User talk:K2dgfb

Hello, I'm Fountains of Bryn Mawr. I noticed that you recently removed some content from List of companies of China without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry: I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 01:29, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi k2dgfb I have reverted most of you latest edits where you seem to be changing many mentions of China to Taiwan, You appear to be doing this indiscriminately and from your edit summaries with some idea that this is all some "mainland" conspiracy. May I suggest you read a little history and understand why the country that inhabits the island of Taiwan calls itself and considers itself China. There are times when saying Taiwan is appropriate to describe the country but by doing what you are doing you will be hurting many on Taiwan who consider themselves Chinese and even the true China. Thanks Andrewgprout (talk) 15:19, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again k2dgbf. I notice you have again been en mass changing china to Taiwan and Chinese Taipei to Taiwan, with no real explaination of your changes, except what can only be described as rather rabid and paranoid scrawlings about what taiwan will do to Beijing if they ever have the chance. Wikipedia is not the place for such comments and your POV changes.

You say on about your only intelligible comment that "You seem not to be aware of the political issue as chinese taipei is a false name forced by Beijing. TAIWAN then will call China as Taiwanese Beijing." and to some degree I agree with you. However you can not deny the reality of the political situation and that is what needs to be reflected in Wikipedia. I am not an expert in intra Sino politics but there are a few facts we can not ignore.

1. Officially at least there are two governments that claim to be the government of the whole of China - the PRC and the ROC.

2. In the realm of international organisations and treaties it is difficult for institutions to recognise both the PRC and ROC, until the 1970s this recognition tended towards the ROC, but is now almost universally PRC (the rather dubious power of size at work). Thus when Taiwanese need to play Tennis or fly an aeroplane to somewhere or other thing when international agreements come into play, the official name of the country (The Republic of China) is not used but a "fiction or euphamism" that fools nobody but seems however to make it alright is used, and that fiction is often "Chinese Taipei". This is what the official documents say and it is what we should use to describe a sports person in such a particular competition.

3. The people who live on the island of Taiwan consider themselves Chinese.

For these reasons and your rather indiscriminate changes I have reverted just about all of the changes you have made.

Thanks Andrewgprout (talk) 01:30, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

July 2014

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly.

To avoid being blocked, instead of reverting please consider using the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
As I've already said, regardless of whether or not it is right, these players do not compete under the flag of Taiwan, rather the flag of Chinese Taipei. If you want to demonstrate, do so against the government of mainland China, but not on Wikipedia. Have a good read of Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Jared Preston (talk) 18:35, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tennis country

Just making sure you understand something about Hsieh Su-wei. In the infobox you'll note she lives in Taiwan and is born in Taiwan. her actual nation is in most purposes Taiwan. But internationally such as the Olympics and Wimbledon she competes as an athlete from Chinese Taipei. Check those things out. At wikipedia that is the flag that is put in the infobox... the international representation of the athlete. Look at the US Open bio or draw, this is what we use for the country. I hope this helps. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:00, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@K2 your ref www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2522976 does not really support your changes - one local "fight" group using the Taiwanese flag does not mean you can change everything else where the article itself confirms that the flag is not used. To quote "This event will also be the first time local fans and viewers in over 70 countries around the world will see Taiwan’s flag prominently featured in an international sporting event." ...so logically if this is true, all other international events do not use the flag - which is why your changes are being reverted.Andrewgprout (talk) 23:34, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

July 2014

This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did at Hsieh Shu-ying, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. This is now becoming vandalism. Cease now! Jared Preston (talk) 17:59, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 72 hours for disruptive editing. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Connormah (talk) 18:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

September 2014

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted or removed.

If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor then please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive, until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively could result in loss of editing privileges. Note: User has hit several pages recently, changing "Chinese" to "Taiwanese" without discussion. Aristophanes68 (talk) 01:52, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following link is to some sensible local advice about appropriate terminology to use in discussing Taiwan Wikipedia_talk:Taiwan-related_topics_notice_board#When_is_using_Taiwan_.2F_ROC_.2F_Chinese_Taipei_appropriate Andrewgprout (talk) 19:13, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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November 2016

You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the notes for the suspect, then, if you wish to do so, respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/9k7kq3. Thank you. Matthew_hk t c 19:50, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]