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A fact from Zhou Jianyun appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Zhou Jianyun pawned his wife's jewellery to make Orphan Rescues Grandfather (scene pictured), saving his studio?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zhou Jianyun.

Did you know nomination

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:39, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Scene from Orphan Rescues Grandfather

... that Zhou Jianyun pawned his wife's jewellery to make Orphan Rescues Grandfather (scene pictured), saving his studio?

Source: * Jin Qi'an (金其安) (2009). 中国早期电影事业的开拓者周剑云 [Zhou Jianyun, The Pioneer of China's Early Film Industry]. Jianghuai Literature and History (in Chinese) (2): 133–141. Retrieved 18 November 2024. "1923年，开办不久即面临经济困难的明星公司决定倾力拍摄长片正剧《孤儿救祖记》，为此，新婚不久的周剑云献出了新娘的首饰。当年12月18日开拍的《孤儿救祖记》试映成功，奠定了中国无声影片的基本形式，造就了王汉伦等影坛明星，鼓舞了一批有钱人投资国产电影，并挽救了陷于困难之中的明星影片公司，使其站稳了脚跟. (In 1923, the Mingxing Company, which had just started and was facing financial difficulties, decided to devote all its efforts to filming the feature-length drama "The Orphan Saves His Country". For this, the newly married Zhou Jianyun donated his bride's jewelry. The preview of "The Orphan Saves His Country", which was screened on December 18 of that year, was successful, laying the foundation for Chinese silent films, creating movie stars such as Wang Hanlun, inspiring a group of wealthy people to invest in domestic films, and saving the troubled Mingxing Film Company by giving it a firm foothold.)"

Comment - Jiang (2009) specifies that the money was used for negatives and other expenses. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:11, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Children's Book of Virtues, Template:Did you know nominations/Ragnvi Torslow

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 709 past nominations.

— Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

- Reviewing
- QPQ is done.
Both articles are new enough and long enough.
Both articles are adequately cited.
Image is PD.
Most sources for both articles are in Chinese. I will WP:AGF that the sources have been interpreted in a neutral manner.
I believe that the bio adheres to WP:BLP.
Since the limited non-Chinese sources are offline or paywalled, it is impossible to verify that these subjects are not hoaxes, but I again AGF.
Both articles are presented in an encyclopedic manner.
The hook can not be verified due to the foreign, offline and paywalled of sources.
The hook is short enough and interesting.
The image is not the highest quality, but it is sufficiently presentable at a reduced size to have encyclopedic value.
I am comfortable approving this nomination.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:31, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]