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16:04, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Protopia for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Protopia is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Protopia until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:25, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help verify translations of articles from Chinese

Hello OscarSong,

Would you be able to help evaluate the accuracy of translations of Wikipedia articles from Chinese to English Wikipedia?

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This would involve evaluating a translated article on the English Wikipedia by comparing it to the original Chinese article, and marking it "Pass" or "Fail" based on whether the translation faithfully represents the original. Here's the reason for this request:

There are a number of articles on English Wikipedia that were created as machine translations from different languages including Chinese , using the Content Translation tool, sometimes by users with no knowledge of the source language. The config problem that allowed this to happen has since been fixed, but this has left us with a backlog of articles whose accuracy of translation is suspect or unknown, including some articles translated from Chinese. In many cases, other editors have come forward later to copyedit and fix any English grammar or style issues, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the translation is accurate, as factual errors from the original translation may remain. To put it another way: Good English is not the same as good translation.

If you can help out, that would be great. Here's a sample of the articles that need checking:

Ren Bishi (TV Series) ✓ Pass
Singapore–South Africa relations ✓ Pass
Sino-British Orchestra ✗ Fail

All you have to do, is compare the English article to the Chinese article, and mark it "Pass" or "Fail" (templates {{Pass}} and {{Fail}} may be useful). (Naturally, if you feel like fixing an inaccurate translation and then marking it "Pass", that's even better, but it isn't required.)

If you can help, please let me know. Thanks! Mathglot (talk) 22:24, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OscarSong, thanks for your response to this query. I have repatriated your responses on my talk page above for completeness. Can I send you some more pages to compare? Mathglot (talk) 05:21, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Here's several more, and thanks!

Taipei Base Design Center ✓ Pass (ported here by Mathglot (talk)
Taoyuan Sports Federation ✓ Pass (ported here by Mathglot (talk)
The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument ✓ Pass (ported here by Mathglot (talk)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy ✓ Pass (ported here by Mathglot (talk)
The Torment of a Flower ✓ Pass (ported here by Mathglot (talk)
Qu Futian (830) ✗ Fail Incomplete (ported here by Mathglot (talk)
Queen Dowager Xuan (1426) ✗ Fail Incomplete only 30% translated (ported here by Mathglot (talk)

You can just {{ping}} me here when you're ready, or if you have any questions. Just paste this into your response: {{ping|Mathglot}} and I'll be notified to come respond to you here. And thanks again! Mathglot (talk) 07:14, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Mathglot: I'm done. Check the articles.

Hi Oscar,

Thanks so much for this, this is great!

Just one thing: I realized that the instructions about marking pass/fail were not clear. That's my fault, sorry! Rather than mark up the articles, we'd like you to indicate the pass/fail right here on your talk page, either inline, right next to the article titles we send you, or in a new section below it, whichever is easier for you. Sorry for any confusion! You don't need to do anything now; I'm going to fix the pass/fail markers myself, so don't worry about the articles already marked.

In the meantime, would you like a new list of articles to assess? I'd love to send you another list, if you can handle it. And thanks again! @Cryptic: I won't ping you on the remaining ones, k? Mathglot (talk) 02:23, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I ported your assessments from the articles to the list above, please check to make sure it agrees with your assessments. Thanks! Can you handle a few more articles? Mathglot (talk) 10:04, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]