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Incorrect change from "northwestern" to "northeastern"
In this edit, someone changed this article to say that Hangzhou is in "northeastern" Zhejiang when it is in northwestern Zhejiang--and no one caught the error for more than 1 full year. This kind of error not being quickly fixed is the type of thing that can seriously undermine the credibility of our project. Let's do better in the future. 76.189.135.48 (talk) 02:05, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
- Well, that's nonsense. 1st, the 'someone' is noted right there in the edit summary. It was Loginnigol (talk · contribs). 2nd, it's absolutely in the northeast corner depending on one's perspective of whether Ningbo counts as the 'top' or 'middle' of the province and whether one's talking about Hangzhou itself (as we do in English) or Hangzhou Municipality (the default in Chinese). 3rd, none of that remotely threatens the credibility of the project. The lingering effects of some of the school assignment 'expansions' of the West Lake article, on the other hand, absolutely do and that would be helpful to improve. Hangzhou City Wall could also use a ton of expansion if you're in town and have access to any of the local museums or Chinese sources on the city's history. — LlywelynII 08:23, 6 July 2025 (UTC)
Sources for future article expansion
This source
- Wang Liping (1999), "Tourism and Spacial Change in Hangzhou, 1911–1927", Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, 1900–1950, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
provides an excellent coverage of popular culture and religion in Hangzhou during the late Qing and the way its present tourist/consumer industry were consciously created by local officials and businesses during the early Republican period. — LlywelynII 08:23, 6 July 2025 (UTC)
Alternate name "Kincsay"
Where does this name come from? The History section names multiple historical foreign names, some of which are similar but none of them identical to "Kincsay". WilsonLi503 (talk) 16:31, 3 November 2025 (UTC)