Talk:Sharpbelly
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Tropical???
[edit]If this fish occurs in Korea it cannot be a "tropical" fish. 三人莫然 (talk) 10:41, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Clarifying "Mainland China" for Precision
[edit]"It originates in large streams and reservoirs in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, and the Amur River basin...It is of minor commercial importance, primarily in mainland China, where it is canned. In Hong Kong, it is not favored as a table fish because the flesh is unpalatable and very bony."
I've restored "mainland China" instead of "China" in the article per WP:PRECISE as Hong Kong and Taiwan are mentioned too together. Using "China" alone is ambiguous when all three regions especially Hong Kong are mentioned together.
The term "mainland China" is widely used in Wikipedia for clarity in similar cases, such as:
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
List of websites blocked in mainland China
COVID-19 pandemic in China (uses "mainland China" to distinguish from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan)
User RovingPersonalityConstruct has repeatedly reverted this edit, citing WP:PROVEIT, but this does not apply as the term "mainland China" is well-established in relevant contexts. Given this, further reverts without discussion go against WP:BRD.
- @Kylinki: MOS:NC-CN defines pretty clearly what "China", "Taiwan", and "mainland China" are. The problem with the change isn't between "China" and "Taiwan"; there's no confusion there because WP:COMMONNAME means they refer to polities and their effective territories. The problem isn't even between "China" and "Hong Kong"; including both "China" and "Hong Kong" in the list is, at worse, redundant. The problem is that the change from "China" to "mainland China" suddenly leaves areas previously accounted for - like Macau - now unaccounted for. Hence my edit comment that there's a change of meaning here that needs to be verified. If the species doesn't have a presence in Macau and other such areas, then "mainland China" is fine.
- I also note that BRD says that the article should revert back to the last version before the matter of contention, which would be Special:Diff/1279724790. But as a sign of good will, I won't. Yet. - RovingPersonalityConstruct (talk, contribs) 03:04, 2 April 2025 (UTC)