Talk:Feng Xuefeng

A fact from Feng Xuefeng appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Chinese writer Feng Xuefeng rewrote his 500,000-character manuscript, lost after he was captured by the Nationalists—only for him to burn it himself?

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 04:45, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Feng Xuefeng

... that a 500,000-character manuscript by Chinese writer Feng Xuefeng (pictured) was lost after he was captured by the Nationalists, then rewritten—only to be entirely burnt by himself?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Marshall Thornton

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 22:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough, QPQ done. Hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and cited to a reliable source. Article is within policy. Image looks fine. There's probably a lot more to be said about him, also about his friendship with Lu Xun (zhwiki has a family photograph of his family with Lu Xun's), but that's not a reason not to run this on the Main Page. —Kusma (talk) 13:19, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Suggest slight rewording of hook — "only to be burned in entirety by himself?" (Also...usage of the word "burnt" doesn't sound as strong in American English, and could be misunderstood.) Cielquiparle (talk) 14:00, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Kusma: yup, but a lot of the Lu Xun stuff I glanced at (that were in English) were far too analytical for me to weave into this article in a layman-friendly way, so I exercised some editorial oversight... As for the hook, I'll leave it to the promoter's wisdom Kingoflettuce (talk) 20:43, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    - Promoter's comment: Wisdom? I barely know 'im! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 04:45, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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