Talk:Lingchi

Questionable hyperlink

There is an example, which is ofcourse not unique of wikipedia, of a questionable or tenuous hyperlink - ie 'western sensationalsied myths' (a rather long phrase to try to hyperlink to and which suggests a very specific article) linking to the 'Orientalism' article. It seems to me like someone tried to horseshoe in a kind of 'agenda' or try to tell people 'this is an example' or this 'is' 'orientialism' (it doesn't link to a subsection), which is not what hyperlinks are there to do. It is up to your own analysis how to properly understand it, but this is not to be communicated with a misused hyperlink on a wikipedia article trying to brashly 'tell' people something is something (besides the numinous and unclear implication concerning the practice as a whole- two sections contradict each other) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A310:E23F:400:EC8C:699E:6905:F06B (talk) 09:42, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

The linked source text is "sensationalised Western myth" (important if you expect people to find, and comment on, it in context), which is piped to the Orientalism article, which I don't find misleading, in that the latter term refers to Westerners' romantic, and often deprecatory, view of Asian cultures. Dhtwiki (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

basis for categorization of sources into "published accounts"?

the sections "history" and "people put to death by lingchi" include several references to chinese-language published sources, but there is a separate section "published accounts" that appears to list exclusively western-language accounts published by foreigners. is there some reason that the histories, annals, etc. cited previously are not "published accounts"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.163.179.80 (talk) 01:58, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Contradictions

It is a torture method described as being 15-20 minutes, before talking about how it may last up to 3 days. If it is common enough, these should be merged into one sentence, if not, it should be removed.
I can do stuff! (talk) 22:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Every citation in the first and History sections needs to be checked. The History has too many primary sources taken at face value (assuming they are quoted accurately). A spot-check and a spidey-sense check of two refs from me just now were both completely wrong. SamuelRiv (talk) 20:19, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this to our attention! I'll go through them now and CN everything that doesn't match the sources. I can do stuff! (talk) 22:33, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Okay, I've checked all of what isn't paywalled or in languages that aren't English. I can do stuff! (talk) 20:03, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Western Perceptions

It is stated in the "Western Perceptions" section that Westerners tended to have a sensationalised view of the practice that made it seem more cruel, when in reality, according to an eye witness, it was performed after death and was not the cause of death. The rest of the article says otherwise, even in the opening paragraph "In this form of execution, a knife was used to methodically remove portions of the body over an extended period of time, eventually resulting in death." This seems to be a pretty big inconsistency. 2406:2D40:4654:DC08:4D4F:F1C3:49C6:3A1E (talk) 22:08, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

I reached the same conclusion. The article is internally inconsistent and needs real work. Onceinawhile (talk) 02:55, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Cleanup of the article

Right now the article makes several statements that do not really appear to be objective. I think it may be easier to start anew; or if this is not possible, split the article up into several parts. For instance, a separate history section. What is also necessary is to define the word and word usage; others stated that lingchi is not the literal translation of thousand cuts. And there also need to be more source links in general. ~2026-14804-91 (talk) 10:41, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

"DBATC" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect DBATC has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 April 9 § DBATC until a consensus is reached. I like octopuses^{talk to me, talk to me} 21:02, 9 April 2026 (UTC)