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Shō Taikyū

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... that the Okinawan king Shō Taikyū was reportedly protected by an all-female bodyguard?

Source: Smits, Gregory (2019). Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvsrfmz. ISBN 9780824877095. p. 93

Smits, Gregory (2024). Early Ryukyuan History: A New Model. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. doi:10.2307/jj.8441682. ISBN 9780824898205. p. 211

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Called by Name Template:Did you know nominations/Fisheries in the Philippines (the last of the 5 QPQs to squeeze out of that one)
- Comment: According to a 15th century Korean castaway, but there wasn't exactly a lot of written records in Okinawa at this time!

Improved to Good Article status by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 93 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 07:04, 18 December 2024 (UTC).

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: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Recently promoted GA. Hook is interesting and cited. No copyvio detected. QPQ done. I don't see any issues with this hook or the article. Nice work! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)