Is a the topic "Culture of China" a bit like "Culture of Europe" or "Culture of Africa". I would imagine that there are a number of different cultures in such a large area.

It would be nice if someone could say something about what the common "culture of china" is, and a bit about the regional cultures and differences. -- Chris Q 10:28 Dec 12, 2002 (UTC)

Okay, I know this move (Culture of China to Chinese culture) might be controversial. However, the passive voice (e.g., "the son of John") is generally considered very weak English, while the active voice (e.g., John's son) is considered strong and correct. If an aspect of China is in the encyclopedia, let the word China start the entry. Culture of is a weak and sad beginning usually. (Or such is the opinion of one person. I won't engage in an edit war about this, but if I had a print encyclopedia, I would not look up CULTURE if I wanted to know about CHINA. Would you?

Arthur

Your point is a valid one. Nevertheless, in the template agreed upon in Wikipedia:WikiProject Countries, you will see that the culture article for all countries in the 'pedia is in the form of "Culture of X". The Chinese one should not be an exception, in my opinion. I am going to move the article back to Culture of China. Thanks to your change, "Chinese culture" will now be a redirect to the article, which at least addresses your point regarding the search for the article. olivier 02:59 Jan 14, 2003 (UTC)

Got it. Never read Wikipedia:WikiProject Countries. Hate the convention but what can you do? :) I wish they'd rethink this. People don't look up culture to find out about Afghanistan. Thank you, though, for informing me. I won't make any other non-conventional changes like that. (Or at least I'll try to be aware. I don't know all Wikipedia conventions.)

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Arthur Jan 14 2003, 03:05 UTC