Talk:Darya Boyi

Map of the area

These are maps of the Darya Boyi area: [1][2]. Darya Boyi is not explicitly labeled. GEOnet has 'Darya Boyi (Approved - N)'. This map [3] includes T'ang-ku-tzu-pa-ssu-t'e, seemingly parallel to GEOnet's T’ung-ku-tzu-pa-ssu-t’e (Variant - V). At the same location, these books [4][5] have Tongguzbasti. "In order to find clues as to how they lived it might be reasonable to visit the most primitive andisolated oasis community in the Tarim Basin. Argu- ably this is the village of Tongguzbasti which lies in the delta of the Keriya River, in the middle of the Taklamakan desert" [6] Also [7], [8]--Geographyinitiative (talk) 03:15, 4 May 2020 (UTC) (modified)

RFV discussion: July–August 2021

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Darya Boyi

Thanks for any help here. I already attested a variant name for this location (Tongguzbasti). As I understand Wiktionary guidelines, the Darya Boyi entry has two "durably archived"/PRM citations (as far as I can see- but I will keep looking) even though I have about six citations total. I would appreciate any help in finding a third durably archived cite (or recognizing another one of the existing cites as durably archived). Any more citations you can find that are not necessarily durably archived are welcome too. 'Darya Boyi' is a significant geographical term in the area because it is mentioned in English news reports from China and is an isolated oasis in the deep desert. See the talk page there for more details. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 17:15, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

For the past few months, I have been drilling down hard on making my citations for minor Asian geography more "perfected" in terms of present-day Wiktionary standards. What I'm realizing is that Wiktionary is a work in progress, and hence my request here is maybe too stringent. Yeah, on some technical level I may have failed to verify this word perfectly, but I think it's clear from the two durably archived sources and the five or six non-durably archived sources that there's probably another printed book out there that mentions this location, it's just that I don't have the patience or expertise to find it yet. Delete the entry or keep it as you see fit- I'll restore the entry once I find that third book. I am just learning and trying to fully understand the process how Wiktionary deals with situations like this, and I want to do things right (not keeping unattested stuff). Thanks! --Geographyinitiative (talk) 18:36, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 00:25, 12 August 2021 (UTC)