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I see you were trying to shrink the climate table in the Zhaoqing article. It's not possible to do that ... the table is sized based on how much info is in it. The solution to the problem, through, was easy. the History section is typically before the Climate section in Wikipedia city articles. Moving it in this article allows the climate table to be full-size. Check out the changes made to this article, welcome to Wikipedia, and Happy Editing!

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Thanks for the help, I have taken the signature thing to heart already. Whomever did the weather box changes I also want to thank a lot.Whoisgalt (talk) 19:33, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

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I took at look at the article you created on China Pabst Blue Ribbon, and wanted to offer some quick feedback. I think the first concern is about the notability of the topic. Is there enough material on the Chinese subsidiary of PBR that it should have its own article, or would it perhaps be better as a section within the main PBR article? Assuming that the page satisfies notability guidelines, I'd suggest that the opening paragraph read something like the following (fill in the blanks, I'm just making this up):

China Pabst Blue Ribbon is brand of beer sold in China. It is a partially owned subsidiary of the Pabst Brewing Company, and was established in 1985 in Hong Kong. Unlike the American version of Pabst Blue Ribbon, China PBR has sought to position itself as a luxury brand, with bottles costing up to $44.

I hope that helps.Homunculus (duihua) 15:43, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes that sounds good, but I'm the one who wrote that blurb on the main pabst page and I didn't want to repeat it again on the CHina pabst page...If you look at the links to the ownership structure it is quite quite interesting (Lots of virgin islands ownership), about 6 different subsidiaries. There isn't much to be found though on much else..but the ZH wiki has a nice stub that I will try to translate ...I think I will have to put on my translation hat to find other sources for info. Pabst is the 1st or 2nd foreign branded brewery in China and they just had the big media thing recently for selling a 44 dollar beer. But my main honey is the zhaoqing page. Writing everything that exists in the city and their mothers. And pabst china was first started in zhaoqing and was originally only in guangdong zhaoqing area. It grew to be a national brand from there. So it plays a big part in the story of zhaoqing. Zhaoqing is a very small city by chinese standards but is a big tourist spot. And pabst was probably one of the first foreign or atleast western beers in china (1987) so I think it should be relevant...Because it's more a chinese story than a Pabst american story. Also the story of how a blue collar brand such as pabst can be imported to China and become a premium brand (that happens often though, just look at KFC and pizza hut..hehe)

Can you give me tips on how to add the chinese characters and pinyin to the brewery info box? I already tried with many failures..I can't figure it out..I want them to be below the Pabst name and above the founding date and website. 蓝带啤酒 Lán dài píjiǔ 。。I know how to do the additions for chinese pinyin and characters but I don't know how to get them there.Whoisgalt (talk) 16:20, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Not to mention that the parent company CBR Brewing Company, Inc., is registered in HK (has sec filings) and yet there website goes to a japanese language site and mentions something about banking but it's all PINK with a little dinosaur character...I smell something fishy going on but I'm new to this so I don't know how this business subsidiary stuff works....But I used to work at a company based in HK that operated in China...And let me tell you it was not legal in China!! (Black company) and it had large international customers...So if they can do it who else can.

I always put the romanization and the characters into the lede of the article itself, rather than the infobox. Take a look. Homunculus (duihua) 18:53, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

You are certainly encouraged to upload images that you have taken. You will need to go to Wikimedia Commons [1], where you will create another account. From there, you can upload your photos, and specify the kind of license you want to release them under. Once you've done this, go back into the article here, and add the something like the following : [[File:<--add file name for the photo you uploaded-->|thumb|right|<--write a caption-->]] .

If you're adding a photo to the infobox, just add something like this next to where it says 'image' (you can adjust the dimensions as you see fit): [[File:<--file name-->‎|160px]]

Let me know if this all goes smoothly for you. Homunculus (duihua) 19:15, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the beer....as long as it's not PBR. ;) I noticed that you had created a section (yet to be populated) in Censorship in the People's Republic of China on the role of western corporations. I'm not sure if you had anything in mind here, but you might be interested in reading Ethan Gutmann's book "Losing the New China," which devotes a fair bit of space to this issue. Rebecca MacKinnon has also written quite a bit on this (some of her testimony is here[2]). A few other valuable resources on the subject:[3](this one is old) ; [4] ; [5] ; [6] ;[7] ; [8]. Good luck - this is a big task. Homunculus (duihua) 22:44, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Photos

Hey! I'm sure it'll be fine for you to upload those images. They wouldn't probably give you a tour of anything and let you take photographs if they were so worried. If all else fails you could email them, but, I'm sure it's totally fine. I took photographs of some major wineries in California and I've had no repercussions from it. If editors see something they are concerned about, they'll let you know. Trust me ;) File:Wine-making_equipement_at_Hanzell_Vineyards_B.jpg Sarah (talk) 21:19, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Cheers! Great work on the CPR article :D Now I have a new beer to add to the "to do" list... Sarah (talk) 23:23, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

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I'm working on a page about the Shifang protest—might be something you could help with. Regards, Homunculus (duihua) 14:22, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey Hom, I've been absent for awhile from Wiki due to stuff :-) and the darn GRE so haven't had much time to write. Looks like you already finished the article, still need help? How is your black market one doing if you're still working on it? And I like your new user page by the way.Dounai (talk) 07:37, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

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Hello , I am a Chinese student , and i would like to do some help about the 信息管制 和 乞讨现象。 I can`t understand why someone choose to begger in the public place , but not to do some decent jobs . Email ： mubuntuy@gmail.com If want to keep free , you must be independent. 15:43, 21 November 2012 (UTC) Hello friend, I'd be happy to help but my Chinese wouldn't be much help to you. I could research in English and help with the english article side of it. Let me know. I'm not sure what the chinese characters are that you typed so please let me know what they mean in english please. Thanks Dounai (talk) 09:23, 25 November 2012 (UTC) ArbCom elections are now open! Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:55, 24 November 2015 (UTC)