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A fact from Li Minghui appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 February 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Li Minghui (pictured) faced accusations of lewdness at the age of 12 after challenging Chinese stage conventions?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:34, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Li Minghui (pictured) faced accusations of lewdness at age 12 after challenging Chinese stage conventions?

Source: Hao, Yuchong (3 September 2024). "How 1920s Shanghai Birthed the Modern Female Idol". Sixth Tone. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025. In 1922, the stage of Shanghai's Central Theater witnessed a quiet gender revolution. It was the premiere of the spoken drama "Ms. Orchid," as produced by Shanghai Experiment Troupe, and an unlikely figure graced center stage as the eponymous heroine: a 12-year-old actress named Li Minghui. ... The appearance of a female performer in her biological sex challenged centuries of tradition of male impersonation in Chinese theater. ... Unsurprisingly, almost from the instant the youthful Li Minghui stepped onto the stage sporting a modern haircut, she was dragged into a swirl of controversies. Cultural conservatives fiercely condemned her performances in "Ms. Orchid" and other musicals directed by her father as licentious.

ALT1: ... that rather than play a role inspired by her experiences, Li Minghui (pictured) coached the film's follies? Source: Harris, Kristine (2012). "Two Stars on the Silver Screen: The Metafilm as Chinese Modern". In Henriot, Christian; Yeh, Wen-hsin (eds.). History in Images: Pictures and Public Space in Modern China. China Research Monograph. Vol. 66. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies. pp. 191–244. ISBN 978-155729-155-4. The fictional protagonists of Two Stars, Li Xudong and Li Yueying, paralleled the famous real-life father-daughter musical team in 1920s China, Li Jinhui (1891–1967) and Li Minghui (1909–2003). ... Zhang, writing for Shanghai's popular press in 1929, signals his inside knowledge of these contemporary stars and trends, rhyming many of his characters and their experiences with real-life figures. Zhang renames Li Jinhui as Li Xudong, and Li Minghui as Li Yueyin. ... Li Minghui, who could have been a natural choice for the female lead, had already taken leave from motion picture acting in 1929,18 so instead, for this film, she was put in charge of training the UPS Follies for Lianhua.
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Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 735 past nominations.

— Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:48, 13 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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Overall: I have one minor issue with this nomination: the second hook seems to imply that a "folly" is a type of job, when it seems to have just been an antiquated term for a type of lavish theater used in one English rendition of the Chinese name of the United Photoplay Service. The first hook I do approve of, however.

The source for the first hook appears reliable enough, it was written by Hao Yucong, the Professor of Asian Studies at Vanderbilt University. I have also found that it is supported by page 88 of the book Yellow Music: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in the Chinese Jazz Age, written the Berkely Professor Andrew Jones. Jones appears to refer back to a primary source, page 113 of ‘‘我和明月社" (The Bright Moon ensemble and myself). Wenhua shiliao 3, no. 4 (1985–86). I cannot however utilize this source as I cannot speak Chinese. The second claim is also supported by the cited source, and appears to refer back to various Chinese sources which I could not read. These sources include: Zong Wei, “Jieshao Lianhua gewu xuexiao de jiwei biaoyanyuan,” 58; Yongqing, “Cong dianying shuodao Li Jinhui,” 9; Yingxi shenghuo 17 (1931.5.8): 2. Graearms (talk) 22:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Graearms, I've piped follies to revue, which is the more catch-all term used for such musical ensembles. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:34, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Everything should be good then. Graearms (talk) 23:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]