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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 21:42, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Violet Wong in 1927

... that ten-year-old Violet Wong (pictured) received a gold watch for performing for General Chiang Kai-shek?

Source: *"A Talented Child Actress: Violet Wong, A Tragedienne in the Teens". The North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette. 8 September 1928. p. 435. ProQuest 1371399455 – via ProQuest. "The story goes that shortly before the Northern Expedition was launched in 1926, when the Nationalist Government still had its headquarters in Canton, a pretty little maid of 10 one day found herself in the midst of a large gathering of government officials, including General Chiang Kai-shek. ... Violet sang and acted her way into the hearts of her audience. General Chiang was more than pleased; he presented her with an expensive gold watch."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lisdoonvarna Music Festival

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk) and Staraction (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 728 past nominations.

— Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:25, 29 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

@Crisco 1492: Interesting article; new enough (though created on 29th not 28th where it was listed in nom page), long enough and fully cited to RS. AGF on the mostly offline sources. QPQ done, so this looks good to go. Al Ameer (talk) 17:31, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi Al Ameer. The listing script goes by UTC; as this was moved to mainspace at about 9 pm EST, it would have been the 29th in UTC. Thanks for the review! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:35, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks for the clarification ;) Al Ameer (talk) 17:36, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Staraction to the nom, as she has contributed further prose. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:02, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage date WP:SYNTHESIS?

Hey @Crisco 1492, I need some advice here. In this revision, I (boldly) added Wong's date of marriage; is it considered WP:SYNTHESIS, or does it fall under the WP:CALC exception? Ta Kung Pao stated that she "was married on Children's Day in the 21st year of the Republic", which I interpreted as 4 April 1932 (citing the DW source for a "Children's Day" date, and "the 21st year of the Republic" is 1932). Thanks :) Staraction (talk | contribs) 18:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Staraction. I personally would count it as a CALC. That seems to have been a standard approach to date reckoning at the time, and adding 21 to 1911 is easily within the bounds of WP:CALC. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:08, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I got a little nervous since it took a bit to dig up an RS confirming 4 April as "Children's Day" in that time period. (To future readers, I used Republic of China calendar#Relation to the Gregorian calendar for the year; 1912 is considered year 1.) Thanks @Crisco 1492! Staraction (talk | contribs) 18:11, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]