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	:::::::Then we should fix the names in the text. Again, inclusion of this infobox is one of editorial agreement. This article exists in a very delicate POV balance, and, as such, may have to have compromises not seen on other articles. The amount and placement of the Chinese names has long been a complicated one here, and the infobox upsets the basic balance we've set up. Of course, if consensus decides to add it, it can go in. But you need to get that consensus first. Note that several different parts of Misplaced Pages policy, including ] state that while articles have to be consistent internally, we don't need formatting to be consistent across multiple articles. ] (]) 04:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)		:::::::Then we should fix the names in the text. Again, inclusion of this infobox is one of editorial agreement. This article exists in a very delicate POV balance, and, as such, may have to have compromises not seen on other articles. The amount and placement of the Chinese names has long been a complicated one here, and the infobox upsets the basic balance we've set up. Of course, if consensus decides to add it, it can go in. But you need to get that consensus first. Note that several different parts of Misplaced Pages policy, including ] state that while articles have to be consistent internally, we don't need formatting to be consistent across multiple articles. ] (]) 04:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
	::::::::Good point about MOS. We don't have to follow the use of infoboxes in other articles. ] (]) 22:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)		::::::::Good point about MOS. We don't have to follow the use of infoboxes in other articles. ] (]) 22:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

			== The title of this article sounds quite POV ==

			As mentioned in the subject above, the title of this article "'''Senkaku Islands'''" sounds obviously POV. The Islands are disputed ones as clearly labeled in one of the categories of this article, as the ref sources the content of this article has been used. I would suggest the title be changed into "'''Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands",''' which reflects in NPOV way the names used by the two disputing parties (China including both sides across the Taiwan Strait, and Japan), which has also been used in many English medias. I am going to move the whole part of this article under this new and NPOV title.--] (]) 04:28, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

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PRC didn't exist until 1949

Because the ROC was synonomous with 'China' until 1949, and the PRC didn't exist until that year, I suggest that in the section "Dispute over ownership" we change the line: "control of the islands reverted to the PRC or ROC at that point" to "control of the islands reverted to China at that point." Dfl8cornell (talk) 04:18, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

That does make sense, but I'm not personally comfortable negotiating whatever sorts of compromises we usually make on Misplaced Pages to handle the PRC/ROC distinction. Other thoughts? Qwyrxian (talk) 08:32, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Or how about "reverted to Taiwan", given that both the PRC and ROC see the Senkakus being part of Taiwan? John Smith's (talk) 10:05, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

yes, but not quite. more like Taiwan Province, to remove any ambiguity. --HXL 's Roundtable, and Record 04:16, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Geographic Table

Bobthefish2, above, you say you "Even now, Tenmei has not deleted his useless geographic names table when he was already told they were totally irrelevant." Do you mean the table labeled "Table:Islands in the group"? If so, I apologize for not noticing before that you thought those were irrelevant. Aren't they a standard inclusion for groups of this type? I checked Hawaii, Japan, and U.S. Virgin Islands; on the latter two you have to go to Geography of Japan, etc., but it seems like that kind of info is included. Or are you referring to something else? Qwyrxian (talk) 09:48, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Senkaku_Islands_dispute#Geography_section_intro_sentences

http://en.wikipedia.org/Senkaku_Islands_dispute#Geography Bobthefish2 (talk) 20:38, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Still being ignored Bobthefish2 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:27, 29 January 2011 (UTC).

A quick review of other island articles included in Template:Territorial disputes in East and South Asia reveals corollary tables, e.g.,

Senkaku Islands, table was initially created by Winstonlighter here, 12 September 2010
Kinmen, table initially created by 218.172.215.65 here, 5 May 2004
Macclesfield Bank, table initially created by Ratzer here, 24 May 2007
Paracel Islands, table initially created by San9663 here, 2 Nov 2010

In context, these do not appear to suggest issues relating to WP:Ownership. --Tenmei (talk) 15:52, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Ahhh...Bobthefish2, you're saying you think the table should be removed from Senkaku Islands dispute? In that case 1) I support this idea, and 2) we should discuss it over there. Is that correct, or do you have a problem with the table here (where I would support keeping it)? Qwyrxian (talk) 05:04, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, you got it right. I didn't delete it myself because I felt it is a good example of User:Tenmei not listening to others and proceeding to do whatever they wanted. I hope User:Tenmei will, as a sign of good faith, delete it and acknowledge there's a good reason for it not to be there. After all, everyone here should strive to be responsible editors. Bobthefish2 (talk) 05:11, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I've started a thread on the other talk page. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:15, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Again, it's about the name ordering in the table. I've reverted the persistent effort to change nothing but the name ordering in this article. This talk page has an HUGE discussion about this issue since Nov, 2010 but no consensus has ever been reached. --Winstonlighter (talk) 05:05, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

W-Lighter, this issue was settled weeks ago. You don't have to be consulted to achieve consensus. If you have a case for changing the table as you did, feel free to make it and try to get consensus for your change. Otherwise, please do something constructive. Thanks, 06:04, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

You might need to point me to the appropriate thread on this (since I don't really keep tabs on the name-ordering issue), but I don't really remember there is a consensus on changing the name-ordering. Of course, even though I don't care about the name-ordering myself, others (such as yourself and Winston) may not share my sentiment on the matter Bobthefish2 (talk) 11:22, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Without looking back, I don't understand how this can even be a discussion. The title of the article is Senkaku Islands. That's consensus supported by policy. Since the English name for the island group as a whole matches the Japanese name, it only seems logical for the Japanese name to come first. What logical reason is there for the Chinese names to come first? Qwyrxian (talk) 11:57, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

You can always check the previous threads to see what others say. Again, I don't really care. Bobthefish2 (talk) 18:46, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Responding to the question Qwyrxian presents in the last sentence of the diff above:

Question: What logical reason is there for the Chinese names to come first?
Answer: In October 2010, Winstonlighter explained ,
"I'm concerned about this because by chronography,
Chinese names and records will go ahead of the Japanese ones." I can only wonder if this is the crux of Winstonlighter's argument? In this context, it must be noted that chronography redirects to our article on chronology, which suggests a distinction without a difference? According to Winstonlighter, "the changes on name ordering have been reverted by adminstrators, me and many others in the past whole year" prior to October 2010 when an explicit talk page thread asking for consensus on Name ordering was created.

Compare threads which considered the subject of "name ordering", e.g.,

Expanding, supporting and emphasizing the core point Qwyrxian presents in the diff above: Yes, the name of this article — Senkaku Islands — is the result of consensus supported by policy and redundantly repeated, exhaustive research ~~applying a variant-Bayesian inference~~ and analysis of Google search results, etc. ... and extended discussion

Compare threads which considered the subject of "article name", e.g.,

Archive 1: here, here, here, here, here, here, and here
Archive 2: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, hre, and here
Archive 3: here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here
Archive 4: here and here,
Archive 5: here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here
Archive 6: here, here, here, here, here, here, and here,
Archive 7: here

In other words, a mere straw poll conducted among a few active editors who demonstrate intensity of preference is not consensus and polling is not a substitute for discussion. The edit history of this talk page is a compelling record, including many threads which address "name ordering" and "article name" and the relationship between them. --Tenmei (talk) 21:29, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

WP:TL;DR. However, I hope you know what's Bayesian inference. It's one thing to use scientific terms and it's another to apply them aptly. Bobthefish2 (talk) 21:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I sure don't know what it means. In any event, what Tenmei says here isn't really all that relevant--I'd like to here from Winstonlighter why after months of disappearance xe believes that xe can revert the page back to a much older version without a rationale, and against what seems, to me, to be common sense. WL could well have a good, rational reason for preferring the Chinese names first, which I'm hoping xe will provide, so we can see if they have any merit in light of the article naming issue being settled. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:34, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Tenmei, I didn't miss that (you didn't need to biggify it), although that's just because I happened to actually to try to scan through everything you wrote (not something I always do successfully). In any event, though, I want Winstonlighter to say it now, after such a long time. I want evidence that WL retains the same logic or plans to show us an argument. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:08, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't believe it is that hard to understand actually. If my memory serves, the name-ordering issue was last brought up when I called a WP:BRD on User:John Smith's edits. In the end, no agreement was reached and I recalled that User:San9663 had a similar stance as User:Winstonlighter. Presumably, the original ordering had Chinese names going first.

By the way, I'd like to add a point about delayed editorial action - Even if something managed to stay for a moderate to long period of time, it shouldn't mean its legitimacy cannot be disputed. In our case, both User:Winstonlighter and User:San9663 seemed to have taken a (partial or full) wiki-break. Bobthefish2 (talk) 03:49, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

San9663 has simply disappeared, so we have no idea when or if he might come back. Winston, on the other hand, has continued to edit, even if he hasn't done much since last year. He had an opportunity to involve himself in the page editing and the discussion. He didn't say that he was going to be off for a certain period of time, so there was no reason to have to wait for his approval or input. He hadn't contributed to the discussions here and on the other article since October last year.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe anyone said on the talk page last month "I strongly oppose the changes because of X,Y,Z but am not reverting to avoid an edit war - let's discuss it further". I thought that there was acceptance (whether reluctant or positive) to the table being reorganised. John Smith's (talk) 22:17, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I believe what Winston did was that he acted on a change was made in a way that was at odds to what was agreed (or not) on an issue. For a sparsely populated page like this, changes can sometimes be made without others noticing. For instance, I do not keep track of every edit. Bobthefish2 (talk) 22:35, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

What do you mean he "acted on a change was made in a way that was at odds to what was agreed (or not) on an issue"? Also you were involved in the discussion over the geography table. However, Winston seemed to have lost all interest in this issue for about 4 months. John Smith's (talk) 22:50, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

In a nut-shell, the state of consensus (or lack of consensus) did not appear to have changed since Winston last visited. There's also no WP policy that states an editor has to be persistently interested in a page in order to contest any changes. What's important is that he follows the rules of WP. Bobthefish2 (talk) 23:32, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Restart then

Okay, so, it appears that it's quite unclear what had consensus when, and therefore what the "default" state of the article currently is. Fine, whatever, let's move forward, because arguing about who did or didn't edit properly is getting us nowhere towards resolving how the article should be from now. So, personally, I think the current order is correct, because (as I said above), the most common English name for the islands was found to be Senkaku, which is also the Japanese name for the islands. Thus, since Senkaku is the name of the article, it makes sense to me that it is the "primary" name to be used inside the article, and thus it makes sense to me that the Japanese names should be first. Does anyone have a reason why that is incorrect, and there should be a different order?

Edit-warring

I just came across the following comment put on STSC's talk page by Bob.

"Let's just get the two pages locked so that they will move on and go mess with better-monitored pages like "Japan in World War II" and "Nanjing Massacre"."

Can we please not have anyone deliberately engage in edit-warring to get the page locked? :( John Smith's (talk) 00:55, 29 January 2011

ENDORSE hopeful ~~comment~~ response by John Smith's above. --Tenmei 03:26, 29 January 2011 ... Follow-up: In the strained context created by Bobthefish2's provocation here, a constructive next step is to restate and underscore my approval of John Smith's blunt, no-nonsense words above. In fact, WP:AGF is drained of meaning by WP:POKING — which is a wiki-speak way of echoing what John Smith's meant when he suggested "put the spade down and stop digging" here --Tenmei (talk) 06:24, 30 January 2011 ... More: In response to more poking here, please "stop digging" --Tenmei (talk) 17:03, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I guess this shows, beyond a doubt, that Tenmei and John Smith's are all about criticizing STSC and myself just for the sake of doing so. Here's the original comment to STSC, with selective bits intentionally clipped off:

Don't start a revert war with them. ' Those Japanese editors are very keen at being Wiki-lawyers and slamming users with "warnings". Let's just get the two pages locked so that they will move on and go mess with better-monitored pages like "Japan in World War II" and "Nanjing Massacre".

By the way, have you recovered from your motorcycle accident?

If the majority of us can't even exercise a fair bit of objectivity and reasoning in the editorial process, then I find it doubtful that anything positive can actually come out of it. The fact that Tenmei joined John Smith's in this foolishness seems to suggest all his elaborate use of flamboyant language is nothing but a facade that covers up a closet disregard for WP:NPOV. Bobthefish2 (talk) 17:22, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

I see you don't explain what "Let's just get the two pages locked" means. You probably think that you're not edit-warring at the moment - but you are. Perhaps you're trying to be disruptive enough so that the pages get locked again but without you getting blocked? Prove me wrong - stop reverting people on this page and the daughter article on the territorial dispute. John Smith's (talk) 22:19, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

My dear John Smith, as a reputable editor, you should understand there are many legitimate ways to do this without being disruptive. Since I am sure you love to cooperative with me, you shouldn't assume bad-faith on my part. After all, I do have a history of making fair statements and edits. So why don't you be a good little brit and refrain from jumping with joy and excitement upon my every comment? Bobthefish2 (talk) 22:53, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

It's hard to cooperate with some who edit-wars, bob, especially if they make nasty comments like calling me "a good little brit". You're not endearing yourself to anyone with this attitude of yours. Maybe it's you who needs to go somewhere else, rather than hope the pages get locked and other people despair of ever making meaningful progress. John Smith's (talk) 00:20, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry that you find my comments nasty. Sometimes, it can be hard not to lose patience with people that I find to be of (without pointing any fingers) far inferior editorial caliber, although I do sincerely try to be more tolerant. On the other hand, I don't see anything wrong with being a brit. Even though the British Empire no longer rules the world or exists, Britain is still a reputable country just as you being a reputable editor (which I acknowledged many many times!) - and I am a big fan of Manchester United, which is a British soccer team.

If you do genuinely want to cooperate with me, I feel it is actually not that hard to achieve. All it takes is a little good faith, a fair bit of respect for WP:NPOV (which can be quite fair these days), and some love for Manchester United.

Friends? Bobthefish2 (talk) 00:32, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Calling someone "little" is patronising and rude, which is bad enough. But you've managed to just cap that by suggesting that I might be ashamed of my nationality because the Empire is gone. Listen, why don't you just put the spade down and stop digging? John Smith's (talk) 00:44, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry John Smith, "little" is an endearing term in Chinese. For example "my dear little sweet heart" is an expression of affection rather patronization.

I didn't mean to insult Britain as a country. My impression of your previous post is that you were offended by the fact that I called you a brit (possibly because you felt the Japanese are cooler? Well, I don't know) and all I was trying to do was to explain that it is cool to be a Briton and that there's nothing to be ashamed of in being one.

Here, let me cool things down a little bit with a cartoon.

Bobthefish2 (talk) 01:40, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Alright, lets all just calm down. As I said on Bobthefish2's talk page, there's no way the Btf2 is edit warring, since he hasn't edited the article even once since the comment to STSC. Yes, you can edit war without breaking 3RR, but you can't edit war if you're not editing at all. So let's all just slowly back away...I, for one, would still like some clarification from Btf2 in the section above this one, as it appears he had some problem with one table or another, and I wasn't even sure which table was the problem. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:06, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I've already replied to the above section. What I meant was summarized in the two links. Bobthefish2 (talk) 03:20, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Ah, sorry, I thought those were Tenmei's comments. I'll look at the links you provided. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:52, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

EAST ASIAN language infobox

Kusunose, I won't tolerate any POV-mongering such as this edit summary. a box from the same template appears on the East Asia article, and I am sure that more irrational people than you would have contested its inclusion there. But it remains, and that's that. If you have a problem with the language size, take it up at Template talk:Chinese, not here. --HXL 's Roundtable, and Record 13:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

HXL49, I removed the box you added to the article. The template is needed in the linked article because the article body does not say how it is called and written in native languages of the East Asian countries. But not here. The native names are already in the info box and the lead. I don't find the reason of the addition. Oda Mari (talk) 16:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

That's a better reason, but still. If you read my first edit summary, I said "as the intro is getting to be a language mess". I propose limiting the intro to Japanese Kanji and Traditional Chinese (b/c the islands are closer to TW), and remove the full name and both transcriptions. I am still disappointed that people would oppose such an addition. The clean-up process is a work-in-progress thing, and only an editor trigger-happy enough would be quick in noticing my addition. No one has ever stopped me when I have added the box to other articles. --HXL 's Roundtable, and Record 16:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

In my opinion, {{Chinese}} template gives readers impression that the Chinese names is more important than other language names because of its size. The template is fine if it is used on articles primarily about Chinese culture. But I believe its use on articles other than those is inappropriate, especially where there are controversial naming issues like this article. --Kusunose 16:27, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I still dare you to remove it from there, and see what reaction you get. If you have an issue, either increase the font size at the template itself or raise an issue there. Neither has been done. and frankly, I care more about Oda Mari's input because s/he gives a far better, non-political reason. --HXL 's Roundtable, and Record 16:32, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

WP:AGF is drained of meaning by WP:POKING
This text is collapsed to avoid distracting from the constructive thread which unfolds below --Tenmei (talk) 01:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC) WP:AGF is drained of meaning by WP:POKING -- see context here for zero tolerance. In any Misplaced Pages venue, the phrase "I won't tolerate any nonsense bullshit" is provocative in response to a single edit. In any occasion, "I still dare you" is inflammatory. The use of the verb "dare" has no justification on any talk page. HXL -- These word choices demonstrate intention, not an accidental flare-up. In response to Kusunose's explanatory opinion here, the use of the word "still" is damning – "I still dare you" In this instance, "a zealous politiciser of an editor (Kusunose)" is an impermissible personal attack. HXL -- I can only hope that the harm caused by these tactical edits can be mitigated ~~by putting a spotlight on your strategy: This represents a thinly-veiled attempt to establish and solidify a perceptual transformation and paradigm. This were not emotion-driven mis-steps.~~ --Tenmei 17:56, 1 February 2011 ... Explaining strike-out: Maybe these words will be perceived as unhelpful or counter-productive. I tried to explain what I think your words mean. Instead, maybe it is better simply to recognize that your words stand for themselves. Then, instead of presenting an opportunity for argument, there is an opening for improvement. --Tenmei (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

WP:AGF is drained of meaning by WP:POKING

This text is collapsed to avoid distracting from the constructive thread which unfolds below --Tenmei (talk) 01:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

WP:AGF is drained of meaning by WP:POKING -- see context here for zero tolerance.

In any Misplaced Pages venue, the phrase "I won't tolerate any nonsense bullshit" is provocative in response to a single edit.
In any occasion, "I still dare you" is inflammatory. The use of the verb "dare" has no justification on any talk page.

HXL -- These word choices demonstrate intention, not an accidental flare-up.

In response to Kusunose's explanatory opinion here, the use of the word "still" is damning – "I still dare you"

In this instance, "a zealous politiciser of an editor (Kusunose)" is an impermissible personal attack.

HXL -- I can only hope that the harm caused by these tactical edits can be mitigated ~~by putting a spotlight on your strategy: This represents a thinly-veiled attempt to establish and solidify a perceptual transformation and paradigm. This were not emotion-driven mis-steps.~~ --Tenmei 17:56, 1 February 2011 ... Explaining strike-out: Maybe these words will be perceived as unhelpful or counter-productive. I tried to explain what I think your words mean. Instead, maybe it is better simply to recognize that your words stand for themselves. Then, instead of presenting an opportunity for argument, there is an opening for improvement. --Tenmei (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I found that {{Chinese}} page has a link to {{Infobox East Asian}} which addresses my concern about character size. I'm not going to remove it from East Asia but want to replace it with {{Infobox East Asian}}. Unfortunately, {{Infobox East Asian}} is not as versatile as {{Chinese}} so it cannot be used as a substitute. --Kusunose 16:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

well definitely no substitution on the East Asia article, because of all the varieties of Chinese used, and Vietnam is considered by some to be culturally East Asian. The one issue is that people in Taiwan largely speak Min and Hakka, which Infobox East Asian does not include. --HXL 's Roundtable, and Record 16:46, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Focusing on this article, I don't see what value that infobox adds. We already have all of the names elsewhere. I'm not so concerned with the size, but I am concerned with the idea of giving precedence to the Chinese names (by devoting a whole box that focuses primarily on them). If there is ever a time in the future where the title of this article becomes "Diaoyu Islands," then I could imagine adding this template. But I don't see why we need such a large template to focus on the secondary names for the article/islands. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:33, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Adding: perhaps, though it's because I don't understand the purpose of this box. Why do we need a box showing the different forms of specifically the Chinese name of this place? Why isn't the text sufficient? Qwyrxian (talk) 23:36, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

As I see Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (use of Chinese language)#Box format, we would use a language box when the text is not sufficient, i.e. when adding various Chinese characters and romanizations to the text hampers readability. --Kusunose 01:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

And I see from that link that use of the box is a consensus based editorial decision ("It is up to the contributors to each individual article to determine together what information should or should not be included in such a box, or whether they want a box at all.") Well, I, for one, don't think the box belongs there; we would have to include a similar box for Japanese for POV reasons, and then it's just getting silly. I personally don't find the lead confusing or unreadable, so I think it should stay out. But, consensus calls...Qwyrxian (talk) 01:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

This entire debate is downright ridiculous because even the Spratly Islands article uses the Template:Chinese. And Qwyrxian, obviously the name "钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿" is not the simplified form of "釣魚台列嶼". The way the article presents the abbreviated name and the full name is inaccurate and a direct copy of the source code of ZH-WIKI (釣魚台列嶼，或称钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿). For your reference, 或称 means "also known as" --HXL 's Roundtable, and Record 02:14, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Then we should fix the names in the text. Again, inclusion of this infobox is one of editorial agreement. This article exists in a very delicate POV balance, and, as such, may have to have compromises not seen on other articles. The amount and placement of the Chinese names has long been a complicated one here, and the infobox upsets the basic balance we've set up. Of course, if consensus decides to add it, it can go in. But you need to get that consensus first. Note that several different parts of Misplaced Pages policy, including WP:MOS state that while articles have to be consistent internally, we don't need formatting to be consistent across multiple articles. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Good point about MOS. We don't have to follow the use of infoboxes in other articles. John Smith's (talk) 22:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

The title of this article sounds quite POV

As mentioned in the subject above, the title of this article "Senkaku Islands" sounds obviously POV. The Islands are disputed ones as clearly labeled in one of the categories of this article, as the ref sources the content of this article has been used. I would suggest the title be changed into "Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands", which reflects in NPOV way the names used by the two disputing parties (China including both sides across the Taiwan Strait, and Japan), which has also been used in many English medias. I am going to move the whole part of this article under this new and NPOV title.--Lvhis (talk) 04:28, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

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