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A fact from Zheng Zhegu appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Zheng Zhegu urged his film students to bring their girlfriends when no women enrolled?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 10:55, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Zheng Zhegu in Labourer's Love (1922)

... that Zheng Zhegu (pictured) was trained as a soldier, but gained recognition as a comedian?

Source: Jia, Binwu (2022). "Zheng Zhegu and Performances in Early Chinese Film". Journal of Chinese Film Studies. 2 (2): 261–276. doi:10.1515/jcfs-2022-0002.

ALT1: ... that Zheng Zhegu (pictured) urged his film students to bring their girlfriends when no women enrolled?

Source: Ding, Yaping (2021). General History of Chinese Film I: 1896–1949. Translated by Jin, Haina. London and New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003204695. ISBN 978-1-000-43485-9.

ALT2: ... that Zheng Zhegu's character in Labourer's Love (pictured) has been compared to silent film comedians Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd?

Source: Keaton: Huang, Xuelei (2022). "Beyond Labourer's Love: Rethinking Early Chinese Film Comedy". Journal of Chinese Film Studies. 2 (2): 277–297. doi:10.1515/jcfs-2022-0024.
Lloyd: Rea, Christopher (2021). Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1949. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-18813-5.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Santa Maria Maggiore, Venice

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 711 past nominations.

— Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:46, 23 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

The article looks really good and an appropriate size. The nomination was made in time and the QPQ has been completed. All hooks are interesting but I imagine ALT1 grabbing the most pageviews so I have a preference for that. The promotor may want ALT0 to be included in the article with a reference directly at the end of the sentence, though, as that sequence of words does not currently seem to appear in the article.--N Ø 06:40, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Maranofan. The specific wording in the article is "he attended the Jiangnan Military Academy and became a junior officer in the Seventh Town of the New Army." and "Critics noted Zheng's proclivity for comedy during his stage days, with one writing in Xibao in 1918 that he was "witty but not frivolous and gimmicky, but not exploitative [with a] refined difference from those who just want to mess around." Thanks for the review! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:18, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]