Talk:Filipino-Chinese Friendship Arch

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• ... that Manila's Chinatown had one friendship arch built in front of another? Source: "Although it is located in front of the old arch, the new arch was not meant to obstruct the old one"
  • ALT1: ... that the mayor of Manila stated that a new Chinatown arch might help repair relations with China? Source: "Ramos [of the Mayor's office said it is Estrada’s [the Mayor] desire that this arch would help Filipino-Chinese relations amid disputes over the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea as well.]"
  • ALT2: ... that the Filipino Chinese community funded a friendship arch to mark diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China? Source: "these arches commemorate the formalization of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China on June 9, 1975. Interestingly, these structures were funded by the Tsinoy, or Filipino-Chinese, community and serve as a lasting symbol of friendship and unity."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of countries with Jollibee outlets and Template:Did you know nominations/Gold Crown from Cheonmachong Tomb
  • Comment: Other hook ideas welcome.

Created by Chipmunkdavis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 76 past nominations.

CMD (talk) 10:36, 12 September 2026 (UTC).

• I'll review this!

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I like Alt 1, but the current wording makes it sound like the two could have been built simultaneously? May I suggest:

• ALT3: ... that Manila's Chinatown built a new friendship arch in front of an existing one?

Once final QPQ is done I'll be happy to approve. In solidarity, nil ^nz 04:09, 15 September 2026 (UTC)

@CMD pinging in case you missed this – no rush though :) nil ^nz 01:55, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Nil NZ I did miss this sorry, it might have got lost in a substantial number of recent LTA-related notifications. Missed the backlog mode warning apparently too, added Template:Did you know nominations/Gold Crown from Cheonmachong Tomb to it.

No objection to ALT3. CMD (talk) 05:17, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

@CMD no worries! Additional QPQ looks good, so happy to promote now :) nil ^nz 05:26, 22 September 2026 (UTC)