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Recently I found that people always use
(Flag of Hong Kong) to illustrate one's place of birth or something like that. However, I think a lot of people have mistakenly put this flag into some people's profile even when these people were actually born in Colonial Hong Kong.
Examples include "
Court of Final Appeal", where Justice
Andrew Li Kwok-nang and many others are stated to be born in
HKSAR. It does not make any sense!
Should we patrol around the Hongkong-related topics and replace all those "wrong" flags with flags like
(Flag of Hong Kong 1959) or so?
Nxn 0405 chl
19:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm not even certain why flags are included in something like birth place and death place on the biographical template. What's the point? I'm guessing it's there only to indicate geographical location, but it's completely unnecessary. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 02:29, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Octopus card is now substantially cleaned-up and it's almost ready for GA nomination. But several statements still need citations and I was not able to find sources for them. Please see the article's talk page for details and help find some sources. If sources are not found in a week or two, I'll be removing or modifying those statements so I can nominate the article for GA. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I've removed the remaining statements for which no sources were found, and have the article for GA status. Please re-insert the statements I deleted if sources are found. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:44, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I have improved The Bus Uncle and nominanted it to be a Featured article again. Since only one other user has commented on the article here, I will be grateful if some of you can go and post your opinions on the matter. Cheers.-- Kylohk 22:58, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Right now, you'd be surprised that an Australian user has voiced support on the article, when I checked it today.-- Kylohk 10:26, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Whilst in Hong Kong recently I came across an advert for a health supplement in the "Apple Daily", an url to an wikipedia article was given a prominent position at the bottom of the advert, as an endorsement for this product. The wikipedia article may be legitimate and the health supplement company making a legitmate reference. However being the paranoid that I am, I fear a company may have created an article on wikipedia, and then used wikipedia's credibility as prop for their product.
I would investigate this myself and bring it to the attention of somebody, but the cuttings I made of the paper have dissappeared somewhere since by return to the UK. So can any Hong Kong editors out there keep an eye out for this ad (pretty conspicuous as they took a full page advert). The only other thing I remember was a supposed link to its use by the Argentinian national football team.
Thanks to anyone who takes this up. Koonan the almost civilised 07:19, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the lack of details and thanks again to anybody who can take this up. Koonan the almost civilised 06:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I've listed the Hong Kong film article Kung Fu Hustle up for peer review at WikiProject Films. If anyone is interested, please leave feedback here. Thank you for your attention.-- Kylohk 13:19, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at the April Fifth Action article. It reads like it has some POV problems while being poorly sourced. Can somebody who knows more about the subject or can devote more time to it take a look and possibly clean it up? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 06:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Rodparkes 01:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
And I though Che Guevara is long dead. But still, Leung Kwok Hung is the most frequent wearer of Guevara T-shirts, so he must be the one and only fan. I remembered a certain "Young Post" article in SCMP a couple of years ago about how he aspires to be a "Trotskyist-Leninist" whatsoever.-- Kylohk 07:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I've placed a POV tag at the top of April Fifth Action. Not sure if it's the best tag, so please replace it with a more appropriate one as applicable. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 02:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Currently, both Tung Chung and Mong Kok are rated class A. I've never rated anything class A because I've always found the rating kind of ambiguous, but one thing's for sure, both articles seem to be very under-referenced, and there may be MOS problems with them as well. Do these articles need re-assessment? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 05:46, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Kung Fu Hustle has now been nominated a good article. Feel free to assess and review it and leave feedback on any improvements that can be made if there are any-- Kylohk 13:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC).
And just as we were complaining about what a backlog the GA nomination page has, someone passed the article. :-P Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
As I seen some big WikiProjects have their own logos. I don't think the coat of arms of Hong Kong will do. Please discuss more or create a logo for this Wikiproject. -- Jacklau96 15:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
The coat of arms clearly represents Hong Kong. If you don't like it, it may be a good idea to draw a new logo with a junk in the middle, and that's another symbol for Hong Kong.-- Kylohk 16:05, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
I think making a Hong Kong location map according to this standard should be useful to the project. Anybody interested in doing this? -- Der yck C. 03:10, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Just realized that Instantnood ( talk · contribs) was totally banned by some non-process decision. I think WPHK might want to know this. Personally, I am in deep sorrow for his departure, but since we are process-abiding people, I can't do much. Probably I'm the only person in the world who's sorry for this. -- Der yck C. 07:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
The main Hong Kong article is starting to become under-referenced, especially the "History" section and the "Politics and government" section. Referencing for the latter section is especially important because it discusses currently living persons and some admins are very strict in applying WP:BLP. Right now the article is still in FA class, but I fear it will not survive a FAR if it is nominated for one. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 15:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Benjwong - To clarify, I don't mean it's so under-referenced that it needs an "Unreferenced" tag. I mean it's under-referenced for an FA article and I fear it may not survive a FAR if it was tagged for one. I would like it to stay FA class. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 02:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Alright, Octopus card has passed its GA nomination. The first step to bringing that article back to FA status has been accomplished. I may not get to it right away, but what I plan to do next is:
Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 17:39, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Alright, I've requested a peer review for the article. Wikipedia:Peer review/Octopus card/archive2. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 06:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks goes to User:Kylohk for all the work that he did on the article. Good job! Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I always thought that spoiler warnings aren't very professional. You don't have film magazines tagging each article with that warning, since it's obvious they will expose the plot.-- Kylohk 07:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that an editor requested that an article about Centamap be created on the project requests page. An article previously existed for this Hong Kong mapping service; however, it was deleted (not by myself) per CSD criteria - A7 (Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content...)
I contemplated re-creating the article for this service, however a quick Google search (first three pages only) does not yield much notability. Putting it out there, if we all feel that there are enough sources out there to support this article, then we can ask for a deletion review to restore the previous article. Any thoughts? Luke! 19:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I added a piece of information to try to assert notability. Not sure if it's enough though [1]. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 04:27, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at the article now. :-P It's been moved back. And if anyone wants the sources, email me; I have a PDF with all of them. (Thanks Factiva.) Resurgent insurgent 10:44, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
After two years of (hard?) work, the article's finally up-to-standard and I've nominated it for GA. Give some comments please! -- Der yck C. 07:11, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Update: The article needs a format fix. As reported, it currently looks broken on IE. Anybody using IE is able to fix it? It is alright to fix the article at the expense of removing a few images. -- Der yck C. 09:24, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
There is this fair use image problem in 3 of the images in The Bus Uncle. The argument is that since they are living, free pictures of them can be taken at any time. Yes that's possible, but what is the likelihood you will bump into 1 of the 3 in one day to take the photo? Also, the pictures show them in specific scenarios, that can't be reproduced by anyone anymore. How is anyone able to reasonably obtain free images of the 3? Are there really free images available on the internet?-- Kylohk 08:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
The Bus Uncle has been nominated for a FAR - Wikipedia:Featured article review/The Bus Uncle - just about one month after it was promoted. Please help improve the article. Keep in mind the current ongoing WP:BLP dispute that's been going on. I think that many editors are going to hone in on the FAR to try to get the article demoted. It's a shame. But try to accomodate the FAR reviewers instead of arguing with them if you happen to disagree with them. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 21:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I was about to go down the food or items list and try standardizing the format on a number of articles. However, I cannot decide which one to really use Template:Chinesename or Template:Chinese. Before I make a ton of changes, I would like to hear some opinions on it. For example you can see the difference between Chinesename template in effect and Chinese template in effect Benjwong 22:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Alright, I'm finally satisfied with the state of Stanley Internment Camp, and I've nominated it for GA status. Hopefully the images won't be a problem. I had to tag 2 out of 3 of the images as fair use, justifying that since the camp was only in existence from 1942 to 1945, a new version of the images cannot be produced. The third image, fortunately, should be public domain since it was Crown copyrighted more than 50 years ago. I've uploaded it to Commons instead. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 05:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
After weeks of waiting, the article has unfortunately failed it's GA evaluation. But that's OK, the evaluator listed some issues in the Talk page, and they look like issues that would have came up when I eventually try to push it to FA status anyway. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 18:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
The original image that the WPHK Userbox uses ( Image:WPHKuserbox.PNG) is supposed to look 3D, but the 3D aspect of the image doesn't really show up at the small size of the userbox, so I made some slight changes to it. Take a look and see if it looks OK. Template:User WPHK. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 00:43, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
That new image looks fine. But why do you think the image that goes in the userbox needs to appear 3D? I don't think that's necessary, especially since the userbox is so small. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 16:15, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Alright I'm going to change the template to use the new image. If anybody has any problems with it, feel free to revert or discuss. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 18:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I think the colour is too sharp, consider a duller colour. -- Jacklau96 10:08, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
This user is a member of Wikiproject Hong Kong. |
How's that? Or alternatively, we can just make it white.
This user is a member of Wikiproject Hong Kong. |
Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 16:20, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
User:Ohconfucius has placed a "prod" tag on Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers, and the article will be deleted in a few days if the deletion is uncontested. I don't know too much about this organisation or association. But if someone think it's notable enough for an article, please expand it a bit to assert notability. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 21:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I just noticed we have two different articles for 燒賣. If there are no objections, I'll be merging Siu maai into Shaomai. Since Shao Mai/Siu Maai is not limited to Cantonese cuisine (correct me if I'm wrong), we should probably use the pinyin romanisation standard here on WP. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 19:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I think it is best to set guidelines for TVB related articles. The article Myolie Wu was written inthe form of an advertisement. I've cleaned up that part, but there is still referencing to do. I would suggest creating a page or a TVb Wikiproject and lay out some guidelines, like the style of writing and the use of acotr/actress/drama show poster images, as most are non-fair use.-- TVB dx iang (Ta lk) 13:06, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I requested that Hong Kong-style Western cuisine merge into Cuisine of Hong Kong either via deletion or become a redirect page. The discussion didn't get anywhere. Keeping this article around adds confusion. Anyone have an opinion on how to handle it? Benjwong 16:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Big brother Jackie Chan is now up for peer review in the WikiProject Biography. Any one interested, please state your comments about it. Thank you.-- Kylohk 10:44, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's even better news. Jackie Chan is now upgraded to Good Article status! Time to update that table.-- Kylohk 18:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Which article do you plan to nominate?-- Kylohk 19:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Can someone please read through the article? It's under peer review, but no one's commented on it.-- Kylohk 22:01, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Dear Hong kong wikipedians, on June 23, the Hong kong government changed some of the naming of different departments and HK government changed some of the position of the secretary. We must update these as soon as possible. -- Jacklau96 03:52, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Some templates related to MTR are proposed in Wikipedia:Templates for deletion.
— HenryLi ( Talk) 16:46, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
It seems like there is a recent wave of images that is going to get deleted. The new fair use policies said musicians/actors/actresses cannot use pictures from movies, screenshots, CDs, albums etc. I went talking to a number of people and we need some serious help trying to get "FREE" images of these celebrities. I have emailed a number of people at flickr. Almost every person said they can't share the image cause it was taken from random websites. I don't know where we will find this many image? Benjwong 03:35, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at Aerosmith, album covers are all over that article. And screenshots are used all over Mariah Carey. I think it's because those articles actually discuss the specific albums and content of the screenshots. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 15:01, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Another point I'd like to add - while I think there should be a bit of leniency on the fair use of album covers and screenshots, because there are no free alternatives of those, I do think we should be careful about inserting random images into articles of celebrities. There are photographers and magazines that basically use the copyright of these photographs to make money, and they really shouldn't be used so freely here on WP. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 20:48, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
As per our reviewer, there are a few things that I need help:
Thanks! See the comments at Talk:Lam Tin. -- Der yck C. 07:17, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
User:91.104.14.23 added simplified Chinese names to a number of Hong Kong location articles, most of them against current conventions of template use. Other editors have different reactions to this user's acts, where I incorporated the simplified Chinese using the {{ zh-ts}} syntax, and HongQiGong dismissed the simplified Chinese as not necessary. I wonder could we settle down and think of which convention to adopt? -- Der yck C. 02:23, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
The establishment ceremony of Wikimedia Hong Kong will be held on July 14, 2007 at 15:00 at City Top, City University of Hong Kong. All Hong Kong Wikimedians are invited to join this joyous occasion. Application for Wikimedia Hong Kong membership can also be made at the event. For more details, please see m:Wikimedia Hong Kong/香港維基媒體協會成立慶祝活動.
For queries, you can contact me through my email. As I'm the master of ceremony that day, come and support me!!!! Thanks! -- Der yck C. 15:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
There is a template called {{ Concerts}} which is a listing of Hong Kong singers who have done a series of "cross-year concerts". Can someone provide some explanation for this? What is the significance of a series of concerts starting in one year and ending in another? -- Metropolitan90 03:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Alright, the leading sentence in this article is ridiculous:
Can we talk about how we can trim this down? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 20:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
The Chief Executive (Traditional Chinese: 行政長官; Simplified Chinese: 行政长官; Pinyin: Xíngzhèng Zhǎngguān; Cantonese Jyutping: hang4 zing3 zoeng2 gwun1) of Hong Kong is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Alright, somehow Octopus card managed to sit in a peer review request for an entire month without anybody commenting on the article. So how I've nominated it for FA. Please help fix any problems any reviewers may find so we can push the article back to FA status.
Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 20:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Our COTM is very outdated. We have not chosen an article for April, May, June. I don't think people are caring about it. Should we disable it? -- Jacklau96 10:13, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I guess it's due to the limited number of members in this WikiProject. Had it been larger, there would be more people willing to lend a hand.-- Kylohk 11:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I started a conversation for template discussion here. Please join in. We need to decide which template to use to standardize on. There are too many floating around. Benjwong 19:56, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
In light of the recent wave of image deletions, I wanted to link up the text for the copyright ordinance in Hong Kong for all of us to examine. It's extremely long, but as far as I can tell, it's pretty air-tight, with even government works being copyrighted.
Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 16:41, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I propose that we move this article to her stage name Nnadia Chan. It had been redirected to her actual name, but I belive that the article name should be her performing name. Take for example, Snoop Dogg. His real name is Calvin Broadus, but the article links to his performing name. May I ask that a Hong Kong sysop delete the redirect and then move the article to Nnadia Chan? Thanks.-- TVB dx iang (Ta lk) 02:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Big brother Jackie Chan is now nominated to be a featured article. In fact, it got promoted to a GA without anyone saying a word in its peer review. So, I'd be grateful if someone read the article thoroughly and state any inadequacies in the nomination page.-- Kylohk 08:33, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
I did some copy-editing for it the other day. I think it's ready. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 16:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to see if anyone has any last opinions on standardizing Template:Chinese as the main "graphical" template for Chinese articles. If you have any last minute comments please go here. We have fixed quite a number of issues over the past week. Benjwong 21:57, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
I am going to write an introductory article about 2the Max, a well-known computer hardward brand in Hong Kong. Products include motherboard and power supply (牛魔王). However, the article was deleted in an initial state because of its notability. It is under deletion review ( Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 26). I cannot find much information in a short time. Any one help? — HenryLi ( Talk) 15:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately all the pictures of the district emblems have been deleted from Commons. [6] Nothing on the government websites say that they are copyrighted, but supposedly they are "implicitly" copyrighted. The good news is that I saved them all on my hard drive as soon as they were nominated for deletion. I guess the alternative here is to upload them here on English Wikipedia itself. But the question is, do we upload them under fair use? And does fair use apply here? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 22:07, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
Please help. A professional writer ( Tony) has opposed the FAC of Jackie Chan, calling for another copyedit. If anyone of you are fluent in English (up to his level, only joking), please go through it again significantly. Thanks.-- Kylohk 01:40, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I did some copy-editing for all but the last three sections. But I'm not a professional writer, so I can't tell if I've just made it better or worse if the article was judged by Tony standards. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 06:04, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I just put a request on Zscout's SVG page, that we need a SVG version for Image:Hong Kong coa.png. He will leave a message on this talk page after finished the request. That image have been sitting there with a ShouldBeSvg tag for ages. -- JackLau 09:09, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I'm done. Of course, I and others can tweek/play around with the file, but I generally like the overall result. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 07:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Good job! Nicely done. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 14:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
A featured article review has been filed for Flag of Hong Kong. Let's tackle this thing and try to keep the article at FA status. Wikipedia:Featured article review/Flag of Hong Kong. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 17:09, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm having trouble finding sources to reference and verify some of the content of the article. I left a note on the article Talk page asking for help. Please try to find sources if you have the time. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 05:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Ok, the FAR is over and FA status was kept. Good job everybody. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 14:53, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I've added two new subpages for the WikiProject and added them to the navigation template - one for FACs and one for FARs.
I've added both Octopus card and Jackie Chan to the new FAC subpage. If there are other current HK-related FACs that I missed, please add them to the page. There's only one HK-related FAR right now, the one for Flag of Hong Kong, and I've added it to the new FAR subpage. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 17:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
A recently-created article, Allegations of Chinese apartheid, has been nominated for deletion. Comments are invited on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allegations of Chinese apartheid. -- ChrisO 23:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Somebody left a note at the To-Do list. [7]
I'm not familiar with this so if anybody knows about this and is interested, please make the edit. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:36, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Could someone from the project look at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong. It needs a complete overhaul: it currently reads like an advert and would actually be a speedy deletion candidate were it not for the fact that the article has a long history involving many contributors. Help would be appreciated. Pascal.Tesson 19:25, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm happy to report that Octopus card has finally bounced back from being a formerly FA article to currently FA article. It looks like Jackie Chan is almost ready to be promoted, and progress is being made at Flag of Hong Kong ( FAR). Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 04:24, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I've put in a request for the article to be featured as Wikipedia:Today's featured article. Don't know if it'll get selected though. The decision rests soley with the FA Director User:Raul654. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 04:58, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Looks like the Today's featured article request was denied because the article had already been featured for that once in 2005. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 00:39, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
It looks like History of Colonial Hong Kong (1800s - 1930s) was promoted to GA over a month ago. Good job to all who worked on it! Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 00:10, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
This is just to tell everyone that I have usurped the username Alasdair, since it's my real English first name. So, I used to be Kylohk, now I'm Alasdair. Thank you for your attention.-- Alasdair 00:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Check out the Hong Kong footnote section. The image is missing on the Hong Kong portal? But when you go to Template:Portal Hong Kong, it seems to be there. How can that be? Benjwong 16:11, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Jackie Chan has passed its FAC. [8] Congratulations to all editors who worked on it. The class rating of the article has not been updated yet, but I believe a bot will be doing that soon, so we don't need to manually do it. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 19:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I've made a Qxz ad for this project! It's here. Æe tlr Cre ejl 17:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi everyone. The username, Jacklau96 has been changed to User:Jackl. It is much shorter and it hides my last name.
This is my alternate account. --
SafeJackl
09:44, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
The film Rob-B-Hood is now on peer review. I've made a new subpage on WPHK, Wikipedia:WikiProject Hong Kong/Peer review to list any articles that are currently reviewed. Feel free to go there and comment.-- Alasdair 06:50, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I am in the process of getting Wan Chai to GA. I think if someone can help expand the Wan Chai#Administration paragraph we are ok. The reviewers are looking for constituencies or representatives of Wan Chai. You can also see the talk page to continue the discussion. Benjwong 21:08, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | → | Archive 10 |
Recently I found that people always use
(Flag of Hong Kong) to illustrate one's place of birth or something like that. However, I think a lot of people have mistakenly put this flag into some people's profile even when these people were actually born in Colonial Hong Kong.
Examples include "
Court of Final Appeal", where Justice
Andrew Li Kwok-nang and many others are stated to be born in
HKSAR. It does not make any sense!
Should we patrol around the Hongkong-related topics and replace all those "wrong" flags with flags like
(Flag of Hong Kong 1959) or so?
Nxn 0405 chl
19:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm not even certain why flags are included in something like birth place and death place on the biographical template. What's the point? I'm guessing it's there only to indicate geographical location, but it's completely unnecessary. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 02:29, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Octopus card is now substantially cleaned-up and it's almost ready for GA nomination. But several statements still need citations and I was not able to find sources for them. Please see the article's talk page for details and help find some sources. If sources are not found in a week or two, I'll be removing or modifying those statements so I can nominate the article for GA. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I've removed the remaining statements for which no sources were found, and have the article for GA status. Please re-insert the statements I deleted if sources are found. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:44, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I have improved The Bus Uncle and nominanted it to be a Featured article again. Since only one other user has commented on the article here, I will be grateful if some of you can go and post your opinions on the matter. Cheers.-- Kylohk 22:58, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Right now, you'd be surprised that an Australian user has voiced support on the article, when I checked it today.-- Kylohk 10:26, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Whilst in Hong Kong recently I came across an advert for a health supplement in the "Apple Daily", an url to an wikipedia article was given a prominent position at the bottom of the advert, as an endorsement for this product. The wikipedia article may be legitimate and the health supplement company making a legitmate reference. However being the paranoid that I am, I fear a company may have created an article on wikipedia, and then used wikipedia's credibility as prop for their product.
I would investigate this myself and bring it to the attention of somebody, but the cuttings I made of the paper have dissappeared somewhere since by return to the UK. So can any Hong Kong editors out there keep an eye out for this ad (pretty conspicuous as they took a full page advert). The only other thing I remember was a supposed link to its use by the Argentinian national football team.
Thanks to anyone who takes this up. Koonan the almost civilised 07:19, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the lack of details and thanks again to anybody who can take this up. Koonan the almost civilised 06:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I've listed the Hong Kong film article Kung Fu Hustle up for peer review at WikiProject Films. If anyone is interested, please leave feedback here. Thank you for your attention.-- Kylohk 13:19, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at the April Fifth Action article. It reads like it has some POV problems while being poorly sourced. Can somebody who knows more about the subject or can devote more time to it take a look and possibly clean it up? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 06:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Rodparkes 01:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
And I though Che Guevara is long dead. But still, Leung Kwok Hung is the most frequent wearer of Guevara T-shirts, so he must be the one and only fan. I remembered a certain "Young Post" article in SCMP a couple of years ago about how he aspires to be a "Trotskyist-Leninist" whatsoever.-- Kylohk 07:40, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I've placed a POV tag at the top of April Fifth Action. Not sure if it's the best tag, so please replace it with a more appropriate one as applicable. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 02:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Currently, both Tung Chung and Mong Kok are rated class A. I've never rated anything class A because I've always found the rating kind of ambiguous, but one thing's for sure, both articles seem to be very under-referenced, and there may be MOS problems with them as well. Do these articles need re-assessment? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 05:46, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Kung Fu Hustle has now been nominated a good article. Feel free to assess and review it and leave feedback on any improvements that can be made if there are any-- Kylohk 13:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC).
And just as we were complaining about what a backlog the GA nomination page has, someone passed the article. :-P Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:07, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
As I seen some big WikiProjects have their own logos. I don't think the coat of arms of Hong Kong will do. Please discuss more or create a logo for this Wikiproject. -- Jacklau96 15:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
The coat of arms clearly represents Hong Kong. If you don't like it, it may be a good idea to draw a new logo with a junk in the middle, and that's another symbol for Hong Kong.-- Kylohk 16:05, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
I think making a Hong Kong location map according to this standard should be useful to the project. Anybody interested in doing this? -- Der yck C. 03:10, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Just realized that Instantnood ( talk · contribs) was totally banned by some non-process decision. I think WPHK might want to know this. Personally, I am in deep sorrow for his departure, but since we are process-abiding people, I can't do much. Probably I'm the only person in the world who's sorry for this. -- Der yck C. 07:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
The main Hong Kong article is starting to become under-referenced, especially the "History" section and the "Politics and government" section. Referencing for the latter section is especially important because it discusses currently living persons and some admins are very strict in applying WP:BLP. Right now the article is still in FA class, but I fear it will not survive a FAR if it is nominated for one. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 15:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Benjwong - To clarify, I don't mean it's so under-referenced that it needs an "Unreferenced" tag. I mean it's under-referenced for an FA article and I fear it may not survive a FAR if it was tagged for one. I would like it to stay FA class. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 02:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Alright, Octopus card has passed its GA nomination. The first step to bringing that article back to FA status has been accomplished. I may not get to it right away, but what I plan to do next is:
Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 17:39, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Alright, I've requested a peer review for the article. Wikipedia:Peer review/Octopus card/archive2. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 06:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks goes to User:Kylohk for all the work that he did on the article. Good job! Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I always thought that spoiler warnings aren't very professional. You don't have film magazines tagging each article with that warning, since it's obvious they will expose the plot.-- Kylohk 07:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that an editor requested that an article about Centamap be created on the project requests page. An article previously existed for this Hong Kong mapping service; however, it was deleted (not by myself) per CSD criteria - A7 (Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content...)
I contemplated re-creating the article for this service, however a quick Google search (first three pages only) does not yield much notability. Putting it out there, if we all feel that there are enough sources out there to support this article, then we can ask for a deletion review to restore the previous article. Any thoughts? Luke! 19:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I added a piece of information to try to assert notability. Not sure if it's enough though [1]. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 04:27, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at the article now. :-P It's been moved back. And if anyone wants the sources, email me; I have a PDF with all of them. (Thanks Factiva.) Resurgent insurgent 10:44, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
After two years of (hard?) work, the article's finally up-to-standard and I've nominated it for GA. Give some comments please! -- Der yck C. 07:11, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Update: The article needs a format fix. As reported, it currently looks broken on IE. Anybody using IE is able to fix it? It is alright to fix the article at the expense of removing a few images. -- Der yck C. 09:24, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
There is this fair use image problem in 3 of the images in The Bus Uncle. The argument is that since they are living, free pictures of them can be taken at any time. Yes that's possible, but what is the likelihood you will bump into 1 of the 3 in one day to take the photo? Also, the pictures show them in specific scenarios, that can't be reproduced by anyone anymore. How is anyone able to reasonably obtain free images of the 3? Are there really free images available on the internet?-- Kylohk 08:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
The Bus Uncle has been nominated for a FAR - Wikipedia:Featured article review/The Bus Uncle - just about one month after it was promoted. Please help improve the article. Keep in mind the current ongoing WP:BLP dispute that's been going on. I think that many editors are going to hone in on the FAR to try to get the article demoted. It's a shame. But try to accomodate the FAR reviewers instead of arguing with them if you happen to disagree with them. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 21:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I was about to go down the food or items list and try standardizing the format on a number of articles. However, I cannot decide which one to really use Template:Chinesename or Template:Chinese. Before I make a ton of changes, I would like to hear some opinions on it. For example you can see the difference between Chinesename template in effect and Chinese template in effect Benjwong 22:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Alright, I'm finally satisfied with the state of Stanley Internment Camp, and I've nominated it for GA status. Hopefully the images won't be a problem. I had to tag 2 out of 3 of the images as fair use, justifying that since the camp was only in existence from 1942 to 1945, a new version of the images cannot be produced. The third image, fortunately, should be public domain since it was Crown copyrighted more than 50 years ago. I've uploaded it to Commons instead. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 05:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
After weeks of waiting, the article has unfortunately failed it's GA evaluation. But that's OK, the evaluator listed some issues in the Talk page, and they look like issues that would have came up when I eventually try to push it to FA status anyway. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 18:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
The original image that the WPHK Userbox uses ( Image:WPHKuserbox.PNG) is supposed to look 3D, but the 3D aspect of the image doesn't really show up at the small size of the userbox, so I made some slight changes to it. Take a look and see if it looks OK. Template:User WPHK. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 00:43, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
That new image looks fine. But why do you think the image that goes in the userbox needs to appear 3D? I don't think that's necessary, especially since the userbox is so small. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 16:15, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Alright I'm going to change the template to use the new image. If anybody has any problems with it, feel free to revert or discuss. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 18:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I think the colour is too sharp, consider a duller colour. -- Jacklau96 10:08, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
This user is a member of Wikiproject Hong Kong. |
How's that? Or alternatively, we can just make it white.
This user is a member of Wikiproject Hong Kong. |
Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 16:20, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
User:Ohconfucius has placed a "prod" tag on Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers, and the article will be deleted in a few days if the deletion is uncontested. I don't know too much about this organisation or association. But if someone think it's notable enough for an article, please expand it a bit to assert notability. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 21:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I just noticed we have two different articles for 燒賣. If there are no objections, I'll be merging Siu maai into Shaomai. Since Shao Mai/Siu Maai is not limited to Cantonese cuisine (correct me if I'm wrong), we should probably use the pinyin romanisation standard here on WP. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 19:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I think it is best to set guidelines for TVB related articles. The article Myolie Wu was written inthe form of an advertisement. I've cleaned up that part, but there is still referencing to do. I would suggest creating a page or a TVb Wikiproject and lay out some guidelines, like the style of writing and the use of acotr/actress/drama show poster images, as most are non-fair use.-- TVB dx iang (Ta lk) 13:06, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I requested that Hong Kong-style Western cuisine merge into Cuisine of Hong Kong either via deletion or become a redirect page. The discussion didn't get anywhere. Keeping this article around adds confusion. Anyone have an opinion on how to handle it? Benjwong 16:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Big brother Jackie Chan is now up for peer review in the WikiProject Biography. Any one interested, please state your comments about it. Thank you.-- Kylohk 10:44, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's even better news. Jackie Chan is now upgraded to Good Article status! Time to update that table.-- Kylohk 18:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Which article do you plan to nominate?-- Kylohk 19:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Can someone please read through the article? It's under peer review, but no one's commented on it.-- Kylohk 22:01, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Dear Hong kong wikipedians, on June 23, the Hong kong government changed some of the naming of different departments and HK government changed some of the position of the secretary. We must update these as soon as possible. -- Jacklau96 03:52, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Some templates related to MTR are proposed in Wikipedia:Templates for deletion.
— HenryLi ( Talk) 16:46, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
It seems like there is a recent wave of images that is going to get deleted. The new fair use policies said musicians/actors/actresses cannot use pictures from movies, screenshots, CDs, albums etc. I went talking to a number of people and we need some serious help trying to get "FREE" images of these celebrities. I have emailed a number of people at flickr. Almost every person said they can't share the image cause it was taken from random websites. I don't know where we will find this many image? Benjwong 03:35, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at Aerosmith, album covers are all over that article. And screenshots are used all over Mariah Carey. I think it's because those articles actually discuss the specific albums and content of the screenshots. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 15:01, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Another point I'd like to add - while I think there should be a bit of leniency on the fair use of album covers and screenshots, because there are no free alternatives of those, I do think we should be careful about inserting random images into articles of celebrities. There are photographers and magazines that basically use the copyright of these photographs to make money, and they really shouldn't be used so freely here on WP. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 20:48, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
As per our reviewer, there are a few things that I need help:
Thanks! See the comments at Talk:Lam Tin. -- Der yck C. 07:17, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
User:91.104.14.23 added simplified Chinese names to a number of Hong Kong location articles, most of them against current conventions of template use. Other editors have different reactions to this user's acts, where I incorporated the simplified Chinese using the {{ zh-ts}} syntax, and HongQiGong dismissed the simplified Chinese as not necessary. I wonder could we settle down and think of which convention to adopt? -- Der yck C. 02:23, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
The establishment ceremony of Wikimedia Hong Kong will be held on July 14, 2007 at 15:00 at City Top, City University of Hong Kong. All Hong Kong Wikimedians are invited to join this joyous occasion. Application for Wikimedia Hong Kong membership can also be made at the event. For more details, please see m:Wikimedia Hong Kong/香港維基媒體協會成立慶祝活動.
For queries, you can contact me through my email. As I'm the master of ceremony that day, come and support me!!!! Thanks! -- Der yck C. 15:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
There is a template called {{ Concerts}} which is a listing of Hong Kong singers who have done a series of "cross-year concerts". Can someone provide some explanation for this? What is the significance of a series of concerts starting in one year and ending in another? -- Metropolitan90 03:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Alright, the leading sentence in this article is ridiculous:
Can we talk about how we can trim this down? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 20:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
The Chief Executive (Traditional Chinese: 行政長官; Simplified Chinese: 行政长官; Pinyin: Xíngzhèng Zhǎngguān; Cantonese Jyutping: hang4 zing3 zoeng2 gwun1) of Hong Kong is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Alright, somehow Octopus card managed to sit in a peer review request for an entire month without anybody commenting on the article. So how I've nominated it for FA. Please help fix any problems any reviewers may find so we can push the article back to FA status.
Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 20:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Our COTM is very outdated. We have not chosen an article for April, May, June. I don't think people are caring about it. Should we disable it? -- Jacklau96 10:13, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I guess it's due to the limited number of members in this WikiProject. Had it been larger, there would be more people willing to lend a hand.-- Kylohk 11:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I started a conversation for template discussion here. Please join in. We need to decide which template to use to standardize on. There are too many floating around. Benjwong 19:56, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
In light of the recent wave of image deletions, I wanted to link up the text for the copyright ordinance in Hong Kong for all of us to examine. It's extremely long, but as far as I can tell, it's pretty air-tight, with even government works being copyrighted.
Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 16:41, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
I propose that we move this article to her stage name Nnadia Chan. It had been redirected to her actual name, but I belive that the article name should be her performing name. Take for example, Snoop Dogg. His real name is Calvin Broadus, but the article links to his performing name. May I ask that a Hong Kong sysop delete the redirect and then move the article to Nnadia Chan? Thanks.-- TVB dx iang (Ta lk) 02:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Big brother Jackie Chan is now nominated to be a featured article. In fact, it got promoted to a GA without anyone saying a word in its peer review. So, I'd be grateful if someone read the article thoroughly and state any inadequacies in the nomination page.-- Kylohk 08:33, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
I did some copy-editing for it the other day. I think it's ready. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 16:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to see if anyone has any last opinions on standardizing Template:Chinese as the main "graphical" template for Chinese articles. If you have any last minute comments please go here. We have fixed quite a number of issues over the past week. Benjwong 21:57, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
I am going to write an introductory article about 2the Max, a well-known computer hardward brand in Hong Kong. Products include motherboard and power supply (牛魔王). However, the article was deleted in an initial state because of its notability. It is under deletion review ( Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 26). I cannot find much information in a short time. Any one help? — HenryLi ( Talk) 15:51, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately all the pictures of the district emblems have been deleted from Commons. [6] Nothing on the government websites say that they are copyrighted, but supposedly they are "implicitly" copyrighted. The good news is that I saved them all on my hard drive as soon as they were nominated for deletion. I guess the alternative here is to upload them here on English Wikipedia itself. But the question is, do we upload them under fair use? And does fair use apply here? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 22:07, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
Please help. A professional writer ( Tony) has opposed the FAC of Jackie Chan, calling for another copyedit. If anyone of you are fluent in English (up to his level, only joking), please go through it again significantly. Thanks.-- Kylohk 01:40, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I did some copy-editing for all but the last three sections. But I'm not a professional writer, so I can't tell if I've just made it better or worse if the article was judged by Tony standards. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 06:04, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I just put a request on Zscout's SVG page, that we need a SVG version for Image:Hong Kong coa.png. He will leave a message on this talk page after finished the request. That image have been sitting there with a ShouldBeSvg tag for ages. -- JackLau 09:09, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I'm done. Of course, I and others can tweek/play around with the file, but I generally like the overall result. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 07:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Good job! Nicely done. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 14:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
A featured article review has been filed for Flag of Hong Kong. Let's tackle this thing and try to keep the article at FA status. Wikipedia:Featured article review/Flag of Hong Kong. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 17:09, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm having trouble finding sources to reference and verify some of the content of the article. I left a note on the article Talk page asking for help. Please try to find sources if you have the time. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 05:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Ok, the FAR is over and FA status was kept. Good job everybody. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 14:53, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I've added two new subpages for the WikiProject and added them to the navigation template - one for FACs and one for FARs.
I've added both Octopus card and Jackie Chan to the new FAC subpage. If there are other current HK-related FACs that I missed, please add them to the page. There's only one HK-related FAR right now, the one for Flag of Hong Kong, and I've added it to the new FAR subpage. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 17:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
A recently-created article, Allegations of Chinese apartheid, has been nominated for deletion. Comments are invited on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allegations of Chinese apartheid. -- ChrisO 23:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Somebody left a note at the To-Do list. [7]
I'm not familiar with this so if anybody knows about this and is interested, please make the edit. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 03:36, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Could someone from the project look at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong. It needs a complete overhaul: it currently reads like an advert and would actually be a speedy deletion candidate were it not for the fact that the article has a long history involving many contributors. Help would be appreciated. Pascal.Tesson 19:25, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm happy to report that Octopus card has finally bounced back from being a formerly FA article to currently FA article. It looks like Jackie Chan is almost ready to be promoted, and progress is being made at Flag of Hong Kong ( FAR). Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 04:24, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I've put in a request for the article to be featured as Wikipedia:Today's featured article. Don't know if it'll get selected though. The decision rests soley with the FA Director User:Raul654. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 04:58, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Looks like the Today's featured article request was denied because the article had already been featured for that once in 2005. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 00:39, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
It looks like History of Colonial Hong Kong (1800s - 1930s) was promoted to GA over a month ago. Good job to all who worked on it! Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 00:10, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
This is just to tell everyone that I have usurped the username Alasdair, since it's my real English first name. So, I used to be Kylohk, now I'm Alasdair. Thank you for your attention.-- Alasdair 00:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Check out the Hong Kong footnote section. The image is missing on the Hong Kong portal? But when you go to Template:Portal Hong Kong, it seems to be there. How can that be? Benjwong 16:11, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Jackie Chan has passed its FAC. [8] Congratulations to all editors who worked on it. The class rating of the article has not been updated yet, but I believe a bot will be doing that soon, so we don't need to manually do it. Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 19:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
I've made a Qxz ad for this project! It's here. Æe tlr Cre ejl 17:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi everyone. The username, Jacklau96 has been changed to User:Jackl. It is much shorter and it hides my last name.
This is my alternate account. --
SafeJackl
09:44, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
The film Rob-B-Hood is now on peer review. I've made a new subpage on WPHK, Wikipedia:WikiProject Hong Kong/Peer review to list any articles that are currently reviewed. Feel free to go there and comment.-- Alasdair 06:50, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I am in the process of getting Wan Chai to GA. I think if someone can help expand the Wan Chai#Administration paragraph we are ok. The reviewers are looking for constituencies or representatives of Wan Chai. You can also see the talk page to continue the discussion. Benjwong 21:08, 29 August 2007 (UTC)