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February 21, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Imperial examination was copied or moved into Wu Zetian with this edit on 5 December 2023. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

She gave Chinese a numeral for 0.

Given how important the concept of 0 is and how much easier it is to do mathematics with a symbol for 0, we should include this.

In Unicode, the Chinese numeral for 0 is "〇". The character for the word "zero" is "零". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.109.31 (talk) 19:46, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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From this event onwards, whenever the emperor attended to business, the empress then hung a curtain [and listened] from behind it. There was no matter of government, great or small, which she did not hear. The whole power of the empire passed into her hands; reward and punishment, life and death, she decided. The emperor just folded his hands and that is all. In court and country, they were called the “Two Sages” 5.31.228.200 (talk) 10:32, 17 April 2022 (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. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:51, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Surname linking

The first note, stating that her surname is Wu, should link to Wu (surname 武). 72.82.43.12 (talk) 19:17, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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+In Unicode, the Chinese numeral for 0 is "〇".  The character for the word "zero" is "零".  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/76.103.109.31|76.103.109.31]] ([[User talk:76.103.109.31#top|talk]]) 19:46, 9 December 2021 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-== Combining sentences ==
+== Semi-protected edit request on 17 April 2022 ==
-{{ping|Friend505}} Combining small sentences into longer sentences may seem like an improvement, but research has consistently shown that sentence length is strongly tied to reader comprehension.[https://www.wyliecomm.com/2020/03/how-long-should-a-sentence-be/][https://www.wyliecomm.com/2019/01/top-2-ways-to-improve-your-readability-score/][https://www.wyliecomm.com/2014/09/write-for-the-world/] According to research by the American Press Institute:<br/>
-* With average sentences of 8 words or less, readers understood 100% of the information.
-* At 14 words, they understood 90% of the information.
-* At 43 words, they understood less than 10%.
-So even though short sentences may seem awkward, they dramatically increase the chances that our readers will understand the content. [[User:Kaldari|Kaldari]] ([[User talk:Kaldari|talk]]) 14:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
-:Yeah, but it seems repetitive, since it has already talked about the Wu family at that point. Thank you. [[User:Friend505|Friend505]] ([[User talk:Friend505|talk]]) 20:09, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
+{{edit semi-protected|Wu Zetian|answered=yes}}
-== Combining sentences ==
+From this event onwards, whenever the emperor attended to business, the
+empress then hung a curtain [and listened] from behind it. There was no
+matter of government, great or small, which she did not hear. The whole
+power of the empire passed into her hands; reward and punishment, life
+and death, she decided. The emperor just folded his hands and that is all.
+In court and country, they were called the “Two Sages” [[Special:Contributions/5.31.228.200|5.31.228.200]] ([[User talk:5.31.228.200|talk]]) 10:32, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
+:[[File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''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 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> [[User:ScottishFinnishRadish|ScottishFinnishRadish]] ([[User talk:ScottishFinnishRadish|talk]]) 10:51, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
+== Surname linking ==
-{{ping|Friend505}} Combining small sentences into longer sentences may seem like an improvement, but research has consistently shown that sentence length is strongly tied to reader comprehension.[https://www.wyliecomm.com/2020/03/how-long-should-a-sentence-be/][https://www.wyliecomm.com/2019/01/top-2-ways-to-improve-your-readability-score/][https://www.wyliecomm.com/2014/09/write-for-the-world/] According to research by the American Press Institute:<br/>
-* With average sentences of 8 words or less, readers understood 100% of the information.
-* At 14 words, they understood 90% of the information.
-* At 43 words, they understood less than 10%.
-So even though short sentences may seem awkward, they dramatically increase the chances that our readers will understand the content. [[User:Kaldari|Kaldari]] ([[User talk:Kaldari|talk]]) 14:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
-:Yeah, but it seems repetitive, since it has already talked about the Wu family at that point. Thank you. [[User:Friend505|Friend505]] ([[User talk:Friend505|talk]]) 20:09, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
+The first note, stating that her surname is Wu, should link to [[Wu (surname 武)]]. [[Special:Contributions/72.82.43.12|72.82.43.12]] ([[User talk:72.82.43.12|talk]]) 19:17, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
-== Guilt-ridden Nightmares? ==
-The article states, ''"Empress Wang and Consort Xiao were killed on orders by the new Empress Wu. '''After their deaths, Empress Wu was often haunted by them in her dreams."''''' Since there's no citations for this I assume it just vandalism and should be removed but if there is any evidence that she had guilt-ridden nightmares, kinda like that Macbeth chap, we can keep it if someone can provide the citations. Cheers! [[User:Xenomorph erotica|Xenomorph erotica]] ([[User talk:Xenomorph erotica|talk]]) 19:03, 17 July 2021 (UTC)