Talk:Nanyang (region)

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Common usage

This section is about this edit. — Insta ntnood 15:57, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

The term Nanyang is only commonly heard on Singapore and to a reasonable extent, Malaysia. It is not common in Indonesia, the Philippines, or Brunei (?!). --Huaiwei 15:44, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The term is commonly used to refer to these places (at least in Chinese), but rarely to the rest of Southeast Asia. — Insta ntnood 15:56, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

Please note carefully the way the sentence was worded. The term "self-reference" is there. I have not actually mentioned the usage of the term in China yet. In addition, I would like to know why Brunei is listed, when there is a far larger Chinese population in Thailand. It is obvious you are just listing countries in which you think there is a higher proportion of ethnic Chinese without doing your research.--Huaiwei 16:02, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually not. The term, in Chinese, is used to refer to the oceanic Southeast Asia in general. It is seldom used to refer to Indochina. — Insta ntnood 16:05, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

At the same time, it is not correct to say it is commonly used to refer to Brunei either, or even that of the Philippines, where Chinese assimilation is high, as is so in Thailand. In Indonesia, it is a highly taboo in any reference to Chineseness, although there are good signs that this is taking a more positive turn in recent years under ex-president Megawati. Also, Nanyang actually has several meanings. It is not just a geographical term, but also a reference to the southeast Asian Chinese community. Hence my reluctance to simply rename it as a "geographical region" outright. I do hope that you might better appreciate this terminology before discussing. Thanks.--Huaiwei 16:13, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Article merge attribution

At 09:45, 22 May 2014, content from Draft:Great Golden Peninsula was merged into this page. Per the terms of the GFDL license, all content added within this diff should be properly attributed to POSC237 (talk · contribs). --benlisquare_T•C•E 09:50, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added attribution template at top of this talk page. — Maile (talk) 13:23, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Political concerns

This section is extremely problematic. The section does not distinguish between Chinese citizens and ethnic Chinese. Even someone with the most basic understanding of history will know that Chinese communities in Southeast Asia predate the Communist Revolution by many decades and have minimal ties to China, especially political ties, and blatantly contradicts every single article of all the ethnic Chinese communities in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. Nanyang is an archaic term that is certainly not used by modern immigrants or modern governments and is irrelevant to modern politics. It presents speculation as facts and all the sources are dead links so they are completely unverifiable. Top it all off with POV about "disconcerting relationship" and you have a section that ought to be deleted immediately. 42.61.172.8 (talk) 10:53, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 October 2024

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– The region is the primary topic as this usage is more common in English. ?8 (talk) 14:41, 24 October 2024 (UTC) This is a contested technical request (permalink). – robertsky (talk) 16:39, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Primary topic grabs are often controversial. Nanyang, Henan, is a city of 10 million people. I wonder if there is some political agenda behind this request. The editor has few edits, which seem mostly related to the contested topic of Taiwan. (But the user is familiar enough with Wikipedia markup to use an unusual customized signature.) —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 15:05, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's also possible the "?" is a character that our wiki won't render or our browsers won't display, I don't know what Mediawiki's limitations are, but that's not super relevant. I would second that this should be discussed given the context, just to make sure we don't have to move this multiple times and cause disruption or confusion. ASUKITE 15:08, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's an ordinary question mark – I checked the character code. I continue to doubt the user's constructiveness. The user's first edit was to say "As the username says, I won't tell u anything! Hahaha😈" and to put a big clown face and question mark on their user page. Their second edit was an RM request for Taiwan Area (which seems to have been appropriate, as it was successful after discussion). —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 15:13, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The region stretches from Yunnan Province to Singapore (north to south) and from Myanmar (Burma) to Vietnam (west to east), while the city is only the city. Nanyang, Henan is not that well known in English context because people use Chinese more commonly when referring to it, while the region is referred more in English-speaking countries like Singapore and Malaysia. ?8 (talk) 16:26, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I think it's not a good idea to investigate the request originator instead of discussing the request itself. ?8 (talk) 16:30, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if there is some political agenda behind this request. I'd avoid casting aspersions like this... just comment on the merits of the move. RachelTensions (talk) 01:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Donttellu8 You can open a requested move discussion by clicking the "discuss" button above, filling in your rationale and clicking publish. The instructions for requesting multiple pages can be found at Template:Requested move#Multiple related move requests ASUKITE 15:12, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]