Talk:Cheng Tien-fong

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On 11 February 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Cheng Tianfang. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 11 February 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. There is no consensus to use Pinyin to romanize the name of the subject. (closed by non-admin page mover) Toadspike [Talk] 12:20, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cheng Tien-fong → Cheng Tianfang – According the WP:ZHNAME, we should prefer pinyin names for Chinese historical figures unless an alternate romanization is clearly more common. Per Google ngram, the pinyin version of Cheng's name has been dominant for some time now. A quick search of Google books confirms that many recent publications have indeed adopted the pinyin spelling for his name (Sino-German Encounters and Entanglements by Joanne Miyang Cho, Spymaster: Dai Li and the Chinese Secret Service by Frederic Wakeman, Between Mao and McCarthy by Charlotte Brooks). SilverStar54 (talk) 18:54, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm inclined to oppose without further evidence that he is primarily notable for his activities in pre-1949 China. He lived in the US and Canada as Cheng Tien-fong and then flourished in Taiwan from 1950 to 1967 (as a KMT potentate that entire time), where the pinyin rules don't usually apply. — AjaxSmack 06:32, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per AjaxSmack. feminist🩸 (talk) 02:08, 27 February 2025 (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.