Template:Did you know nominations/Ji Chaoding
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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 10:01, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
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Ji Chaoding
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Ji Chaoding
- ... that Chinese economist Ji Chaoding (pictured) while in the United States in 1926 secretly joined the Communist Party of China?
Moved to mainspace by CWH (talk). Nominated by Zanhe (talk) at 04:15, 20 January 2016 (UTC).
The article is new enough (moved to mainspace on 18 January and nominated two days later), long enough (readable prose size = 14,857 bytes), and consistent with policies. No copyright violation was detected. However, support for the hook is a concern. The first part of it, that he joined in 1926, is referenced to Lai (2010), pp. 72–73. That reference lists a number of students, but I cannot see the subject among them - am I missing something? The second part of the hook, that his membership was not revealed until after his death, is referenced to Boorman (1967), pp. 293–297. However, the actual statement in that source is that "Not until his funeral ... was Chi's long connection with the Communist party officially acknowledged by Peking." It says nothing about it being a secret otherwise; just the lack of official acknowledgement. Gronk Oz (talk) 03:43, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
- I amended the hook (125 characters) & beefed up the article's reference on his secretly joining both the CPUSA and the Chinese Party. It seems more straightforward and as good a hook rather than that it remained secret, which would need references in two places. Thanks for your sharp eyes!ch (talk) 22:06, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- searching the online preview of Fowler (2007) does not find the subject's name, but only a partial selection of the book is online. Unfortunately, it does not have any way to determine the page number, nor to go straight to page 121-122, so I cannot access the parts that reference this information. Therefore I will assume good faith, and give this nomination a tick - Good to go. Gronk Oz (talk) 00:27, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, Gronk Oz. You were right to insist, for as a result I found better documentation in Fowler, better because she did spade work in the archives. But even using my university library's electronic version, Fowler was hard to search because she refers to "Chi" rather than "Ji" (while using pinyin in other cases), and searching "Chi" gets lots of "China" etc. But the info on the pages cited is clear that Ji/Chi kept his CCP membership secret and why he and the Party wanted to. Even when Ji got back to China in the 1940s it was not known, as illustrated by the anecdote I added from Ji Chaozhu's memoir. Cheers. ch (talk) 18:10, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
- I amended the hook (125 characters) & beefed up the article's reference on his secretly joining both the CPUSA and the Chinese Party. It seems more straightforward and as good a hook rather than that it remained secret, which would need references in two places. Thanks for your sharp eyes!ch (talk) 22:06, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
