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I am a Canada and a Taiwanese guy who is proud to have two places to call home. I am a Han people, which, among other things, means that my ancestors were born in Mainland China, specifically, China proper. But it was so many generations ago that I don't know a single living relative in the Mainland. The only TV shows I like are all the ''Star Trek'' series except ''Star Trek: The Original Series''. But I don't go to fan conventions. The following is a list of my work here, for your interest and curiosity and my own unreliable memory: : Only the Wikified texts are the articles, the rest are category titles and summaries. * Korea(n) ** Hanja, the Chinese characters in Korean ** ''Ed.'' Han-geul, the Korean alphabet ** King Sejong the Great ** Korean family name ** Provinces of Korea ** Do (Korean and Japanese): "the Way" ** Special cities of Korea ** Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in the Chinese Northeast ** Hunmin jeong'eum (document), Han-geul creation document ** Hunmin jeong'eum haerye, Han-geul explanation document ** Nam Sung-yong, Korean athlete ** Sohn Kee-chung, Korean athlete * China + Taiwan ** Culture *** Titles **** ''Ed.'' Chinese family name: Table of the Top 60 Family Names in Characters, Mandarin and Cantonese Transliterations **** Posthumous name (de-stub) *** Myths and religions **** Dragon Kings of Sea/Lake **** Eight Immortals ***** Immortal Woman He (He Xiangu), Royal Uncle Cao (Cao Guojiu), Iron-crutch Li (Li Tieguai), Lan Caihe, Lu Dongbin, Philosopher Han Xiang (Han Xiang Zi), and Zhongli Quan **** Matsu (goddess) of Sea ''(new feat.)'' *** Languages **** Languages of China, as opposed to the Chinese languages **** Vernacular Chinese **** ''Ed.'' Chinese proverbs: + Hakka, Taiwanese language examples **** ''Ed.'' Wade-Giles: + list of major differences with pinyin **** ''Ed.'' Cantonese Romanization (penkyamp) *** Historic sites and artifacts **** Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain, the Chinese Northeast ***** Mausoleum of Princess Zhenxiao **** Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, that of a Mongolian leader **** Zhaojun Tomb, Han commoner who became a Hun chief-consort *** Customs and traditions **** Yuanfen, a Chinese social relation ** People *** Woo Tsin-hang, Taiwanese linguist *** Yuan T. Lee, the Taiwanese Nobelist scientist *** Madame Deng Yingchao *** Hong Xiuquan, Chinese king *** Liang Fa, first Chinese priest *** Namesakes: Eight Immortals of Communist China, Eight Immortals of Huainan, Eight Immortals from Sichuan, Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine *** Hong Tianguifu, Chinese king *** Jin Shengtan, a Chinese editor *** Qian Xuantong, a Chinese phonetician *** Qu You, a Ming novelist (de-stub) *** Lu Hao-tung, the 1st Chinese Nationalist matyr *** ''Ed.'' Zhuang Zi, a Chinese philosopher *** ''Ed.'' Confucius: + names, descendants ** Politics *** Flag of the Republic of China *** "Three Principles of the People (anthem)", national anthem of the ROC *** Mengjiang, a puppet state ''(new feat.)'' *** The Central Advisory Committee of China *** Crown Prince Party, children of people like Deng Xiaoping *** People's Political Consultative Conference *** The Chinese Soviet Republic led by Mao *** Circuit (political division): former division *** Commandry: former division ** Geography *** Political divisions of Taiwan *** [China/Temp] (de-stub) (now moved to China). *** Chahar Province, a former Chinese province *** Suiyuan, a former Chinese province *** The Matsu Islands, ROC, near Fujian. (de-stub) **** Ch�kuang Township, a Lienchiang township **** [Lienchiang County], ROC county of the Matsu (de-stub) [now merged with Matsu Islands] *** Yantai City *** Zhifu Island *** ''Ed.'' Hainan: + history, administration, demographics *** ''Ed.'' Jiangxi: + history, administration, demographics *** Hohhot, Inner Mongolian capital city ** Science *** Petuntse (china stone) * Asia ** South China Sea Islands ** ''Ed.'' Courtesy name, a.k.a., style or ''zi'' (字) ** Demchugdongrub, Mongolian leader ''(new feat.)'' ** Tibetan language, one of the most wanted during early June 2003 ** Tibetan written language ** Vietnam *** Tonkin (redo from scratch), historical part of Vietnam *** Cochin China, historical part of Vietnam *** Annam, historical part of Vietnam (de-stubbed) *** ''Ed.'' Nguyen dynasty: + intro on history *** ''Ed.'' History of Vietnam: + earliest history, before the French Occupation; one-paragraph intro ** Kyodo, Japanese news agency ** ''Ed.'' Wang: + king * North America ** Chinese Canadian (de-stub) ''(new feat.)'' ** Canuck, nickname for "Canadian" ** ''Ed.'' Jook-sing, "bananas" ** ''Ed.'' Korean American: + list ** Asian Canadian ** Athens, Georgia, a city in southern USA ** ''Ed.'' Lakota, a Native American People ** Bishops of New France ** Individuals *** Wayson Choy, a Canadian author *** Samuel C. C. Ting, a Chinese-American Nobelist scientist *** Chen Ning Yang, a Chinese-American Nobelist scientist *** Tsung-Dao Lee, a Chinese-American Nobelist scientist *** Chien-Shiung Wu, a female Chinese-American scientist ''(new feat.)'' *** King's Daughters, earliest French-Canadian women *** Gary Locke, the Washington governor *** Pitseolak Ashoona, Canadian artist *** ''Ed.'' Adrienne Clarkson ** Popular culture *** Dr. Noonien Soong of ''Star Trek'' *** The Breen of ''Star Trek'' (de-stub) *** Captain Nemo *** ''Ed.'' About.com, some website I used to visit a lot *** Spongebob Squarepants (character), + appearance. I only saw 1 entire episode, I used a drawing on-line to filling the details. *** ''The Fifth Element'', sci-fi action movie (de-stub) * Europe ** Eostre, pre-Christian European goddess ** University of Seville, Spain ** ''Ed.'' Terra: a Roman goddess, moved material * Africa ** ''Ed.'' Hausa language, a western African language * Cross-cultural / International ** Politics *** Subprefecture ** Linguistics and language *** Agglutination, word-formation *** Compound verb, redefine *** List of subnational name etymologies: mostly moved stuff from deleted materials found in the revision history List of country name etymologies, except Taiwanese etymologies, which I Googled. *** ''Ed.'' Interjection: + Phonetics *** ''Ed.'' Cedilla, a diacritic *** ''Ed.'' palindrome: + 6 Chinese examples [http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Palindrome&oldid=836789] ''(had since been replaced in mid-June 2003)'' *** ''Ed.'' eh, an interjection *** ''Ed.'' Punctuation *** ''Ed.'' Handwriting foreign accent: + numerals and alphabets in Chinese ** Geography *** Marginal sea ** Biology *** Emperor Penguin *** Chiton, shelled slow sea-animal *** Seagrass *** Pollination *** Baleen whale, toothless sea mammal *** Baleen, the "tooth" of some whales *** ''Ed.'' Weed control: intro, Wikipedize *** ''Ed.'' Fertilisation: + 2 paragraphs on animal and plant methods. *** ''Ed.'' Carnation, a flower *** ''Ed.'' Quetzal, a bird ** Misc. science *** ''Ed.'' Burn, original layperson's intros *** Leaving group, molecule in reactions ** Arts *** ''Ed.'' Paint Shop Pro, a digital graphics program *** ''International art?'' ** Politics *** ''Ed.'' United Nations: + a short paragraph on languages ** Culture *** International student *** Given name: de-stub *** Acculturation: obtaining cultures * Participated and had fun in the following Discussions/Talks: ** Talk:Transcription of Chinese: Summary of "Library of Congress Romanization (Pinyinization) Guidelines" ** Talk:Dao De Jing: Comparison btwn ''e'', ''ê'', ''eh'' in pinyin and Wade-Giles ** Talk:Glagolitic alphabet: + Hebrew origin I've also added Chinese characters (and when possible, their literal meaning), hanja, kanji, pinyin and tones to several pages. Feel free to edit/correct the mistakes, including errors on info, typos and grammatical errors, that I made. Image I worked on: * :Image:Greenland small.png & :Image:Greenland_big.png * :Image:Blood circulation (human).png * :Image:Pyramid.png, simple b/w diagram * ''Ed.'' :Image:Hawaii_map.png: label the islands * ''Ed.'' :Image:Whiptonguegraft.png & :Image:Budgraft.png: delete caption (convert them to text) :Abbreviations: :- "''Ed.''" = I did not start those articles anew or completely rewrite them, but just edited them more than typographical copyedits. :- "''(new feat.)''" = articles that came to my attention that have been listed on the Main Page for a day or two. They are deemed fun-to-be-looked-at by somebody else not myself and simply shows that they could use a hand or two, and it's not like the Wikipedia:Brilliant prose. :- "(de-stub)" = Make a cute Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub a few paragraphs longer == A lack of perfection == ''If'' I happen to have the time ''and'' the references, I try to improve and improve, then improve again the articles I started (such as the endless copyedits I had made to Hangul). Sometimes I unfortunately lack one or both elements in my cyberspace life. So, some, perhaps all, of the above articles don't live up the standards of some other Wikipedians or visitors. I do what I can to share what I know to be true in the areas that I describe. I also make mistakes, but never intentionally. ---- == Discussion/Talk == Please post on User talk:Menchi. I try to be friendly, but have only succeeded with my friends. :o) ==Barnstar== for your great work on Wikipedia. (User:Kokiri)

Menchi

I mostly replied ''on this page'' to your comments and inquiries, unless it is a notice for me to participate on another Discussion page.'' If I do not reply soon, it is probably because I am in meatspace. Either that or you happen to be a troll, perhaps literally. :-) -- User:Menchi 11:21 17 Jun 2003 (UTC) [http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Menchi&action=edit§ion=new Post a comment] == Archives == # /Stardate 0.0001 (December 16, '''2002 - June 2003''') # /Stardate 0.0002 (July '03 - August 2003) # /Stardate 0.0003 (August '03 - October) # /Stardate 0.0004 (October '03 - December) # /Stardate 0.0005 (January '''2004''' - June) # /Stardate 0.0006 (July '04 - Dec) # current page: Dec '04 / Jan '''2005''' - present # ... # "/Stardate 9.9999": Oops, running of out #, Starfleet must self-destruct. Guess we brainiacal superhumans should've learned lessons from Millennium Bug in the end of the the second millennium. User:Menchi/Temp ----- == [wohngdongwaa pengyam == Please address the doubts raised at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Gwohngdongwaa pengyam. In particular, the article doesn't explain the history and origins of this romanization. The same objections seem to be applicable to Penkyamp. Can you update the articles with the information about the history of these systems? In particular, can you add some reputable external links or books, is it is in, e.g., Jyutping article? Thank you, User:Mikkalai 01:12, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) : I'm not the original author of either articles. I probably copyedited them re: spelling etc, but I have no idea where the original author got the content. For all I know, they are personal inventions. Although, I must say, for a long time, I just ''assumed'' (without checking other sources or even Google) that they ''are'' authentic and even helped propagating them by adding them to the template. How foolish I am! I have commented on both VfD pages. --User:Menchi 02:03, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) ::You didn't comment on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Penkyamp. User:Mikkalai 02:09, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) ::: Ok, done. I've dropped a note on those who commented on ''Gwohngdongwaa pengyam'', alerting them of the presence of the ''Penkyamp'' page. --User:Menchi 02:25, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) *Keep: Fellow Wikipedians, please pause and think for a second: do you know the exact origin and meaning of "penkyamp" in the Cantonese language? Proper nouns(let's have no doubt that "Penkyamp" is indeed a proper name for the orthography), have varying degrees of SPECIFICITY. The fact that the name "penkyamp" does not automatically lead us to the origin of such system doesn't mean that such system wasn't in use under different names. Let's see: "penkyamp" as a GENERAL NOUN is inspired by Mandarin "pinyin", which is itself both a proper name for a system and a general noun designating "phonetic script". As a result, "penkyamp" as a general noun has been in use among the Cantonese referring to any phonetic script since at least the birth of the Mandarin Pinyin. And "Penkyamp" as a proper noun for a specific system might not be in place well after this system was in use for many years, only until it was introduced to us as such. What if on-line records before 2003 has been mostly erased? Besides, the article started under the entry Cantonese Romanization instead of Penkyamp. Maybe back then "Penkyamp" wasn't finalized as its only proper name. It could be "Lomazi" or "Zeuyamp". At least it's nothing as specific as "Jyutpin" (a name that is hightly stylized and specified as a "PINyin"--note: not a Cantonese pronunciation--- of the "Jyut"(Guangdong)-- nothing can get as specific as this, which will garantee to trace back to its origin as an officially sponsored scheme). But "penkyamp" is not as specific as this. It means "phonetic script", is spelled as is pronounced in Cantonese, and is in circulation among the Cantonese thanks to the already existing Mandarin "Pinyin". I urge you to think twice about our obsession with the specificity of the proper name of the entry: what you call "Penkyamp" is actually of secondary relevance. The question is, what kind of usage, or systems were in existence before this name was finalized, on Wikipedia? ''the above unsigned msg is from the originator of the above articles, User:Dunshi'' : Please place new message at the ''bottom'' of the talk page as per convention. I've moved it down. --User:Menchi 20:23, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC) ==A request== I assume you know Chinese. If this is the case, I would like for the articles Tao Ren and Tao Jun (on fictional characters in a comic book) to have the "proper" Hanyu Pinyin romanizations for their names. User:WhisperToMe 01:41, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC) : Done. These names are fake romanizations. They look like Wade-Giles, but then, in WG, "Tao Ren" = "Tao Lien" (PY: Dao Lian). And "Tao Jun" = "Tao Jen" (PY: Dao Ren). --User:Menchi 06:05, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC) : Thank you, Menchi :) - I believe the given names are both characters are Japanized or are romanized in a strange manner (I believe the Japanese made the official spellings) User:WhisperToMe 03:13, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC) : I have another request: Lee Bailong. User:WhisperToMe 03:16, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC) :: Done. --User:Menchi 05:41, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC) :: Again, thank you :) I have one more request - Bason, found in the "Shaman King" article. He doesn't have his own article but his Chinese characters are there. :) User:WhisperToMe 02:55, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::: It's ''Ma3 Sun1''. --User:Menchi 03:08, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::: That's an interesting romanization. :o Thank you :) User:WhisperToMe 04:10, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC) == Vanity page? == Hi Menchi, I don't think it qualifies as a vanity page. He didn't write it. I don't agree with his views and I have written more than most. He is notable within Washington state politics, these initiatives are a big deal up there, and he's a big wheel in opposing some of them. User:Libertas == Re: :-) == Posted on User_talk:ClockworkSoul I came across User:ClockworkTroll/Name the Admin Candidate just now and was truly impressed by your willingness to compromise for the community's sake. Not everybody would be willing to take a step back during such personal debates, as I've witnessed before at the RfA. I don't really know you, but I hafta say that what you did there was very admirable. That act alone showed your sincerity and coolheadness, hence your adequacy as an admin. So, here's a belated symbolic vote of support. WP has way too much stubborness and closed ears. I'm glad to see a sign of WP's friendly and cooperative spirit again. Anyway, "ClockworkSoul" sounds way cooler! --User:Menchi 02:21, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC) * Thanks, Menchi! I'm always glad one somebody runs across that page. I think it turned out well, and I'm very happy with my new name. Honestly, though, it isn't so much that I'm very coolheaded, but that I have little patience for bickering. ;) – User:ClockworkSoulUser talk:ClockworkSoul 03:33, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC) == 我就住在大连，但是却发现你对大连、旅顺了解的比我多多了 == 看到你创立的旅顺口条目，真的太棒了，甚至都有政府所在的地址！我是新来的维基人，希望多多交流！--User:Mickeymousechen 18:15, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC) : Thanks. You're too kind! --User:Menchi 22:17, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC) == re: Zenichi Shimbashi == Good evening. Back in October 2003, you added Zenichi Shimbashi to the list of notable Japanese Canadians. Since then, an anonymous user created an article for Zenichi Shimbashi. This anonymous user has a history of vandalism. I am, unfortunately, having to go back and challenge every non-reverted edit from that IP. Can you please go to the Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Zenichi Shimbashi on this article and comment about the verifiability of the information in the Zenichi Shimbashi article? Thanks. User:Rossami User talk:Rossami 23:43, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) : I got it from [http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:Y_zqW521fk4J:www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm%3FPgNm%3DTCE%26Params%3DJ1ARTJ0004108+%22Zenichi+Shimbashi%22&hl=en the Canadian Encyclopedia Online]. But if he's not as famous as the Canadian Encyclopedia claims, then maybe he shouldn't have an entry. --User:Menchi 02:41, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC) ==Mt. Fuji== Good idea about reducing the Mt. Fuji etymology. Actually though, if you look at the archives, you'll see that original all that information was in Mt. Fuji but not Taketori Monogatari. Taketori was a bit of a stub. I moved all that information over to Taketori, but never got around to summarizing the information on Mt. Fuji. Thanks for doing that, since it made me finally clean it up a little. --User:Carlj7 01:12, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC) : Ah..that makes sense. Yeah, it'd be a bit disappointing for the reader to read Taketori Monogatari, only to find the content to be the duplicate of the one on Mt. Fuji. Or vice versa. --User:Menchi 02:00, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC) == comment change == ''re: User talk:Mdeering'' no harm intended, just trying to make an article as neutral as possible :) --User:Mdeering ==Taiwan Notice Board== Hello, Just for your information, I am comming to advertise the Wikipedia:Taiwan-related topics notice board that I have recently created in the hope that contributers with a focus on Taiwan related topics can have a place to discuss on different proposals, in case if you still has an appetite for Taiwanese articles. I wonder if you would care to sign in as one of the contributer? Please also take a look at the question about the title of Chen Yi in the talk page of the notice board. The debate is on whether his position is Chief Exacutive or Governor-General? :-DUser:Mababa 06:01, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC) : I'm honoured by the invitation, and I've watchlisted that page. However, I'm not really in the "intensive contributing phase" anymore, so I'd hate to list myself only to never do any at all. I'll comment if possible. --User:Menchi 08:27, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Mandarin Promotion Council == Hullo! Do you know any good books or websites (or anything else) where I could read up on the Preparatory Commission for the Unification of the National Language (國語統一籌備會), especially on its decision to promote Mandarin as the ''guoyu''? A friend of mine claims that Mandarin was chosen based on its relative "simplicity" (whatever that means), whereas I opined that it was due to its being used as the ''guanhua'' for much of Qing times, its standardization and widespread teaching through the ''zhengyin shuyuan'' and its finally being declared the national language in the early 20th century. Do you know anything that can shed some light on this? Thanks! --User:Xiaopo User talk:Xiaopo 08:10, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC) : I did that article so long ago...so I don't remember any specific websites I got the info from. : Re: simplicity. I agree with you. It's just what the Qing had been using in its capital, Beijing. It's also interesting to note that Mandarin not really the native language of the ROC leaders. Dr Sun Yat-sen was from the Cantonese-speaking region, and Chiang spoke the Ningpo dialect at home. So it's isn't like they picked Mandarin because it's their native dialect either. --User:Menchi 08:27, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC) == help == i don't know if you are free to help, i am trying to get some information about the colleges and universities in Canada for my post graduate study. can u help? maybe you can email me if you'd like to help. thx! --User:Yacht (User talk:Yacht) 11:36, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC) == FPC == Aw..I'm so honoured! --User:Menchi 06:02, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC) == canadian chinese == hey i dont know how to send a message, so im going to post a message for you. i want to know how you feel about living in canada as a chinese. i live in usa now and hate it. i want to know if canada is any better. how do canadians treat the chinese? == Fenqing == would u take a look at this entry (Fenqing)? i meant to translate that all, but feeling unable and awkward. i guess the transliteration of the title is alright, bringing some new words for English! :) it's quite crowded these days, so i want to add some new entry about it. :D --User:Yacht (User talk:Yacht) 16:08, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC) == pine == Thanks for your wonderful pine picture! Would you mind uploading it to the Wikipedia commons in the proper category so all can use it?:) If you see my edit history, you'll see I'm way too busy to do this myself. Thanks again! --User:Zantastik 03:48, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Proofreading request == Hi Menchi, I have a small request that perhaps you can help with. At the :vi:Trang Ch�nh, there is an article about a historic document that was originally written in Han characters. Since we only have the quoc ngu transcription of the text, we had to reverse-transcribe the text into Traditional Chinese word by word. Since none of us can read the Chinese characters, it's prone to mistakes. Would you read over the article :vi:Chiếu dời đ� (the Chinese part) and let me know if it makes any sense? The document is about a king asking his subjects whether to move the capital. Thanks. User:DHN 04:39, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC) :For reference, here's a supposedly "correct" version of the text: [http://vhvn.com/Covan/Lyconguan/thiendo.gif] (comparing them is really a pain if you can't read Chinese :-)) User:DHN 04:47, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC) ::Thanks a lot for your help! It's been changed. :-) User:DHN 17:43, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC) == copyright of images on the commons. == Hey, I just posted a message for you (in French, since your page said that was your first language) concerning the copyright of an image you'd uploaded. You should tag your images , and be advised that one cannot restrict the use of an image to wikipedia projects ''and'' place that image on the commons. You can restrict the image to wikimedia use and put it on wikimedia projects individually, but such a license is non-free and thus unacceptable on the commons. I hope this clears matters up. Please see my message on your commons talk page -- it's more detailed and I have some links for you. --User:Zantastik 00:24, 17 May 2005 (UTC) One last thing -- it appears that you've been adding much of value to wikipedia and to the commons and I really want to thank you for all your effort! Users like you are a treasure. --User:Zantastik 00:26, 17 May 2005 (UTC) : Your message is very kind, but, mmmm.... are you sure I'm the person you're thinking of? First of all, nowhere have I ever claimed to speak French as a first language. Secondly, [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Menchi my Commons Talk page] has no new messages. --User:Menchi 03:55, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

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