Talk:Cycling in China

Cycling in China is currently a Transport good article nominee. Nominated by Generalissima (talk) (it/she) at 16:45, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

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

Did you know... that China was once the "Kingdom of Bicycles"?

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... that China was once the "Kingdom of Bicycles"?

Source: Tao Xu. "The Rise of the Kingdom of Bicycles". pg. 413. Norcliffe, Glen; Brogan, Una; Cox, Peter; Gao, Boyang; Hadland, Tony; Hanlon, Sheila; Jones, Tim; Oddy, Nicholas; Vivanco, Luis, eds. (2023). Routledge Companion to Cycling. Routledge. ISBN 9780367695088.

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Moved to mainspace by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 89 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 16:11, 31 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough and long enough. Seems well sourced with no unverified claims. I was going to suggest a GA nomination, but I'm glad to see it already is! Krisgabwoosh (talk) 06:05, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The communist era"

The phrase "the communist era" appears twice in the article referring to some historical era. This is not a historical title that I'm familiar with and does not appear at History of China. Considering that in 2024, the CPC is still the government, this seems like something that should be changed. ☆ Bri (talk) 02:30, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bri: changed this to the "Mao era". Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:07, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ofo doesn't exist anymore

@Generalissima, for the lead image caption, the bike-sharing company Ofo doesn't really exist anymore.

(Warning: OR ahead!) Most bike-share bikes nowadays are owned/operated by other big tech companies, like food delivery companies (Meituan). Crazy photos like this one are no longer representative of the situation in China, since Ofo is gone and the Mobike bikes have afaict been rebranded as Meituan bikes.

In the unlikely chance that this GAN isn't reviewed by February, feel free to ping me. I'll have more time then for a full review. Toadspike [Talk] 17:27, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Nominator: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 16:45, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Kusma (talk · contribs) 18:02, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding this to my reviewing queue because I like the topic. Review to follow in a few days. —Kusma (talk) 18:02, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Content and prose review

I will comment on anything I notice, but not all of my comments will be strictly related to the GA criteria, so not everything needs to be actioned. Feel free to push back if you think I am asking too much, and please tell me when I am wrong.

Will comment on lead section later.
History: might be better to say "the Shanghai Xinbao newspaper" or to drop the definite article.
Why is the Feiren bicycle more notable that the company producing it? (I found more ads for Feima bikes).
these formed the core of China's domestic bicycle after the war missing a word ("production"?)
Proliferation: I don't believe the link to cun (unit) is appropriate here; the old unit was obsolete by the time. Also, 24, 26, 28 (Imperial) inches are normal bicycle sizes where I come from, and a modern cun is 1.3 inches, Chinese people are not very tall and I don't believe they ride 31+ inch bicycles.
2 months wages should it be months'?
In reference the proliferation to the proliferation?
"three rounds" (三转) hm, isn't it more something like the "three things that rotate"?

More later! —Kusma (talk) 22:32, 8 January 2025 (UTC) Reminders to discuss / mention later:[reply]

Recentist China and bike related news: [1] (also has nonzero Google Scholar hits)
Discuss whether Ji Cheng (cyclist) should be mentioned.

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