- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:44, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
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Tang Yijie edit
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that Tang Yijie, who died in September 2014, was considered China's top philosopher?
- Reviewed: Toungoo–Mrauk-U War (1545–47)
Created by Zanhe (talk). Self nominated at 05:50, 20 September 2014 (UTC).
:Good work, new enough and long enough. About the hook, I suggest to use an alt one:
- ALT1 ... that Tang Yijie, a renowned Chinese philosopher, joined a group of scholars to plead for leniency for the dissident Wei Jingsheng in 1989?
- Since China had more than one top philosopher at his level.--Huang Jinghai (talk) 09:46, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
- No. Death dates can go in WP:MOS order. But more importantly, "Was considered" is WP:WEASEL and is also in the art. that way. I'm amazed it's not marked
{{whom}}yet. Or if he were considered such, why is he no longer? Si Trew (talk) 00:01, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
- It's not weasel if it's supported by reliable sources, as in this case. But anyway, I've crossed out the original hook in favour of the suggestions by Hwangjinghai and Olivier. -Zanhe (talk) 02:40, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
- Comment. I have made a few changes to the article. You can revert them if you like. Regarding the hook that you are suggesting, it is based on an obituary by the SCMP, which I believe is not a very strong reference to support that he was broadly considered as THE top one. I have actually changed the sentence in the article accordingly to "has been described as China's top scholar on philosophy and Chinese studies". My suggestion would be :
- ALT2 ... that Tang Yijie, who died in September 2014, spearheaded a project to compile all the known classics about Confucianism?
- I would also suggest that you add a few more sources as references. Other than that, I believe that the article is a useful addition to Wikipedia, and I hope that it can go through DYK. Olivier (talk)
