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Murder of Wang Lianying is currently a Law good article nominee. Nominated by — Chris Woodrich (talk) at 21:53, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

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Did you know... that the murder of Wang Lianying was followed by a blitz of newspaper coverage, books, stage performances, a film, and songs (example featured)?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 15:51, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Selection from Awakening from a Dream

... that the murder of Wang Lianying was followed by a blitz of newspaper coverage, books, stage performances, a film, and songs (example pictured)?

Source: Everywhere in the article, but probably the best overview is

He, Qiliang (2018). Newspapers and the Journalistic Public in Republican China: 1917 as a Significant Year for Journalism. New York, London: Routledge. pp. 224–245. ISBN 978-0-429-79669-2.

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shin Iza Gawna
- Comment: The media blitz is the most interesting part to me, though the fact that it got coverage in New York is pretty surprising (I also like the illustration)

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 698 past nominations.

— Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:22, 25 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

QPQ done, nomination happened day after article creation, claim in hook supported by sources, the work in the hook is copyright free, and the fact that it exists and is accessible is interesting, although the work itself is maybe of variable interest (it's pretty staticy and unpleasant to listen to, hard to make out the song). Article itself is good: no copyvio, long enough, content is well supported by sources, no issues with copyright with media. Hook is interesting. One minor note is that I'm not sure if the audio file is "pictured", but that can easily be adjusted. Maybe "given"? Nice work! seefooddiet (talk) 03:03, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- "Presented", maybe? Featured sounds is dead (and to be fair, this is not of the quality they'd be looking for), and I don't think we've done an audio file with DYK for several years. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:14, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction

'Although Lianying's death was linked to her occupation by contemporary commentators, few considered it to have contributed to her murder.'

Ahem, her death was directly caused by her murder. I don't see how her death could have been caused by her occupation without her murder having been caused by her occupation. 62.73.72.3 (talk) 00:48, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hershatter explains it in quite a bit of detail. When I get access to a PC, I'll see about doing a footnote.Crisco 1492 mobile (talk) 02:22, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]