Talk:Taiwan studies

Taiwan Studies vs. Taiwanese Studies

I appreciate the desire for conformity with Wikipedia treatment of area studies (Korean Studies, not Korea Studies; Japanese Studies, not Japan Studies), but in this particular case, the field is called "Taiwan Studies" by the people in the field, and not "Taiwanese Studies." For example, check the links to Taiwan Studies centers and programs at the bottom of the page. There are various reasons for the use of "Taiwan Studies" rather than "Taiwanese Studies," but principal among these is political. "Taiwan" is the place; "Taiwanese" is the people, various defined. I think it would be better to return the title of this page to "Taiwan Studies" for both of these reasons.Rikyu (talk) 01:46, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

•  Second opinion requested - The submission was reviewed by me couple of days back & after thorough study, I accepted the article. Later, I edited the article for clean up ... all the while, the same concern raised by User:Rikyu was in my mind. As per the article and related links, Taiwan Studies were used almost everywhere but as per Demonym, Taiwanese Studies was found to be appropriate & hence decided to change the article name. I hail from India and is not much knowledgeable about Taiwan studies & User:Rikyu might be from / interested in South East Asia & may be right. Thanks ! User:Rikyu for the concern raised.
  I am OK with whatever is appropriate, Hoping for more opinions on the subject matter. - Ninney (talk) 11:34, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
• A notice has been displayed in WikiProject Taiwan's notice board for further opinions so as to close the discussion at earliest. - Ninney (talk) 14:33, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
• Awaiting discussion. Please look into the matter. - Ninney (talk) 13:08, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
• I agree that the Taiwan Studies should be used in preference to Taiwanese Studies. The major academic organisations for studying Taiwan include Taiwan Studies in their name. e.g. European Association of Taiwan Studies, North American Taiwan Studies Association. The 1st World Congress of Taiwan Studies was held at Academia Sinica in 2012. SOAS at the University of London has a Centre for Taiwan Studies. Numerous other universities have departments or institutes that use Taiwan Studies. All the scholars I know working in the field whose primary language is English use Taiwan Studies. I should also add that I am a graduate of a Master's program at a Taiwanese university that at the time was known as Taiwan Studies (later absorbed into Asia-Pacific Studies). --Davidreid (talk) 11:15, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
• Support change to "Taiwan Studies" for all the reasons cited by User:Rikyu and User:Davidreid. Furthermore, the current state, with "Taiwanese Studies" used exclusively in the title and "Taiwan Studies" throughout the body text, makes no sense at all. Phlar (talk) 21:10, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Can someone with moderating powers please change the title from Taiwanese Studies to Taiwan Studies? There is a consensus for the change here on the talk page. The article itself uses Taiwan Studies in the text with Taiwanese Studies used only in the title. Davidreid (talk) 00:31, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

• I moved it myself. Phlar (talk) 22:28, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
  • Thanks for changing the title, User:Phlar. Davidreid (talk) 09:54, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Undiscussed controversial move undone

The recent undiscussed controversial move to "Taiwanese studies" has been undone. In cases such as this when the move is not a simple spelling mistake or other obvious error, it should be submitted for discussion first. The discussion above, although not recent, should have made it clear that a move back to an earlier, non-consensus name by a single editor without discussion is not a good idea. If you wish to move this again, please follow the guidance at WP:RM#CM for controversial moves. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 05:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)