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I removed reference to the 12:30 bus from Taba to Cairo as it no longer exists. This also means the timetable image is also out of date so I removed it too. unsigned comment
 * I can't find any evidence of buses from Cairo anymore, so I deleted the reference, which seemed to be from 2008. Ground Zero (talk) 21:26, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * According to this the bus still exists, but foreigners are not allowed to take it. Ar2332 (talk) 15:30, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * What's our usual policy on stuff like this? I think in the concrete example, Egyptians are unlikely to read our English language guide on this, aren't they? Hobbitschuster (talk) 16:13, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * As English is the lingua franca of the modern world, I don't think it's impossible for an Egyptian to use this guide. Probably the best way is to note down that a bus exists, but is unavailable for non-Egyptians. Vidimian (talk) 17:58, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:Taba Heights

I don't see any point in separating this from Taba, which already covers the same stuff. (WT-en) Jpatokal 11:07, 7 June 2006 (EDT)

 * Bump. Barring loud objections I'll merge these two. (WT-en) Jpatokal 23:09, 2 August 2006 (EDT)

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Talk:Table Rock Lake

VFD Discussion
Delete and merge little bits with Branson. (WT-en) Shep 15:08, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
 * We shouldn't delete and merge; merge and redirect is the proper procedure. (WT-en) LtPowers 15:57, 23 March 2010 (EDT)

Result: Merge template added for Branson. -- (WT-en) Ryan • (talk) • 23:55, 20 May 2010 (EDT)

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The picture is not what you Say

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Talk:Tafraoute

Personal diary
This was deleted from the main article:

This is an excerpt from my diary relating to the trip to Tafraoute.

The Hotel Kerdous towered over the Kerdous Valley once home of the notorious El-Hiba, warrior, ruler often referred to as the Blue Sultan. Despite the sun the air was cold. We went into the hotel to check the reception area. The building was an old Kasbah which was eventually converted into a hotel. It would be quite exciting and an experience to spend a night or two in the wilderness. The views which ever way you look are absolutely unreal and stunning. From there on the road climbed a little more and then hit a plateau with almost a straight drive across it until we reached a small settlement where the road junction both pointing Tafraoute as its destination. One had the forty kilometres and the other sixty kilometres sign. The junction is called Jemaa-Ida-Oussemlal. We decided to take the forty kilometres route which is the northern fork. As we returned the same way it remains for another occasion to find out the stunning scenery of the other route. That other route goes via Izerbi and apparently is the newly resurfaced road so it was the better route to take but we did not.

There was also a dilemma whether to return by the alternative route to Agadir via Ait-Baha. This was a shorter route to Agadir but both the guide books advised not to take it as part of it is not tarmac covered and was what is locally referred to as a piste road, or a dirt track. We thought we had no vehicle suitable for such a drive. Our judgment proved to be wrong as we met a group of tourist, French who came that way and said it was fine, a little narrow at places but no problems otherwise and it had tarmac all the way. The receptionist at the Hotel Salama also told me that it was a good road and going back to Agadir was fine and safer as the mountains are always one one’s side, meaning that the precipice is on the left side of the road. It was narrow so you had to watch the oncoming traffic. This route also remains for some other occasion.

On the way to Tafraoute we stopped at the road side near a place called Had Tahala. The fields were yellow sprinkled with some flower resembling primroses that was in full bloom. The serene atmosphere and crystal clear unpolluted air with sky high mountain tops of varied hue added to the experience. The many photographs I took do not do justice to the real thing. The photographs lack the scope of the scenery and the colour and also they are two dimensional where real life is three-dimensional with smells and sounds titillating other senses but only visual.

We arrived at Tafraoute in the early afternoon. After having booked into the Hotel Salama and we only did this after failing to get a room at Hotel Tangier. Hotel Tangier a two storey building on the other side of what is the main river bed through the village, dry at that, with some paddles reminding us of what its purpose was where stray dogs were drinking the water, disappointingly told us that there were no rooms, just one double room. We needed two rooms. I was quite pleased as the atmosphere and the impression it made on me was that I would sleep fully clothed and certainly with my own towel on the pillow. A prospect I do not relish. Later we enjoyed juis d’orange at its sunny bougainvillea bordered patio. —The preceding comment was added by (WT-en) Sertmann (talk • contribs)

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Does anyone have any information on how to get here from the airport in Baranquilla?

You need to get to santa marta first then follow instructions (WT-en) Rafcha 18:43, 28 February 2010 (EST)

Internally-linked destinations in "Do"
Shouldn't these be only in "Go next"? Isn't the point of having separate articles for them that they aren't attractions in Taganga? What do you all think? One possible alternative is to merge those articles here, but I'm guessing no-one will want to do that, as Tayrona National Park, Minca and Ciudad Perdida de Teyuna all seem like well-developed articles. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

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VFD Discussion
A copyvio (from Wikipedia)and somewhat sounds boring.
 * Delete - (WT-en) SnappyHip 00:08, 9 April 2010 (GST)

 * Agreed it is a mess, but we can either tidy it up, and remove or attribute any copied test. At worst, just blank it and apply the standard template.  --(WT-en) inas 20:54, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

 * Done. It was a full scale copy-paste of a WP article that is in poor shape anyway. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 21:13, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

Result: Kept. -- (WT-en) Ryan • (talk) • 15:32, 2 May 2010 (EDT)

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Talk:Taichung

impressively complete info re: the night market tour! well done. 182.9.199.216 11:21, 14 June 2012 (EDT)

Baseball Sports Dome
A monolithic dome meant to house various kinds of ball games has been completed in Taichung. --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 20:24, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

List of universities
List of universities have been moved here, if someone wants to adapt them for any traveler relevant learning opportunities. Andrewssi2 (talk) 07:11, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

 * Feng Chia University (逢甲大學)
 * Dong-Hai University (東海大學)
 * Asia University  (亞洲大學)
 * National Chung-Hsing University (中興大學)
 * Ling-Tung University (嶺東科技大學)
 * National Taichung Institute of Technology (台中技術學院)
 * The Overseas Chinese University (僑光科技大學)
 * Providence University (靜宜大學)
 * Chaoyang University of Technology (朝陽科技大學)

List of work
much like the universities above, the list below is moved here in case anyone wants to adapt them later for relevant traveler work opportunities Andrewssi2 (talk) 07:14, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

 * Taichung Science Park
 * Howli Science Park
 * Dali Industrial Park
 * Changpin Industrial Park
 * Fongyuan Industrial Park
 * Chengliao Industrial Park

Additional districts
The following list of districts out of the center were just lists. I have referred to the larger areas and kept the rest here: Andrewssi2 (talk) 09:14, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Greater Tuen Mun

 * Dali District, (大里區): Tai 74.svg Provincial Expressway Number 74 and Tai 3.svg Provincial Highway Number 3 intersect here.

 * Taiping District, (太平區): County Highways 129 and 136 intersect here.

 * Wufeng District, (霧峰區): It is the southernmost District of Taichung.

 * Wuri District, (烏日區): Taiwan High Speed Rail has a station here.

Greater Shanxian

 * Fengyuan District, (豐原區)

 * Dongshi District, (東勢區): The Central Cross-Island Highway starts here and goes east.

 * Daya District, (大雅區)

 * Heping District, (和平區): Being the only mountain indigenous district in the greater city, the Central Cross-Island Highway is not fully passable midway.

 * Houli District, (后里區)

 * Shengang District, (神岡區)

 * Shigang District, (石岡區)

 * Tanzi District, (潭子區)

 * Xinshe District, (新社區)

Greater Haixian

 * Dajia District, (大甲區)

 * Qingshui District, (清水區)

 * Shalu District, (沙鹿區)

 * Wuqi District, (梧棲區): The Port of Taichung is here.

 * Da'an District, (大安區)

 * Dadu District, (大肚區)

 * Longjing District, (龍井區)

 * Waipu District, (外埔區)

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This is titled "Taining Town". If it is a town, then the title should just be "Taining".

However, the Wikipedia article describes Taining as a county in Sanming prefecture, with its government in Sancheng town, and this article uses the park template and talks about "Taining Geo Park", so I am not sure what the title should be. Our usual policy is that parks do not get their own articles, but there are exceptions. Is this one? (WT-en) Pashley 05:55, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

A bit of searching turns a traveller's account which says Taining is an old and rather pretty town, with the lake & park 20 km away. Elsewhere, there is a link for the park itself. So I think we need an article titled "Taining" for the town and possibly another for the park. The current title would be wrong for either, though.

See also UNESCO World Heritage List and its talk page, where I'll raise the question of having a UNESCO Geoparks list page. (WT-en) Pashley 08:12, 12 March 2009 (EDT)

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This is Spam so please revert it immediately
A spambot really likes to edit 1st sections of certain pages on our wiki including this one.

Chinese names
Hi; this article is looking great already! Could I ask that someone who is knowledgeable please add the correct Chinese names for both place and street names in parentheses? I've never had much success pronouncing the romanisations, and it was always easier just to point a local at the page containing the relevant location in Chinese, and it'd be easy to get directions. Thanks! ((WT-en) Dewet 05:52, 23 Dec 2004 (EST))

No rough areas
"Furthermore, despite its size, Taipei does not have any rough areas that are considered unsafe, even at night - which in itself is attractive."

Wow, that's amazing! Every town I've ever been to has some rough areas. Cool article! Thanks.

Taipei County/Taipei City
Taipei City is not in Taipei County. They are totally independant political entities. No one in Taiwan will say Taipei City, Taipei County. Even the admistrative headquaters for the county are not located in Taipei City, but in Banciao.

 * Me too. See Wikipedia's entry, complete with informative map. (WT-en) Jpatokal 23:33, 3 Jan 2006 (EST)

 * My error! Thanks for the correction. --(WT-en) Evan 23:38, 3 Jan 2006 (EST)

 * I don't care how this is organized, as long as the you stop making Taipei isIn Taipei (note the lack of disambiguation). -- (WT-en) The Commitee to Remove isIn Loops

Jing Hua City
I'd wager a fairly large amount that "京華城" is a shopping mall somewhere in Taipei, not an actual city, because that's what 城 usually means these days. No idea where it is though... (WT-en) Jpatokal 23:06, 4 July 2007 (EDT)
 * Yep, you are correct. In English it is called Core Pacific Living Mall and it is on 八德路四段138號. (WT-en) WindHorse 23:24, 4 July 2007 (EDT)

printing
I have Firefox 2.0.0.2 and I can't get this article to print. I tried making it shorter and it still didn't print. 02:39, 13 December 2007 (EST)

It does print in Internet Explorer. Except for the Chinese characters. If somebody knows how to load those fonts... (WT-en) DeepPurple 09:10, 15 December 2007 (EST) I found it : look for "language pack chinese" on Microsoft.com and download the 'Simplified Chinese Language Pack'... (WT-en) DeepPurple 15:49, 21 December 2007 (EST)
 * For Taiwan you need the Traditional Chinese Language Pack, not Simplified. 123.193.196.194 09:10, 5 January 2008 (EST)

no gushing?
What does "No gushing needed" mean? (WT-en) Gbleem 23:30, 29 December 2007 (EST)

 * Out of curiosity, why do you ask? --(WT-en) Peter Talk 15:33, 30 December 2007 (EST)

Food pictures
I added pictures of Taiwanese night market food from the food list. But I don't have them all, so if someone else is living near a Taiwanese night market, please go there, have a good snack and take a picture of it for our fellow travelers. (WT-en) SuperMidget 11:07, 28 August 2008 (EDT)

Hi SuperMidget. The pictures are great but I've noticed that the amount of pictures has caused the Taipei article to be formatted funny, its too large for the page. Also noticed that a lot of images aren't appearing in the article. Is someone able to fix them? Or let me know how I can assist? Thanks. --(WT-en) MarinaK 19:14, 22 October 2008 (EDT)MarinaK.

 * I've fixed the broken images (that was an embarrassing quantity!) and I agree that there may be a few too many food images. We tend to avoid galleries in Wikivoyage articles, so we should remove the gallery and pick just a couple images from there to illustrate the eat section.  --(WT-en) Peter Talk 19:27, 22 October 2008 (EDT)

 * Thanks for that Peter! --(WT-en) MarinaK 20:19, 27 October 2008 (EDT)MarinaK.

Deletion on hotels
Hi, I deleted this hotel- The Peninsula Hotel Taipei as I could not find any information on it to write a review. --(WT-en) MarinaK 20:54, 30 October 2008 (EDT)MarinaK.
 * Good Idea,. keep smiling, (WT-en) Edmontonenthusiast 21:49, 30 October 2008 (EDT)

Deleted- not opened yet
Hi, I deleted this- * Le Meridien Taipei as it is not opening unitl 2011. Thanks --(WT-en) MarinaK 18:48, 31 October 2008 (EDT)MarinaK.

Deletion- could not find info
I deleted this hotel- * The St. Regis Hotel Taipei as I could not find any info on it to garner a review. --(WT-en) MarinaK 19:16, 31 October 2008 (EDT)MarinaK.

Duplicate Listing - Request Deletion
In the Hostels secion of Sleep, Amigo Hostel is listed twice. Could someone clean it up by deleting the shorter, less informative of the two listings? I would do it myself, but I work for one of the other hostels, so I'm not supposed to ever edit or delete listings for competitors.

Districts
"Taipei City administers twelve districts (區). This article covers the downtown districts only. For other areas please see their specific articles". Thisn is a bit of a strange set-up for a city. Anyone has an idea how to better manage the districts? --(WT-en) globe-trotter 22:19, 24 November 2010 (EST)
 * I made a start by turning downtown's official districts into Wikivoyage districts. It's a good start, but changes are necessary, I think. Large swathes of Xinyi, Daan and Songshan could be merged to become the Eastern District (east of Fuxing Road). I'm not sure what to do with the other districts though — if we merge them as Old Taipei (or West Taipei), we'd have only two downtown districts which seems a bit scanty. --(WT-en) globe-trotter 11:56, 14 October 2011 (EDT)
 * Anything new on districts? I just recreated a district article, because we need to get all the listings out of this article. Since the last talk of redistricting was 3 years ago, why don't we create articles for every district and move all listings into them, and then if anyone wants to renew talk of changing district boundaries, they can go ahead. I've never been to Taipei, so I won't be able to help in any such discussion. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:38, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree Ikan Kekek. I'm going there soon and it looks like that the district names are widely used in the addresses. So these district are likely commonly used here, plus their description seems clear (basic informations with a good map). I just re-created the article Taipei/Zhongzheng. I'll try to identify missing addresses in listing and move them to the appropriate articles, but I'll need help :) Freayd (talk) 08:43, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll try to help when I have a chance. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:23, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I took a long time but I eventually moved all sleep listings to their corresponding articles. It's a lot of work to move all the remaining See/Eat/Drink. I'm not sure what should remain in the Taipei Sleep section, I just added a brief sentence. Freayd (talk) 11:50, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Super! I think that what you could add to the "Sleep" section is a few remarks about what kinds of accommodations are in the different neighborhoods. For example, perhaps one is known for luxury hotels, another contains the youth hostels and inexpensive accommodations, and a third specializes in hotels for traveling businessmen. I don't know, because I haven't been to Taipei, but I think these kinds of remarks without specific names of hotels can be good. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:58, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

Bugs below Eat section
Can someone fix the bugs below the Eat Section "Sleep" "Contact", seems like there are some problems there.
 * Done. There was an unclosed drink tag. Thanks for pointing it out - (WT-en) Ravikiran 01:50, 31 December 2010 (EST)

Grand Hotel image
Is this truly an iconic building in Taipei? It looks at most of passing interest to me, but it's not so obviously of no architectural interest that I would summarily delete it. So, what do you all think? Keep or remove the image in the article? (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 21:45, 31 October 2011 (EDT)

 * Well, the hotel is described in the See section as a sight, so on the premise of that it should stay. --(WT-en) globe-trotter 22:09, 31 October 2011 (EDT)

 * You're right. I wasn't thinking about the fact that it was in "See," not just "Sleep." (WT-en) Ikan Kekek 00:33, 1 November 2011 (EDT)

Another banner
Would #2 be an improvement? --Danapit (talk) 13:19, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * IMO, #2 is better than #1.--TianyinLee (talk) 15:59, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I like the second banner better, too. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:04, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Outline districts
I don't know anything about the city, so I won't be able to help much, but I've noticed that there are a couple of bare outline districts that may indeed contain a couple of listings but nothing else. Maybe it is time to think about re-drawing district boundaries (after all there is a tag that says so on the page), but maybe the districts are fine in and of themselves and just need more content... Best wishes Hobbitschuster (talk) 10:25, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Most of the districts might actually be able to stand on their own, but since all is quiet on the eastern front, I would suggest merging of Taipei/Daan with Taipei/Xinyi since it's the general East Taipei area and hard to separate out except for the student areas near the universities; Taipei/Zhongshan and Taipei/Songshan as the bits of area north of East Taipei with more cultural stuff; and Taipei/Neihu with Taipei/Nangang as the outer suburbs with technology companies. -- torty3 (talk) 12:10, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
 * After working a bit more on figuring out where everything is, I'll say make it four central districts:
 * Taipei/Old Taipei - Taipei/Wanhua and Taipei/Datong
 * Taipei/Zhongzheng - the district itself plus Gongguan
 * Taipei/East District - Taipei/Xinyi and Taipei/Daan minus Gongguan
 * Taipei/Zhongshan-Songshan - the district itself plus Taipei/Songshan
 * and then four suburban districts. -- torty3 (talk) 10:50, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and made the changes. While I did debate about making fairly large districts and going against the standard definitions, these are a little different in that the average visitor would indeed visit each and every district, all of which have pretty unique attractions, unlike *cough* some cities where the suburbs are really drab. In addition to the eight district pages, the ease of public transport makes day trips extremely easy, and the average visitor would also probably look at Yangmingshan, Danshui, Jiufen and Keelung among loads of other places in Northern Taiwan, so it's more convenient and useful to combine neighborhoods with similar attributes. -- torty3 (talk) 10:08, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Universities
Adding list of universities for potential reference. -- torty3 (talk) 12:07, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Public universities

 * National Taipei University of Technology (國立臺北科技大學)
 * National Chengchi University (國立政治大學),
 * Taipei National University of the Arts (國立臺北藝術大學) – Established in 1979, this university focuses on the arts and includes the colleges of music, theatre arts, dance and Cultural Resources.
 * Taipei Municipal University of Education (臺北市立教育大學) – Established in 1895 and later renamed, the Taipei Municipal University of Education has three colleges –  education, humanities and art, and science.

Private Universities and Schools

 * Soochow University (東吳大學) . Soochow University has been a private university since 1900, making the oldest private university in the nation. The university provides high quality education that prepares students to make significant contributions to the nation. There are now 5 schools and 23 departments. The enrollment is about 13,000.

 * Ming Chuan University (銘傳大學) . As Taiwan's top international university, MCU's three campuses welcome students from all over the world. Whether you are interested in pursuing a degree in Communications, Design, Management, Technology, Languages, Law, or Tourism, MCU offers a unique world class educational experience.

 * Taipei Shih Chien University (實踐大學) . The Shih Chien University, formerly known as "Shih Chien College of Home Economics" was founded in 1958 by Tung-Min Shieh. In 1979 the school was renamed "Shih Chien College of Home Economics and Economics", in 1991 the school was upgraded to become "Shih Chien College of Design and Management". In 1997 the school was again upgraded to become "Shih Chien University".To date, a total of 52,958 students have graduated from this school.

 * Shih Hsin University (世新大學) . The mission of Shih Hsin University is to continuously strengthen itself as an institution emphasizing both liberalism and humanism. Within four colleges, Shih Hsin University currently has 19 departments and 3 graduate institutes, 19 offer bachelor degrees, 17 offer master degrees, and 2 offer PhD degrees. The four colleges are: College of Journalism and Communications, College of Management, College of Humanities and Social Science, and the College of Law.
 * Chinese Culture University (中國文化大學) . Over the last thirty years, Chinese Culture University has been reorganized many times. The Ministry of Education granted the University permission to establish studies in philosophy, Chinese, Eastern languages, English, French, German, history, geography, news, art, music, drama, physical education, domestic science, and architecture. It was founded in 1962 and has 12 colleges.
 * Taipei American School. Taipei American School is the American school in Taipei. It is open for non-Taiwanese citizens requiring K-12 education to learn there.

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Comments
I just copied the summary of this district from Taipei's main page to get the ball rolling. Hopefully I can fill some more out once I get back from a visit there. In the meantime, hopefully others will chip in and improve it.

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Talk:Taiping

i m a wheelchair user, plan to visit ipoh and taiping on 18 july, pls help , where should i visit , that is easy for wheelchair to acciess,  n which  hotel should i stay that have my facilities. send me infor chengchui@yahoo.com or sms me 0176622513 —The preceding comment was added by 61.6.158.222 (talk • contribs), 02:52, 3 July 2009

 * I hope you found a suitable place back then. We really should cover wheelchair accessibility way, way more than we do. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:50, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Kemunting, Semanggol
This article seems to cover Kemunting, and there's also at least one listing in Semanggol. Shouldn't the lede state that this guide also covers at least Kamunting? Are there any other towns this guide should or does cover? Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:48, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

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Wikivoyage or Wikipedia?
Much of the article contains general information that seems good for a Wikipedia entry, but I don't see how the information fits in a travel guide. For example: "It should be noted that the Taiwanese (who make up 84% of the Taiwan's population and are culturally Chinese) are to a large extent the descendents of immigrants from the mainland in recent centuries who intermarried with indigenous people. As a result, the genetic makeup of the Taiwanese is noticeably different from that of the mainlanders. In recent years there are also Vietnamese, Indonesian and Filipino migrant workers living harmoniously with other Asian minorities as well as Mainland Chinese immigrants. As for the 14 millions post 1949 immigrants, they come from every province and consist of many non-Han residents." It's not easy to see how that information is of particular use to travellers. I'm new to Wikivoyage (saw it on Slashdot); is there some standard for deciding what goes in the article and what doesn't? I read the Policies page and about all it said for content was that we write what's best for the traveller. If a traveller is dedicated enough to learn all the background about a place, they can go to Wikipedia. I would think that on this site they would want information that is focussed on what they should expect as a traveller. Readin (talk) 04:59, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It isn't unusual for this kind of background to appear in some guides, but I'm sure this text can be made less encylopedic. --Inas (talk) 05:06, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I have move the background information out of the lead paragraph. Remember that Wikivoyage is the travel guide that you can edit. If you make the changes, then you don't have to wait 11 years for someone else to do them. Ground Zero (talk) 19:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Where to list foreign missions
It's been the practice on this site to list missions in the guide for the city where the missions are, not the country level. So I believe all the listings for foreign missions belong in Taipei, a section which currently doesn't exist. Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:03, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * You're right. I wish I'd known before I doubled the number of foreign missions listed here. Simon Peter Hughes (talk) 02:53, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I have moved the list of foreign mission to the new Cope section in the taipei guide. Simon Peter Hughes (talk) 09:33, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Pagebanner
Is it just me, or do you also see the pagebanner ending about 4 cm to the left of the right margin, with blank white space taking up the rest of the width? Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:28, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The banner image c:File:DaZhongZhiZheng banner.jpg is only 1280px wide, which is shorter than the recommended minimum of 2100px. -- Ryan • (talk) • 13:47, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * So this banner needs to be widened or replaced. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:12, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I tried to restore the default banner and wasn't able to get it to work in preview mode. Could someone please either restore the default banner, or better yet, insert a custom banner of suitable size and appearance? Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:39, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Can someone please help? ויקיג'אנקי, do you happen to have a pagebanner for Taiwan? Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:00, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Searching for a CC image of Taiwan is unnusually distracting. Anyhow I found the following panoramic view of the same building. Pity the building to each side are cut off, but what do you think? --Andrewssi2 (talk) 01:15, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

 * It's quite nice, even so. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:04, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

 * I made an alternative banner in which the sides of both buildings aren't cut off... ויקיג'אנקי (talk) 13:52, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Thanks, ויקיג'אנקי. In this instance, I actually prefer the banner with the cut off buildings, because I don't like what the modern buildings on both sides do to the composition. But I think that if the banner could be cut off just past the sides of the National Theater and Concert Hall (which look traditional) without cutting off their tops, that would probably be even better. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:04, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

 * How about this version? We keep a little bit of the plaza with only the very tops of the spires cut (Previous version here) Andrewssi2 (talk) 23:25, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Taiwan Banner.jpg

 * I'm feeling differently now. The cutoffs are bothering me, and I'm now preferring ויקיג'אנקי's version. But if there were some way to crop the right and left sides of ויקיג'אנקי's version, or even the left side, which bothers me more (the right side has more forms, so it's more interesting to move the eye around it), that would really be best. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:37, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Another alternative banner... ויקיג'אנקי (talk) 14:17, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Thanks. Is this a possible view? Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:31, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

 * What do you mean ? ויקיג'אנקי (talk) 21:19, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

 * I'm wondering if the image was distorted in some way, since the other views show those two buildings more nearly parallel to each other. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:22, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

 * It 'looks' distorted to me, as in some kind of panoramic technique. Looking at the original image it would only make sense if the parade through the middle got narrower in real life, and the Wikipedia article would suggest it doesn't. National_Theater_and_Concert_Hall,_Taipei Andrewssi2 (talk) 00:21, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

 * It is 'real' (no Photoshop tricks), just probably taken from a closer spot with a different lens. I like it better. ויקיג'אנקי (talk) 03:44, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

 * If it is indeed a real view, I do find the composition best in this last banner, even though it, too, cuts off the buildings. However, this photo, which Andrewssi2 linked, gives me pause. You're really sure this is a possible view? Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:35, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

 * It can't be determine (from the image and its metadata) whether is was photoshop or a lens that made that effect, although I personally would hold that even if it was a lens then the effect nevertheless results in an 'altered' image that would not be seen in the same way by a real life visitor. Andrewssi2 (talk) 10:32, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

 * I really don't see that the problem is. It's a different perspective from the previous banners, shot from nearby, on the square itself rather than from an elevation further away. Yes, it's probably a wide-angle lens, but I don't see how that's problematic. If you stand in the position of the photographer, all that you see on the image is visible. It's a more striking image and thus for the purpose of a banner here I like the last one best. We constantly use image that will not be seen in the exact same way by a real life visitor, since eyes and lenses don't compare and we often cut out just the parts we like best. I think it's not about an exact view; it's about avoiding images that don't exist. However, this is a lot of discussion about pretty similar banners hehe.. so I'm good with whatever comes out. JuliasTravels (talk) 10:46, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

 * I just don't agree that 'striking' is a more important attribute than 'how it will actually be seen' when informing travellers about a destination. All images are of course affected by the lens that the camera is using, however in this case it seems to me a stronger effect than usual. There are however no rules in WV on 'relative realism' in banners and so it is only my opinion.
 * On that basis alone I would chose ויקיג'אנקי's first banner over his second. Andrewssi2 (talk) 11:21, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Just playing with banners tonight, and saw this great picture on Flickr. Now this banner is also distorted by a lens, but I think the result is somewhat striking. Any thoughts? Andrewssi2 (talk) 12:40, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Here's a situation in which I see three beautiful buildings in the other images, but as a picture, this one is superior. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:20, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Shall we go ahead and change? Andrewssi2 (talk) 23:35, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

 * No-one has objected in 2 days. Unless someone does in the interim, I'd say go ahead. Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:39, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Done, thanks Andrewssi2 (talk) 01:05, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

TWD, NTD, NT$ or $
In one article, Taiwan the notation of the Taiwan currency is TWD is given in the Quickbar and 6 other places. NTD is used 6 times. NT$ is used 22 times. Just $ is used 24 times. Should this be standardized to one notation only, or is the present situation no problem? --FredTC (talk) 14:48, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
 * WV:$ says "Prices should be generally listed with the currency notation that travellers will encounter when they arrive at the destination in question. Travellers should be able to assume that symbols used for multiple currencies (like $ or £ or ¥) apply to the local currency." So we should use "$", or "NT$" if clarification is needed. There would be no reason to use TWD or NTD. Ground Zero (talk) 16:34, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Is The bare peso symbol really the locally common way of designating it? If yes, that should be used (unless there is need to avoid ambiguity) if not, whatever is locally prevalent should be used. Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:19, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I haven't been to Taiwan yet, but Wikipedi says: "The currency code is TWD, and its common abbreviation is NT$." Taiwan Tourism Bureau uses NT$. So does the China Post newspaper from Taipei. Ground Zero (talk) 19:47, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
 * c:Category:Price tags in Taiwan shows both "NT$" and "$" alone. Powers (talk) 00:59, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

A walk-through of Taipei Taoyuan Airport showed NT$ in about 70% of the shops, NT as the second most common, followed by $. The vending machines use 元. I did not see NTD or TWD anywhere. Ground Zero (talk) 23:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Get around/By metro section
You cannot get around Taiwan by metro, only around 3 metropolitan areas. I don't think this section should be in this article. If you disagree, please explain why. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:38, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

The train map
The map for THSR speaks of stations "planned for 2012-2015". I know that this is a problem over at commons, but if one of our editors knows more on the issue, maybe someone else could help (re)drawing the map? Hobbitschuster (talk) 12:23, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Chlorine in water
In the "Stay healthy/Water" section:

"However, it is advised that drinking water be boiled in order to eliminate residual chlorine and bacteria."

I didn't think that boiling water eliminated chlorine. Does it? Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:53, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

 * To my knowledge, it gets rid of some of the chlorine, but you do have to boil it for quite a while. The dog2 (talk) 18:20, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

City list
I noticed that someone put New Taipei in the city list. Although it is administratively separate, New Taipei is for all intents and purposes part of the Taipei metropolitan area. Therefore, I actually think we should not list it as a separate city, and instead treat it as suburban Taipei. In its place, I suggest we add Taichung, which is a major city in Taiwan that is currently not on the list. The dog2 (talk) 18:17, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * IIRC New Taipei is currently treated as its own city with its own districts by WV. I think this might be an area to look into to make the hierarchy easier and more voyager friendly... Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:45, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Regardless, I still think that Taichung is more important to list than New Taipei. Regardless of administrative divisions, from a practical perspective, New Taipei is suburban Taipei, while Taichung is a separate major city. The dog2 (talk) 22:44, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I haven't seen a response, so if there are no objections in 24 hours, I'll make the switch. The dog2 (talk) 23:17, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I support adding Taichung instead. Gizza ( roam ) 01:11, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Rationalising "Regions" section
It seems there is some inconsistency in the 'Regions' section of this page. There are administrative districts interspersed with national parks and sites of interest. I suggest these be rationalised to include only the administrative districts and leave the sites of note to the subsection below. For example, I don't feel 'Sun Moon Lake' should be explicitly mentioned under Central Taiwan. This is already present in the subsection below. What does everybody else think? Kdm852 (talk) 15:40, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Good point there. I agree that it can be deleted, and we can just mention the counties and cities without mentioning Taroko Gorge or Sun Moon Lake since they will be listed under the specific counties, and we already list them under "Other Destinations". Speaking of which, I noticed Jiufen in the city list. While I have been there and it is a beautiful place to visit, I don't think it belongs in the city list since it really is a small town. I was thinking of listing Taitung instead. We only have one city that is not on the west coast, so I think it will be good to have another east coast city other than Hualien, of which Taitung will be the natural option. The dog2 (talk) 04:14, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Agreed about Jiufen. I think it's an interesting enough place to be mentioned in "Other Destinations", but it's definitely not a city, in my experience. I also agree that Taitung should be on the city list; it's quite small, but also fairly unique in Taiwan, and feels enough like a 'city' to qualify (by my reckoning). If we wanted to deliberately put more east-coast cities, we could consider Yilan. Maybe also Magong if we wanted to include the outlying islands? Kdm852 (talk) 07:24, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Quick word of caution: Just because a place is judged to be too small a city or town to be listed in “Cities”, that doesn’t make it an “Other destination”. The answer to “other than what?” is “other than cities”, and in Wikivoyage classification, towns and villages are “cities”, whereas parks, islands and mountains are not. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:34, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Fair point, but I do think we should tweak the city list a little in the name of regional balance. Keelung, Jiufen and Taipei are all in the Taipei metropolitan area, and the former two are commonly visited as day trips from Taipei. There's probably a good reason why we don't list Yokohama in the city list of the Japan article even though it is technically Japan's second largest city after Tokyo (and I will be starting a discussion about tweaking that list too at some point in the near future). As for the outlying islands, I would prefer a city on Kinmen or Matsu, but I don't think Jincheng, Beigan or Nangan there are of the importance of Magong. Unfortunately, I've never been to those areas, so I'll need someone who has been there to comment. The dog2 (talk) 15:15, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * So to move this forward, should I just swap Keelung (or Jiufen) for Taitung? Both Keelung and Jiufen are easy day trips from Taipei, and I think they are best listed in the Taipei article under "Go next". This will help with regional balance, since having 3 towns/cities in the Taipei metropolitan area is overkill in my opinion. The dog2 (talk) 18:03, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not getting any response, so if nobody objects in the next 24 hours, I'll swap Keelung for Taitung. The dog2 (talk) 17:34, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

ATMs
I'm puzzled by Taiwan. It says "Taiwan has abundant 24-hour ATMs to withdraw cash using the Plus or Cirrus systems." but then "However, it seems ATMs do not consequently give out cash." What is this supposed to mean? Is "consequently" an error for "consistently"? —Granger (talk · contribs) 23:57, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

 * You just edited the section, so maybe you can help. Is the point that ATMs often run out of cash and therefore aren't a reliable way to get money? Or does the sentence with "consequently" mean something else? —Granger (talk · contribs) 23:13, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
 * As far as I remember, there are more then enough ATMs around ... also looking at OSM. However, not all of them are consequently equipped with money. Both facts kind of correlate in my opinion. The more ATMs, the harder to maintain. Hence, you might have to try a few before finding one with cash, since everyone is doing the same thing, which leads to the nearby machines to be empty as well. This then can be a problem, when you head to remote regions where there is not many ATMs in general and only fee-charging 7-eleven ones. I reckon also, Taiwanese more rely on electronic pay than cash, so they are not so much concerned about empty ATMs. Right? Cheers Ceever (talk) 06:05, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that helps. I'll try to rephrase the section more clearly. —Granger (talk · contribs) 15:43, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion: Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 12:52, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * NT$1000 obverse.jpg

Lithuania
I wonder if we should mention in the article that Lithuania has just become the first country to formally recognise Taiwan independence. I think this is significant because the other countries that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan do so by recognising the Taiwanese government as the sole legitimate government of China, but Lithuania is the first one to actually declare that Taiwan is an independent country separate from China. The dog2 (talk) 20:25, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Seems trivial for a travel guide, so I'd say no. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:31, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not motivated enough to analyze the whole thing, but I'm not sure this is accurate anyway. Foreign relations of Taiwan. Nelson Ricardo 2500 (talk) 21:02, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree with Ikan Kekek. Ground Zero (talk) 21:24, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Comfort women
Perhaps this should go under respect instead of understand, but my understanding is that many Taiwanese (at least the pro-DPP ones) hold the view that the "comfort women" were volunteers who chose to do so out of patriotism to Japan. I actually saw a DPP supporter go on camera and make that declaration in the Taiwanese news. Taiwan is certainly unique in that Japanese colonial rule is largely seen as a positive thing (though the Hakkas and indigenous people tend to be exceptions to this rule, and are accordingly KMT strongholds). For instance, while China, South Korea and even Singapore generally object to Japanese politicians visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, Taiwanese politicians from the DPP would often visit the Yasukuni Shrine themselves to offer prayers. The dog2 (talk) 22:53, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Comfort women does not report on this, so either there is no reliable source to support this, or it is a very fringe view. How important is addressing very fringe views for travellers? Ground Zero (talk) 23:27, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it's in Chinese, but here's the news clip of the Taiwanese student saying that his great grandmother volunteered to be a "comfort woman": . The dog2 (talk) 23:42, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Why would you even think of mentioning this in a travel guide? It's fine to state that many Taiwanese people are pro-Japanese and have positive opinions about the period of Japanese rule, but why on Earth would you mention that they whitewash sex slavery, or that their politicians visit the Yasukuni Shrine? You think there's a travel angle on that? As for someone's great-grandmother "volunteering", is that something he's proud of? I would have to question what that word means in this context, anyway - sure, I'll "volunteer" to be a sex slave at gunpoint. Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:45, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying that I agree with that view. But "volunteer" is exactly what you think it means. I'm translating from Chinese here, but he claimed that his great grandmother was not forced, but instead willingly served as a "comfort woman" out of her patriotism for Japan. The dog2 (talk) 02:23, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * How important is addressing very fringe this one guy's views for travellers? He's just one of 23.57 million people. The Canada article does not warn people about things I'm offended by, and I'm offended by a lot of things. It would be a long section. I'll go add that in now.... Ground Zero (talk) 02:33, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Railway Bento
Would like to gather comments on this. I think Taiwan Railway Bento should be featured as a culinary specialty rather than as a side note in train travel. It's significant enough to warrant pride among Taiwanese people, is a unique culinary icon for Taiwan and there's even a "Formosa Railroad Bento Festival".Cyali (talk) 20:36, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Go ahead. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:52, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Rail travel in Taiwan article
I wonder if we should start branching off a separate article now, or is the content still compact enough for keeping it in the main article? The dog2 (talk) 13:38, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Chinese military exercises
As we know, the Chinese are now carrying out live firing exercises in Taiwanese waters, and they have even gone as far as launching missiles over Taiwan (though they haven't actually hit anything in Taiwan yet). Singapore Airlines has reported that they had to cancel flights because of the live firing exercises, so I wonder if we should have a warning box about the flight disruptions as a result of this. The Chinese have basically blockaded all of Taiwan's ports, so getting in by sea is not possible either. The dog2 (talk) 19:01, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

 * Since it's affecting travel to and from the island, yes. I have to wonder whether the Taiwanese would attack the Chinese Navy if they continue a blockade. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:03, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

 * I agree the article could use a warningbox or a cautionbox. --Ypsilon (talk) 19:08, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I've added a cautionbox. —Granger (talk · contribs) 21:06, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

I was in fact thinking of adding a cautionbox yesterday. Thanks for adding it, Granger. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 21:27, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

I've been looking at the Taiwan articles and many of them are so out of date it's laughable.
Title. For example, literally every restaurant listed in Hsinchu is closed, and there hasn't been a auditorium near the East Gate for years. Same could be said about many of the hotel listings in general, of which many are either defunct, or in poor quality when newer, better alternatives are present. Ernest Macomb (talk) 15:54, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

 * Do you want to help us make it better? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:10, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * it is unfortunate: unless we have someone who lives in Taiwan update a place, the information becomes stale, especially for restaurant listings. When I'm planning a trip somewhere, I update information as I do my research. I hope you will help out by removing listings for places that have closed, even if it means leaving the article without restaurant listings. Ground Zero (talk) 17:44, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Ernest Macomb, this is the travel guide everyone can edit. It's fairly pointless to complain about the state of an article when you have the knowledge to improve it. So I hope you plunge forward. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:38, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm updating them right now! Ernest Macomb (talk) 23:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the updates, Earnest Macomb! Much appreciated :-). SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 23:46, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Ernest Macomb (talk) 00:38, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:57, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Wholesale deletions of Taiwan photos
Hi, everyone. Because of a change in Taiwanese law to prohibit the commercial use of photos of publicly-displayed statues and so forth, thousands of photos of Taiwan are being nominated for deletion on Wikimedia Commons. Quite a few of them are or maybe should be on our pages. We need help with uploading them locally to Wikivoyage, as we have fair-use policies that Commons does not use because we are using the images as part of a travel guide, whereas images and documentation about them are all Commons has. I've been looking at some of the files linked by Community Tech bot and posting remarks to the relevant talk pages, and I have also locally uploaded a couple of photos, but the nominations are too fast and too numerous for me to keep track of them all, especially as I'm behind with my own very time-consuming "real-life" work. So please help! Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:45, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

 * how do you discover the photos that are nominated and used on WV? -- andree 17:06, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

 * There is a bot adding a note on talk pages. You might want to check Special:Contributions/Community Tech bot. How to find images we might want to use is harder, but some might show up in the same RFDs.

 * I am surprised that this seems not to have caused any big discussion on Commons. The thread related to the change in Commons:Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Taiwan had just four participants, although many more were pinged, and it was just one screenful (in my quite narrow browser window).

 * –LPfi (talk) 18:11, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

 * The Community Tech bot posts to Wikivoyage link the filenames. If you click "Recent changes" in the menu on the left side of every page, you can do a search for "Community Tech" and see its posts among the changes, then click them. You can then look at the article(s) in question to see whether the photos nominated for deletion are visible (many are just used on Wikidata) or whether there's room for them and you'd like to upload them locally and insert them. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

 * Recent changes shows just so many edits, so the contributions page covers more days. One could (right) click the filenames mentioned in the nominations, to get to see them. That would cover also some that aren't used here because none of us found them yet. –LPfi (talk) 20:21, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

 * I have recent changes set for 1,000 edits. The part of the recent changes URL that says "limit=" can be limited to any number of edits (I've even limited it to 10,000 at times when I was offline for a while). Similarly, I have "days=" limited to 30. It's easy to search using Ctrl-F on a PC or Command-F on a Mac to find "Community Tech" among the edits. If you're using a cellphone, all bets are off. I don't know how to search within files or Wikivoyage search results effectively on a cellphone. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:26, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

 * Your idea of looking at Community Tech bot's contributions is a great one, though. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:28, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

 * I thought I once (or multiple times) had reached some quite low limit on how many edits RC would show, which I assumed was due to a table of limited size in the server. Either I remember wrongly or the limit has been significantly increased. Both are possible. –LPfi (talk) 20:37, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Disclaimer box
Because of the complicated political situation of Taiwan, Wikivoyage appropriately has a disclaimer box regarding the status of Taiwan. As a travel guide, Wikivoyage need not take a position on the status of the island group. At the same time, the disclaimer box is not important for travellers. It is important for Wikivoyage. Consequently, I don't think it has to be in the lead paragraph. It is completely sufficient for it to be in Understand. The lead paragraph should explain why a reader would want to travel to Taiwan, and not focus on the political status of the island group. The dog2 disagrees, and undid my edit here. As The dog2 and I have a long-standing disagreement about whether Wikivoyage should go in to depth about political and historical issues, I think it would be useful to have other opinions on this. Ground Zero (talk) 01:40, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

 * On the face of it, your viewpoint on this seems sensible. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:03, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I completely agree that we shouldn't go into depth and over explain every single subject. For example, a detailed history of the modern Taiwanese state should be in Wikipedia and not Wikivoyage. I would say, however, that putting a short disclaimer at the head of the page probably helps puts off some partisan edits from happening Andrewssi2 (talk) 04:23, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The "Sunflower Movement" was a major event in recent Taiwanese political history, and decisively shifted the Taiwanese political landscape in the DPP's favour. It was to Taiwan what the "Umbrella Movement" was to Hong Kong, or what Euromaidan was to Ukraine, so I think the name of the movement should be mentioned (and incidentally, all three happened in the same year). Before the protests, the youth vote in Taiwan was also nearly evenly split between the KMT and the DPP just like with the older generation, but since the protests the youth vote in Taiwan overwhelmingly goes to the DPP.

 * As for the disclaimer box, we can't and don't go into too much detail, but I think it belongs at the top of the page for precisely the reason Andrewssi2 said. The content of the disclaimer box right now is as detailed as it needs to be in my view. The dog2 (talk) 10:27, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * On the face of it
 * Kosovo, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, Transnistria and Western Sahara have a disclaimer box at the top.
 * Abkhazia, Palestine have a disclaimerbox in "Understand".
 * South Ossetia has no disclaimer box.
 * I'm not ardent where we put the disclaimer box, but I would like to have some consistency. As 5 of the 9 states with limited recognition have their boxes on top, I prefer top (also to tread carefully on a very sensitive topic) – but I'm not wedded to any idea so anything consistent works, really. -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 11:49, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I think all these cases the disclaimer box should be in the lede, and South Ossetia should certainly get one as well. The dog2 (talk) 13:03, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Revisiting city list
As the center of IT in Taiwan and so a place that attracts numerous business people, I would suggest that Hsinchu replaces Miaoli on the list. While neither city are tourist centers, as stated, Hsinchu is a major business hub, whereas Miaoli has no business credentials and is rarely visited even by Taiwanese. As for the claim that is the center of Hakka culture, there are many places that have a high number of people of Hakka origin, such as Taoyuan, and, in reality, other than certain cuisine variations, there is absolutely nothing to distinguish a city populated by Hakka people and the majority of Taiwanese of Fujian origin. —The preceding comment was added by 119.2.104.58 (talk • contribs)
 * I don't think business travellers will find the Cities list as useful as tourists, though. -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 12:34, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Maybe not, but Miaoli is not a tourist destination in any sense of the word, and Hsinchu is at least a jumping off place for a number of rural attractions. Personally, I couldn't give a monkey's whether Miaoli or Hsinchu are on the list and am not going to argue the point. However, I will leave the discussion with the point that Hsinchu has far more visitors than Miaoli, though mostly business related, and as the oldest city in Northern Taiwan, has more far historical features. —The preceding comment was added by 119.2.104.58 (talk • contribs)
 * Yeah, fair enough. The reason I didn't say either yes or no to the proposal was because I know very little about Taiwan. -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 12:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The Miaoli dialect is widely considered to be the prestige dialect of Hakka in Taiwan. Taiwanese people have told me that Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli have the highest concentration of Hakka people, but Miaoli is generally considered the main center of Hakka culture. What I've been trying to do is reflect the diversity of what Taiwan has to offer to tourists with our city lists, which includes reflecting places where you can to to experience the different cultures within Taiwan. The dog2 (talk) 13:01, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Yes, but Hakka culture is almost identical to the Fujian culture that is dominant in Taiwan, and anyone who visits Miaoli will not notice anything in the town's architecture or customs that distinguishes it from any other town of its size in Taiwan. Yes, some people will speak in Hakka rather than in Mandarin or Taiwanese, but few tourists will be able to distinguish the dialect and, even if they do, is that reason enough to visit a town that while pleasant enough to live has no tourist attractions of any note or commercial or industrial credentials to attract   international business people. Even among Taiwanese, the vast majority will have never visited Mioli because there is absolutely no reason to do so unless they have friends or relatives living there. As a city with a high business profile and a relatively large ex-pat community, I still contend that Hsinchu should be on the list of introductory cities,  but, as I said, I'm not going to argue the point into ground, and I rest my case and will not comment further in the matter. Thank you. —The preceding comment was added by 119.2.104.58 (talk • contribs)
 * I don't know where you get the idea that Hakka and Fujian culture are basically the same. Sure, they're all Han Chinese, and maybe Taiwan is different, but if you go to mainland China, the Hakkas in Fujian have distinctive cultural practices from the other Han Chinese in Fujian. And Hakka cuisine is considered to be its own thing, different from the other cuisines of Fujian. But anyway, here's a blog post by a Singaporean tourist who visited Miaoli so people have an idea on what I'm referring to when I say that Hakka cuisine is distinctive. The dog2 (talk) 00:16, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Please point out three, or even one thing that a traveler would notice in Miaoli than distinguishes from any town of similar size in Taiwan? Yes, as noted in the blog, there are certain dishes that are different from, say, native Taiwanese cuisine, but Taiwan is a mix of people from all regions of China, and so cuisine from all corners of mainland are available there, and, anyway, as Hakka people live throughout Taiwan, the dishes mentioned in the blog is available in Taipei and any large city in Taiwan. It is not restricted to Miaoli, and no-one need travel there to try it. Anyway, as you are convinced that Miaoli is more important to travelers than Hsinchu, please keep it on the list. It's not an important issue, and I'm sure that business people will be able to find Hsinchu without it being in the main page. Thank you. —The preceding comment was added by 119.2.104.58 (talk • contribs)

title: Talk:Taiwan


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Talk:Taiwanese Hokkien phrasebook

I moved the text here into Minnan phrasebook and made this a redirect. (WT-en) Pashley 12:35, 23 May 2006 (EDT)

Taiwanese_phrasebook should not be redirected to Min-nan since it is a subclass of the larger Min-nan Chinese language class ([Min-nan Wiki]). Other subclasses of Min-nan, like Hokkien and Hakka, are all not entirely mutually intelligible. Thus when it comes to the main topic of travelling, I'll maintain that Taiwanese_phrasebook is where most of the current information should be kept, Taiwanese being a language spoken in Taiwan. A Min-nan phrasebook would have to include dialects from Southern China, to Taiwan, Hainan, Singapore, Malaysia, and possibly more. (WT-en) R s l n 20:23, 20 August 2006 (EDT)

Taiwanese is actually pretty much synonymous with the term "Min Nan" in that the regional differences between the version spoken in Xiamen, Taiwan, Singapore, etc. are all arbitrary. A speaker from any region will be able to communicate with a speaker from a different region, though some difficulties may arise... in much the same way English speakers from Australia, America, and Jamaica will be able to understand each other, albeit with a possible degree of difficulty. The classifcation "Min Nan" is given that distinction because all dialects in the family are mutually intelligable...apart from other "Min" classes. Also, Hakka is not a "Min Nan" language...and "Hokkien" is, again, another term synonymous with "Min Nan" or "Taiwanese", in that this is what most speakers of the language refer to it as ("Hokkien" is the hokkien translation of "FuJian", the region of China where this language is spoken) So, in other words, "Taiwanese" (or Tai2yu3) is what most speakers in taiwan call it... "Hokkien" or "Fu2Jian1 Hua4" or "Fu2Jian1Yu3" is what most speakers (and indeed most non-speakers) outside of Taiwan refer to it as, and "Min Nan" is some arbitrary name given to it by ignorant western scholars. The point is, that they all refer to the same language. Try it... use the words in this phrase book to a "hokkien" speaker in Singapore... I guarantee they'll understand (so long as you pronounce the tones correctly, and pretty much ignore the first half of these phrases, as they're almost completely unintelligable)

 * Man, this is a total mess now. I think we should merge this to Minnan phrasebook, use Peh-oe-ji to romanize, and then put the pseudophonetics in parentheses afterward. (WT-en) Jpatokal 22:44, 3 August 2007 (EDT)

Seems like I need to repeat, all dialects in the Min-nan class are not entirely mutually intelligible [Min-nan Wiki]. Although I can't comment on the specific case of whether someone who learned Taiwanese in Taiwan can communicate with, as you say, a "hokkien" speaker in Singapore, I do know that the communication can be very limited for other dialects within the Min-nan class. So if you're going to travel to Taiwan, communication is going to be hard enough, let alone if you're speaking in a dialect from somewhere else. Using the Peh-oē-jī method would be most accurate, but because there are 6 (7?) tones on top of breath and nasal differences in Taiwanese, this quickly gets complicated [Phonology Wiki]. Anyone who gets this section going I applaud. Reading the words is not the ideal way to learn this language (and that is why the Audio section is at the top--this would be the best way of course, anyone have the means to do this?). A reorganization could work, but again, the Pseudo-phonetization is exactly that, pseudo. The disclaimer that prefaces that section currently should be kept very clear! (WT-en) R s l n 17:14, 29 October 2007 (EDT)

 * You write ""Min Nan" is some arbitrary name given to it by ignorant western scholars." No. "min nan hua" (which translates as "south fujian speech") is the name of this language in Mandarin, standard Chinese. I live in Fujian and have never heard "Fujian hua", only "Minnan hua" or "Fuzhou hua" (a very different language), and "khejia hua" (another quite different language, what we would call Hakka in English).

 * As for mutual intelligibility, I know an American teacher who learned the language working in Taiwan then moved to Xiamen; she has no problem being understood. (WT-en) Pashley 19:57, 1 March 2009 (EST)

 * I have compared the Minnan phrasebook and this one and (although I have to admit that I don't understand much about any of this) the biggest difference I could spot was the better formating and more extensive section about tones in the Minnan phrasebook. As there is quite some activity on the the Minnan phrasebook and hardly any here I would suggest redirecting this one (again?) so we don't waste any energy. I doubt we have enough experts to keep two phrasebooks - both in need for extension - of the same or almost the same language. Any objections? --(WT-en) Sebindi 11:59, 6 August 2010 (EDT)

Phrasebook
My wife is Taiwanese and she can't understand any of this on this page203.173.234.178 23:57, 13 September 2007 (EDT)

I can speak Minnan and I can say to all of you that both of them are just the same language and if one were to go to each other's places, they would understand each other. Essentially, the largest group of people to go to Taiwan after the Civil War were from this part of China, Xiamen, and so the there is no difference between the two. Its like the sample given above, an American that goes to Canada would understand the Canadians now, won't they? In Minnan : Ban Lam Oe kap Tai wan oe si sa tang.

 * Can this now be merged & redirected? Now that we are at WMF, are there new editors (perhaps Minnan speakers?) who would care to weigh in? Pashley (talk) 18:33, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm a Minnan speaker and I think this should be merged with Minnan? Alexander95015 (talk)

title: Talk:Taiwanese Hokkien phrasebook


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Talk:Taizhou, Zhejiang

Why is this article title as it is? Normally we just use the town name.

If there is more than one Taizhou, then the usual course is to make Taizhou a disambiguation page like Victoria and this "Taizhou (Zhejiang)". There are exceptions when one is much better known. For example London points to the great British city, but we have London (disambiguation) for the other Londons. (WT-en) Pashley 21:20, 11 October 2008 (EDT)

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Talk:Tajikistan

For future reference the Project:CIA World Factbook 2002 import can be found at Talk:Tajikistan/CIA World Factbook 2002 import.

Help!! Too much white space!
This might just be my browser being a bit stoopid, but theres a huge blank white patch between the intro paragraph and the contents box. I've tried playing around with moving the map to see if that was making this big space appear, but it doesnt seem to work! Ive noticed alot of the other pages don't have this, and was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get rid of it, if it is at all possible to... Thanks! (WT-en) Tim 20:11 6/3/06
 * I'm not seeing this in Firefox. (WT-en) Jonboy 15:17, 6 March 2006 (EST)

revert language
Tajik is a dialect of Persian, so I reverted it to "Tajik Persian" in the box. (WT-en) Cacahuate 12:35, 23 January 2007 (EST)

Travel warning
I believe Canada and the US have lifted travel warnings as of 15 March 08. —The preceding comment was added by (WT-en) 202.137.241.44 (talk • contribs)

Regions
We can do better than the current regions scheme. Here's my suggestion:

 * Move Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon (!) to Karategin.
 * Move Pamir out of the OD section and into the regions section where it belongs. It should correspond to this.
 * Create a Ferghana Valley (Tajikistan) region (with the boundaries of wikipedia:Sughd). Yes, the whole region is called Sughd, while the Ferghana Valley is only a part, but the latter name is far more famous, and it takes up most of the Sughd region anyway.
 * Create a Khatlon article.

These all conform to the administrative divisions, which isn't something we always want, but I think it would work fine here. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 23:33, 12 January 2010 (EST)

 * Better yet, split Sughd into Ferghana Valley (Tajikistan) and Zeravshan. The latter would encompass the wikipedia:Sughd. The Zervashan article will be a little sparse, but it has the Fann Mountains and Panjakent, so there is legitimate travel content to write about. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 00:04, 13 January 2010 (EST)

 * I was a little pessimistic about the odds of someone else joining this discussion, so I've plunged forward, and it is done. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 19:13, 14 January 2010 (EST)

 * Sorry for jumping into the discussion a little late, but I propose just one simple change: the name of the "Pamir" region. In just about everything I've read, the region is referred to as the GBAO. The problem is that Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province is a bit long for a region name, but I'm not sure an acronym is appropriate either(perhaps use the full name for the region and acronym on the map and in the article). My thought along this line is that not only are tourists more likely to encounter GBAO in reference to the region (especially for GBAO travel permits), it also emphasises that this is an autonomous region...it is difficult to access, this is where the civil war was in full swing, its history is a bit different than the rest of the country (Badakhshan also signifies its relationship with the neighboring areas of Afghanistan), and—while still Tajiks—its people seem more closely related to the Afghans than the peoples of Dushanbe & the Ferghana Valley. Perhaps I'm over-thinking this a bit, but there should be some emphasis that this is a very different region than the rest of the country. What do you think? At the very least the name should be Pamirs...the mountains are the Pamirs and I think without the "s" it just looks bizarre. (WT-en) AHeneen 06:29, 22 June 2010 (EDT)

 * Agree with Pamirs – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 21:29, 22 June 2010 (EDT)

 * Putting emphasis on the sharp division between east and west in Tajikistan is a good bit for the region descriptions or intro, I'd say, but I'm fine with changing the name to Pamirs, and will do have done so. ---(WT-en) Peter Talk 22:07, 22 June 2010 (EDT)

2023 revisit
13 years later, here's a snapshot of the number of articles categorised underneath each region: Content wise, most region articles are somewhat empty – the sole two exeptions are Pamirs and Zeravshan, which have most sections filled out.
 * Ferghana Valley (Tajikistan) – 1 article
 * Karategin – 2 articles
 * Khatlon – 1 article
 * Pamirs – 6 articles
 * Zeravshan – 1 article.

I'm on the fence here – on one hand, most of the region articles suck and the boundaries mean merging/combining region articles isn't feasible, but Pamirs and Zeravshan are too good to completely abolish the regions. -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 11:49, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I think we're kind of stuck with these regions. I've tried to build them out with content from Wikipedia, even if they don't have destination articles. Ground Zero (talk) 01:22, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree. If we were to sell a paperback on the country, we should make the division match the content, but here on the wiki we should admit that our coverage is incomplete and aim for the time when somebody has something more to write about it, and facilitate those additions. A clear logical region structure helps. Without the regions, we give the impression that only the most important destinations in the country are to be covered. With regions, one can more easily add an article on some less important place one happened to like, perhaps one that would be the prime destination of a later reader. –LPfi (talk) 06:52, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Do we need to divide into regions at all? I count only 11 low level destination articles which is fewer than the number within many existing regions on the wiki. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 16:20, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
 * There are now 15 articles, and 4 of 5 region articles (except Karategin) have content beyond a list of destinations. I think the regional breakdown is useful. Ground Zero (talk) 13:24, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Great! That's definitely a significant improvement so I don't think we need to make any changes to the region hierarchy anymore. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 15:41, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed; thanks for improving the various region articles in addition to creating many new ones! -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 22:28, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I think one reason the region list has been so spartan is the general lack of tourism to Tajikistan. I'm moving to the country in the middle of the month so I can slowly start filling out more about the regions over the next year as I spend time in them. Tuyuhun (talk) 17:15, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * First-hand information would be a really valuable addition to these articles. I look forward to reading more about this country I'd like to visit. Safe travels. Ground Zero (talk) 01:38, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @Ground Zero Having been in Tajikistan for about 3 months now, I think we should merge the Ferghana Valley and Zeravshan regional guides into a "Sughd" region. Those two Wikivoyage regions make up the official Sughd (Суғд, also spelled "Sugd") province of TJ.
 * If consensus says we shouldn't merge them, then we should at least make it clear on each page that these two Wikivoyage regions are one continuous region in TJ. Tuyuhun (talk) 10:41, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Tuyuhun, the official definitions don't much matter in Wikivoyage. We use whatever definitions are most useful for travellers, and we should identify the official provinces in the lead paragraphor Understandsection of the articles. Zeravshan has only two linked articles listed under it, and Ferghana Valley has only four, so there is an argument for merging them. On the other hand, the Zeravshan article has a lot of content, while the FV article has only a little. Have you thought about how the content could be merged to avoid treating FV as a "forgotten corner" of Sughd? Ground Zero (talk) 12:56, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I still think that there's enough overlap to merge them. I live in the FV portion right now and aside from Khujand and Istaravshan, there really isn't much in the valley that the standard traveler would find interesting (Isfara has some history but it's too far into a remote corner and near a disputed border for anyone to have a reason to go to it. Besides, most people would stay in Khujand one or two nights and use it as a launching point for further travels to either the Zeravshan Valley or to Tashkent; they wouldn't stay in it to explore the Tajik portion of the FV.
 * Maybe if we merge the two, but mention Khujand's role as a central node (and Istaravshan's history) in the region we could accomplish the merge without turning FV into the "forgotten corner". Tuyuhun (talk) 05:23, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Map on Tajikistan page
Hello all. I noticed that on the country map on the Tajikistan page (the colored one with all the regions and major cities) the neighboring Chinese province of Xinjiang was misspelled "Xingjian". I don't have the necessary technological skills to fix that. Is there someone who has the requisite skills to fix that? (I apologize if this is the wrong platform to ask this but I don't know where else it would go.) Tuyuhun (talk) 22:28, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

 * This page isn't too busy for anything you don't know a better place for.
 * The way to fix problems like this is to look up the SVG version, make the changes, generate a new PNG and upload both as new versions of the files at Commons. In easy cases like this you can just open the SVG in a text editor, search for the string, correct it, save and check that it worked as expected. In more complicated cases (where you need to adjust the position of the text), you may need an SVG editor unless you can figure out how to do it in the code.
 * I made the change, but for some reason I wasn't able to upload the new version (I might try later with a different browser or something). If somebody else does this, note also the line "xlink:href="file:///home/peterfitzgerald/...", which probably should be removed (I don't know how it missing or present affects anything).
 * –LPfi (talk) 13:46, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

 * Note that some text editors (notably Windows' default one, unless it has been corrected) mess with line breaks, add a byte order mark (which is illegal in many fixed-form text files) and possibly do other changes in addition to those requested. Use one that you trust or check the changes. –LPfi (talk) 13:50, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
 * My Mac won't let me open the file for some reason, though. SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 23:16, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Does it usually allow opening SVGs for editing? Otherwise you might need to specify a program to handle them. Alternatively, open it from the editor. Have you tried that? Or do Mac editors accept only files of certain types? You might be able to rename it to X.txt and edit that (the Mac filesystem has some other mechanism to keep track of file types, I don't know if it can be fooled that easily). –LPfi (talk) 14:41, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * It usually does, but this one results in a error. SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 22:05, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Currency notation
, after seeing this edit, I am wondering what you think about changing our formatting standard noted at the top of this page from
 * "Please show prices in this format: TJS100, and not 100 somoni"

to
 * "Please show prices in this format: С100, and not TJS100, or 100 somoni."

Ground Zero (talk) 15:36, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

 * If so, use "С" as in сомонӣ, not "C" as in comoni. –LPfi (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * , in my browser, there is no perceptible difference between the two, either in read mode or in edit mode. Could you clarify this? Ground Zero (talk) 12:27, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * They look identical in most cases, but one is Cyrillic, the other Latin. I assume some browsers use different fonts for the two, in which case the difference will be visible. The choice of character may also affect automatic processing (such as searches and speech generators), where how they look isn't taken in account, only how they are coded. –LPfi (talk) 12:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I've copied and pasted your С into the text above. I think many editors will just use C, though. Ground Zero (talk) 12:44, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yes, probably. I don't know what we can do about that, other than regular search and replace. Somebody who indeed uses different fonts could do the corrections by hand. –LPfi (talk) 12:53, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I've added the Cyrillic C to MediaWiki:Edittools, which means that it will always be there at the bottom of the edit screen. -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 13:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm currently living in Tajikistan, and pretty much all price "signage" uses the Cyrillic letter С either before or after the value (the latter being about 2:1 times more common - like 100с). The symbol is also always lowercase. I think that we can change it if we change it to "Please show prices in this format: 100с, and not TJS100 or С100". Otherwise, the current system works, it's just a bit clunky when you start throwing decimals around. Tuyuhun (talk) 16:26, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, many people here simply write out сомонӣ (which doesn't really solve our conundrum). Tuyuhun (talk) 16:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

 * The only issue with this is that the edit tools bar does not appear on mobile – all I see is white space (oh, please ignore that timer on top). Is there any way to get it to work? -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 13:08, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
 * For the record, this was on Safari with iOS 17.3. I'm not sure if this is a browser issue (I only use Safari on mobile). -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 13:12, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

✅ per this discussion. -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 23:55, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

 * I've also changed every instance of "TJS" used into "С" (as in сомонӣ). -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 00:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC).

Fixing Tajikistan Map
I've noticed that there are some errors on the map we have for Tajikistan, and I don't have the technological skills to fix it myself. Whoever made the map misspelled Xinjiang as Xingjian, and in Uzbekistan the city of Namangan is named "Konibodom". Can someone with the required skills fix these please? Tuyuhun (talk) 08:06, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

 * I had similar issues again at ., when you have the time, could you fix this issue? -- SHB2000  (talk | contribs | meta) 08:50, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, can someone officially rename Qurghonteppa to Bokhtar on the map while we're at it? Tuyuhun (talk) 14:31, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Talk:Tajik phrasebook

See Talk:Persian phrasebook for prior discussion on whether this should be separate from that phrasebook – (WT-en) cacahuate  talk 22:54, 23 March 2008 (EDT)

title: Talk:Tajik phrasebook


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Talk:Tajpur

Where is this?
Nothing had linked to this article, and in doing research, I couldn't locate a Tajpur in Gujarat. I found one in Uttar Pradesh and Wikipedia lists one in Bihar State. Anyone know the country better to verify if this city exists in Gujarat? (07:46, 17 May 2009 (WT-en) ChubbyWimbus)

This is a highly dubious article
This entire article seems a little dubious. It has the appearance of having been established for the purpose of listing either entirely fictitious or baiting accommodation listings attributable to known listing hijackers and listing vandals associated with articles in this region.

Upon examination of the articles concerned and their edit and content history it appears that the contact numbers used have been those associated with previous misleading or hijack edits in various West Bengal articles.

Today I have made edits to the article and some others today that are displaying similar lineage and number commonalities

I have removed +91 33 8100291011 from Hotel Sonarbangla Resorts in the Tajpur article as this tel number has beeen listed the Rojana Beach Resorts listing in Digha and removed in an edit today for that reason. The previous listing for Safarsonhee in this Tajpur article was removed by (WT-en) Peterfitzgerald on 11 oct 2010).

The prior Safarsonhee listing used a number 90spamfilter51115228 listed to Safarsongee Tours & Travels, Kolkata, Telephone: (033) 4004spamfilter8685, 90spamfilter51115228, Address: 9B, Esplanade, Kolkata-700069, West Bengal. The Hotel Amorabati-Bakkhali has also frequently been listed to 90spamfilter51115228 on travel websites.

I suggest the perpetrators find something more constructive to do. -- (WT-en) felix 06:16, 16 June 2011 (EDT)

 * These revelations from Felix plus the fact that Tajpur (Gujarat) may not even exist, makes it a candidate for deletion I think. No doubt in my mind that Indian touts are the most devious operating at WT. --(WT-en) Burmesedays 07:16, 16 June 2011 (EDT)

 * I tend to agree with (WT-en) Burmesedays, unless someone can make a strong case that this article is not just a preposterous fabrication then it should be listed for deletion. I can find a Tajpur in Prantij, Gujarat, India, but it appears to be a semi submerged field in the middle of a lake. Another drops us into the Sabar Institute of Management, on highway 8 (Sabar Institute of Management. Tajpur, NH 8, Gujarat 383205, India +91 2770 255 132). Another search turns up a small hamlet with a sand drift covered asphalt road passing through it and next to a dry river bed (it may be seasonal), Tajpur, Gujarat, India is also a dry lake bed in the middle of some fields and scattered dwellings. Someone is having a lend of us here I think. I would hazard a guess that the perpetrator may have studied at the Sabar School of Management. It appears their time there was wasted. -- (WT-en) felix 08:32, 16 June 2011 (EDT)

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Talk:Tak

TAT Listings
Moved the TAT Listings to Talk:Tak/Listings for future reference. --(WT-en) globe-trotter 23:47, 2 February 2010 (EST)

Reputedly some waterfalls?
There are many famous waterfalls near Tak and they are the principal tourist attraction.58.152.80.152 02:06, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

 * Please go ahead and describe them in the article, --(WT-en) ClausHansen 00:20, 18 June 2010 (EDT)

No accommodation listings
Have they been moved/deleted, not exist or does nobody stay in tak? I'll be there this week and I'll try to find a few places in town to list

Willthewanderer (talk) 01:59, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

title: Talk:Tak