Talk:Hu Dagu

A fact from Hu Dagu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the titular antagonist in the Chinese short story "Hu Dagu" is based on a toilet spirit?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:05, 15 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the titular antagonist in the Chinese short story "Hu Dagu" is based on a toilet spirit?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hanging of Patrick O'Connor

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 08:43, 7 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

: blinks in stunned silence :

Oooooookay then. Yep. I just read that.

Anyways, the article is new enough (June 7), long enough (5,000+ chars), neutral, cites sources, passes Earwig and eye checks for plagiarism. Hook is short enough, and while I caution the promoter to double check and decide for themselves, does appear to be supported by sources. It is certainly interesting. Guaranteed an 8 slot. QPQ present, no image. Good to go. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 09:26, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me that something needs to be said about this connection with the latrine in the lead, or else the reader goes through paragraph after paragraph of fox spirit before finding the connection. Yoninah (talk) 22:52, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Does it read clearer now? Kingoflettuce (talk) 07:21, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Re-ticking. Looks good to me. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:45, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you for the edits. Yoninah (talk) 10:16, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]