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Thanks for your contributions to CW Chu College. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability and those sources should be reliable and independent of the subject. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 01:05, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Cfls

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username MPGuy2824 and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I've asked for a discussion about the redirect Zhujianbu, created by you. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 1 § Zhujianbu.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|MPGuy2824}}. And don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ . Thanks!

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-MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:47, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, hi.

I notice that you've added the phrase "shortly as" to the secondary or familiar names of some colleges and universities - e.g. Washington State University Vancouver; Washington State University Tri-Cities. I've never seen that construction before. I an reading it to mean about the same as, "shortened to", or "also known as", and wonder whether those more familiar phrases might be more suitable and less confusing to the average reader. Do you have examples of the phrase in common use elsewhere? Thanks in advance.

Also, is there any particular reason why at Michigan Law School you prefer "branded" to something more direct like, "also known as"? I suppose there's nothing pejorative about the word "branded", but it indicates that "Michigan Law" is how the school instructs people to refer to it when in fact it's just - what people call it, with or without the school's efforts. Thanks in advance for that too! JohnInDC (talk) 01:06, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I just went ahead and changed "shortly as" where I could find it to something more suitable. A search of English Wikipedia only turned it up in a few places, so it's not a standard English phrase that somehow I've not encountered. Sorry to have bothered you with that. JohnInDC (talk) 12:20, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by I dream of horses was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

There could be potentially a redirect from CW Chu College to Chinese University of Hong Kong. Perhaps there could even be a section in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. But for now, the sources are a bit lacking.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 00:45, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Cfls! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 00:45, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The redirect Hku has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 11 § Hku until a consensus is reached. Rusalkii (talk) 21:11, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A redirect or redirects you have created has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 11 § Hku until a consensus is reached. Rusalkii (talk) 21:16, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cfls. Thank you for your work on UHawaii. Another editor, Kingsmasher678, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thanks!

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Kingsmasher678 (talk) 18:44, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cfls! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at Xiran Jay Zhao that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Thank you. Sariel Xilo (talk) 00:12, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1. The "Chinese-born" is a summary from the content of the article. It was not contested in the main article, so that it was perceived not to be a "subject of a dispute".

2. Adding native name with reliable sources to articles is a common practice in Wikipedia. Please stop reverting the article, and gain consensus in Talk before you make any further reversion. Cfls (talk) 00:16, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you know, you generally don't have to specify HTTPS for most domains, where it is often the default when available and no protocol is specified. Remsense ‥ 论 15:32, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't consider it constructive to revert all of these edits. Also you may know that, "it is often the default when available and no protocol is specified" is a browser-dependent feature. You should not assume that all browsers will attempt the HTTPS connection first. In addition, if the first connection is made using HTTP and the website is not set up to automatically forward HTTP traffic to HTTPS, the latest version of Google Chrome will automatically disconnect the connection to the website in Incognito and require the user to click and confirm before the connection is proceeded. I believe that clarifying the connection protocol used by sites when they support HTTPS will improve information security and provide greater safety for all Wikipedia readers. My suggestion is that you might consider reversing any of your previous revertion edits that involved removing the HTTPS protocol. Thank you. Cfls (talk) 17:42, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Even if it does, I don't see what the point is: HTTPS doesn't obscure that a connection was made to a particular domain, so if pages are served in HTTPS it makes no difference for privacy if an attempt is made in HTTP first. Remsense ‥ 论 18:10, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What I mean is that it depends on the website itself whether to redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS. Some websites configure it, while many do not. In addition, some browsers may try HTTPS first and then HTTP if it fails. However, this is a browser-dependent feature, not universal. Many browsers do not support this feature. Cfls (talk) 13:54, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abbreviation of provincial committees of the CPC/CCP. For example, Hunan Province, its name is CCP Hunan Provincial Committee, officially CPC Hunan Provincial Committee. Huangdan2060 (talk) 10:42, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A reliable source is needed in any case. Cfls (talk) 15:02, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Full names about Special Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. "Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports" is short for "Committee of Education, Science, Health, and Sports of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" or "Committee of Education, Science, Health, and Sports of the CPPCC National Committee". Sentences in the source: "The Committee of Education, Science, Art, Health, and Sports of the CPPCC National Committee will be renamed the Committee of Education, Science, Health, and Sports of the CPPCC National Committee." source: https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/t0280_PRC_reform_plan_2018_EN.pdf, page 30. Why delete their full names? Huangdan2060 (talk) 12:55, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They are the Special Committees of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The official English name does not have any redundant suffix, per official source. Moreover, the parent organizations of these Special Committees have already been clearly specified in the lede of the entry. No need for this redundancy. Cfls (talk) 20:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In English media in China, Special Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are given in full, for example: "Zhang Xiaolian, deputy head of the Committee on Economic Affairs of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is under investigation for suspected severe violations of Party discipline and the law." source: Chinadaily; "Gou, also a deputy head of the Committee on Ethnic and Religious Affairs of the CPPCC National Committee, is investigated by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, according to the statement." source: Xinhua--Huangdan2060 (talk) 13:00, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't remove the {{R from page move}} from redirects after a page move, as you did at Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam), Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and Federal Statistical System of the United States. There's no good reason for doing so and it's very misleading for folks who patrol or visit these redirects. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:57, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it! Thank you so much for the notice!!! Cfls (talk) 17:58, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am so sorry for not knowing this. I will not remove the "R from page move" afterward. Thank you and have a good day! Cfls (talk) 18:00, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was a placeholder for people to replace with a more accurate description/explanation for the redirection. I am sorry for my misunderstanding. Again, thank you for the notice! Cfls (talk) 18:01, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, these things happen. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, can you tell me why you changed archive settings? Bogazicili (talk) 18:10, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Talk page is too long. Adjust the archive settings to better facilitate readers and editors to navigate the Talk page, participate in timely discussions, and contribute to new discussions. Cfls (talk) 18:14, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your alternation to at least 8 topics will make the Talk page unnecessarily long and hard to navigate. Cfls (talk) 18:17, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's too long because there are ongoing issues. This is a contentious topic.

5 topics is ok though, please do not change other settings. Bogazicili (talk) 18:24, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Would putting the portrait of Yoon in the background section be an acceptable compromise? It's still a relevant image and we should not be relying on sidebars to show images per WP:SIDEBAR, since sidebars don't show on mobile. Thanks, charlotte ^👸♥📱 06:35, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay... but it would be better to be replaced by the scene photo of the congressional voting that will be held later this week. It is good to show the portrait of Yoon for now. Additionally, please consider to leave an invisible comment there after the portrait of Yoon for future updates. Thank you. Cfls (talk) 06:39, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I've just remembered I can use {{if mobile}} so the image is in the sidebar on desktop but still shows on mobile, which is probably the best option. charlotte ^👸♥📱 06:43, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Nice to hear that. Have a good day! Cfls (talk) 06:44, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You moved numerous articles to titles based on official names, in violation of longstanding policy and consensus that WP uses titles based on common names. Please familiarize yourself with WP:COMMONNAME and the two decades of lengthy debates that went into that policy as currently formulated. The WP community has had this debate dozens of times and the consensus was that we don't use official names. For example, we use the common name United States rather than the official name the United States of America. Coolcaesar (talk) 14:14, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And then I just refreshed my memory and we already had this discussion in January 2024. I remember now why we had a disagreement. You did not understand the fundamental difference between WP essays, guidelines, and policies. It's the policies that control. See WP:POLICIES. --Coolcaesar (talk) 14:22, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:GOODFAITH. Accusing "disruptive" is not assuming good faith in any sense. Cfls (talk) 16:10, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You were throwing a lot of accusations at me, instead of discussing the issue itself. Cfls (talk) 16:15, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's back to discussing the topic itself. If "UCSB" and "UCR" were the WP:COMMONNAME for both of the schools, I suppose we did not see that our Wikipedia main articles for those schools were UCSB and UCR instead. Cfls (talk) 16:16, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is also the same case for other University of California schools. However, I am open for discussion and looking forward to reading your opinions, as long as your responses are practicing WP:GOODFAITH. Cfls (talk) 16:23, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We are having some different opinions on what would be the best titles for certain articles, in according to established community agreements and for the community's and the public interests. We are not accusing or defending any behavioral issues. Let us focus on the topic, shall we? Cfls (talk) 16:27, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I fully understand the WP:COMMONNAME policy, as well as all other polities, guidelines, and other community documents. From my point of view, I assume the university's main pages are practicing the WP:COMMONNAME policy and thus, their respective article title names are their WP:COMMONNAMEs. In this sense, I do not believe there were any problems of using the established consensus of institutional common names in their affiliate entities' articles. Cfls (talk) 16:33, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think I figured out what happened, as I explained at length on the article move page for UCSF Medical Center.

If you were studying in one of the academic fields where UC is not dominant, it's possible that you were not sufficiently exposed to the common usage among UC people of abbreviating UC campus names in the names of campus units. So if we are in that scenario, it would be improper of me to assume that such usage is common knowledge in all academic fields. And if you were unaware of that, that could explain how you could have started moving titles in good faith, and if that was the case, then I must apologize. --Coolcaesar (talk) 18:22, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cfls, I’ve noticed your edits on Chinese universities and have seen past discussions regarding your editing behaviour. I’ve tried to review and reintegrate some of your content with reliable sources. Regarding your edits on Zhejiang Wanli University [1], I wanted to leave you a message since you’ve indicated a preference for direct discussion.

• About lead section: You reverted changes to the lead section, citing that the content was sourced. My reasoning for making these edits was that the lead overly emphasised one former name of the university (WP:UNDUE). Unless a former name is well-known, it should not be highlighted disproportionately. Typically, such details belong in the History section unless they hold significant relevance. From my review, this particular former name doesn’t seem to meet the threshold of notability, as it is not widely cited or recognised. If it is indeed notable, there should be ample reliable sources that discuss it prominently.
• Clarification on 'University' vs 'College': Your note, "To date, this institution of higher education has not been granted 'university' status but 'college' status instead," may be confusing to English-speaking readers. While I understand the distinction often made in Chinese between 學院 (xuéyuàn, "college") and 大學 (dàxué, "university"), this distinction is not currently reflected in the legal definitions. Based on my understanding, the term 普通高等学校 (general higher education institution) and 本科院校 (undergraduate institution) is now used as legal classifications [2]. The renaming from 學院 to 大學 is not considered as an upgrade, as reflected in recent notices [3]. Also, in Chinese, we refer to MIT as 麻省理工學院 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), using the term 學院 (college), even though it functions as a university in the global context. This underscores the potential confusion when translating these terms.
• The use of English: You noted that "Use American English" as the China article on Wikipedia", but I wonder if there is any consensus regarding this. I noticed that 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre uses British English, and if there were a consensus, should it be re-written?
• About reliable sources: You mentioned, "need WP:RS and should not be WP:PRIMARY". However, upon reviewing WP:PRIMARY, it states that "Primary sources that have been reputably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them." Most higher education institutions, by nature, are considered reputable to some degree. While it is preferable to use secondary or alternative non-primary sources, these are not always readily available. By the way, I encourage you to review the pages for National Tsing Hua University, National Taiwan University and other Taiwanese universities using the same criteria. If they do not meet your standards, it would be consistent to revise or remove content accordingly.

Let me know your thoughts, and I look forward to discussing this further. Free ori (talk) 02:44, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]