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Merger proposal

I propose merging Early revolutionary activity of Mao Zedong into Mao Zedong. The former is largely a carbon-copy of the "Early revolutionary activity" section in the latter, with the exception of a few altered and added sentences that it would take very little effort to incorporate into the latter article. Unlike the article Early life of Mao Zedong, which provides a vastly expanded overview of this period of Mao's life in comparison to the "Early life" section, there is very little in the "Early revolutionary activity" article that currently justifies its existence as a separate article. If this section were to get too heavy for the main article, then there would be a case for splitting, but as of now they are two articles for the same information. --Grnrchst (talk) 11:07, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support, we do not need two articles with the same content.Slatersteven (talk) 11:12, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Agree with all above. Seems to be the exact same content worded slightly differently. —WildComet ^talk 06:09, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom HurricaneEdgar 04:48, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support, this article and the other are very similar content-wise and should be merged. UltimateGames357 (talk) 23:17, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support, It would definitely be a simpler navigation and the Mao article is a bit scarce compared to the other big dictators at the time. -- OmarRihani7777777 (talk) 23:55, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — @Grnrchst: Further discussion is unnecessary. Because you did not initiate an automated process, this merger proposal has no time limit. However, I think it's safe to say that there is a general consensus to merge. Please merge the two articles if you know what to do. CentreLeftRight ✉ 00:49, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Y Merger complete. Per consensus. Grnrchst (talk) 08:01, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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In the second paragraph, change "...and through a psychological victory in the Korean War, which altogether resulted in the deaths of several million Chinese." To "...and through a psychological victory in the Korean War." Or Add a citation. You cannot claim millions of anything without a citation, and I want to read the original source for this information. 184.62.234.0 (talk) 07:17, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: We generally do not cram a bunch of sources in the lede, this information is sourced in the body of the article. See Mao Zedong#Leadership of China and read through the section and sources there Cannolis (talk) 07:52, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Legacy section reads like propaganda

Under this section there are multiple sections that use CCP-linked polling and sources to prove support for Mao within mainland China. That is far from an objective lens. The sections citing polling results from Global Times (links to an Al Jazeera article about it) are questionable at best. 2A00:801:739:41CA:0:0:1114:132F (talk) 18:38, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree--it is a balanced section that includes a lot of very negative assessments as well as positive ones. Propaganda never allows that sort of balance. Rjensen (talk) 00:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good progress, I think

This article seems to be more forthcoming about Mao's controversial deeds than it was the last time I happened by. I don't find the article entirely unsatisfactory any more. Good work. Tom Haws (talk) 23:08, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]