Template:Did you know nominations/Suicide of Chen Gang


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Suicide of Chen Gang

 * ... that a 34-year-old university administrator in China committed suicide after learning he had lost out on an opportunity for promotion?
 * Comment: This is a remarkable story. I had stumbled upon it while researching another person of the same name and reading about this case made me extremely intrigued. The question I sought to answer was, what would drive an upwardly mobile, bright, young academic commit suicide over not obtaining a promotion?
 * Reviewed: Prized Apart

Created by Colipon (talk). Self-nominated at 20:48, 14 June 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, adequately referenced, neutrally written. As all references are foreign-language, unable to check for close paraphrasing. I added an infobox. Regarding the hook: Since you don't give a birthdate, we don't know if he was 33 or 34. The hook is also misleading; it sounds like he was upset about a departmental promotion, not a promotion to Communist Youth League leader at the university. The hook fact also needs an inline cite in the article, probably after the second sentence under Suicide. You may also want to consider a more provocative hook, describing the censorship of his death. QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 21:20, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your review. I can find the inline cite for sure. Also there are plenty of Chinese-speaking editors who can check the refs if necessary. I am ok changing the blurb to:
 * ALT1: ... that a 34-year-old university lecturer in China committed suicide on campus after learning he had lost out to a rival for the position of Communist Youth League leader?" But perhaps this is a little too wordy? What would you suggest? Colipon+ (Talk) 02:22, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually, after looking at the article again and trying to come up with an alternate hook, I feel yours works pretty well. The words at the end, "at his alma mater", make it sound like it happened at a different university than the one he was working at. Please provide the cite for 34 years old. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:04, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
 * - this article is cited in the article itself. The exact phrase is "2011年3月23日13时左右，合肥工业大学团委副书记陈刚跳楼死了. 时年34岁" which roughly says "at 1:00pm on March 23, 2011, the deputy leader of the Youth League at Hefei University of Technology Chen Gang jumped out of a building. He was 34". Colipon+ (Talk) 17:42, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Great. I took the template out of the infobox and just cited his age to that source. I also deleted "at his alma mater" from the hook and added "on campus" for a little more detail. Foreign-language hook ref AGF and cited inline. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 18:52, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your diligent efforts. I like the "on campus" hook better. Colipon+ (Talk) 19:40, 6 July 2015 (UTC)