Template:Did you know nominations/Zhang Changshou

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:22, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Zhang Changshou

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... that Zhang Changshou co-led a Sino-American archaeological project investigating sites buried under 10 meters (33 ft) of alluvium? Source: "an area blanketed with some of the thickest flood deposits of the Yellow River, with alluvium over 10 meters deep covering archaeological sites in some places."

Reviewed: Bryant Park

Created by Zanhe (talk). Self-nominated at 04:49, 6 February 2020 (UTC).

Starting review: Alex2006 (talk) 12:43, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

I think that the article unfortunately is not eligible for DYK, since it already appeared on the main page, in "in the news" section. Just to be sure, I will ask an experienced member of DYK staff. Alex2006 (talk) 12:43, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

no, that is true only for mentioning with a blurb. His name was listed "only" among the "Recent deaths", which is no problem. The instructions should be clarified, - this is not first time it comes up this year. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:58, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, then I will continue with the review! Alex2006 (talk) 13:34, 8 February 2020 (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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article complies with all the requirements for DYK. AGF for the references offline, for those in Chinese I used google translate. About the hook, the source says "in some places", I think that we should put it in the hook, writing something like ALT1. Alex2006 (talk) 16:45, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that Zhang Changshou co-led a Sino-American archaeological project investigating sites buried under up to 10 meters (33 ft) of alluvium? Source: "an area blanketed with some of the thickest flood deposits of the Yellow River, with alluvium over 10 meters deep covering archaeological sites in some places."

@Alessandro57: Thanks for your review and suggestion. However, the source says the alluvium is more than 10 meters deep in some places, so "up to" is not correct. I used 10 meters as an approximate number for the sake of conciseness, but to be 100% exact, we probably have to use the original wording in the article:

ALT2 ... that Zhang Changshou co-led a Sino-American archaeological project investigating sites sometimes buried under more than 10 meters (33 ft) of alluvium? -Zanhe (talk) 01:44, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

You are right @Zanhe:!
Good to go with ALT2! Alex2006 (talk) 15:45, 10 February 2020 (UTC)