Talk:Yu Yan (physician)

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A fact from Yu Yan (physician) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 December 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Chinese physician Yu Yan described theories like yinyang and the five phases as "simply all lies, absolutely not factual, and completely groundless"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yu Yan (physician).

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:14, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Yu Yan

... that Chinese physician Yu Yan (pictured) described theories like yinyang and the five phases as "simply all lies, absolutely not factual, and completely groundless"? Source: Lei 2002, p. 337
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Marco Raina

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 23:05, 26 November 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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: all seems fine and certainly an interesting hook Bc Jvs UTC 23:48, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]