Template:Did you know nominations/Hou Zongbin
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:57, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hou Zongbin
[edit]- ... that after a riot, Shaanxi Governor Hou Zongbin was targeted by rumours possibly started by his political rivals who resented him as an outsider? Source: The Pro-democracy Protests in China: Reports from the Provinces
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5x expanded by Zanhe (talk). Self-nominated at 18:57, 20 November 2017 (UTC).
New enough and long enough in expansion. The hook is the most interesting fact germane to Hou's life, is cited and reflected in the citation, and has no copyvio issues. While featured as a recent death (which causes the DYK checker to point to ITN), that is not an impediment to eligibility of this article for DYK. It looks good to me. Raymie (t • c) 04:57, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but I find the hook wordy rather than hooky. Perhaps it could be tightened, or another hook suggested? Yoninah (talk) 23:50, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: I guess we could shorten it by removing the last part - "who resented him as an outsider", and "Shaanxi" as well. -Zanhe (talk) 23:56, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
ALT1 ... that as an outsider, Governor Hou Zongbin was targeted by rumours that blamed him for a riot that involved 40,000 people?
- ALT2 ... that as an outsider, Governor Hou Zongbin was targeted by rumours that blamed him for a riot in which hundreds of people burned buildings and cars?