provided the Jurchens with ample opportunity to catch the Song when they "had their pants down" so to speak, since the Song had to deal with crushing a simultaneous domestic rebellion, re-routing much of their forces, and failed to show up for much of the fight in the north. True, Song military command was weak and corrupt, and the civil establishment certainly made efforts to weaken the military command in fears of a return of jiedushi, but that's not the whole story. About the Cambridge thing, I've never been on it, so I wouldn't be able to tell you. In any case, I have to go, as I'm going to a friend's house. It is a Friday night, after all! Cheers.--Pericles of Athens 03:51, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Right, the Song was strangely disinterested and apathetic to their own situation; even after Kaifeng fell, Emperor Gaozong, worried about his own political survival as emperor, arranged only for the return of his mother and not for the demoted Huizong and Qinzong, since their return would mean that Qinzong would be once again thrust onto the throne. However, this is pretty much the same situation that happened with the Zhengtong Emperor and Jingtai Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.--Pericles of Athens 18:34, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't think that the difference between Song and Ming economies deserves their own article; the differences can be explained sufficiently in the separate articles for the Economy of the Song Dynasty and Economy of the Ming Dynasty.--Pericles of Athens 18:34, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmm...that's an even broader topic. Perhaps you should consider spelling all of this out in the already-established article Economic history of China. That article looks painfully small and unattended to; it could use the touch of a good Wiki editor such as yourself.--Pericles of Athens 18:47, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Teeninvestor. You could start with Gang Deng's The Premodern Chinese Economy (1999); unfortunately I don't know too many sources "right off the top of the bat" that focus solely on the premodern Chinese economy. Do you live near a prominent library, preferably a university library? If so, check out their online catalogues and you should find a wealth of good sources.--Pericles of Athens 00:08, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Some things are missing on your timeline; don't forget to mention that the Yuan Dynasty favored merchants far more than previous dynasties, including the Song. Morris Rossabi (Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times, 1988) writes that the merchants during the Yuan were used as creditors for the Mongol nobility, as the Mongol-government returned the favor by providing merchants with low-interest loans, low tax rates on commercial transactions, and the freedom to amass their own armed retinue of bodyguards. The latter was unheard of in previous Chinese dynasties. The Mongol government especially favored Muslim traders, since they built key business relationships with Muslim countries of Asia. Kublai also treated artisans and craftsmen fairly well, having the government review their conditions periodically, granted them rations, exempted them from labor service, and made sure that they could easily compete with merchants in selling their wares in the market.--Pericles of Athens 04:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

If you want to look at notes I used for the Han Dynasty, look here User:PericlesofAthens/Sandbox and you can navigate through all the sandbox pages.--Pericles of Athens 04:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The only free way I know how to access them is through Google Books, but that only allows partial views. The link with my notes to Cambridge History of China (Qin and Han version) above are notes that I took over a long period of time when I checked out the Cambridge History of China from my University Library at George Mason.--Pericles of Athens 23:51, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Jesus Tap-Dancing Whiskey-Drinking Christ! Lol. Have enough sub-sections? Seriously, though, articles are not allowed to exceed 100 KB of prose content. Period. Even if you limited each one of those sub-sections to about four sentences each, your article would probably still be hovering around a prose size limit that is unacceptable according WP:SIZE. You know what I would do? I would keep the sub-sections in there for now as markers for you to remember what you want to write about. However, I would eliminate about half of them as I went along; instead of having entire sub-sections for items like "Clearing of the shore line", I would simply mention such subjects in about a sentence or two, and then move on to the next vital subject or item that needs to be covered in the article. Do you follow me? In essence, you are going to have to sacrifice a lot of detail and only mention vital things if you want to have a comprehensive article for the entire history of the economy of China.--Pericles of Athens 02:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Best loved Han Chinese Hero 岳飛

Many Han Chinese considered 岳飛 as the Soul of Han Chinese, 民族魂, the four 漢字 his mother tattooed on his back 精忠報國, is the best remembered four 漢字. 文天祥 is another best remembered Song Dynasty Chinese. Arilang 06:35, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Interesting article

Please have a look zh:小中華思想, may be you can find some source and expand a bit? Arilang 06:52, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Large amount of content removed

Please have a look at HYZB article, I have removed contents that seem to have WP:OR problem, I hope you understand, just to avoid AfD tag. Arilang 05:23, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Yuan dynasty

Teenage investor, sorry about that. I had a look at the history and couldn't make out what had happened. It just looked like a massive deletion, so I restored it. My apologies.

Bathrobe (talk) 22:28, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Economic History of China

Hi Teeninvestor. Developing Economic history of China sounds like a great and ambitious project! I'm glad you're getting involved in it. There are tons of books to recommend for all periods, but just for starters... On the Qing, you should probably start from the article called "Economic developments, 1644-1800" (by two senior economic historians called Ramon H. Myers and Yeh-chien Wang ) in the first Qing volume (2002) of the Cambridge History of China (CHC). That article also cites all kinds of excellent studies that you can consult too. For the Ming, use the following two articles from the second Ming volume of the CHC:

• William Atwell's "Ming China and the emerging world economy, c. 1470-1650" (pp. 376-416)

• Martin Heijdra, "The socio-economic development of rural China during the Ming" (pp. 417-578)

The same book (CHC, Ming 2) also has articles on the Ming fiscal administration (by Ray Huang) and Ming communications and commerce (by Timothy Brook). You can get some of the CHC's from http://www.scribd.com, by the way.

Remember to use title sections that are as neutral as possible. For example, "proto-capitalism" should deserve a sub-section somewhere (because many studies discuss this issue), but it shouldn't be the name you give to an entire period (because other people have also called the same period "late imperial" and "early modern" as well, and Misplaced Pages needs to reflect all points of view found in reliable sources).

In the page on Qing-Yuan Legitimacy debate, I'm pushing you again to use reliable sources and to avoid original research, because these are really crucial policies to respect. If you manage to go by these guidelines, you'll become a great editor! Madalibi (talk) 02:08, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Lol! That would be a BIG page! I agree with PoA's comments: reduce the number of sub-sections and stick to the big picture. Even very important events or phenomena will have to be stuffed into a sentence or two. You should probably work on this in a sandbox, by the way, otherwise the whole construction site might put off a lot of visitors. Let me know if you need sources on specific periods and I'll try to find things. Good news: you can download the book Chinese Economy in Economic Perspective (1992) for free on http://www.scribd.com. Good luck! Madalibi (talk) 02:18, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi teen investor. There are no simple answers to your questions, and you are simply going to have to take many trips to a library to seek them all out. Walter Scheidel and Sitta von Reden in their The Ancient Economy (2002) even note the troubles of making the most accurate estimate of the overall GDP for the Roman Empire. Since the various governments of premodern India left us no concrete census information (unlike Chinese sources), it is all speculation when coming up with estimated figures for India's population in every period of the premodern age. As you noted, "India" was politically divided for much longer and more frequent periods of time than was "China". Even during the heights of Indian power, such as during the Mauryan period, Gupta period, and Chola Dynasty (despite much of the Indian subcontinent being ruled by contemporary Chalukya for the latter), the Indians (from what I gather) did not leave behind much literary evidence for the size of the populations that their rulers governed. The work of estimating their populations is up to modern historians, but I would imagine that not all of them have formed a solid consensus for each period of Indian history. If accurate figures for population can't even be discerned, then neither will you find satisfactory estimates for GDP (naturally). Also, since economics is not my specialty, I really don't have any strong familiarity with a range of books and articles on economics. I don't mind helping you a bit with your gigantic new project, but understand that my aid will be limited, as I am busy with not only my Han Dynasty project, but also real life concerns (we all have lives outside of Misplaced Pages, after all). I wish you the best of luck. Cheers.--Pericles of Athens 00:51, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but you're not asking for my help with a particular dynasty (that's a small job); you're asking for my help to gather information on economics for every dynasty and the modern age, and how the GDP of every period in Chinese history compares with every other world region's share of GDP in every era of recorded world history (or are you just trying to compare China's to India's? That much is unclear to me). Much of the sources I used for Economy of the Song Dynasty I have returned to the library; in fact, 80% to 85% of the sources you see used in my articles are ones that I do not personally own. Like I said, you are going to need access to a library if you are at all serious about tackling this project. Feel free to use my personal sandboxes if you need information on economics for the Han Dynasty specifically.--Pericles of Athens 00:59, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

As for your sandbox, it looks like you have a lot of useful info so far, but I have a feeling that someone in a later Featured Article Candidate page will gripe about the size of the introduction (should be limited to about three paragraphs). Shorten it somehow; you will do your future self a gigantic favor.--Pericles of Athens 01:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I could help you out with the Han Dynasty section.--Pericles of Athens 01:31, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I can do the Han and Song sections. I hope you don't mind if I don't immediately start work on them, though. I'm trying to finish Science and Tech of the Han Dynasty over at my sandbox page, but I can commit to your project as soon as that is complete.--Pericles of Athens 02:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Teeninvestor. Sorry to have taken so much time to get back to you. I'm still taking a necessary (actually very urgent) break from Misplaced Pages, and though I'd love to write the Qing section of that large wiki you're preparing, I'm afraid I just don't have time to do it. My dissertation has been dragging on for too long: I just HAVE to finish it! The problem is that as soon as I start writing wikis, I end up spending most of the day on it. I'll consider coming back if I think I've done something good on the dissertation front, and then the Qing economy will be one of my first priorities. Thanks for considering me! Madalibi (talk) 14:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I can't believe you've done so much already! Do you really need my help? Given the amount of information you have on every other dynasty, you seem completely capable of writing those sections on Han and Song. I'll contribute a bit more, but the masterpiece is yours, my friend.--Pericles of Athens 04:01, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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Sandbox

I have moved for you, because it really belong in the sandbox. User:Teeninvestor/Sandbox/Economic history of China Arilang 16:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

About Jurchen

I think this article could help the understanding of Hua-Yi relationship. http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/pubvp/2007/11/200711220949.shtml

Sci Tech of Han

Science and technology of the Han Dynasty is up and running. Now I can focus on your economic article.--Pericles of Athens 20:01, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Dude. I just completed the monumental Sci and Tech of Han yesterday. I need a little break. I will add to the sections for Han, Tang, Song, and others in your article this week, but not tonight, and not anytime tomorrow before 5:00 pm, as I have a really tight schedule tomorrow. You will see additions; just not right away. Keep in mind, I just finished one of my largest projects; I need a little time to switch gears.--Pericles of Athens 05:27, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

New book on 秦始皇

Please have a look at http://news.boxun.com/forum/200902/lishi/11116.shtml, it should be a very interesting book. Arilang 03:42, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Qing and Yuan Dynasties debate

1. Please read the talk page, and offer some suggestions, change of name or something, like it is right now, I do think this article run the risk of being deleted. Please consider Madalibi's comments, he has many good points. And I think the debate is wrongly used, because it restrict the scope of the article. Arilang 23:13, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Economic history of China

If you are doing a sandbox of this article so you can improve upon it, please do not merge an actual Misplaced Pages article. Just create a sandbox version of the article and work on it. Because if you do merge an actual article, whenever someone type in "Economic History of China", it will direct your own user page's sandbox version, and that is unencyclopedic. Keep the actual article separate.--Balthazarduju (talk) 20:48, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

You maybe interested in the Article Rescue Squadron

Hello, Teeninvestor. Based on the templates on your talk page, please consider joining the Article Rescue Squadron. Rescue Squadron members are focused on rescuing articles from deletion, that might otherwise be lost forever. I think you will find our project matches your vision of Misplaced Pages. You can join >> here <<. Ikip (talk) 15:14, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Comment

I recently made a comment here: User talk:Teeninvestor/Sandbox/Economic history of China.--Pericles of Athens 21:15, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

沒問題; there's no need to apologize, Teeninvestor. Sorry to hear about your losses. I did not know about your plan to transfer info to later articles, such as Economy of Absolutist China, Post-Tang, etc, but I think it is a good idea. I will add info for the Han section, but it will come slowly, as I have work to do tonight and will be busy tomorrow until about 5:00 pm.--Pericles of Athens 03:58, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Good point. You should seek User:Nlu's help; he is an expert in creating and expanding articles related to the Tang Dynasty.--Pericles of Athens 00:51, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

2007 in Iraq is not a normal article; it is a timeline article. When we say 100 KB, we are also not talking about the overall size of the article, but the size of the written prose, or the main written body (which would exlude the introduction, section headings, citations, pictures, picture captions, see also, references, further references, and external links). The prose size of the Ming Dynasty is actually smaller than 100 KB.--Pericles of Athens 20:55, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

See the tab at the top of your user page called "move" whenever you are looking at an article? Go to that tab and you will see a screen that prompts you about a new name for an article.--Pericles of Athens 02:35, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to the Article Rescue Squadron!

	WELCOME	from a Article Rescue Squad member
	Welcome to Article Rescue Squadron Teeninvestor, a dynamic list of articles needing to be rescued, which changes with new updates, can be found here: Articles tagged for deletion and rescue Category Articles tagged for deletion and rescue not found I look forward to working with you in the future. Ikip (talk) 07:12, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

A warm welcome! Regarding your comments on the membership page: "I've become very concerned with the actions of some users who simply delete content that can easily be improved." It is interesting because Journalists universally are concerned by deletionism on wikipedia too, and the vast majority of Articles for deletion are against articles which new editors created. Welcome, I hope to see you sourcing articles which have been tagged for rescue. Ikip (talk) 07:12, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Anonymous user's edits on Hua-Yi distinction and Tang Dynasty articles

Hi, I saw your edits to undo the revision by the anonymous user on the Hua-Yi distinction article. Can you look through a bunch more anonymous IP users' edits on the Tang Dynasty and Hua-Yi distinction articles? I think the user who's been trying to add that large chunk of poorly written and grammatically incorrect paragraphs have several different IP addresses. Now 162.84.164.79 has reverted your edits on the Hua-Yi distinction article and also added the material onto the Tang Dynasty article and several other articles. Keep an eye out on those articles, thanks!--Balthazarduju (talk) 04:36, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

An article you contributed to maybe deleted soon: Tools which can help you

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If your page is deleted, you also have many options available. Good luck! Ikip (talk) 08:09, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Very good article

http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/History/31218600.html This is the best ever article I have read on internet, which explain the fatal weakness with Ming military force. Arilang 15:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Another must read article, saying Zhu Yuanzhang a muslim. http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/History/31218545.html Arilang 16:12, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Article explains why Ming went bankrupted http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/History/31218940.html Arilang 16:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Good work on your articles

I'd like to congratulate you on your great articles relating to China. I might be able to help find sources, if you insist. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs 12:53, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Mongols have hijacked Mongolia during Tang rule —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.155.157.221 (talk) 22:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

RE: I think only admins are able to move articles. You could request for assistance. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs 01:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

there should be a "move" tab right next to the history tab on top, but you cant move the aritcle into a redirect —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.155.144.225 (talk) 02:26, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

new article

Please help to build up an article I have just create2009 Auction of Old Summer Palace bronze heads Arilang 07:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

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Avoid certain phrases

Recently, you added this to your sandbox version of Economic history of China:

Coming out of the devastation of the Chu-Han contention, the Han dynasty rapidly recovered and became the most powerful nation on Earth

There is a problem with this statement. Yes, from many subjective viewpoints, one could say the Han Empire was the most powerful state on earth by arguing it was more powerful and influential than the Roman Empire and Arsacid Empire in the realms of "x" "y" and "z". However, not only would you need to cite, name, and add the credentials of the scholar who holds this explicit viewpoint, but if it is just your opinion (i.e. the belief of a Wiki editor), then it violates WP:NPOV. Keep this in mind when you write anything in the future, that you are not here to express your personal views (i.e. what a blog is for) but to present facts as written by scholars or credible news sources. That aside, good job on the article so far, although I'm a bit disappointed that you haven't started the (no doubt) long and laborious process that is citing the multitude of statements you have in the article.--Pericles of Athens 21:07, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

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Another good article

What do you think of the comparison between 王莽 and Hu Jintao/Wen Jiabao ? I think this article says a lot about Chinese politic. Arilang 01:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Yet another good article:华夏民族的终极亮剑——武悼天王冉闵 Arilang 04:27, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

3RR Mediation Arbitration

Assuming I could have or should have done something differently, I've asked for help at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#Tenmei reported by Teeninvestor. Perhaps this will slow things down a bit. --Tenmei (talk) 00:22, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I plan to withdraw from WP:3RR because it is ineffective and no uninvolved editor has shown the willingness and temerity in wading into this escalating dispute.

Instead, the dispute resolution processes of formal mediation are necessary. If that fails, the resort to arbitration may prove helpful.

We appear to confront a small scale replica of what has occurred in other, wider disputes. In my view, the the words and actions of what you wrongly characterize as a "tag team" have been consistently informed by a four-prong examination at each and every point of this escalating drama:

• 1. What is the quality of the sources used by both sides in the dispute?
• 2. What is the consensus of scholars in the field; and does the source reflect that consensus?
• 3. Are the sources actually supporting the assertions for which they are cited?
• 4. Are unsourced assertions being used?

As others will know better than me, these four points are, unsurprisingly, at the center of most protracted disputes— and are all violations of our core content policies, e.g., verifiability, no original research and neutrality.

As I see it, your participation has not been reliably focused on aspects of Inner Asia during the Tang Dynasty which would lead to a stable, credible article.

What seems to be missing is a method by which a determination on whether content policies are being followed can be made authoritatively. Mediation may help resolve the issues which mark this minor article as a battlefield. --Tenmei (talk) 14:57, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

The mediation process is explained at WP:Mediation. I will initiate the process at Misplaced Pages:Requests for mediation. As you may know, your participation is voluntary; and in fact, you can thwart the process by refusing to agree to mediation or by withdrawing at any point afterwards. --Tenmei (talk) 15:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks,

Inner Mongolia

Hmm. Even the main map in the infobox for the Tang Dynasty article shows Inner Mongolia as being completely outside of Tang control.--Pericles of Athens 14:00, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thoughts from a different angle

Ni hao, my friend, my name is Ks64q2, and I noticed you and I are both members of the ARS Squadron as well! There is an article I wrote during my work on WP:BLOG which is getting to the point of a WP:Battleground right now. The article was originally created by someone else and deleted, which I thought was a shame, so I salvaged it, improved it, and re-created it. I guess people don't like to be "wrong", though, so the deletionists who hit it the first time are out in force. Anyway, you've got more editing experience than I, and a very unique perspective, looking at your work. Since the article's namesake is an international blog, I thought I'd ask you for your thoughts on the arguments I was making for it's inclusion in Misplaced Pages. The forum is at Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/The_Motley_Moose. Any suggetions you can provide me would be truly appreciated; I just want to know I'm making sense. Thanks! Ks64q2 (talk) 18:10, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the advice. Heh, and I appreciate the support, but there's no need to vote in the AfD thing. If you go back there, you'll see they think I canvassed you to head over that way, rather than to ask for advice. Keep up the good work, my friend, and hopefully we'll cross paths in the future. Ks64q2 (talk) 00:32, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

And yeah, it'll probably get deleted, which I think is best, for now. Truly, I wouldn't want it to stand in the way it currently is, and what with all the shenanigans and goings on, it's just not worth it. But thanks for your advice again. Good luck in the future. Ks64q2 (talk) 00:15, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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Another good article

http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/misc/2009/03/200903220933.shtml is another good article for your reference. Arilang 02:42, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Yet another good article

http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/pubvp/2009/03/200903231328.shtml Please check this link. Arilang 07:15, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Yet another another good article

Please check it out:http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=12154 article by professor Wang Gungwu. I think this article is too shallow, please let me know what you think Arilang 14:01, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

This is a good one:毛泽东的“文革”取法于雍正的“文字狱”/刘梦溪 Arilang 19:52, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Whoa...

That "bloke" message on your userpage scared the hell out of me... until I saw where that link went to :P -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs 05:49, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

What?

I'm willing to help out more with the Han section (which I promised to do). But now you need my help citing the entire article? Where exactly did you get this mountain of information from (i.e. books, journal articles, websites)? I'm willing to help out a bit, but I figured you already had your sources arrayed and you were ready to cite any statement made in the article. Is this not the case? Why would I need to cite anything outside the Han section? Which is the only section I have contributed to so far.--Pericles of Athens 15:00, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Sure, that would be acceptable. In fact, feel free to scour Economy of the Han Dynasty and Economy of the Song Dynasty for source names and page numbers that you can use (I can vouch for these as I have personally cited them).--Pericles of Athens 15:04, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

That would be fine it wasn't for this recent comment by User:Faysall, QUOTE: "if I see that we are stuck here. Has any Chinese-speaking editor who would help been found? Do the parties agree with that step? I read user:PericlesofAthens said they would take care of that but—since they are a named party of the dispute—do the parties agree with them helping in that direction?" ENDQUOTE. So, maybe we should wait and see if my input would even be valued. I'm kind of busy right now anyways.--Pericles of Athens 22:36, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! To share a little secret, if you read the Han Dynasty article very closely and look at the citations used, it is merely broken into five parts where each is a summary of the sub-articles I created. The article Han Dynasty is in fact a Frankenstein monster which takes bits and pieces of five articles, using the same citations, only the sentences are reworded. Creating the main article was actually very simple, since all the research and work had been done in the other articles!--Pericles of Athens 20:04, 24 March 2009 (UTC) ]

Really? That's surprising. I can talk about this later, but not now. I have a class to go to tonight.--Pericles of Athens 21:49, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Re:

Hello, Teeninvestor. This is my piece of advice. You really should trim off your lengthy statement (it getting like rambling) into a length of 500 words and "demonstrate" that your book is reliable. However, I don't see any indication of notability of the book and the content is also dubious.

I noticed the article and the creator as soon as it was created. Then why did not I appear to the AFD or discussion as I've acknowledged of the presence? Maybe because of the sock. The vandal has caused many troubles to East Asian countries related subject. He has created and inserted many extreme POV articles as endlessly block-evading. I've been constantly harassed by the vandal for about 9 months after I reported him for his racial attacks and socking. There are some minor reasons, but well, I have no intention to add my statement further. I don't think you would be blocked from the ArBCom if it is accepted. However the system could effectively save a great deal of time for both you and the other onwards. I'm doing this from good faith, but you can't believe me, email me.--Caspian blue 23:32, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm.. you're not listening to my advice at all as adding more rant If you want a better solution, heed my another advice. Besides, the change of the number is not a good idea since you're neither a ArbCom Clerk nor Arbitrator.--Caspian blue 00:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, I don't think the RfAr would take more than one month (you've been conflicting with editors for the article for about one month), so well, I can't agree that that would be time-consuming. However, the issue does not seem to be only confined in this particular case. If you want my advice, you'd better take my "another suggestion" above mentioned.--Caspian blue 22:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

13 articles and other matters. Once again, take my suggestion.--Caspian blue 22:25, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Teeninvestor. Look, the only thing I could do at this point is to get a hold of your source, see it with my own two eyes, and verify all the material that you have presented. I've already checked my University Library, and the only title that comes close to yours that they possess is From Yao to Mao : 5000 years of Chinese history (2004) by Kenneth J. Hammond, a completely different source. Plus, since I was involved partially in the dispute at Talk:Inner Asia during the Tang Dynasty, I don't think my input about verifying your source material will count for anything in the eyes of the ArBCom participants. If you desperately need some testimony, come to my page, but don't expect much. Okay? I think this whole dispute over one source, if it was a ship (figuratively speaking), has steered course towards the Island of Insanity and Excessive, Ridiculous, Redundant Argumentation. I have better things to do at Wiki than get involved in an asanine fight over Tang's war with the Gokturks (although I'll admit, the topic itself is interesting and worthy of attention).--Pericles of Athens 22:51, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

What?! No. That sounds way too simple. You can't possibly be serious. I haven't been paying too much attention to the discussion so far, but that's all they want? Seriously? That's what all this fuss is about? I was pretty sure the main dispute was that you were misrepresenting what those authors actually said on specific pages, not that the source itself exists or not! That sounds like the dumbest argument ever, to argue over whether a source exists or not, since that is something that can be verified by anyone. Hell, even Tenmei.--Pericles of Athens 23:11, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Sadly, the matter is not whether the source exists or not. Teeninvestor, you're also pretty stubborn for your stance. There is "not" nothing wrong. Again, take my advice. Then, I will tell you more.--Caspian blue 23:20, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Teeninvestor, at the very least, taking Caspian's advice and e-mailing him couldn't hurt your position. A short, concise, and professional statement is almost always more convincing than a long, incoherent rant. --Patar knight - /_{contributions} 14:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Ming agriculture and tax revenues

I no longer have any of my notes (let alone the sources) I used to create the Ming Dynasty article, spare a few books like Timothy Brook's Confusions of Pleasure (1998), but I don't think his source will be of much help for a chart on tax revenues. I'll try to look up info on the agricultural surplus in that book. Ok?--Pericles of Athens 21:58, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

A quick look at the page index for the book (to show you the limits of his research):

• Agriculture, 144-145; idealized, 1-3, 123, 140-141, 145; implements, 127, 133; as male-gendered, 65-66, 113; and self-reliance, 159-160; techniques, 96. See also Cotton, Fruit Grain.
• Grain: in local economy, 199; as rent payment, 60; as tax item, 46, 81, 88, 127; trade, 71, 107-108, 117-118, 190-194; transport by water, 47-48.
• Granaries, xx, 7, 70-71, 103-104, 107, 191-193.

Interested in any of this?--Pericles of Athens 22:03, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Why am I not surprised. I would disagree with your overall main point though: I don't think he's dangerous; I think he's simply a troll and a clown who amuses himself by getting embroiled in Wiki talk page conflicts. Also, as I suggested above, does anything in this index from Brook's book interest you? His book deals more with how culture and economics are correlated, and unfortunately for your sake doesn't focus heavily on solid economic details.--Pericles of Athens 02:50, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Sure, why not. Once again, feel free to use information and citations that are already available at Economy of the Han Dynasty and Economy of the Song Dynasty. Why do a lot of research if much of it has been done for you in articles such as these? Lol. Moreover, I'm vouching for these articles as accurate and fully represent the sources used (I guarantee it, I don't come to Wiki to **** around).--Pericles of Athens 14:53, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Recently you wrote in your sandbox:

The use of windmills to grind grain and rice was already in place during the Han period.

Not according to Joseph Needham (Volume 4, Part 2, page 560), who says that China lacked the use of the windmill until about the 13th century when it was introduced via Central Asia into northern China, then under the Jurchen Jin Dynasty. I've explained this at Technology of the Song Dynasty. However, Needham's work is rather outdated and new evidence could have surfaced since the publication of his works; where did you find this information? Any author who makes such a claim is certainly attempting to overturn the age-old consensus that the windmill was an invention of the early Islamic world.--Pericles of Athens 16:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough. However, find out more about this Han-era 风车 and refrain from calling a small device a "mill" of any sort, let alone a windmill! Is this machine similar to the crank-handle operated fan of the winnowing machine that was invented during Han? Or the rotary fan wheels for air conditioning invented by Ding Huan around 180 CE? In other words, was it powered by actual wind or by the power of a manually-operated fan? I would simply take that statement out of the article until you clearly understand what a Han-era 风车 really is.--Pericles of Athens 18:17, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

In the meantime, if you want to find a suitable replacement for a machine that pounds and decorticates grain, you could mention the trip hammer and winnowing machine instead of this "wind machine", just to be safe. Look to Science and technology of the Han Dynasty and List of Chinese inventions for citations you can use for either of these.--Pericles of Athens 18:20, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Recently you wrote:

Unlike its absolutist predecessors, the Song empire saw the monarchy and aristocracy weaken and give way to the new class of scholar-officials, who for the first time were plebians, thanks to the new examination system.

It is true that the aristocracy and core elite of the landowning gentry lost much of their power to a more nationwide, local and lower-class gentry, since the marriage alliances of great families broke apart during the 11th century (along with other factors, see Society of the Song Dynasty). However, this new brand of scholar-officials belonged to a gentry class that had already existed since the Eastern Han. The examination system was also nothing new (as you point out in the Sui Dynasty section), it was merely reformed and made more inclusive. And I would argue that "plebians" were allowed to hold government office long before the Song Dynasty; please read Society and culture of the Han Dynasty for plenty of examples of lower class people becoming accepted into officialdom. For example, Gongsun Hong (公孫弘) was merely a pig-breeder before he became chancellor under Emperor Wu; he was also the first chancellor to be of a non-military and non-aristocratic background.--Pericles of Athens 19:41, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't mind the copy-editing.--Pericles of Athens 19:43, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

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Tianchao Daguo

@Teen, I would like to create a new wiki Tian Chow Da Guo 天朝大國, or Tianchow Daguo, which ever name is more suitable, but only use pinyin, Could you help me? Arilang 16:01, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Teen, feel free to add content Arilang 12:38, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Tianchao Daguo is coming along, need your help to add contents to sections Tang/Song/Yuan/Ming/Qing. Arilang 17:46, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

User:Arilang1234/Sandbox/Roving ambassador for China

Teen, wouldn't it be nice if there are many Roving ambassador for China running around, in that case PRC's dream of becoming a Tianchao Daguo may just come true!

Article on Tibet

民族自治，当初给自己挖这么个大陷阱 this is one of the best article on Tibet that I have read. Arilang 19:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

May be another new wiki article

Please have a look, I think this is a very good article. 林文希：梁启超之国会请愿运动与《零八宪章》 Arilang 18:13, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Please add content

You may like this article:User:Arilang1234/Sandbox/List of offences that attract jail terms in China Arilang 16:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 20:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

我操！！！

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Trust me...

I've said funnier shit to vandals in the past; that was nothing.--Pericles of Athens 13:01, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I'll look at the diffs. I'm suprised you've already noticed the signpost interview! I believe this is the first time that anyone has interviewed me. I'm truly honored! Even if it is Misplaced Pages (hah). Take care.--Pericles of Athens 20:58, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I looked at some of the diffs already, but can't do much right now as I am stepping out of the house to take care of work-related stuff (while going to school, I work for a small online company, AmericaFree.TV). When I get back home, I will make a small statement after I have read the back-and-forth and updated myself on everything there.--Pericles of Athens 23:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Argh. I just read your statements and Tenmei's statements in the Evidence page, and it is TORTURE trying to get through Tenmei's posts and make sense of half of what he's trying to say. Look, the best thing I could do for you is take a trip to my library. I was actually thinking about it the other day, but work keeps holding me back. All's I'd have to do is get a hold of a few history books which include or focus on the Tang and then I can verify the material in Inner Asia during the Tang Dynasty through sources other than your book 5000 Years of History (which in effect will lend the latter book more credibility as other sources were used to check its assertions). I'll try to go to the library this week, but I can't make any solid gaurantees, as sudden obligations pop up unexpectedly in my work week. Until then...--Pericles of Athens 05:06, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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Thank you Teeninvestor for your message. I truely appreciate. Best regards Phg 05:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

New article finished

Naming Laws in the People's Republic of China please check, thanks. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs email guestbook complaints 02:32, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

New section Anti-Korean sentiment#In Japan created. Might need expansion. Have a good day. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs email guestbook complaints 05:41, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 19:50, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Classical Chinese grammar

Created new article. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs email guestbook complaints 06:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Reply

Hey, Teeninvestor, long time no see? Thank you for the visit on my talk page. I read your evidence section and am somewhat surprised at your findings. In my original intention, I would not add my statement to the RfAr case furture because my purpose was just to pass the case. I was very afraid of typical retaliations from "users" who have been harassing me. (you may know whom I'm referring to now per your evidences) However, if my presence there can help get through the case, I'd be happily assisting with my knowledge and experience at my best. But as I've requested, would you please open your email? I do not feel safe here since someone has been scrapping anything from my talk page. I also can give you translation help, if I find Korean sources on the subject (you remember I clarified the notability of Bo Yang?) Anyway, just let me know when you're ready. Thanks.--Caspian blue 21:08, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Tenmei

He's part of the cancer that's destroying Misplaced Pages. In my experience, he has little-to-no knowledge of the subjects he edits. With regards to his edits on Japanese pages, I severely doubt that he can even speak the language. All he does is quote obscure French texts that are 100 years old and totally inaccurate. On top of that, he interprets those texts incorrectly. He adds shit-tons of redundant (and sometimes inconsistent) info to articles, then gets angry when you delete it as being irrelevant/redundant.

My advice: Don't bother with him. Let him ruin whatever article it is that he's working on and find another article to work on. Bueller 007 (talk) 21:50, 8 April 2009 (UTC)