Talk:Guangming Daily

Requested move 13 July 2017

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The result of the move request was: Moved - WP:SNOW decision. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 14:23, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Guangming Daily (China) → Guangming Daily – per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and WP:TWODABS:

1. Circulation. The Chinese paper is one of the country's most important national papers, once one of China's "big three", with a circulation of 1.5 million in 1987. Its most recent circulation is 490,000, comparable to 571,500 for The New York Times. I don't have the data for the Malaysian paper, but its target audience is the ethnic Chinese population in Malaysia, which numbers about 10 million, less than 1% of China's population.

2. Web traffic. Alexa ranks the Chinese paper's website (gmw.cn) as the 73rd busiest in the world, and 14th busiest in China. The Malaysia newspaper's website ranks 78,776th in the world, and 586th in Malaysai.

3. Long-term significance. The Chinese paper has been extremely important in Chinese politics, heavily involved in the ending of the Cultural Revolution and the victory of Deng Xiaoping over Hua Guofeng. Its articles are intensely studied by scholars. For example, it is cited many times in The Cambridge History of China. I don't see any comparable influence from the Malaysian paper.

-Zanhe (talk) 02:44, 13 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment - I have placed notices for this RM at Talk:Guang Ming Daily (Malaysia), WT:CHINA, WT:MALAYSIA and WT:JOURNALISM. Thanks &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 08:56, 13 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Support per nom, which makes a convincing case. No such user (talk) 10:09, 13 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Support - The "China" bit in the title is unnecessary for the well-known Chinese newspaper. STSC (talk) 11:54, 13 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. No DAB page needed per WP:TWODABS.  —  AjaxSmack  01:27, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support – Clear primary topic. Hatnote will lead to the Malaysian newspaper. — JFG talk 10:06, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Support, per nom --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:07, 18 July 2017 (UTC)


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