Talk:Zhang Gan

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The result was: rejected, closed by JuniperChill (talk) 21:29, 2 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that Chinese general Zhang Gan credited his military promotions to the guidance of fortune-telling practices?

Source: 原创蔡守元的历史原型，曾让林彪吃亏的罗盘将军张淦，为何不能出现在特赦名单中?

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bernard Chen Tien Lap

5x expanded by Toadboy123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 74 past nominations.

Toadboy123 (talk) 23:03, 13 February 2026 (UTC).Reply

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: Article is new enough and long enough. Hook fact is interesting and appears supported by the source. Sources are in Chinese, so the copyvio detection tool is useless, but spotchecking finds no close paraphrasing with Google Translate. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:51, 21 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Pulled per sourcing concerns. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:02, 27 February 2026 (UTC)Reply