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Latest comment: 1 year ago3 comments2 people in discussion
@Chhandama: Hi, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't this page be titled "Hou Xianguang" without the hyphen? As far as I can tell from WP:CHINESE (particularly WP:ZHNAME), hyphens are not usually used for Chinese personal names, except under the Wade–Giles romanization system (or other exceptions?). I don't think the hyphenated name is more common than not for this person either, but to be honest I haven't thoroughly checked. (Also, I've made the non-hyphenated name a redirect to this one for now, if that helps to know, and I've merged the bot-created Wikidata item with an already-existing one with identifiers and links to the de-wiki, he-wiki and Wikispecies pages) Monster Iestyn (talk) 14:55, 23 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
I confess that I don't know whether the hyphenated form is more accurate or wrong; both styles are mixed up in his list of publications. I chose the hyphenated mainly because: 1) he used it in his books; 2) his official university page uses it; 3) he used it in his solo paper (e.g. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002233600002758X). Otherwise, I have no further defence for it. I just get the impression that it may be his preference (or more likely he does not care for either one). Chhandama (talk) 07:08, 24 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
Fair enough, it looks like he's not consistent about the use of hyphens in his name at all... oh well, thanks for answering anyway. Monster Iestyn (talk) 12:06, 24 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
