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Page move

This page should be moved from Quemoy to Kinmen (81600 vs 220,000 on google). Quemoy is an outdated name for Kinmen. Kinmen is now used by the government, in tourist brochures, and elsewhere. --Ji ang 05:41, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I'm getting slightly different numbers from Google – 303,000 for "Kinmen" vs. 105,000 for "Quemoy" (and 41,100 for "Jinmen") – but the qualitative conclusion is the same. --MarkSweep✍ 12:07, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I subtracted "wikipedia" so our own articles would not skew the count --Ji ang 16:28, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I search for English pages only.. it gives 69 300 hits for Quemoy, 72 200 for Kinmen, 33 200 for Jinmen, 5 590 for Chinmen, and 3 910 for Chin-men. "Quemoy -Wikipedia -Kinmen" gives 72 000, whereas "Kinmen -Wikipedia -Quemoy" gives 68 700. I'd prefer to keep it as it is, since the difference is not that large. — Insta ntnood 10:32, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

I really don't see a reason for *not* moving here. Exclusing non-English sites means exclusing Taiwan-based websites. The government uses Kinmen. --Ji ang 21:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Quemoy -Wikipedia -Kinmen site:gov.tw", English pages only, gives 18 hits. The same search in all languages gives 119 hits, most are European languages other than English. "Kinmen -Wikipedia -Quemoy site:gov.tw" in all languages gives 25 000 hits, many are Chinese ones (15 800).

"Kinmen -Wikipedia -Quemoy site:gov.tw", English pages only, gives 6 110 hits. By comparing 18 and 6 110, with 72 000 and 68 700 above, we can see the figures of English-language pages all over the Internet in popular usage, and by the government itself. — Insta ntnood 06:41, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

More interestingly, "Quemoy -Wikipedia -Kinmen site:tw", English only, gives 125, and "Kinmen -Wikipedia -Quemoy site:tw" gives 24 900. Compare this with 72 000 and 68 700, we can see the difference of choice between pages under the .tw country domain and those outside of the country domain. — Insta ntnood 06:48, September 11, 2005 (UTC) (modified 12:40, 30 September 2005 (UTC))[reply]

Japanese occupation

Were Quemoy, Matsu and other ROC's islands on the coast of PRC's Fujian Province, occupied by Japan during the Second World War? — Insta ntnood 20:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Quemoy and Matsu were occupied from 1937 onwards. -- ran (talk) 07:22, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]