Talk:Auto Dollar

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 15:26, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

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Auto Dollar, obverse

• ... that in lieu of his portrait, a Chinese warlord put his car on the currency (pictured)?

• Source: Bevan, Paul (2019). "Zhou Xicheng's "Guizhou Auto Dollar": Commemorating the Building of Roads for Famine Relief". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 29 (2): 345–359. doi:10.1017/S1356186318000561.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chinese characters

Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 52 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:10, 2 June 2024 (UTC).

• Very interesting well written, no copyvio, QPQ done and on theme intrestingly enough, hook is interesting. I trust that the source listed confirms this but did go and look for external sources and found that it's true. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
  • @OlifanofmrTennant: Question! I was able to get a properly licensed image for the coin from a friend, as seen here. Would it be alright to include the image alongside the hook? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:23, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
    • @Generalissima: That would improve the hook add some context. Consider adding it to the article Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
      • It's been added to the article; I just wanted to include it as a picture alongside the hook. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
        • @Generalissima: Go ahead. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:29, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

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Nominator: Generalissima (talk · contribs) 17:34, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

@Generalissima Here is everything that needs to be addressed. This review is a token of my appreciation. Arconning (talk) 14:09, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

• • @Arconning: Alright, I think everything is addressed :). Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 14:19, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Arconning (talk · contribs) 15:30, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

• I will be reviewing this article, comments will probably be finished in the next 72 hours! Arconning (talk · contribs)

Prose and MoS

Infobox

• No issues.

Lead

• the Kweichow Auto Dollar, remove the since it's already used before the or. *Optional
• one-yuan, remove hyphen.

Background

• of Chinese provinces., add the after of.
• centrally-produced, remove hyphen since they're supposed to be separate words.
• Qing government delayed, add was after government.
• quantities of dragon dollars, Displacing the dragon dollar designs, capitalize Dragon per original article linked.

Design and history

• Although generally serving, use used instead of last word to be constant with the verb tenses.
• It was only minted in that year., remove in.
• and a design not matching with, and a design that does not match any.
• weight — seven, remove spaces between.

Legacy and collecting

• Numismatic Guaranty Company,, remove comma.

Refs

• References are formatted properly, all seem reliable.

Spotchecks

• Earwig shows "unlikely".
• Manual check, seems fine.

Images

• Images have proper licenses, are relevant to the article. Congrats on teaching your friend to upload to Commons!

Misc

• No ongoing edit war, pretty broad knowledge considering it's a coin made like over a hundred years ago, pretty neutral in my opinion.

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

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