Talk:He Pingping

2008

Guinness has traditionally differentiated between people who can and cannot walk. He Pingping seems to be declared as the shortest walking man, but Lin Yü-chih seems to still be shorter.--T. Anthony (talk) 04:06, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree completely. There is no indication in other artless that at least some men shorter than He couldn't walk. So what does this "mobile" business mean?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.168.27.150 (talk) 03:22, 23 July 2018 (UTC) 

Confusing wording

"Since his January 2007 appearance on television, He's status as the world's shortest man has been verified by Guinness World Records" - I know the word "He's" in this sentence is technically correct (and there's a hidden note requesting that editors leave it) but it just looks weird, like the writer was trying to say "his" but didn't have a strong grasp of English. Is there any reason why the word can't just be changed to "his"? Dom Kaos (talk) 14:01, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

"He's" is better wording; using a pronoun in this instance is just awkward. And He is his name, there's no reason for us to mess around with it just because many English speakers are foolish. Changing "He's" to "his" is a perennial edit people make here (even though I left a hidden note...hidden notes rarely seem to work anyway), but I see no need for it to be messed around with. rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 17:12, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

I agree with everything that Rjanag says as I also fell into the trap of starting the last sentence of the article with "He", intending it as a[n English] pronoun, but the proper Chinese name fits as well. However, let's leave the English/Chinese awkwardness alone, turn the light off on this, and let He Pingping R.I.P. Ed (talk) 00:26, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

This may seem exaggerated, but I want to assure you that "He's" is the perfect choice here. Not only does this use of language that is comprehensible for lots of people, even if they need to react to the seeming anomaly first, to then discover the syntactic correctness together with the consistent meaning of the sentence (cf. Erasmussen's remark) serve as a learning device, but also is the use of "He's" indicated as a marker to render the first "his" understandable as referring to He, given the mention of two other persons in the preceding paragraph. On top of that I completely agree with Rjanag's assessment of bad editing practice, and as an aside I welcome the professionality and even more the great contributions to wikipedia's neurolinguistics section. Morton Shumway (talk) 02:48, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

The proper English would be Pingping's, not He's, as He is his family name. In using only the family name then Mr. should be used. The use of "his" is perfectly acceptable, and writing clearly should be preferred in any case. Oghma6 (talk) 01:57, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Absolutely incorrect. We generally do not refer to people by their first name in articles, so there is no way this should say "Pingping's". The standard of using "Mr." is a house style that is used by certain publications (more often in the UK than in the US) and not a hard-and-fast rule. "He's" is fine. rʨanaɢ (talk) 02:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Adding the honorific is the polite way to use a persons family name, not just a style. It is considered impolite to refer to Mr Smith as Smith in speech and writing. Oghma6 (talk) 02:51, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

No it's not. You're taking a specific style and trying to make it a rule. Wikipedia's own manual of style says not to use Mr.; see WP:SURNAME. If you disagree, take it up at the talk page there. rʨanaɢ (talk) 02:55, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Where I come from it IS considered impolite to use a family name only, without an honorific, in speech or writing. That being said, the rules for Wikipedia articles are clear from the link you provided and He's is perfectly acceptable, if somewhat unclear, according to those rules. Oghma6 (talk) 03:43, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, "where I come from". That is what I have been trying to explain to you all along. rʨanaɢ (talk) 03:49, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

So why is it "his" now, and not "He's"? --Morton Shumway (talk) 17:39, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

"His home of Inner Mongolia is also home to Bao Xishun, who at 2.36 metres tall was recognized by Guinness as the world's **shortest** man[5] until September 2009." They are referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bao_Xishun and shortest should be changed to tallest, I'm not able to edit the article though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.19.101 (talk) 23:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

What is this in the upper right hand detail box? "Awais ulhaq File:Invicible poo" It appears to be vandalism, but not sure. 204.17.31.126 (talk) 15:33, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

This is obviously rubbish: "PingPing was not his actual name, but a name chosen to illustrate the sound it made when Daniel Flentø's balls hit against his wooden asshole repeatedly."

Date of death

Source: here - Maasje 18:42, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Something that is unclear

Was he (no pun intended) the shortest verified man ever who was to be able to walk, or simply the shortest man to walk during the time that he was alive?--I I OIO I I (talk) 21:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Birth date mistake

On Profiles.com it said He Pingping was born in 1989 the ariticle said 1988.-----limited2fan 17:52, 16 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Limited2fan (talk • contribs)

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