Talk:Wu Zuguang/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Johanna (talk · contribs) 15:59, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Will review soon as well. Johanna^{(talk to me!)} 15:59, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Comments

• It appears that you have cleared up the parallel issues in this article.

Yes, thanks for your suggestions on the Xin Fengxia review.

• Saying that someone achieved a "legendary reputation" is non-neutral

That's according to an academic source (Ying 2010). I've put it in quotes to make clear it's the author's opinion.

• "which is considered his masterpiece" By whom? If you don't specify, it sounds like a fact.

The source (Ying 2010, citation in article body) says it's generally considered his masterpiece, so it's a widely held view. I've added the word "generally" to make it clear.

• I would replace "even better known as" with "also known as"

Again, that's what the source says (Jones 2011), but your suggestion is reasonable and I made the change.

• Replace "hard labour" with "penal labour"

Done.

• "Despite these ordeals..." Parallelism: should be "called"

Added "to" instead: "continued to criticize" ... "and to call for" ...

• Any information on his mother?

Most sources focus on his father's side, which was very prominent. I've now added some info about his mother.

• I think you can shorten the note about Sino-French University, as I don't think that all that information is relevant.

Removed. I'll start an article on the university when I have time.

• I think you can remove the phrase "China's then capital", but if you want to include something like that, just say "then-capital"

Removed.

• "When the Japanese invaded China" I suggest "At the outset of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Wu wrote the patriotic war play "City of Phoenix (凤凰城)"

Changed.

• Replace "a famous name" with "well-known" for encyclopedic tone

Done.

• Same comment about the phrase "is considered his masterpiece."

Add "generally" as above.

• "which caused the ire of" Rather awkward wording: say "which infuriated"

Done.

• "After the Mao's Communists" In addition to the typo inclusion of "the", I would just say "after the Communist Party of China"

Done.

• Instead of just captioning "family portrait", be more specific. For example, you could expand it to say "Wu (center), his wife Xin Fengxia, and his three children).

Done.

• "His "crime" was to criticize" Although I agree that what he did was no crime, you should remove the quotation marks to be more formal. However, I would also recommend a phrasing change: "He was convicted for criticizing"

Removed the quotation marks. I doubt there was any formal trial and conviction, an accusation was enough to bring someone down at the time.

• Refs appear to look good and are working well.

Thanks.

@Zanhe: Here are my comments for the second article! I think it's really great that you're taking the time to expand the articles on these people, whose experiences were (and are) all too common. I will definitely be able to pass once you copyedit the article. Johanna^{(talk to me!)} 00:23, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

@Johanna: Thanks for another thoughtful review! I've implemented most of your recommended changes and explained the rest. Please let me know if you have more concerns. Regards, -Zanhe (talk) 18:44, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

@Zanhe: Wonderful work! I can Pass now. Johanna^{(talk to me!)} 18:31, 25 April 2016 (UTC)