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Plagiarism on Shapur II, see Shapur II talk page edit

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Proposed merger (with redirect) of Li Yuanying to Pavilion of Prince Teng edit

Hi Yprpyqp, given an absence of adequate referencing and an apparent recapitulation of content already at Pavilion of Prince Teng, I respectfully suggest that Li Yuanying should be merged with WP:redirect to Pavilion of Prince Teng. I welcome any input you may have; if so, please do so at the talk page for Li Yuanying. Subject completely to editor feedback, including any viewpoint you may provide, and any references or additional content that may be added, I tentatively project making the proposed merger in 7 to 10 days. FeatherPluma (talk) 08:16, 21 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Li Xuan (Tang Dynasty) edit

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Fúzhōu listed at Redirects for discussion edit

 

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Tusi edit

Regarding your recent change to the lead of this article, I think they introduced some confusion. Is a tusi an officer/official? Or is it a commission/title? An individual can be a headman, but he has an aboriginal commission. It seems to me that authors writing in English are not absolutely consistent on this point, although they tend to treat "tusi" as the officer and not the office. I do not know Chinese, so I cannot say what is a more accurate rendering of the original word. Srnec (talk) 00:22, 4 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thanks on Arquebus edit

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Warning edit

Do not give me a warning when you yourself are no admin.Zcm11 (talk) 08:05, 3 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Please do not give me this China-born Canadian attitude. No ones owe you. Zcm11 (talk) 10:26, 3 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

  • Zcm11, one doesn't need to be an admin to warn another user. Your second comment above is out of line, and together with the edit warring suggests that you are not here to improve our beautiful project. Drmies (talk) 13:48, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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  • What you and Zcm11 are engaged in is crazy. If it continues after your block expires, expect a new one. Drmies (talk) 03:15, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
 
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Request reason:

I am appealing for an unblock. Zcm11 began mass deletion of material in articles translated from the corresponding Chinese wiki. I explained my methodology in the talk page of one article:Protectorate General to Pacify the West, hoping to resolve the situation and further understand his intentions. However, Zcm11 replied with questionable and charged language, using expressions such as "damn chinese." He then linked the wiki page Fire Arrow with the intention of instructing me on quotations, however this seems rather ludicrous as I wrote the majority of that article as well as all the citation. Further comments by him on the talk page continued to disparage the source which I used, calling the author derogatory comments such as "dickhead chinese scholar" and "Mr dog shit xiong". When I provided more precise citations, Zcm11 repeatedly reverted them, ironically leaving the less precise and inferior citations behind. I made my repeated undos under this context. Finally, Zcm11 made personal attacks against me in the above comment: "Please do not give me this China-born Canadian attitude. No ones owe you." I do not know what this means, as I have never been to China. Although I do not expect to be unblocked, I would like to make it clear that at no other time have I engaged in "edit wars" with any other user, this is the first and only time and I shall refrain from any further similar actions in the future.

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Procedural decline; the block has expired on its own. Huon (talk) 20:44, 7 August 2017 (UTC)Reply


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  • That's a start--but a quick look at the recent history shows that this clearly got out of hand. You are an experienced editor and you can be expected to know that at some point one stops, even if the current version is not the one you like (or know to be best...), and seeks different means of resolution. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 13:46, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
  • Also, while this was not the first round fired (it was the fourth) in the edit war, it's not a good edit on your part since it is unexplained--and removing sources typically calls for an explanation. Drmies (talk) 13:52, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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I was wondering if you could offer a source for these Wuzi quotes on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_(state) since you added them to the page. I've been reading the Wuzi in Ralph D Sawyer's Seven Military Classics and I can't find any equivalent passages.

  The two states of Han and Zhao train their troops rigorously but have difficulty in applying their skills to the battlefield.
   — Wuzi, Master Wu
   Han and Zhao are states of the Central Plain. Theirs are a gentle people, weary from war and experienced in arms, but have little regard for their generals. The soldiers' salaries are meager and their officers have no strong commitment to their countries. Although their troops are experienced, they cannot be expected to fight to the death. To defeat them, we must concentrate large numbers of troops in our attacks to present them with certain peril. When they counterattack, we must be prepared to defend our positions vigorously and make them pay dearly. When they retreat, we must pursue and give them no rest. This will grind them down.
   — Wuzi, Master Wu

You wrote these quotes were translated by Chen Song, can you offer any further details on who this person is and where they published their translation?

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