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GOD DAMN HAN ARE SO DUMB LMAO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.140.32.180 (talk) 23:48, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
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This is an interesting event that apparently really happened, but very little is available about it online. I'd like to see this expanded if anyone can find more source info. Mangojuice 21:33, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
One of two sources is Unitarian Universalist Association. I don't find that a very credible source. Jacob no. 9 15:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
There is no evidence that the sparrow extermination campaign was successful at all. Banging pots and pans would kill approximately zero sparrows. People did not have either guns or ammunition to "shoot them out of the sky". Even if they did, less than 1% of bullets would hit a bird. The whole thing is an absurd myth. It didn't happen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.150.176.175 (talk) 09:56, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Can we get a still from the famous film of peasants banging pots and playing suonas to kill sparrows? Badagnani 04:08, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
In China this was known as the "Four Pests campaign". Accordingly, the article should go there. CruftCutter 17:21, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Which species of sparrows were involved? RickJP (talk) 11:34, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
What is the source of the "Great Sparrow Campaign" name? The Chinese name doesn't mean that. Correctrix (talk) 00:11, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
From the current article:
On June 19, 1998, a poster was spotted at Southwest Agricultural University in Chongqing, "Get rid of the Four Pests". Ninety-five percent of households were ordered to get rid of four pests. This time, sparrows were replaced with cockroaches.[1] A similar campaign was spotted in the spring of 1998 in Beijing. Few people responded to these campaigns, as they were already fond of killing the aforementioned pests, especially cockroaches.[1]
It's totally unclear what this means. Who is spotting these posters? Are we supposed to take "someone saw this poster" to establish "the Government was running a revived campaign"? And what in the world is that 95% figure supposed to mean -- did the poster say, "95% of households should get rid of these four pests"? Takebackyourmink (talk) 20:16, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
The government also declared that "birds are public animals of capitalism"
the reference for this line is in German. can we get a translation and a specific page/line? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by StandardUser2 (talk • contribs) 02:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
There is a disturbing lack of discussion on how successful they were at eradicating the other pests Funkiestj (talk) 00:06, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
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This section of the article reads as a broader discussion/interpretation of the campaign, and does not cite any sources. I've tagged it for Original Research, but am happy to have it removed if we can get sources on this section. 198.52.129.20 (talk) 07:45, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
I and a few other people were checking the article, and we noticed that several sections in the latter half (especially the Campaign and Purpose sections), have very strange inflection reminicent of the response a chatbot like ChatGPT would produce when asked to, say, write up an answer to a question about the campaign. Stuff like how the paragraphs on Flies and Mosquitoes practically start and end the same with very slight variation in wording, with both of them saying very little despite using a lot of words, and sentences like "It underscores the importance of proactive measures in safeguarding public health and reducing the burden of preventable diseases on communities." and "This complex interplay between state-driven initiatives and the push for mass participation underscored the challenges inherent in the pursuit of rapid socio-economic change during this historical period.", which frankly don't look like they were written by a human at all. 181.189.25.80 (talk) 18:56, 6 May 2024 (UTC)