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"Most populous city proper in the world"[edit]

Isn't Chongqing considered the most populous city proper in the world? I know the area of Chongqing is much larger than the actual "city", but what standard is being used to classify Chongqing as not a "city proper" while Shanghai is? —Lights and freedom (talk ~ contribs) 07:18, 2 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes you're right. somebody has to update this. RayAdvait (talk) 07:24, 5 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It depends on how you define a "city". I think a city is supposed to be defined as a built-up area (without too long distance between two buildings). If a city is defined as a built-up area, the most populous city in the world is Tokyo (which includes Yokohama-Saitama-Chiba) followed by Jakarta and Delhi, while New York, however, is the largest city by area.
The most populous city in China, as well as the 4th most in the world, is Guangzhou including Foshan, while Shanghai is only the second most populous and Beijing the third most.
P.S.: You are supposed to pronounce it [sháng-hai] and not [shanghái] as most European people seem to be used to say. In Chinese it is pronounced [sháng-hai], and therefore it should be pronounced so even in English. 212.100.101.104 (talk) 21:51, 3 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD[edit]

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Orpheus in the Underworld

Orpheus in the Underworld is a comic opera composed by Jacques Offenbach with a French-language libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. It was first performed as a two-act opéra bouffon at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris, in 1858, and was extensively revised and expanded in a four-act opéra féerie version, presented at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in 1874. The plot is a lampoon of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in Greek mythology. In this version, Orpheus is not the son of Apollo but a rustic violin teacher. He is glad to be rid of his wife Eurydice when she is abducted by Pluto, the god of the underworld. Orpheus has to be bullied by Public Opinion into trying to rescue Eurydice. The reprehensible conduct of the gods of Olympus in the opera was widely seen as a veiled satire of the court and government of French emperor Napoleon III. This photograph depicts Jeanne Granier as Eurydice and Eugène Vauthier as Jupiter in the form of a fly as part of the 1887 Paris revival of Orpheus in the Underworld.

Photograph credit: Atelier Nadar; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Result: Kept citation issues have been addressed. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 08:25, 5 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A GA from 2020 surprisingly enough. Still, there is a lot of uncited material that needs to be addressed. There was some even during it's passing which I don't why that was let go. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:52, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - FA23 - Sect 201 - Thu[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 September 2023 and 14 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): KawhiKawayi (article contribs).

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