Wikipedia:WikiProject China/Peer review/Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty edit

I have poured a lot of work into this article, and I would like to get feedback from others who might be knowledgeable in Chinese history before setting it up as a candidate for Featured Article status.

Can't wait to hear the responses, --PericlesofAthens 06:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some opinions:

A infobox would vastly improve the outlook of the article. Same applies to many other Chinese history-related articles.
The section organization could be improved. I would change it to something like this:

1 History

1.1 Founding of the Dynasty

1.1.2 Relations with the Liao

1.2 Reformation

1.2.1 Reformers and Conservatives

1.3 Jin invasion: Downfall of the Northern Song

1.4 Southern Song Dynasty

1.5 Mongol invasion: the end of the Song

2 Culture

2.1 Song Dynasty arts

3 Economy

4 Technology

4.1 Gunpowder

4.2 Block printing

5 Society

6 Notes

7 References

8 See Also

Something like this. Just a style proposal.

The lead section need to be adjusted and trimmed down as according to WP:LEAD. This is a problem for many other China-related articles.
There are currently no inline citations. For a topic like this, you need somewhere around 50 for the article to be considered for FA status. There should be also more notes on areas where needed.
It's rather awkward to have "Posthumous Names" section under the Emperors when all of them is listed as "too tedious". Either include the names (I know how long they are, but they won't go over two lines), or don't include the section.
The "See also" section is rather unorganized (random articles related to Song), doesn't have a steamed outline of what should be included at present.

Anyways, great work! Cheers! AQu01rius (User  Talk) 17:14, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]