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A fact from Oey Kim Tiang appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Oey Kim Tiang was one of two "men with no name" to translate Jin Yong's Condor Trilogy into vernacular Malay?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oey Kim Tiang.

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The result was: promoted by Premeditated Chaos talk 10:27, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Oey Kim Tiang translated both works of classical Chinese literature and wuxia novels into vernacular Malay?

Source: Murtiyoso, Sutrisno (2012). "Oey Kim Tiang". In Suryadinata, Leo (ed.). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 805–807. ISBN 978-981-4345-21-7.

ALT1 ... that Oey Kim Tiang was one of two "men with no name" to translate Jin Yong's Condor Trilogy into vernacular Malay?

Source: "man with no name" Murtiyoso, Sutrisno (2012). "Oey Kim Tiang". In Suryadinata, Leo (ed.). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 806. ISBN 978-981-4345-21-7.; two men: Suryadinata, Leo (2013). "Post-War Kung Fu Novels in Indonesia – A Preliminary Survey". In Salmon, Claudine (ed.). Literary Migrations: Traditional Chinese Fiction in Asia (17th-20th Centuries). Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 412. ISBN 978-981-4414-32-6.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Suicidal Tour

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 673 past nominations.

— Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:13, 18 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Long enough. New enough. Inline citations throughout. AGF as the sources are not online. No copyright issues (5% to 8% similarity per Earwig). Both hooks are cited but I find ALT1 more interesting (as someone who grew up reading Burmese translations of the Condor Trilogy and many other wuxia novels and as a fan of Spaghetti Westerns.) Problem is: ALT1 is not clearly stated in the article itself. Is Oey An Siok supposed to be the second man with no name? Please clarify. Hybernator (talk) 23:57, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hybernator. The article has "[Oey Kim Tiang] used a variety of pseudonyms, with ... Boe Beng Tjoe ("the man with no name"), ... attested during this period. Footnote C adds "Oey An Siok also published several translations by himself, borrowing the pseudonym Boe Beng Tjoe". I avoided including the translation twice, but it's the same pseudonym. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:04, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Thanks for the clarification. (And thanks for writing the article.)
for ALT1. Hook is interesting and cited. GTG. Hybernator (talk) 16:34, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]