Talk:Book of Wu

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Short description: Lost history of Eastern Wu (229–280)

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A fact from Book of Wu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the compilation of the Wu shu was hampered by the execution of two members of the committee compiling the text?

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On 8 July 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Wu shu (historical text) to Book of Wu. The result of the discussion was moved.

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 14:59, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the compilation of the Wu shu was hampered by the execution of two of of the compilation committee's members?

Source: in the article

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Created by Kzyx (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Kzyx (talk) 00:05, 8 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

No QPQ needed. Hook is interested, although you really should list the source again here; it's de Crespigny, Rafe (2018). Generals of the South: The Foundation and Early History of the Three Kingdoms State of Wu. This checks out, however. Article seems in decent shape, although might need a round of copyediting; it's presentable, but some of the sentences are phrased a little clunkily. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 01:03, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 8 July 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 05:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wu shu (historical text) → Book of Wu – Seems in line with each of our other dynastic history articles. Remsense诉 19:57, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject China has been notified of this discussion. Remsense诉 19:57, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, there's no reason to use the Pinyin version of such a simple title when we can easily and uncontroversially translate it. Of the two English sources cited I can only access one, Generals of the South, which does indeed use Wu shu instead of translating it, but this is hardly enough evidence to declare a strong WP:COMMONNAME and override having a comprehensible title for English speakers. Toadspike [Talk] 20:53, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – WP:Natural disambiguation seems to support using the unambiguous title "Book of Wu" over the ambiguous "Wu shu" with the parenthetical. A quick Google Books search shows that some sources do call this the "Book of Wu". —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 02:47, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support: this page already falls by default into the disambiguation page Wushu, reflecting the ambiguity of Pinyin-romanised terms as article titles. As stated above, WP:NATDIS very aptly applies, as the WP:PARENDIS policy immediately after it explicitly describes parentheticals as a secondary option. Benjitheijneb (talk) 22:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support: The new name is much more natural, and per WP:Natural disambiguation. --Wengier (talk) 17:40, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.