Talk:Geography of Taiwan

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Contents 1 Removed 2 Page move 3 Add info about national parks 4 Information in Taiwan that should go into this article

[edit] Removed

Quemoy, Matsu were removed since they do not constitute the common knowledge of Taiwan islands, which includes the Formosa and the Pescadores. These two islands are the Fujian islands administrated by ROC.Mababa 06:27, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

However this article serves as the main article of the geography section of the article Republic of China. (All "Geography of.." articles are in the "Geography of [name of country]" format.) I would prefer moving the details about Quemoy, Wuch'iu (Wuciou) and Matsu back, and rename the article "Geography of the Republic of China". — Instantnood 02:41 Feb 23 2005 (UTC)

Disagreed. I am hundred percent sure that you must know the difference between Taiwan and ROC. The political entity currently governing Taiwan. Taiwan, as a geogrphically entity, deserves a separate article as China does. Quemoy, Wuch'iu (Wuciou) and Matsu can be mentioned when the Geogrphy of ROC was introduced with the external link of Geography of Taiwan.Mababa 05:43, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

True. And that's exactly why I suggested to add the islands back and to rename at the same time. This article currently should serve as the main article of a geography section at the article Republic of China, which is currently absent. Alternatively, a new article titled "Geography of the Republic of China" could be created, but will largely overlap with this article. — Instantnood 05:55 Feb 23 2005 (UTC)

I do not see any reason why a new article to be impossible. Mababa 06:26, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I am open on this issue. There is, however, no such precedence. All "Geography of.." articles are about political entities.

If a new geography article is created for the political entity Republic of China, contents about territorial water claims will have to removed from this article. A geographical entity does not make any claim. — Instantnood 06:46 Feb 23 2005 (UTC)

Check on Geography of China. China here is a geographical entity.Mababa 06:52, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

That's why I have put up a notice on the top of the page, and proposed to rename or to clean up. Many of the contents refer only to the PRC or mainland. — Instantnood 07:04 Feb 23 2005 (UTC)

Oppose. Regime comes and go. Taiwan stays forever. Taiwan as a geographic entity should have a geographical article for her. ROC can creat a new article for herself if needed.Mababa 07:20, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

There was a request at WP:RM to move this page to Geography of the Republic of China, or a clean up and to split this article into two, following the lines of Geography of Ireland and Geography of the Republic of Ireland. The discussion is now over with no consensus, and is archived at Talk:List of Taiwan-related topics (by category)#Page move. — Instantnood 13:53 Mar 5 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Add info about national parks

I have a suggestion, How about adding some of the information of Taiwan's national park to this page? If you can, please add it. Beast

[edit] Information in Taiwan that should go into this article

I've added a "main" link to this article in the section on "Geography" in the Taiwan article. Would an editor more interested in the subject than me (I've just wandered in here because of a content dispute that I may or may not actually be helping with) please (a) move a lot of the information in the "Geography" section of that article to this (while there is some overlap, there isn't that much); and (b) then sharply reduce the amount of text in that article pertaining to geography - the section in that article should become just a summary of what's in the main article about Taiwan's geography. Thanks! John Broughton | Talk 02:24, 1 January 2007 (UTC)