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added by ixtmixilix, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Apr 17 '11 at 18:16

closed as off topic by Don Kirkby, Geoffrey Zheng, dta, dusan, Tianyi Cui Dec 8 '10 at 7:06

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

up vote -2 down vote

added by ixtmixilix Aug 2 '10 at 21:41

closed as off topic by Xiè Jìléi, Luser, Edle, Tianyi Cui, Erik van Brakel Jan 8 '11 at 22:01

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

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added by KennyTM Jun 19 '10 at 20:22

closed as off topic by Douglas S. Stones, random, Don Kirkby, Luser, Geoffrey Zheng Sep 21 '10 at 6:34

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	— should this site allow "Checking the dictionary" questions? – KennyTM Jun 19 '10 at 20:23
	I wouldn't want it to... perhaps list a bunch of online dictionaries in the FAQ, and point to that (answers will be copy/pasted from dictionaries anyway). However, you can expect to get many of these questions and perhaps it's less complicated just to answer them and move on, then stir up trouble closing questions. – Douglas S. Stones Jun 20 '10 at 23:44
	as far as not too many too trivial vocabulary questions pop up, this is a perfectly valid one. after all, neither wikipedia nor dict.leo.org appear to know this term. – flow Jun 23 '10 at 17:56
	Any decent Chinese dictionary has this, or even just google then translate. If you don't know any Chinese you wouldn't be checking this phrase anyway. – Geoffrey Zheng Sep 21 '10 at 6:37

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added by KennyTM Jun 19 '10 at 14:18

closed as off topic by Gelatin, Georges Duplessy, zephyr, Douglas S. Stones, Chris W. Rea Jun 21 '10 at 1:06

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Actually, I think this is quite on topic. Have any of the people who voted off-topic actually been to China? Don't you know how many foreigners embarrass themselves by having really dumb Chinese names? Nevertheless, it's phrased wrong. It should be something like, my name's John Doe, and someone said my Chinese name should be 'x' -- how does this name sound to a Chinese person? – ixtmixilix Jul 31 '10 at 21:57

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added by Douglas S. Stones Jun 19 '10 at 5:24

closed as off topic by Gelatin, Georges Duplessy, Lars Andren, random, Mark H Jul 17 '10 at 7:14

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	These types of questions don't provide information of lasting value, and if allowed on the site would permit hundreds or thousands more just like it. Suggest people use their profile to indicate their willingness to act as a study partner, or to indicate they already have one. – Chris W. Rea Jun 19 '10 at 14:25
	Sounds good... but you can still expect zillions of these types of questions. – Douglas S. Stones Jun 20 '10 at 23:23
	Exactly why this is a great example of an off-topic question and should be mentioned in the site FAQ as such :-) – Chris W. Rea Jun 21 '10 at 1:02
	I actually don't see a lot of this kind of question on language forums. – Master Of Disaster Jun 21 '10 at 9:10
	Yes. It's good if they mark it in their profile, bad if they use the Q/A format to digress into personal stuff. – ixtmixilix Jul 31 '10 at 22:03

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added by Cary Chow Jun 18 '10 at 18:39

closed as off topic by Douglas S. Stones, Georges Duplessy, Chris W. Rea, Lars Andren, Mark H Jul 17 '10 at 7:14

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

In my opinion, any question with "Which nationality is better?" or similar is 100% off topic (and likely to be offensive). – Douglas S. Stones Jun 21 '10 at 1:04

Yeah, I agree. It's not technical enough. It's too much about opinion... A better way to phrase it would be: 'which colloquial strains of Chinese are closest to the spoken standard of xiandai hanyu?' So, in that case, you could say, 'Dongbei in the mainland... not southwestern, not southern... beginning at Dongbei and ending somewhere in Qingdao.' There's fact in that, because the question is more specific. – ixtmixilix Jul 31 '10 at 21:54

This is an inflammatory question and an answer to this question would offer no value to anybody, only personal prejudices. – mariachimike Sep 27 '10 at 17:19

And saying that Taiwanese pronunciation is not much different than other south Chinese speakers nearby... – Sebastian Godelet Mar 23 '11 at 1:25

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added by Master Of Disaster Jun 17 '10 at 8:19

closed as off topic by Douglas S. Stones, Cary Chow, Chris W. Rea, Steve Kuo, Georges Duplessy Jun 19 '10 at 17:35

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	This is a question that is likely to stir up a lot of trouble... – Douglas S. Stones Jun 20 '10 at 23:46
	@Douglas: You are right. This is meant to be an "off-topic" question, one which isn't suitable for the group, and wouldn't be allowed, so you can vote for it as "great off-topic example". – Master Of Disaster Jun 21 '10 at 2:18
	The question is phrased in a bias way, implying that simplified characters is an "upgrade". None the less, it's a great topic. – Steve Kuo Jun 21 '10 at 16:40
	the question could easily be asked in an even more neutral way (i understand ‘revert’ and ‘update’ here in a historical, not a judging sense), but as such i believe it is worthy of discussion. the non-trivial differences between character usage in hong kong, taiwan, japan, and china mainland are a linguistic topic and concern learners and natives of these areas alike. – flow Jun 23 '10 at 17:52
	Agree with @flow: a question as "how did the characters used in mainland, HK, and TW evolved and what are their respective merits" would be right on-topic and largely politically neural. – Geoffrey Zheng Sep 21 '10 at 6:34