Talk:Voyages of Zheng He

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Is there a way to adjust the focus so Zheng He shows instead of the left side of the image? --Comment by Selfie City (talk | contributions) 00:41, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes, see Template:Pagebanner (the "origin" parameter). Fixing this for a bunch of articles could be a good cotm, actually. —Granger (talk · contribs) 01:21, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Definitely. It's unfortunate when a decent pagebanner is spoiled on mobile. --Comment by Selfie City (talk | contributions) 14:23, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Going further?

W:Gavin Menzies wrote a book 1421 claiming Zheng He's fleets sailed much further, to at least California, Argentina & Australia, and that Columbus used Chinese maps obtained via trade with Egypt. I've read it & found much of it plausible, though most historians dismiss it.

Is that worth a mention? Probably not, but it seems worth asking. Pashley (talk) 02:19, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

I assume it's based on the 2006 map. I'd say yes, with a note citing the historians who disagree. SelfieCity 10:46, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

How much does the article need to get into historian controversies? We're not an encyclopedia, but a travel guide. Ground Zero (talk) 11:56, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

No, let's not promote crackpots. —Granger (talk · contribs) 12:19, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Zheng He's first voyage

Moved from Wikivoyage:Requested articles, in case it's still relevant:

• We could start with a translation of zh:鄭和第一次下西洋的足跡, about his first voyage. —Granger (talk contribs) 16:24, 10 May 2020 (UTC).

Did this get put into this article? Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:02, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

No, I was working with text that had been added to the Age of Discovery article, then supplemented it from w:Zheng He. Ground Zero (talk) 10:06, 15 July 2020 (UTC)