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Problem with the news about taiwan

In the news, it says

Tsai Ing-wen (pictured) is elected the first female President of Taiwan

However,

Tsai Ing-wen (pictured) is elected the first female President of Republic of China.

Taiwan is name of its administration area, however, the name of the position is President of Republic of China. This is just like we should not call the leader of ISIS as the leader of North Syria. Even though its administration power is only in North Syria.

Raintwoto 20:25, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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Raintwoto 20:29, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

ISIS is not the common name for North Syria. This is no different than reporting about the President of France rather than the President of the French Republic. And what the Chinese Misplaced Pages does is of no relevance to what the English Misplaced Pages does. --Khajidha (talk) 20:40, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

How do you define common name? The name in the front page is President of Taiwan, but inside the page, the name is redirected to President of the Republic of China, this is wrong. We should not call something based on the so called common name. The common name for United States is America. When Obama is elected, why he is called the President of United States, not the President of America? https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Template:In_the_news&oldid=250200007 I think there is a double standard here. Raintwoto 23:04, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

"The name in the front page is President of Taiwan, but inside the page, the name is redirected to President of the Republic of China, this is wrong." Or maybe the page is improperly named?

"We should not call something based on the so called common name." Then you have a problem with one of the standard policies of the English Misplaced Pages.

"The common name for United States is America." When used in comparisons to other countries, the common name is United States. As opposed to the formal name of "United States of America".

"When Obama is elected, why he is called the President of United States, not the President of America?" Except the parallel form to "President of the Republic of China" is "President of the United States of America". --Khajidha (talk) 01:05, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps a better comparison would be that we say President of South Korea rather than the official title President of the Republic of Korea - even though "South Korea" is technically just a geographic designator like "Taiwan" - because it's not fair to expect readers to know immediately that the Republic is the South, and most neutral media calls it "South Korea". The situation is even more confusing in this case, because the Republic of China doesn't control any of Mainland China. Most English-language sources call the country Taiwan (except when it's Chinese Taipei) and we follow suit - see WP:COMMONNAME. Smurrayinchester 10:09, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Why not use "President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)"? This makes it clear, but also uses the correct term of address. Using "Taiwan" on the news page, but redirecting to the properly titled article President of the Republic of China, could be interpreted as a political statement by Misplaced Pages or its editors. LadyIslay (talk) 22:39, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Tsai is well-known for saying, "Taiwan is the Republic of China, the Republic of China is Taiwan.” Outside Taiwan itself and Misplaced Pages, it's not at all common to use the phrase "Republic of China" this way. Why confuse readers? H. Humbert (talk) 00:31, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Indeed, and this might also go against WP:NPOV, and though "Taiwan" may be the WP:COMMONNAME of the Republic of China, there seems to be an enourmous double standard in this case where Taiwan is about the political entity but if you type in Ireland you're brought to the geographic area as opposed to the political Republic of Ireland (which would also fall under WP:COMMONNAME), just because there is a One-China policy doesn't mean that we, editors of Misplaced Pages should follow it, it's like there being a "One-Korea policy" where 1st world countries would call North Korea "Choson", and 2nd world countries would call South Korea "Hangook", the neutral point of view for the political areas would still be their political names, not the geographic name, why does Misplaced Pages know this for Ireland but not for Taiwan?

Most English-language sources also refer to the Republic of Ireland as simply "Ireland". --42.114.35.42 (talk) 13:10, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

But the relevant point is that most English language usage of Ireland is for the island. --Khajidha (talk) 14:25, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the most common usage is the country. We all secretly hope the north will get it together and just merge back completing the country.Correctron (talk) 03:18, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

I agree with the term "President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)". Tsai said that because of her political view is pro taiwan independence. I will agree if the official name of Taiwan is Republic of Taiwan, then we should refer it as "Taiwan". However, its official name is "Republic of China", if you want to simplify it, you should refer it as China, not Taiwan. Furthermore, the government of "Republic of China" also controls the Penghu island, which is not belong to the island of Taiwan. I don't think Misplaced Pages should take a political stand on these kinds of matters. Raintwoto 23:46, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Your position that you "don't think Misplaced Pages should take a political stand on these kinds of matters" loses some of its credibility when you opine that "if want to simplify should refer it as China, not Taiwan."

It's doubtful that "President of Taiwan" has confused or misled anyone who's read the blurb. People understand what "Taiwan" means in this context, so prepending "the Republic of China" would provide no additional clarity.

It also would fail to prevent the perception of political bias, as "President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)" can be interpreted as an endorsement of labeling the country "Taiwan" or as an attempt to promote greater usage of "China" in that context. Conversely, the current wording reflects common usage in the English language (not approval of the circumstances that led to it), as most readers will realize.

Meanwhile, our article about the country is titled "Taiwan", so modifying one ephemeral mention seems unlikely to satisfy those opposed to this practice. —David Levy 01:44, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

For those interested: Talk:Taiwan/Archive 20#Requested Move (February 2012). (There are probably other similar discussions elsewhere in the wiki.) I don't agree with the redirect. But the majority rules... --PFHLai (talk) 06:19, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Once upon a time I got some excellent advice from someone as a response to my confusion about the realities and sensibilities of the China Taiwan question. I think this reply is well worth following https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Taiwan-related_topics_notice_board#When_is_using_Taiwan_.2F_ROC_.2F_Chinese_Taipei_appropriate Andrewgprout (talk) 07:23, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Any old copy editor would tell you that female president is not an elective office in the Republic of China (Taiwan) – or anywhere else on Earth. Sca (talk) 15:22, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

(Technically, it is in Rojava. Asya Abdullah is the female co-president of Rojava, and Salih Muslim Muhammad is the male co-president) Smurrayinchester 08:51, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

deceiptful DYK item

A current DYK item seems to be a deceipt that just seems akin to a lie. The DYK is "... that the steeple of the Readington Reformed Church was blown over by a cyclone on January 3, 1913, and restored one hundred years later?" There were numerous tall steeples of churches in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, etc. that have been destroyed by hurricanes and never rebuilt, because the vulnerability became clear. This DYK seems interesting in giving a restoration of such a tall steeple (perhaps built stronger somehow?). But no, the recent picture shows a shortish steeple. That is a apparently a replacement of the short steeple that was put in place 100 years earlier. The DYK is misleading, not in any clever way. I think the DYK item ought to be removed. --doncram 09:28, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

This DYK hook is already off MainPage. You may want to take this up with the contributors of the article. The lead contributor also nominated it for DYK. For next time, please be encouraged to report problems to WP:ERRORS. Response is general quicker there. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 20:03, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

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Hi how can find place to chat about interesting articles and pages, and also art and personal publishing projects regarding this site? also user page here — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakecardwell (talk • contribs)

@Jakecardwell: I could be wrong but I don't really think there is a place to chat about 'art and personal publishing' here, as that doesn't have to do with building an encyclopedia. If you have comments about an article itself, they can go on the article's talk page. In the future, you can ask questions about how to use Misplaced Pages at the Help Desk, as this page is for discussing the contents of the Main Page only. 331dot (talk) 10:56, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

How about WP:VP? --PFHLai (talk) 19:57, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

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Can someone please fix the view counter? It has been stuck on the 21st for a few days now. Thanks. Johnsmith2116 (talk) 03:30, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

@Johnsmith2116: Are you talking about stats.grok.se? This is managed by a community member, not one that frequents this page. There is a new pageview API that can be used instead, and is far far more accurate. — foxj 10:13, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

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Over the past few days I've noticed that when I visit WP:ERRORS it often contains content that has yet to appear on the transclusion here. Is that a problem at my end or at Misplaced Pages's, is it just affecting me, and what can be done to address it? --Dweller (talk) 09:11, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

MICHAEL GIORDANO

BIRTHNAME - MICHAEL GIORDANO
BORN - JANUARY 13 1989 (AGE 26)
MEDIUM - PODCAST
YEARS ACTIVE -2015 -PRESENT
GENRES - OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY. POLITICALLY INCORRECT COMEDY,
PROFANE COMEDY, SATIRE, ROAST COMEDY, MUSICAL PARODY
SUBJECTS - SOCIETY, POLITICS, RACE, RELIGION, GENDER, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, GENDER EQUALITY, CELEBRITIES,
LANGUAGE, CULTURE
WEBSITE - WWW.BADACAST.COM

Michael “Bada” Giordano (born January 13 1989) is an American Comedian, Writer, Performer, and musician. He is best known for being the host of the Podcast “According To Bada”. He is also known for his outspoken highly opinionated, politically incorrect comedic roasts of everyday topics.
EARLY LIFE—
Bada was born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York to a middle-class family of Italian Decent. His father was a Boiler Man and his mother was a School crossing guard. as a troubled youth, he dropped out of high school, later to obtain a GED from the New York State Education Dept. From an early age, Bada displayed an appreciation for intellectual humor, often making rooms full of adults laugh at his musings.
CAREER—
Bada officially began his career with the launch of his own independent website www.BadaCast.com and the start of the weekly podcast series ‘According To Bada’ in February 2015.since then he has held numerous interviews with multiple entertainment blogs. In September 2015, Bada released his first studio album entitled ‘Luck And laughs’.On this album, he discusses topics such as language, profanity, politically correctness, and a host of other edgy material. Also not his album , are two parody song tracks, written and performed by Bada.
PERSONAL LIFE —
Bada is not married, although he does have a long term relationship with a fashion Entrepreneur, they as of yet have no children. Bada is the youngest of a family consisting of 8 children. (He has 4 brothers, 3 sisters) Bada resides in Brooklyn, New York, his birthplace. NOTABLE INCIDENTS —
Just a few weeks into the start of his Podcast, Bada was able to get an interview with Film and Television actor, Lillo Brancato (A Bronx Tale) for Episode 10 of According To Bada. Just days after the release of the episode, Lillo contacted the girlfriend of Bada, and proceeded to attempt to flirt with her. Bada did not take this lightly, firing away at Lillo on twitter, via personal cellphone, and on a future episode of According To Bada. The roast of Lillo made it into the Season One Finale (Episode 20). There has been no contact between them since. Bada has not reached to to another celebrity for an interview since then.

DISCOGRAPHY —
- Luck And Laughs (2015) (Digital Download)
EXTERNAL LINKS —
WWW.BADACAST.COM
WWW.TWITTER.COM/BADABK