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Why was the information in the infobox on Xi Jinping's military service in the People's Liberation Army omitted? The article itself mentions that Xi spent a few years serving in the PLA with this citation[1], and several articles about politicians contain information on their military service (such as Vladimir Putin). 500 edits ago this information was included in the infobox, as seen here. So why was this omitted?
I propose that this information be re-added to the infobox as shown:
| allegiance = China
| branch = People's Liberation Army
| serviceyears = 1979–1982
| unit = General Office of the Central Military Commission
| rank = Secretary to Defence Minister Geng Biao 142.117.70.0 (talk) 03:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
He was a secretary to the Defence Minister, which is a civil position in itself, so that would also be a purely civil position and not really military service; Vladimir Putin, who you cited as an example, saw active service as a KGB agent and also held a military rank, which is why his military service is noted in the infobox. Liu1126 (talk) 23:32, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: edit request templates are specifically for non-controversial edits, not for discussions. Consensus must be reached before using the template Irltoad (talk) 23:24, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It would be helpful to say what sources you're looking at if you want to know anything more than the correct answer, which is Beijing. Remsense诉 18:05, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So I did look into this to make sure. It seems like a pretty basic mistake is being made by these sources: it's universally reported that Xi's home province is Shaanxi, that his father was born in Funing, and sometimes simply that he himself is "from" Funing. These are all true. However, it's pretty clear that official sources note he was born in Beijing when that word is used, which seems perfectly reasonable. If I'm born somewhere but grow up somewhere else, the latter is clearly my hometown/homeland/etc. Remsense诉 23:12, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Remsense Can you link some official and institutional sources which indicate his birthplace as "Beijing", please? This way I can get better information and possibly report the error to these websites. 2A02:B123:F00:5B2F:FC1D:325C:8596:DECB (talk) 23:30, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is pretty bizarre, then! Remsense诉 09:34, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How can we resolve this issue? Do we mention both places of birth? 82.61.178.15 (talk) 12:25, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Upon checking some more sources, it seems I was right before: the sources that are listing Funing just misunderstood the Chinese sources saying his hometown is Funing. Every official source I've seen that specifies says that he was born in Beijing. The image above seems to be of unreliable provenance, I dug and only found it being used in weird places. Remsense诉 12:42, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not quite. 1953年6月生，陝西富平人 means Born in June 1953, [Xi is] a native of Funing, Shaanxi. This is the phraseology that's being misunderstood. The placement of the comma may be rather helpful here. Remsense诉 13:44, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
China
| branch = People's Liberation Army
| serviceyears = 1979–1982
| unit = General Office of the Central Military Commission
| rank = Secretary to Defence Minister Geng Biao
Note: edit request templates are specifically for non-controversial edits, not for discussions. Consensus must be reached before using the template Irltoad (talk) 23:24, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
The redirect XJP has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 May 10 § XJP until a consensus is reached. Sinsyuan✍️🌏🚀 02:21, 10 May 2024 (UTC)