Talk:Fang Gan

A fact from Fang Gan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Fang Gan failed the imperial examination more than ten times, apparently because of his cleft lip?

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The result was: promoted by Rjjiii talk 06:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Fang Gan failed the imperial examination more than ten times, apparently because of his cleft lip?
Source "A hare-lipped man, he sat for more than ten imperial examinations but failed to be awarded the title of successful candidate in the highest imperial examination because the authorities thought that, although he had ability, it would not be feasible to award this title to a man with a hare-lip, since people both at home and abroad would say that the Chinese nation was lacking scholars..." Ma (2000), p. 493
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Created by Kingoflettuce (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 169 past nominations.

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KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 13:07, 1 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Starting review. Alex2006 (talk) 05:06, 3 May 2024 (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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Sources are offline or behind paywall. Although good faith is assumed, it could be nice to have a short transcription of the hook's source in the nomination. Moreover, I would add the English meaning of the word "Sanbai". Alex2006 (talk) 05:35, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alessandro, the source reads: "A hare-lipped man, he sat for more than ten imperial examinations but failed to be awarded the title of successful candidate in the highest imperial examination because the authorities thought that, although he had ability, it would not be feasible to award this title to a man with a hare-lip, since people both at home and abroad would say that the Chinese nation was lacking scholars..." Cheers, KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 16:21, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Kingoflettuce:, it is good to go now! Alex2006 (talk) 05:14, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just making a note before promoting. Minus footnotes and parentheticals, the article is at 1,530 words, which is short but meets WP:DYKLEN. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 06:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]