Template:Did you know nominations/Empress Xiaojing (Wanli)
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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath (talk) 05:01, 23 August 2026 (UTC)
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Empress Xiaojing (Wanli)
- ... that Empress Xiaojing was blind by the time she was reunited with her son after nearly thirty years of separation, and died shortly afterward?
- Source: McMahon, Keith (2016). Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442255029. p. 132
Improved to Good Article status by Min968 (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.
Min968 (talk) 17:22, 7 July 2026 (UTC).
Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. QPQ is done. The hook is definitely interesting, but I think it would be best to not make a statement of absolute fact as I am unsure if someone can truly go blind from crying. Thriley (talk) 02:49, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
@Thriley: Fixed. Min968 (talk) 11:14, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
Looks good! Thriley (talk) 18:04, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Min968:, the article currently states
By that time, she had become blind after years of crying
. This could be interpretated as stating that she became blind from crying, which is not possible. Please update the wording. TarnishedPathtalk 04:11, 23 August 2026 (UTC)- @TarnishedPath: Done.Min968 (talk) 04:58, 23 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Min968:, the article currently states
