Template:Did you know nominations/China

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 10:22, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

China

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• ... that China is the world's largest trading power, with a total international trade value of US$3.87 trillion in 2012?

• Reviewed: Serafín Zambada Ortiz

Improved to Good Article status by FutureTrillionaire (talk). Nominated by Benlisquare (talk) at 11:55, 16 December 2013 (UTC).

• ALT1: ... that China has the world's second-largest military budget, totaling at US$100 billion in 2012?
• ALT2: ... that China is the most populous country in the world?
• ALT3: ... that China is home to 56 different officially recognised ethnic groups?
• ALT4: ... that there is disagreement over how much geographical land China controls?
• ALT5: ... that whilst China has existed as a civilization for thousands of years, the modern people's republic was founded in 1949?
• ALT6: ... that China has its English name derived from Sanskrit, and that its native name means "middle nation"?
• ALT7: ... that China borders 14 nations, the highest number out of all countries?
• ALT8: ... that China is home to the world's highest and third-lowest points?
• ALT9: ... that with over 34,687 species of animals and vascular plants, China is the third-most biodiverse country in the world?
• ALT10: ... that China is the world's leading investor in renewable energy commercialization?
• ALT11: ... that China is home to speakers of Zhuang, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, Hmong and Korean?
• Comment: Article was recently promoted to GA status within the past few hours. Article has never ever been featured in DYK before (in fact, article completely predates the existence of DYK itself). --benlisquare_T•C•E 11:57, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

• Benlisquare, can't you bring in an image? Surely this should be placed at the top of the list when it gets promoted. Nyttend (talk) 04:24, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

• Alright, never thought of that. The choice of image would probably depend on which hook is selected.
  For ALT1, I'm thinking that File:Chinese honor guard in column 070322-F-0193C-014.JPEG would fit well;
  For ALT4, File:China 100.78713E 35.63718N.jpg seems like a decent match.
  ALT5 should use File:China, Mao (2).jpg; ALT9 should use File:Panda Cub from Wolong, Sichuan, China.JPG.
  For all others, File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg would probably be the most simple and natural solution. --benlisquare_T•C•E 04:33, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

• Date and lengths fine. I think that putting so many ALTs makes it harder to review. I will say that alt10 appears too promotional. I'll let the promoter decide which hook to use since they're all valid. I would also suggest using the flag. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 10:01, 1 January 2014 (UTC)