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Names of Wong Kim Ark's sons

Hi. I'm hoping to find some information regarding the names of Wong Kim Ark's four sons. Wong Kim Ark, as many/most of you probably already know, was the subject of an 1898 US Supreme Court decision that affirmed he was a US citizen per the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, because he was born in the US, and despite his being of Chinese descent.

Wong's four sons are recorded in US immigration records (early 1900s) as having the following names (Chinese characters plus English transcriptions):

  • 黃毓煥 (Wong Yoke Fun)
  • 黃郁賜 (Wong Yook Sue)
  • 黃沃修 (Wong Yook Thue)
  • 黃沃沾 (Wong Yook Jim)

My questions:

  • In the first son's name, is "Yoke" a plausible transcription for 毓 (in the Taishanese dialect used in Wong Kim Ark's ancestral region)? One person editing the Wong Kim Ark article right now is arguing that it should be "Yook", just like the other son's names, and that the immigration hearing transcript's use of "Yoke" is suspect.
  • I note that the four names use three different characters (毓, 郁, and 沃) to start the sons' personal names — and yet they all appear to sound the same, or nearly the same, based on the English transcriptions. Are these three characters homonyms (or near-homonyms) in the Taishanese dialect? Is there an explanation for why these names would have been written differently in this way, despite apparently sounding similar?

I have no familiarity at all with Chinese (written form or any dialect), so I would be grateful for any knowledgeable insights. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 06:22, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I understand now, fwiw, that the portion of the name which I'm asking about is called the "generation name" — which, again, leads me to wonder why it's not the same (written as well as spoken) for all of Wong's sons. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 17:32, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Asian American categories being discussed (again)

As periodically happens, there are a number of Asian American categories listed at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 December 30. Proposals are for renaming, merging, and deletion of various categories that may be of interest to project participants.—Myasuda (talk) 21:55, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rock M. Sakura

Rock M. Sakura is WikiProject RuPaul's Drag Race's collaboration of the month for April, if any project members want to help expand this bio stub. Happy editing! ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:51, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021

Hello! The Wikimedia Foundation's Communications department is looking at ways we can bring attention to activities and members in our movement related to Asian American and Pacific Islander and Asian History content during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (next month, May 2021). We are wondering if there are any activities planned around this year's AAPI Heritage Month or any general AAPI related content activities we can help promote next month. Additionally, if there are folks interested in talking with us about ways we can help bring attention to both these efforts and folks within the AAPI communities working to better Wikipedia, please let me know! You can either reply here, or reach me via email: gvarnum@wikimedia.org. Thank you! --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) [he/him] (talk) 21:25, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Asian Americans articles needing expert attention has been nominated for discussion

Category:Asian Americans articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 05:47, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hyphen

If anybody is interested, there is currently a discussion on whether or not the hyphen should be preserved when referring to ethnic/racial identities, both as a noun and as an adjective. Happy for anybody to join the discussion. --Caorongjin (talk) 09:49, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiAPA edit-a-thon - May 18, 2021

Help improve Wikipedia content around Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for #AAPIHeritageMonth - work with SmithsonianAPA for the WikiAPA Edit-A-Thon: She/They Edition - more info and registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikiapa-edit-a-thon-shethey-edition-tickets-151652610039

Cheers. --Fuzheado | Talk 19:30, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

National APIDAD Panhellenic Association

The National APIDA Panhellenic Association article has been again nominated for deletion after having been previously speedy deleted. The AfD was just relisted amid slim participation; I thought it may be of interest to this WP. -Littledrummrboy (talk) 15:36, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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