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Jingtai Emperor

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• ... that the Jingtai Emperor was rumored to have been strangled to death by a eunuch?

• Source: Goodrich, L. Carington; Fang, Chaoying (1976). Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 297. ISBN 0-231-03801-1.

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Improved to Good Article status by Min968 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Min968 (talk) 05:55, 2 February 2025 (UTC).

• The article is a recent GA and, unsurprisingly, meets all of DYK's article requirements. The hook needs some tweaking though. The article states that one 15th-century source claims that the emperor was strangled by a eunuch. The hook suggests that this is widely accepted as true. Surtsicna (talk) 17:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
  • @Surtsicna: Fixed. Min968 (talk) 13:47, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

That works better, yes. I think the hook would be punchier if it were shorter, without the "after being deposed in a palace coup" part. What do you think, Min968? Surtsicna (talk) 14:49, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

@Surtsicna: Done. Min968 (talk) 14:57, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

Great. Off we go then! Surtsicna (talk) 15:08, 8 February 2025 (UTC)