Talk:Princess of Xiaohe

A fact from Princess of Xiaohe appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 February 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Princess of Xiaohe, a 3,800-year-old mummy, was so well preserved that her eyelashes are still intact?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 21:02, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 3,800 year old mummy Princess of Xiaohe was so well preserved, her eyelashes are still intact? Source: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202110/30/WS617c80eea310cdd39bc723a9.html "Due to the unique natural conditions that have been ideal for preservation, her body has been well protected and her delicate hair and eyelashes all remain visible although she was buried more than 3,800 years ago."
- ALT1: ... that the world's oldest cheese was found on a 3,800 year old mummy in China? Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/02/25/worlds-oldest-cheese/5776373/ "yellowish clumps – found on the necks and chests of Chinese mummies – now revealed to be the world's oldest cheese" and https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440314000466, table 1 on page two shows that they tested the Princess of Xiaohe specifically (M11/f)
- ALT2: ... that the Princess of Xiaohe was buried in a boat, despite being found in the middle of the desert? Source: http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Archaeology/162045.htm "As archaeologists gingerly opened a boat-shaped coffin..." and "excavation deep inside the Lop Nur Desert"; the mummy is identified as Princess Xiaohe somewhat later in the text.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rodolphe Iddi Lala

Converted from a redirect by Rusalkii (talk). Self-nominated at 22:30, 28 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Very interesting article! It's new enough, long enough and well sourced except for the first sentence of "Exhibitions". That has to be either removed or cited before the nom can be approved. All of the hooks are cited and very interesting, so I have no preference for any of them. No copyvio issues and qpq is done. Once the minor sourcing issue's fixed, this one will be ready. BuySomeApples (talk) 02:00, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Removed, and thank you for the review! I put the hooks in order of preference, though now that I think about it ALT1 might be "hookier" in the sense of drawing more attention. And ALT2 is slightly misleading, there was a dried-up river bed near Xiaohe that likely ran when she was alive, I just didn't manage to work that into the article in a natural way. Rusalkii (talk) 02:56, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

. Approved with the very first hook. Problematic text is [removed] Thanks for the nice work. RV (talk) 07:27, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for wrapping up the review @RAJIVVASUDEV:! Just as a note, it's generally not best to close a review that someone else opened, unless a second review is requested or they disappear. That said, it's really good to see you getting comfortable with these reviews, and I hope you keep going! BuySomeApples (talk) 20:58, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Noting for the promoter that this one might be nice for International Women's Day 8th March. DrThneed (talk) 00:29, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I was reading through the supplementary DYK instructions and I noticed that starting with text copied for another wiki means it might not count as originally created and should follow the 5x expansion guideline instead. I'm not entirely sure what counts, but I used about a paragraph of text from the simple English Wikipedia as the base of the article. I don't know if the submission is still okay or not, so just noting this here for the record. Rusalkii (talk) 01:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@BuySomeApples:, Hello! Firstly, I am sorry I made this mistake here. Believe me, I was not aware. I will surely take care of it next time. Best regards RV (talk) 04:17, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's no big deal at all! I don't even think it's a rule per se. BuySomeApples (talk) 04:22, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]