Talk:Xu Dachun

A fact from Xu Dachun appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 December 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that according to Qing-dynasty physician Xu Dachun, "stupid people believe that expensive drugs must be good drugs"?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:48, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that according to Qing dynasty physician Xu Dachun, "stupid people believe that expensive drugs must be good drugs"? Source: de Vries 2015, p.98
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Polly James (broadcaster)

Created by Kingoflettuce (talk). Self-nominated at 21:39, 25 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough. Long enough. Reliable citations throughout. AGF on offline sources. The hook is interesting, and cited. The source for the hook is available online and checks out. QPQ done. Well written article overall. My only quibble is with his age of 79 when he lived from 1693 to 1771; he could have been 78 at most. The age of 79 is almost certainly according to the East Asian age reckoning. We'll need to qualify this reported age of 79 (or remove it altogether). Hybernator (talk) 07:00, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hybernator The source simply says that he died at 79. I agree it's probably 78+1 but to "qualify" what the source reports would be original research. Kingoflettuce (talk) 09:01, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Anyhow, it's quite a trivial problem, I'll just remove it if you'd like and readers can do their own mental arithmetic. Kingoflettuce (talk) 09:07, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I hate to be a stickler for such things but let's be consistent. Wiki's own "death date and age" template, which uses Western reckoning whether we like it or not, gives the death date and age as "1771(1771-00-00) (aged 77–78)". His birth and death years are correct, or they are not. It's probably best to remove the mention of 79 altogether, and let the global readers of Wikipedia do their own mental arithmetic as you say. Hybernator (talk) 19:50, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, have done so. Thanks, Kingoflettuce (talk) 20:02, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
thank you; it's good to go. Hybernator (talk) 21:50, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]