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Review: July 8, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Yeren appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that hunts for the yeren, a Chinese apeman cryptid, were some of the largest involvements of peasants in scientific endeavors?

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This article says that "the basic laws of biomechanics would argue against the existence of human-like bipedal creatures of such dimensions [of 10ft tall]." And there is a "citation needed" afterwards. How long is it allowed that such a claim can go unsubstantiated till it is deleted/cleaned up? NCartmell 15:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

With Cryptids and other paranormal phenomena, there is quite a high tolerance factor for things like physical descriptions. It's only with specific incidents and claims being attributed to people of groups that you need to pull full WP:V and WP:RS quickly.

perfectblue 12:52, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't the Chinese Goverment send an expedition out there a few years back after a surge in reports was egnited? User September 20 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.23.196.20 (talk) 02:12, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually a protected species in China Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 19:09, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is this creature the same as xueren?

Tone markings[edit]

Yeah, hmm, not really sure about these tone markings. Including them for the Maos, dynasties, Hubei for instance is extremely awkward. What in the world is the "Táng Dynasty" anyways?—the pinyin is Tángcháo, so no one would ever say "Táng Dynasty". Not a huge deal, but the whole thing seems uncalled for, would suggest normalizing throughout. Aza24 (talk) 05:14, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cháo functions as the word dynasty; for example, Qing Dynasty is Qīng cháo, and the Yuan Dynasty is Yuán cháo. Saying Tángcháo Dynasty would be a tautology User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 00:09, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No I'm not suggesting you put "Tángcháo Dynasty". What I mean is, saying "Táng Dynasty" makes it look like you're trying to use the pinyin, but the pinyin is just "Tángcháo" so there's now just a weird hybrid of pinyin and normal Latin characters. I've never seen modern English literature that includes the tone markings on things like the Tang dynasty or Hubei; names and works might be a different story. Aza24 (talk) 04:46, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The tones should not be used in this way, per MOS:CHINESE. I do not have the time to correct everything though. CentreLeftRight ✉ 08:44, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 13:45, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that hunts for the yeren, a Chinese apeman cryptid, were some of the largest involvements of peasants in scientific endeavors?
- ALT1:... that the yeren, a Chinese apeman cryptid, was long suspected to be a descendant of Gigantopithecus?
- ALT2:... that sightings of the yeren, a Chinese apeman cryptid, were likely misidentified bears, monkeys, and gibbons?

Reviewed: Flag of the National Party

Improved to Good Article status by Dunkleosteus77 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:35, 9 July 2021 (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:

For me, the first hook is the most interesting, but the other two are also suitable. Epicgenius (talk) 18:25, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]