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January 2010

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Sea of Japan naming dispute

Hi, I just saw and edited your addition to Sea of Japan naming dispute. I'm concerned about the reliability of that source--was it published in a journal of some sort? Looking at the link itself, it looks like just a self-published article, but perhaps it was published and that info just isn't on the pdf. If it wasn't published in a peer-reviewed journal or similar place, though, I'm afraid that it may not qualify as a reliable source. Let me know if you can. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:11, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Maybe I was too quick in editing this page: the pdf article seems quite serious, reporting about recent work by the IHO and written by an university professor, and it echoes other proposals from 2006 by the South Korean President (Sea of Peace, Sea of Friendship), so I wanted to add these informations on this page. I forgot that on WP the best is to rely only on published articles in established media (here, I don't know if it is the case). I will be more cautious now. Ec.Domnowall (talk) 00:34, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

If we don't add the "East Sea" name, it would give the impression that the South Korean president used the name "Sea of Japan" during that summit. There must be a wording that could reconcile WP rules and facts. Ec.Domnowall (talk) 01:34, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

WP rules on this are not flexible. If we quoted the South Korean President, we would of course use his words (even if we translated them from Korean, we would say "East Sea" if that's the word he used). But, per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Korean)#Sea of Japan (East Sea) says that whenever we are writing in Wikipedia's voice (which that sentence is), we have to use Sea of Japan. The sentence as written now doesn't imply that he used the words "Sea of Japan"; it merely says that he was talking about that place which Wikipedia calls Sea of Japan.

As for the first part, since it appears that that isn't a reliable source, I'll take it out. I may then consider moving the other sentence to another part of the article, just so that we don't have a really small paragraph at the bottom. I think that we mention other Korean proposed names elsewhere; I'll have to take a look later. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:52, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

But in this particular sentence, maybe writing "the sea between Japan and Korea" would be simpler? (just like people did at the beginning of the naming decision you forwarded) Ec.Domnowall (talk) 23:33, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Given that the whole article is about the same sea, I changed it just to "the sea". Does that look like it still makes sense in context to you? Also, I removed the first part; if you do find out that that paper was published in a reliable journal, we can re-add it with a full reference. 23:39, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

It's fine for me. I've just found another not reliable source (in french, sorry!) saying that in the past the sea had also been called "mer d'Orient" (Orient sea) or "mer de Tartarie" (sea of Tartary, like the Strait of Tartary). Maybe I will add it, if I find a good source. Ec.Domnowall (talk) 00:00, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

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Major changes needed on Ukraine war map

I saw you have been doing a lot of the editing on the Ukraine war map, by the way, very nice work. :) I wanted to point out that major changes are needed after today's events. AFP journalists confirmed no Ukrainian Army presence south of Donetsk or along the 100 km highway leading all the way to the Azov Sea coastline, which they confirmed is separatist-held. Starobesheve, about 30km southeast of Donetsk, confirmed by both locals, Ukrainian military and AFP to have been captured by separatists. Ukrainian troops surrounded in Ilovaysk, confirmed by its commander. Source here [1]. Further, Ukrainian military confirmed separatists captured seven villages north of Novoazovsk, while the major of the town confirmed separatists entered the town this morning making it at the very least contested. Source for this here [2]. EkoGraf (talk) 23:50, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Ok, source now [3] Novoazovsk has fallen to the separatists. EkoGraf (talk) 00:23, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your appreciation ! I am not directly updating the map now since that version was said on the talk page to be incorrect and outdated (which is possible) and finally replaced. If I find the way, maybe I could upload the latest Russian version (like RobiH).
As for the journalists, since they were in Starobesheve, I would say that the road to the south must have been the one to Novoazovsk, a region where previously there were mostly border guards. But I can't be sure.
Anyway, it's probably better If you ask the authors of that map for changes : they are much faster on the "draw" than me :) Ec.Domnowall (talk) 01:20, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Hehe ok. :)

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It's always an honor to be nominated :) Ec.Domnowall (talk) 01:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

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