Talk:Comparison of Chinese romanization systems

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[edit] arrangement

Should pinyin, the official standard, stands as the first column, for easier comparison? What most people are familiar with these days is, I guess, pinyin. Cheers.--K.C. Tang 08:59, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

-- I like the current arrangement because it tries to juxtapose related systems. So closer systems are together, and different ones are more distant.

[edit] attribution of sources

I believe the comparison chart has been used without proper attribution from the following website on Pinyin and romanization (perhaps via a secondary site which similarly used it without attribution): http://www.pinyin.info/romanization/compare/hanyu.html.

To the best of my understanding, the chart was an original on the site which I have cited. I have written to the author thereof and asked his opinion on the matter. But clearly, the chart must either be removed or properly attributed. Dragonbones 16:13, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

The author has given permission to leave it, so long as attribution is made. I have added the attribution and external link. Problem solved. Dragonbones 05:59, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Repeat column headings

As the chart is so long, column headings should be repeated every 20 or 30 lines so that a person who is comparing systems for a syllable that's far down the list doesn't have to scroll all the way back to the top to see which spelling goes with which system. 192.235.1.34 18:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)