It looks like you've been getting a lot of work done tonight. Let me know when you're done with the periodical pages.
Also, I already had a section for copyright law in the PRC on my page. What we still need is the ROC (Taiwan).
Finally, I have recently been reminded that "top-posting" is discouraged on most lists (H-Buddhism, etc.). Perhaps we should start bottom-posting again here on our discussion pages just to keep us in the good habit. What do you think?
--Erik hammerstrom 10:22, 17 June 2009 (CST)
The developer of the Firefox plugin responded to my thread. He can't duplicate the problem with initial vowels, but he did remind me that when writing in pinyin on Chinese keyboards one uses "V" instead of "Ü". It seems to work fine that way. He will also be looking at ways to deal with the issue of deleted digits. Hopefully new versions of the tool will see these improvements.
--Erik hammerstrom 19:46, 16 June 2009 (CST)
Two notes: 1) I am going through the institution articles (about half done) and I have removed the * Associated Person(s): line from the blank institution page. It simply gets too complicated to figure out which people are "associated" and how many of them to include.
2) In your examination of the periodicals' title pages, you7 may want to keep an eye for to see if they have English titles. I have included them in cases where I had written them down. It doesn't happen often, but we should follow any English titles they give.
--Erik hammerstrom 23:01, 18 June 2009 (CST)
I have now finished going through all of the institution articles. Take your time going through them, and when you are done we can move on to biographical pieces. I will be away from editing for about the next week, so there's no rush.
--Erik hammerstrom 01:04, 20 June 2009 (CST)
Editing sounds good. If there are any major formatting issues you see, take a note of them as I have done my best to unify the format accross all institution articles, thus we would need to do multiple changes if something is out of whack.
That's a great idea about the pictures. We have the HCY reprint here, as well, so I can look for some pictures when I get back.
As for making redirect pages for alternate names, I think we should only do that for commonly used alternate names. For example, I put one up for "Wang Jitong," as Wang Xiaoxu is equally known by both names. Other than a few instances like that, I think we should let the search engine take care of things. I guess I think it's OK, but that we shouldn't make it a requirement at this stage.
--Erik hammerstrom 23:12, 20 June 2009 (CST)
The template idea is a good one. I am guessing that this means that if we decide to change some aspect of the reference down the line, all one would need to do would be change the template screen and the update would happen automatically to all entries. That indeed is very powerful.
I'd like to see templates for Shì Dōngchū's History and Yú Língbō's 現代佛教人物辭典. I use those two quite a bit, and it is my hope to add references to both, where applicable, to ALL biographical entries. If you could show me how to make a template (or point me in the direction of directions), I could do it myself. Though of course if you have a handle on, it would be that much more expedient.
--Erik hammerstrom 10:10, 24 June 2009 (CST)
The templates look great, I can't wait to start using them when I get back to working on this site. Currently I have internet only sporadically, and not on my computer, so I don't see myself doing any major editing any time soon. All of this is to say, don't worry about taking a breather for a while.
There is one thing I noticed regarding the template ZJFRZ: I am pretty sure that the one you list is volume one of a five-part series. (It may even be six parts.) With the first one, we shouldn't have to list volume 1 under the template title, but it should be in there in the bibliographic data. Subsequent templates could look like this: ZJFRZ2, ZJFRZ3, etc. As the XFRC surpasses this series, this may not turn out to be a big deal.
--Erik hammerstrom 22:11, 25 June 2009 (CST)
My mistake. Yu Lingbo does have at least 5 volumes of the 中國近代佛門人物志, and they are numbered as such.
--Erik hammerstrom 11:16, 30 June 2009 (CST)
I have now finished looking over all articles in the categories of biography, institution, periodicals, and ideology. I have also started a "Draft Release Announcement" on my page. Would you like me to look over the chronology pages you've done?
The maps you put up look good. I think it's a great idea. Although it's a bit anachronistic to have the modern streets listed, it would still help to orient people looking for those sites today. I can start making similar pages for other places, such as 鎮江, though I don't know if we need to do this before we announce the site.
I had two thoughts about the site related to its announcement: First, should we "protect" some of the policy pages (like the main page, etc.)?
Second, I still think we should encourage people to post things related to Chinese Buddhism from 1950 to the present. As there is no space requirement to this site, it can't hurt. I have said in the draft release statement that we are currently "focusing" on the period from 1850 to 1950, but that people can post things for later. I know you wanted to limit it to 1950, but I still feel that if we are using the word "modern" in the title, we should welcome contributions for more recent periods. Having this as a stated policy from the get-go also gives us greater coverage in for the future if we choose to change our minds.
--Erik hammerstrom 23:26, 10 July 2009 (CST)
Greg, the templates look good. I tried to edit mine so that my name is a link, but I discovered the problem I think you talking about and had to revert the page. I see no problem with having our names unlinked for now.
When I get back to the office later in the weekend or on Monday, I will go through and start assigning pages. I will also construct templates for the other categories of articles if you haven't already done so by then.
I don't know if the article editor should go at the top of he page, but if they do become part of a general table of information as you mention, then I guess it does make sense.
One final note. I just wanted to remind you that we agreed not to "top post" on the message pages. It's been so long since we used them I am guessing you forgot.
--Erik hammerstrom 23:19, 20 November 2009 (CST)
The Yáng Wénhuì box looks pretty good. I like the colors and the size of it. Well done. Suggestions: "Known Associates" makes him sound like a criminal. How about just "associates." This leads me to the question of the content of the box. If we add all alternate names and all associates to each box, in some cases the boxes will be larger than the article. I think those two pieces of information should be in the main article, though I could be convinced otherwise on the names (which I know is how they do it on Wikipedia).
Should I go ahead and start assigning editorship of the various pages, or should I wait until you've got the boxes figured out?
--Erik hammerstrom 18:55, 23 November 2009 (CST)
Yes to "Notable Associates" and to leaving four of them in the info box, along with one other common name.
Once the guidelines are set, I will start adding boxes to those pages with no images. That is, until the thumbnail issue is worked out.
Also, should there be info boxes for he other categories? At this point, I am leaning toward "no," given that we already have templates, and beyond that there is little of common information about the different entries in each category.
--Erik hammerstrom 22:38, 23 November 2009 (CST)
I am going to start adding article editor listings for for the pages. To this end, I am creating templates for the various sections. I think the article editor should be listed at the bottom, above "References," rather than at the top. What is your feeling on this?
--Erik hammerstrom 22:36, 4 January 2010 (CST)