Talk:Church of the East in Sichuan

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A fact from Church of the East in Sichuan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a Chinese poet wrote about a Syriac church in Sichuan without knowing what it was?

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 talk 14:26, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the ruins of the East Syriac church Pearl Temple are the subject of Du Fu's poem "The Stone Shoots: A Ballad"?~~

Source: Duan, Yuming (1993). "云南景教考" [A Study on East Syriac Christianity in Yunnan]. Journal of Yunnan Nationalities University (Social Sciences Edition). p. 59; Enoki, Kazuo (1947). "成都の石筍と大秦寺" [Bamboo-shoot-like Menhir in Chêng-tu and Nestorian Church]. Journal of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko. pp. 108–109.

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Created by Uriel1022 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Uriel1022 (talk) 13:54, 15 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hi @Uriel1022: this article, more than 5x expanded on the 9 October, is long enough, new enough, well-sourced, and copyvio-free. QPQ does not need to be done. Unfortunately, now that an article for Pearl Temple exists, I'd say that this hook probably belongs to that article and not this one. Some ALTs suggested themselves while reading this interesting article:

ALT1: ... that a 9th-century opthalmologist is evidence for the presence of the Church of the East in Sichuan.

ALT2: ... that a Chinese poet wrote about a Syriac church in Sichuan without knowing what it was?

Please let me know whether you have any other hooks in mind. Once you've given your input, I think this article is good to go. Tenpop421 (talk)

Hi Tenpop421. Thank you for taking time to review the article. I'm glad you enjoyed it :) Your hooks are perfect, my vote goes to ALT2. Uriel1022 (talk) 21:29, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant. Whoever promotes this has their choice of hook. Good to go. Tenpop421 (talk) 21:41, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]