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Notice of No Original Research Noticeboard discussion

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Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)

I added tags for needing additional citations and copy editing. Please address these issues. To be clear, this isn't a criticism of the idea or proof or dispute of the concept. It needs to be better written and sourced. Thank you in advance. Bearian (talk) 13:52, 25 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How to tag or rescue terrible citations like this?

In Zhongguo feng (music) there are nearly useless citations like this:

Xin, Ying (2017). "Liu xing yin yue "zhongguo feng" jie xi Analysis of "Zhongguofeng" pop music". Luoyang Shi Fan Xue Yuan Xue Bao. 36 (7): 84–87.
Li, Jia Hui; Wu, Qiong Yao (2015). "Tan xi wang luo shi yu xia zhong guo feng yin yue liu xing de yuan yin [Investigating the reasons for the popularity of "Zhongguo feng" popular music using a network perspective]". Xin Wen Shi Jie. 5: 169–171.
Chen, He Wei. ""Zhongguo feng" yin yue yin fa de yan jiu yu she hui wen hua si kao [Research and sociocultural reflections triggered by "China Wind" music]". Dongnan Xueshu. 4: 169–171.

With no original script and no urls/DOIs, they don't google. Can anyone figure out what they should be, or tell me what copyediting template to slap? The original author who added them is long inactive _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 05:38, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Though not uncommon, this type of citation is annoying for the reasons you say. In this case the editor even added spaces between every syllable instead of splitting words correctly, making it even harder to reconstruct the original titles.

Still, the translations help. A combination of educated guesses and online searches yields:

辛颖, 流行音乐“中国风”解析, 洛阳师范学院学报
李嘉蕙 and 吴琼瑶, 探析网络视域下中国风音乐流行的原因, 新闻世界
陈訸玮, “中国风”音乐引发的研究与社会文化思考, 东南学术

—Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 15:22, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Mx. Granger Thank you. Could I trouble you to add that content, and any relevant URLs you found, to the article? _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 03:35, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 23:40, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Geng Chen"

Geng Chen is the main article of Army General Chen Geng, but why "Geng Chen"? Most sources go by Chen Geng, old CIA documents called him "Ch'en Keng", and even the Vietnamese called him "Trần Canh". What's the purpose of putting the surname behind the given name? It's not like he was living in the US or the UK either. Absolutely baffling choice. Bloody-pin (talk) 08:53, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you. It seems the article was moved to this title without discussion about two months ago; I'll request a technical move to restore the old title Chen Geng. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 15:06, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Module talk:Lang-zh#Requested move 7 May 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Module talk:Lang-zh#Requested move 7 May 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 17:56, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Minor wording issues at "He Long"?

Within the section "In the People's Republic" of the He Long article, there's this sentence: "The Cultural Revolution followed soon after with the goal of purging communist and rightist leanings in China." which is without any source. The wording seems a bit off (possibly added by the original creator of the page?) so I decide to consult WP China again, as this is rated as a level-5 vital article and assessed to be of mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Bloody-pin (talk) 13:13, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Bloody-pin Thanks for raising this here. The Who Wrote That? tool shows that this sentence was added without a source, an explanation, or proper grammar by an IP editor two years ago: [1]. I think it's safe to ignore and remove the obviously erroneous "purging communist" bit. Toadspike [Talk] 13:23, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've now removed that sentence. Toadspike [Talk] 13:28, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I now think that the sentence "He was accused of a mutiny in February 1964, after a Soviet Union trip with Zhou Enlai." is possibly bogus as well, as I've (easily) found a CIA document showing He Long being accused of the "February Mutiny" but in 1966 and not 1964, when he made the trip. Nothing much seem to have happened to He Long during those two years. Bloody-pin (talk) 14:38, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, that originated in a similar unsourced and unexplained IP edit [2]. I'll go ahead and remove it. Toadspike [Talk] 13:52, 27 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Cannon at FAR

I have nominated Cannon for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria, or help improve the article. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regard to the article's featured status (see review instructions). Z1720 (talk) 18:58, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Appropriate length for individual articles about the 10 PRC Marshals

From my experience adding information and sources to the He Long article, each of their individual articles should have around 3,000 - 4,000 words at least for it to be considered comprehensive. I guess this is (somehow) a rather niche topic, since even the article about Marshal Chen Yi feels quite barren, despite him being a Vice Premier, long-time Foreign Minister (which should make him one of the most visible Chinese figures of that era) and "Shanghai czar" (also quite the notable posting). Bloody-pin (talk) 11:58, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, a lot of our coverage of Chinese politics, and Chinese topics more broadly, is very sparse. Anything you can do to improve that is appreciated! Toadspike [Talk] 14:56, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

COI edit request: Help updating History section of Chagee page

Hello members of Wikiproject China! I'm an employee at Chagee, a global milk tea brand founded in Yunnan. I have suggested some improvements and additions to the History section of the page, but won't make the edits directly since I have a conflict of interest.

I'm reaching out here to see if any editors would be willing to take a look at my request on the Talk page, which improves sourcing for the section and adds some new information about Chagee's international expansion. My request includes a draft as well as a diff view of my proposed changes. Many thanks for your help! Hillaryjbrown (talk) 16:56, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Chronomancy

Please add additional sources, and then you may remove the tags. Thanks in advance. Bearian (talk) 02:31, 30 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Advice on page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:V2EX ChénWěi29 (talk) 17:23, 30 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]