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Nanjing Massacre was a Warfare good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Article milestones Date Process Result April 14, 2009 Good article nominee Not listed Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on December 13, 2004, December 13, 2005, December 13, 2008, December 13, 2011, December 13, 2012, and December 13, 2014.

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Change - Numerous scholars have stated that the Japanese Wikipedia version of the article (南京事件) contains revisionist and denialist narratives.[204][205][206][207] They note that the article notably lacks pictures and expresses doubt about the massacre in the first paragraph of the article. In 2021, Yumiko Sato translated a sentence from the first paragraph: "The Chinese side calls it the Nanjing Massacre, but the truth of the incident is still unknown".[206][207] -

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- Formerly, numerous scholars have stated that the Japanese Wikipedia version of the article (南京事件) contained revisionist and denialist narratives.[204][205][206][207] They note that the article notably lacked pictures and expressed doubt about the massacre in the first paragraph of the article. In 2021, Yumiko Sato translated a sentence from the first paragraph: "The Chinese side calls it the Nanjing Massacre, but the truth of the incident is still unknown," though it has now been changed.[206][207]- 119JD (talk) 03:57, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. InfernoHues (talk) 05:13, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My predominant source is the Japanese Wiki Page on the Nanking Massacre.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%AC%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6

They have changed the first paragraph as it now says "The Nanjing Massacre ( also known as the Rape of Nanjing ) was a massacre of civilians, prisoners of war, and stragglers by Japanese forces over several months ( most of the massacres occurred over a few days from December 13th) following the capture of Nanjing" 119JD (talk) 22:24, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

From a brief look at the Google translation of the Japanese article it does indeed seem fairly neutral now. However, if I or you say so, that's WP:OR which is not allowed here, so it's like InfernoHues said: in order to mention this here, we would need a reliable source commenting on the change. Gawaon (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Currently I only have the Japanese Wiki Page, and even if you just use Google Translate (as unreliable as it is) it will show the change has been made. However a reliable source has not yet been published on the topic. What would work as a reliable source on the matter? 119JD (talk) 22:27, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:reliable sources – newspapers or academic publications covering this change should be decent sources. Wikipedia itself it not a reliable source, unfortunately, since it's user-generated. Gawaon (talk) 07:08, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I request for where it says "rape, torture, arson and murder" to be changed to "rape, torture, arson, and murder" please. I also request for where it says "murder, rape, torture and general disorder" to be changed to "murder, rape, torture, and general disorder" please, so the wording would be better. ~2025-37836-85 (talk) 22:39, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. GothicGolem29 (Talk) 23:39, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See MOS:SERIAL: the use of serial commas is not required. Day Creature (talk) 23:49, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I request for where it says "slashes the throat of a prisoner in Shanghai" to be changed to "slashes the throat of a POW in Shanghai" please. ~2025-40288-19 (talk) 01:29, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why? Gawaon (talk) 03:04, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In order to be specific. ~2025-40282-70 (talk) 10:43, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: "Prisoner" is clear enough in this context and arguably more reader-friendly. Gawaon (talk) 13:32, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I request for all instances of "Battle of Nanking" to be changed to "Battle of Nanjing", in order to be in sync with the rest of the article. ~2025-40553-08 (talk) 13:15, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please answer this edit request? ~2025-40600-62 (talk) 17:57, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Gawaon (talk) 02:55, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I request for all instances of "Nanking Safety Zone" to be changed to "Nanjing Safety Zone" in order to be consistent with the rest of the page. ~2025-41989-21 (talk) 13:48, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. That article uses only the spelling with k in bold in its lead and as that was the usual spelling at that time (when the safety zone actually existed), I'd say it makes sense to keep it. Gawaon (talk) 02:45, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]