Talk:Chinese knight-errant

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[edit] Future expansion

I plan on expanding this page in the future. I recently had to move this from the Knight-errant page. (Ghostexorcist 21:56, 2 March 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Oppose merge

My belief is that the Knight-errant, or "Youxia" page, is unique and self-sustaining. To convert to a mere "Xia" page will make it ambiguous, as the pingyin-term is more popularly used to describe the earliest, if not mythical, dynasty of Chinese history.(Got Milked 21:56, 18 April 2008)

Did you even read the Xia page? It comments that Xia were people with martial arts abilities, with no social class, and wandered the land protecting people. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 15:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I've read it, but did you read what I presented? Let me try again: Yes, there is a "Xia Dynasty" page, and there is also a "Xia" disambiguation page, and as I've mentioned; the term Youxia is a good disambiguation from that popularly named dynasty, and also a disambiguation of other related Xia-named terminology describing:

Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms) (407-431)

Xia regime (618-623) during the transition from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.

Xi Xia (Western Xia), 1038 – 1227, state in ancient China of the Tanguts.

Xia class submarine, a Chinese ballistic missile submarine.

Xia, a place in the fictional Bionicle universe

You're a Wiki-contributor who particulary focuses a fascination on two things: Jewish, and Chinese; and that shouldn't affect the validity of a Youxia page, nor should it reflect upon how Arabs, Palestinians, and Persians view the validity of the state of Israel. Got Milked 23:50, 28 April 2008

Huh? I don't understand how me being interested in Jewish history has anything to do with this particular article and the proposed merge. Anyway, you misunderstand the specifics of the merge. I want to transfer the material from "Xia" to here. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 10:23, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Exactly! I stated that "Youxia/Chinese knight-errant" page be disambiguated from the more popularly used Xia terminology in describing the earliest of dynasties relating to Chinese history, and you stated "that Xia were people with martial arts abilities, with no social class, and wandered the land protecting people"; and I wondered to myself; "what does that have to do with the price of green tea in Zaire?". ANYWAYS, I just wanted to see that the page on "Youxia/Chinese knight-errant" will still be it's own exclusive page on Wikipedia, disambiguated from other popular uses of "Xia", as this is directed at English-speaking scholars and those interested in learning, and puts the Chinese knight-errant "Youxia" concept into direct perspective relating to more familiar themes in western-based texts. --User:Got Milked (talk) 05:38, 30 April 2008 (UTC)