Talk:Hu Tao

GA review

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Nominator: Gommeh (talk · contribs) 14:38, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Launchballer (talk · contribs) 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Taking as part of WT:GARC#Circle #58.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Creation and design

I have a policy of leaving the lead until last.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• , disappointing many fans who were looking forward to the character's launch This is a run-on anyway, but consider trimming per WP:DUH.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• By the end of February 2021, one month after the release of version 1.3, I recommend trimming to "A month later" and adding "in January 2021" to the previous sentence.
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• , with said Story Quest being unlocked after players complete the relevant Archon Quest Another run-on, but really this isn't about Hu Tao, so consider trimming (or at least changing 'her dedicated' to 'an unlockable').--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Trimmed that down a bit. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• both the announcement and demo also displaying her playful personality - trim 'also'.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

I would question the WP:DUEness of much of the second paragraph as an actor is always going to have an opinion on characters they play. Consider replacing the entire paragraph with Hu Tao's Chinese, English, and Japanese voice actors are Tao Dian, Brianna Knickerbocker, and Rie Takahashi. MiHoYo instructed Takahashi to make Hu Tao weird when recording her voice.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

I think this is OK to use as it gives the reader some insight as to how the actors developed the character's voice. Additionally, this is in line with existing GA's on Genshin characters. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

That other GA reviewers haven't called it out is their error, and the fact that a random selection of recently promoted FAs on video game characters also lack it (yeah yeah, WP:FVG and all that) means I'm trimming this myself.--Launchballer 14:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Fair enough. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:47, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Appearances

• who is responsible for planning funerals and similar affairs Duh. Cut.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Trimmed down. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• is serious regarding matters to her profession Consider "takes her profession seriously".--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Shortened that. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• She spend her free time making poetry and is considered a local celebrity for it Not 'spend', not 'making'. Consider She spends her free time writing poetry, for which she is considered a local celebrity.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Done, I wasn't the one who wrote that so I didn't notice. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

You're brave. I never nominate until I've checked everything.--Launchballer 14:36, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

• travels around - trim 'around'.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Gacha system needs a wikilink; "Pyro" violates MOS:NOHOVER.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

This was fixed.--Launchballer 14:36, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Promotion and reception

• In response to players' high expectations for the character, t I'd replace this with "T" per WP:DUH. Also, there's a DYK hook in this sentence.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Agreed, I'll think about that for DYK. Trimmed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• the character was released a few days later would move 'a few days later' to the middle of "until [...] after" and trim the rest.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Trimmed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• , with some suggesting that the character should keep her supposed "hidden talent" to herself There's a MOS:SCAREQUOTES violation in here, but I'd trim this as it doesn't really add much.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • This I think was a quote from a source, so I'm just going to add a citation to said source instead. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

That still doesn't quite solve the problem, so I replaced it with 'it'.--Launchballer 14:36, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Fair enough. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:37, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

• seemed to forcing the characters 'force' not 'forcing'.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Done. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• while Genshin Impact topped the iOS best-selling list in seven regions and ranked in the top ten on the best-selling list in 41 regions on the day of her release (and later On that day, Genshin Impact topped the iOS game best-selling list in 31 regions, the first time that Genshin Impact topped the charts simultaneously in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States, Japan, and South Korea) I'd trim this per WP:COATRACK. (Although saying that, shouldn't an article like this have a Background section?)--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Getting rid of the second sentence as it seems a little repetitive, but I'll leave the first one in as it helps demonstrate her impact on the game. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Hmm, I missed 'on the day of release'. Alright, I'll leave that, though the word 'caused' may help here. As for the second half, turns out I was right but for the wrong reason; it talks about a November 2021 event but its source is from the previous March. No objection to this being readded with a valid source.--Launchballer 14:36, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

I checked the source again and it seems to confirm 'caused', so I reworded it myself.--Launchballer 14:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

• What is a banner?--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • I'll add an {{Efn}} explaining that, since I feel it would become a little less focused if I explained it in the article. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
    • Hadn't thought of that, good idea.--Launchballer 14:36, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

      I may add that to the other Genshin character articles too. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:39, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

• sheer number of players playing at once I'm trim 'sheer' and 'playing at once'.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • I'm not really sure about "sheer" as it helps paint a better picture of how many players were online, but I did change the wording to "the sheer number of players on one of miHoYo's servers at once caused the server to crash." Hopefully that wording works better. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• According to Sensor Tower statistics App Store and Google Play player payment records I'm not quite sure what this is trying to tell me, does "statistics [...] records" need trimming?--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
  • You're right, I couldn't tell what that was supposed to say either. Trimmed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Images, spotchecks, and lead

One non-free image used appropriately. Knickerbocker's article has a Creative Commons image; I think this should be in the article. I'll review the lead and conduct spotchecks when you've addressed the above.--Launchballer 13:02, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Added image. Gommeh 📖   🎮 20:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Really ought to do spotchecks before the lead in case it needs to change, but I started before I realised so I'll finish it.--Launchballer 14:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

• playable character in the action role-playing game Genshin Impact technically WP:SEAOFBLUE, but I think it's obvious that 'role-playing game' and 'Genshin Impact' are different things? Also, playable character redirects to player character and I'd change it to that.--Launchballer 14:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

  Fixed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:50, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

• Brianna Knickerbocker in English, Tao Dian in Chinese, Rie Takahashi in Japanese, and Kim Ha-ru in Korean As miHoYo is a Chinese firm, shouldn't "Tao Dian in Chinese" come first?--Launchballer 14:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

  Personally I don't really think the order matters too much, as long as they are all listed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:50, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

• I think Hu Tao's effect on sales should be mentioned in the lead.--Launchballer 14:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

  Added "Her release had a significant impact on the game's sales." to the lead. Not really sure how else to word it. Gommeh 📖   🎮 14:53, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

This table checks 4 passages from throughout the article (11.1% of 36 total passages). These passages contain 5 inline citations (10.4% of 48 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. Launchballer 15:36, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Changed January to "early". Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:52, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

I'm just going to replace it with the tweet sent from the official Genshin account announcing her casting. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:57, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Probably because "Kurumi" is one of the ways you can read those kanji, it's just not the correct reading for this particular context. Other characters like Arataki Itto and Kaedehara Kazuha had the same issue when I put their names through Google Translate. Gommeh 📖   🎮 15:58, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Famitsu is considered a reliable source per WP:VG/S, but considering it is a press release I'll go ahead and delete anyway. Gommeh 📖   🎮 16:01, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
This resulted in leaks that the character would be officially launched in version 1.3 of the game in January 2021,
6	b	screenrant.com	web.archive.org		I don't see how this backs up 'January'.--Launchballer 15:36, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
in Japanese by Rie Takahashi,
3	b	4gamer.net	web.archive.org		A press release when there's a secondary source about? Trim.--Launchballer 15:36, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
15		siliconera.com	web.archive.org
One author from Game Daily believes that the production team paid attention to detail when introducing the character, such as her constellations relating to her poetry and to her profession within the Funeral Parlor.
22		news.yxrb.net	web.archive.org		Cutting this some slack due to my use of Google Translate, but seems to be all there. The translations for this and [33] describe Hu Tao as Kurumi, is there a reason this isn't in the article?--Launchballer 15:36, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
On May 23, 2022, Hu Tao appeared in a card collection as part of a collaboration with Bandai.
33		famitsu.com	web.archive.org		Also a press release, except this one was published in April 2022 and so cannot back this up.--Launchballer 15:36, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Alright, not seeing any further issues, so I'm passing this.--Launchballer 05:37, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath (talk) 08:48, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the Genshin Impact production team postponed the release of Hu Tao's trailer until after the Lantern Festival to avoid potential negative impact of the character's announcement? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20220219042344/http://news.yxrb.net/202102/27212440.html
  • ALT1: ... that a rap performance in Genshin Impact by Hu Tao was so bad that it was seen as forcing the characters to adhere to anime stereotypes? Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/everyone-agrees-this-genshin-impact-character-should-never-rap-again/
  • ALT2b: ... that the Genshin Impact character Hu Tao mixes goth aesthetics with Chinese views on life and death? Source: https://kotaku.com/genshin-impacts-strongest-character-to-make-comeback-1847956351
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/American seizure of the oil tanker Skipper
  • Comment: Not too sure about the wording for ALT1, but I couldn't not write something about the rap performance because of how bad it was. (Link to video)

Improved to Good Article status by Gommeh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Gommeh 📖   🎮 13:00, 11 December 2025 (UTC).

• GA status confirm, spotcheck yielded no issues. However, I find ALT0 uncler/boring. ALT1 is ok-ish, but I'd strongy suggest another hook that would be more interesting (IMHO). For example:
  • ALT2: ... that game character Hu Tao mixes goth aesthetics with Chinese views on life and death?
• --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:55, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
• Sure, that looks good. Added. Gommeh 📖   🎮 16:00, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

  New reviewer needed for ALT2 and ALT2b. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 04:44, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

As a proud Hu Tao player, I'll take a look when I wake up tomorrow morning. WFUM🔥🌪️ (talk) 06:17, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

• Given no significant edits since the GAN, I'm not worried about the quality criteria. I favor ALT2b because "game character" encompasses a very wide variety; a more specific descriptor feels better to me. Alt1 feels a little clunky but IMO it's interesting enough for DYK. WFUM🔥🌪️ (talk) 21:41, 11 February 2026 (UTC)