Talk:Hainan Island
Hainan Island is different from Hainan Province[edit]
Hainan Island (海南岛 Hǎinán Dǎo) is NOT the same as Hainan Province (Hǎinán Shěng). Huayu-Huayu (talk) 20:56, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
- The other editors have made this distinction for many years and yet have chosen to keep the two merged. Until you obtain consensus for your changes, the status quo stands and Hainan Island cannot be a separate article; also, constant reversion is pointless and obstructs discussion. GotR Talk 21:09, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
- Disrupting which discussion? You didn't start a discussion, you removed the Hainan Island article. Huayu-Huayu (talk) 21:47, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Below I copy something I had posted in a similar manner at User talk:Anna Frodesiak:
Where is the logic in calling Hainan Province Hainan, and calling Taiwan Province, Taiwan Province. Hainan as single word means the island for many many people. ... One has no confusion if always the full names are used. Hainan Island and Hainan Province. Have you seen the funny Category:Islands of Taiwan? Are these all islands located on the Taiwan Island? The article name for the Taiwan Island is Taiwan, so the category could mean that.
| plain name | disambiguation of the plain name | island article | province article(s) | clarify that it is an island article | clarify that it is a province article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hainan | Hainan (disambiguation) - island, province and other things | Hainan Island (article removed by some user) |
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Hainan Island | |
| Taiwan | Taiwan (disambiguation) - country, island, island group, province | Taiwan (ambiguous) | Taiwan Island | ||
| Fujian | Fujian (disambiguation) - two provinces | none |
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none |
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Huayu-Huayu (talk) 21:53, 17 January 2012 (UTC)