User talk:Allentchang

Hello Allentchang, welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Drop us a note at Wikipedia:New user log so we can meet you and help you get started. If you need editing help, visit Wikipedia:How to edit a page. For format questions, visit our manual of style. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. Alex S 00:18, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Yes, I have a sad and sorry life. Actually, I was hanging around on the couch of my living room in my home in Cupertino. But isn't wikipedia fun? Even more fun than... If you get as addicted as I am (which I hope you do) then you'll have no choice. Muahahahaha!!!!

You can sign your name with ~~~~. BTW, if you have your degrees then why are you still a fellow student? Going for another one? --Jia ng 23:17, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)

...i believe 2006, but given those construction types, it'll probably be finished just as i graduate. --Jia ng 01:58, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi there -- I just wanted to let you know that I deleted scallion pancake because it redirected to the non-existent green onion pancake. Now it will again show up as an unwritten article, and someone may write it. Thanks, BCorr|Брайен 03:22, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)

It's spelled Kuomintang, not Kuomingtang. Since I saw it more than once, I wanted to let you know... --Jia ng 07:57, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Please sign your name with ~~~~ each time you post on a talk page. This way, I don't have to check the history to see who it is. ;)

I think I found beef noodle soup in your contributions, but I don't quite remember. My mother went to 東吳 for undergrad, but most of what I know about the place came from the internet. Perhaps you can help expand it in the form of Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities? We need to firs figure out how to split the page though. --Jia ng 03:14, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I left a note at Talk:Soochow University. Yes, please post whatever pics you have. The stats can be probably found on the website.

We can probably arrange a Wikipedia:Meetup at Berkeley. There are some other Wikipedians at Berkeley. Feel free to IM me if you really want to do this. --Jia ng 01:13, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

IANAL, so I don't know exactly. This was brought up at wikipedia:Logos. I think we should just state on the description page that it's "not GFDL" and who owns the trademark. It's somewhere in the lines of fair use for copyrights. --Jia ng 22:34, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I was born in the US and have lived here my entire life. My mom is from Taiwan so there's a slight reason I'm interested in the stuff I'm interested in. I just get bored and look up this stuff online.

Ithink Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall already has enough (too many?) pictures. I would like to see a description of the architecture and the history of the place (who designed it? when was it built?). This information is all available at the external links provided in the article.

Don't forget to sign your name on talk pages! Cheers, Jia ng 22:05, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Do you have any photos of the presidential office? What district of Taipei is the SOGO department store located? --Jia ng 10:22, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Can you write Taiwan professional baseball? I left some reference links at the top of Special:Recentchanges. -- Kaihsu 13:40, 2004 May 4 (UTC)

The main Taipei page could be expanded to be almost like New York City. I visit Taibei about once every two years. My grandma lives there...and near Sogo and a building away from Lien Chan so that's why i asked earlier. someone else told me that was in hsinyi...

I plan to take either of EE40 or EE100 next spring. Which one is easier? I'm lazy.

Do you have AIM? --Jia ng 08:20, 10 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I go on aim occasionally. I've never seen you though. I'll send you a message when I do. When I post on wikipedia and don't usually sign on. Multitasking is too stressful.

You might want to generate redirects to the articles you create, eg, Hsin-yi, Hsinyi, Chung-cheng, etc. so duplicates arent accidentially made. Also, the box at Taipei looks a little funny. Prefecture? wtf --Jia ng 05:12, 24 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Happy Happy[edit]

Refer to my user page. Now people are going to think that's really me... --Jia ng 23:28, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Could we get a translation of what it says here? File:Happy Happy Happy.jpg
User:Cow 15:43, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Forbidden City photo[edit]

Thanks for taking Image:Forbidden City1.JPG. silsor 05:25, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Image copyright tags[edit]

Hi. Can you add Wikipedia:Image copyright tags to your images? They're very nice, and we have uploaded a few of them to the commons. Thanks -- Chris 73 Talk 05:33, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)

Thank you very much -- Chris 73 Talk 02:20, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)

Treaty of Taipei[edit]

Greetings! I saw your post in discussion of political status of Taiwan and was supprised that you are a pan-grenn supporter. Then may I ask why you were complaining to Jiang about my suggestion in Treaty of Taipei? I thought only people from PRC or pan-blues pursuing unification would support Treaty of Taipei. Though treaty of Taipei doesn't mean much at the begining. :)Mababa 07:29, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Hi[edit]

http://www.thefighting44s.com
http://www.thefighting44s.com/discussion

Re:Hot pot[edit]

I've tagged and listed the page. darn...that made me hungry. i havent eaten for 3 days (wisdom teeth...)--Ji ang 04:10, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

wikibureaucracy dictates that items be listed on copyvio for a minimum of 7 days. ill delete and move the article tomorrow (the janitors at copyvio are usually on vacation longer than they should and take longer).--Ji ang 01:43, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Calabash[edit]

Chang xian sheng, ni hao ma?

I saw your calabasa/calabash edit and initially thought "huh, this guy is wrong". But it looks like I was wrong instead. Interesting... thanks...

I am pretty sure that a calabasa is a vegetable though. Are you sure it isn't, or did you have a different reason from removing the category:vegetable link?

Note that the Spanish word is "calabaza". "Calabasa" doesn't even appear on Spanish dictionaries.

Notice Board[edit]

I have started a Wikipedia:Taiwan-related topics notice board in the hope that contributers on Taiwan related topics can have a place to discuss on different proposals.

I also made a page List of Taiwan-related topics (by category) so that we can keep track on the topics by category. I hope this would be useful for us. Mababa 07:25, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Modular electronics diagrams[edit]

What do you think of this proposal?

Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Modular_electronics_diagrams

Please leave comments there. Just bringing this to the attention of a handful of people who might care... - Omegatron 00:57, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

TAS page protected...[edit]

FYI: TAS page is now protected. Maybe at some point we can talk sense into the anonymous contributors. Wikibofh 22:10, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Taiwan and ROC pages[edit]

Since you're interested in Taiwan, would you check out the Taiwan and Republic of China articles and watch the changes that User:Jiang makes? If you have opinions on any of the controversies, it'd be appreciated if you left a note on the discussion page. Like... I get the feeling he's following me around reverting anything I do. Check out Republican China and Chinese Republic. Since you know him, maybe you can explain to me or to him what is going on. --DownUnder555 16:23, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yuan[edit]

User:Yu Ninjie put it up Yuan (surname) for peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Yuan (surname)/archive1. Since it pertains to your people, you may want to comment/contribute. --Jiang 00:21, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it's now a Featured Article candidate. You can support/oppose/comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Yuan (surname) as well. --Jiang 00:35, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re:list of sovereign states[edit]

In the absence of further objections on the talk page, I'm just going to call it a "no consensus to change" and get rid of the ridiculous categories. I'll get to it in just a little bit...

Look, you didn't get objections about the TAIWAN ONLY. Not the whole pile of the criminal-controlled territories of the world. Why do you equate Taiwan (ROC) to the territories without any control? If you have arguments to add Taiwan, add TAIWAN, not the separatist regions, ok? Pirveli 18:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of Sovereign states[edit]

Please, look into the discussion page of that article, before trying to change the list. Pirveli 18:01, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No 12-step program, but you can take a look at Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot. I've gotten a bit tired of the discussion there too, so I've ignored it for the past couple days with the hope that someone else with opposing views will take care of the arguments. After all, if whatever is implemented is ridiculous or illogical enough, some posts on the talk page should get things undone, like how the "unrecognized sovereign states" with Taiwan included did not stay on that page for long (I missed the discussion that got it implemented in the first place). --Jiang 05:28, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar for you![edit]

I, JesseW, present you, User:Allentchang, with this Photographer's Barnstar for your many excellent photographs, particularly Image:Tilapia.jpg(very clear, I now know more about what a tilapia looks like than I ever thought I would want to...) and Image:National People's Congress.JPG(nice, descriptive - good to have a free content picture of that building). Keep up the good work, and keep those photographs comming! JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:27, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is alright to copy and paste this onto your user page. This is what people usually do. --Jiang 01:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dragon Fruit[edit]

I liked your pitaya banzai picture. Is it possible to actually keep the cacti tiny and and keep the leaves from eventually falling off? I look forward to when my own pitaya fruits so I can try to grow some from seed like yours, but it might never happen... I live on Long Island. I thought you might be interested in the external link that I added to the pitaya page. It presents an educational video made by a passionate and very likeable hobbiest in California. Ran across it when I was online trying to identify the mysterious cactus that I have had in my home for a few years, and discovered to my delight that it was the plant that produces dragon fruit. Projection70 03:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply on my user page. Again, I think the video link is pretty cool, if you haven't visited it. Unfortunately, last time I looked I couldn't get it to load properly. I don't know if the problem is my computer or their server. Projection70 17:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you and your mom watched it. I've been trying to get friends to take a look because I thought wqas cool that something as relatively obscure as backyard cactus growing could be so fascinating, but of course it's hard to get people to be even curious unless they at least know what a dragon fruit/pitaya is. Projection70 01:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Ju Ming[edit]

Nope, never heard of Ju Ming before. Actually, I'm in tw right now...and I passed by and stopped briefly in Jinshan on the way to 金寳山 yesterday. oh well... --Jiang 11:54, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What[edit]

I THINK THIS ARTICLE Republic of China NEED MORE AND MORE PICTURES , SEE People's Republic of China ANDSouth Korea ANDJapan ANDSingapore , THESE ARTICLE HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES ,SHOULDN SOMEBODY TO ADD MORE PICTURES FOR Republic of China?

Yo wassup[edit]

Yo wassup! Do you work at TSMC or are you in London?

This is Johnny from TAS saying hi (hows fred?)

Use of fair use images on templates[edit]

The use of fair use images on templates such as Template:TaipeiDistricts and Template:Taipei infobox is proscribed by Wikipedia:Fair use criteria item #9. Image:Taipei City seal.png is clearly marked with a fair use tag. Your arguements that "this is a government flag/seal that represents Taipei" and "Come on: if you live in Taipei, you know that the logo appears EVERYWHERE in the city to represent civic pride; most people don't even know what the official flag looks like" do not constitute a reason for violating this policy. Please note that the policy says "They should never be used on templates" and that the use of the image "even if legal under the fair use clauses of copyright law" is not permitted on templates. Please do not re-insert the image again. If you have any questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. All the best, --Durin 12:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just contact the Wikimania people directly , they can communicate in English Wenzi 04:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

San Francisco uses template:Infobox City. Let's apply that template to the Taipei article by replacing the current template, so the fair use image won't be used on the template itself but provided in the code of the article. Stupid rule - they should really spell out an exception for templates existing at only one page.

I'm not sure about Wikimania. I think I'll go if I happen to be in Taipei at the time. That depends where I end up in the summer. I'll have to figure that out later... --Jiang 00:37, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commons[edit]

Hi,

I found your image Image:The chunghwa republic gold.jpg. It is truely a rare treasure. I'm wondering why you upload images to en only. If you upload the images to Commons, then they can be used by wikipedia of all languages! --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 10:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:MOS Burger Plates.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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Wikimania[edit]

hi, Allentchang, how are you? Thanks for your concern about Wikimania 2007. Every division of the preparation team has their own responsibility. If you would like to help, please let me know when are you free, and what kind help can you do to the team. Thanks.--Theodoranian 15:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2006 Taiwan wikimedian winter meeting[edit]

hello, are you sure you will come to 2006 Taiwan wikimedian winter meeting? If so, will you want to say something on the time of lightning talk? You can say anything in about 5 to 10 minutes or less, and allow to talk in English. :) --TsubasaTW 17:14, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's nice to see you on the meeting. I'm the one who talk with you in the break time. Do you have your own blog? If so, could you write down what you see and think in the meeing?(and put the link on the meeting page,and name the link such as Allentchang's 2006 Taiwan wikimedian winter meeting journal or other name you want to be.) If not, you can directly write on the meeting page(and don't forget to sign in the end of your words). You are allowed to write in english :) --TsubasaTW 14:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of sovereign states[edit]

Hey, the debate about having unrecognized countries on the list seems to have started up again. Mind having a look on the talk page? Thanks, Khoi khoi 06:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unspecified source for Image:ROC calendar.jpg[edit]

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Image copyright problem with Image:ROC calendar.jpg[edit]

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There's still no source identified to enable us to verify its copyright status. --Durin 14:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why there should be a problem. Not all images have to be available online and the content of the image is clearly dated. You may want to add that you were the one who scanned it to the description page though--Jiang 12:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply, I didn't mean that message too seriously. I'm just bitter that I don't have the time/money to go to Wikimania 2007. Much agreed about the term "Chinese Taipei," which doesn't make any sense. NTK 21:53, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikimania[edit]

I'm a bit busy in the next week or so, but I'll look into it.

Are you going to Wikimania? Helping with the hosting? I plan to be in Taipei from 5/21 to 6/2 and Beijing from 6/2 to sometime around 8/15. I have to work when Wikimania is on so I'll probably miss it.--Jiang 06:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Taipei[edit]

Hi, thanks for your help with this article. We really need it! --Ideogram 17:14, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes OK but please don't remove all info. I don't like to see lists instead of information. Basically all you left before was a list of unis. PLease summarize what was there before in a few lines thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 15:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Political status of Taiwan[edit]

I think you answered the wrong person when you put paragraphs on my page. Basically I agree with you. I like to ask people how many legs a dog has if you call a tail a leg. The answer is 4, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. I believe the same applies to Taiwan's status as a nation. It is a nation regardless of what other countries call it. To say it only becomes a nation if other countries recognize it makes as much sense as saying a person is only a person if other people call him a person. Readin (talk) 23:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, you're right. I thought you were responding to a much more recent post on the discussion page of a different article. My bad. I assumed it you were responding to the other one in part because it was more recent but also because you responded on the talk page rather than the page where I asked the question. Since the other person's question had gone a bit off topic, I assumed you were responding on the user talk page to avoid cluttering the article discussion page.

Since this discussion is relevant to the article, why are you not making your point's on the article's discussion page? Readin (talk) 15:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

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Wuchih Mountain Military Cemetery[edit]

Do you have access to Wuchih Mountain Military Cemetery? If not is there a way to contact them? A website or email address? Thanks Best O Fortuna (talk) 20:11, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you always answer questions with questions?

1) I have never lived or been to Taiwan.

2) I would love to visit someday!

3) If you do have access (I have heard that access to the cemetery has been greatly reduced due to pollution, vandalism, traffic, etc., i.e.: restricted access) would you take a picture of Homer and Ethel Lea's grave marker? (Knowing how to drive there and getting in maybe two different things.)

4) Is there a way to contact them? A website or email address?

Best O Fortuna (talk) 17:43, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I don't know, according to this page, "General Homer Lea and Mrs. Lea were laid to rest at Yangmingshan Cemetery, Taiwan." And there is a photo. But it is from a newspaper at the time of the ceremony.

Third time: Is there a way to contact them? A website or email address?

Best O Fortuna (talk) 22:16, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image licensing[edit]

Hey there...

I am going through a number of images that have some minor licensing issues. I came across Image:Instant beef noodle soup.jpg which you uploaded. The licensing on this image is not complete as it was uploaded many years ago. I wonder if you could follow the link to the image page and correct the licensing with a GFDL license (or other free license). If you have any questions or issues, please drop me a note on my talk page. Thanks. --Jordan 1972 (talk) 22:14, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hui jiao[edit]

I'm undoing your recent edit of "Chinese terms for God". Chinese people call Islam "Hui jiao" because they strongly associate it with the Hui ethnicity. While the character "回" most certainly means "return", the word "回教", just like "回族", does not retain this connotation. If you have any objections I'd be happy to discuss this with you.Benstox (talk) 13:22, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, good enough for me! Please go ahead and include the sources. Benstox (talk) 17:31, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Republic of China article[edit]

Since you mentioned about the Republic of China in your user page, I guess you are interested to share your insights at Talk:Republic of China#Requested Move (February 2012). Thanks for your attention. 61.18.170.83 (talk) 12:10, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Visa policy of the Republic of China[edit]

Hi,

You’ve changed the introduction text on the top of the page, this text was first written by me and then many times amended by other contributors. The purpose to have this introduction text presented to Wiki readers is to emphasize the unique situation of our nation and hardship we currently face. The number of visa–free or on-arrival countries varies from 120 to 159 from various sources but the fact is that there’s gap between the number granted to us and to other western countries. And this happens because we’re politically isolated! In the past 3 years although we’ve gained a huge number of entries, most of them are offered by developed countries which don’t take influence from PRC (China), thus almost no progress has been made with countries other than the 1st world. A south Korean may enter visa-freely to western but further more to South America: Brazil, Argentina, And Middle East: Turkey, Emirates, Morocco, even South Eastern Asia which is relatively closer to us! The Philippines, Thailand… because we don’t have official relationship established with most countries. And it’s hindered.

so I propose that my former text to be kept to Wiki reader, in hope that one day a political miracle might happen! thanks! : ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorden Cheng (talk • contribs) 17:37, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You for the Wikipedia Picture[edit]

Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware picture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wax_apple1.jpg). I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:

http://www.freeenglishsite.com/

I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm

2. USA section - contains information and images of every USA state and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/usa/index.htm

3. English section - "Mel and Wes" lessons in conversation format. Stories are located in various USA states and world countries such as China, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico and Thailand. Each lesson has many slang terms and idioms, which I link to my Slang Dictionary. This eventually will have over 5,000 terms. Currently, it has about 3,000 slang and idioms. I regularly add new lessons and slang terms. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/lessons/index.htm Slang Dictionary link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/slang/Eslang_a.htm

Prior to retirement, I taught English at several private and public universities in the United States.

Please share this free site with your friends. I hope all will enjoy the pictures and find the English information useful. Sincerely, Duane Hurst in Utah, USA

Email address: duanerhurst@freeenglishsite.com --65.130.202.239 (talk) 16:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Zhongshan District, Taipei for deletion[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Chinese pet names[edit]

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Chinese Republic listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Allentchang (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

First, I can't see anything in my User Contribution history that would warrant a block, especially when I haven't made edits to the Wikipedia for nearly two years. Second, I do not see any block warnings on my talk page. Third, I don't quite understand the block message. It says that the network has been used improperly by someone in my network, but "registered users" are still allowed to edit. Am I not a registered user?

Accept reason:

I've granted you IP Block exemption as you are a good faith user caught in a range block intended for someone else. PhilKnight (talk) 17:21, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

IP block exempt[edit]

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I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption. PhilKnight (talk) 17:21, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scallion pancake listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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I'm mostly doing this so that I can move Scallion pancake back into this topic. Remorseless Angel 讲 16:40, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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