Talk:Pei-ching

RFV discussion: March–April 2021
Per discussion at the Beer Parlor, I would like to attempt to officially confirm with durably archived resources the existence of one word: Pei-ching. Is the word 'Pei-ching' really verified according to Wiktionary? I think not, but I'm not really sure. If no one is interested in working with me on this, then do not respond and I will just go on doing other editing. Thanks! --Geographyinitiative (talk) 19:55, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm looking at this, and I see I've got at least two books with an ISBN and one with a Library of Congress number. I assume that's good enough, right? "The most commonly cited sources are printed books, magazine and journal articles and newspapers." Well, I've cited three books that have numbers that indicate they are in a durably archived collection. Is my reasoning wrong??? --Geographyinitiative (talk) 20:09, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * RFV passed I believe I upgraded the page so that there are at least three uses (not mentions) that are verifiably durably archived. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 18:40, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think the entry is fine. — SGconlaw (talk) 19:32, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

1860 Usage
I consider this word of Wade-Giles origin for the moment, but obviously Wade did not exist in 1860. The author says 'Pei-ching' is a word based on a new orthography. So this is either a one-off from a rare system, or maybe a proto-Wade, which would still count as Wade to me. Or it could be something else. It just depends on what actually happened and what the history is, which I don't know. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 15:39, 1 July 2023 (UTC)