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Cultural Revolution was a History 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 21, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
April 5, 2019	Good article nominee	Not listed

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 25, 2007, May 16, 2008, May 16, 2011, May 16, 2013, May 16, 2014, and May 16, 2016.

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Section sizes

Section size for Cultural Revolution (68 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,363	8,363
Etymology	628	628
Background	16	8,231
Creation of the People's Republic	836	836
Great Leap Forward	730	730
Impact of international tensions and anti-revisionism	2,724	2,724
Precursor	3,925	3,925
1966: Outbreak	893	25,737
Notification	2,318	2,318
Mass rallies (May–June)	3,188	3,188
Bombard the Headquarters (July)	4,431	4,431
Red August and the Sixteen Points	7,932	7,932
Destruction of the Four Olds (August–November)	4,256	4,256
Central Work Conference (October)	935	935
End of the year	1,784	1,784
1967: Seizure of power	13,954	13,954
1968: Purges	1,365	11,281
Mao meets with Red Guard leaders (July)	2,313	2,313
Mao's cult of personality and "mango fever" (August)	6,524	6,524
Down to the Countryside Movement (December)	1,079	1,079
1969–71: Lin Biao	4,343	12,436
PLA encroachment	2,909	4,889
Restoration of State Chairman position	1,980	1,980
Project 571	1,220	3,204
Lin's flight and plane crash	1,984	1,984
1972–76: The Gang of Four	3,334	12,585
Deng Xiaoping's rehabilitation (1975)	2,371	2,371
Death of Zhou Enlai	2,147	2,147
Tiananmen incident	1,896	1,896
Death of Mao Zedong and the Gang of Four's downfall	2,837	2,837
Aftermath	15	9,163
Transitional period	2,296	2,296
Repudiation and reform under Deng	6,852	6,852
Atrocities	17	46,644
Death toll	18,229	18,229
Massacres	7,242	7,242
Violent struggles, struggle sessions, and purges	9,389	9,389
Repression of ethnic minorities	9,832	9,832
Rape and sexual abuse	1,935	1,935
Cultural impact and influence	37	37,887
Red Guards riot	1,798	1,798
Academics and education	10,622	10,622
Slogans and rhetoric	3,633	3,633
Arts and literature	10,180	16,202
Visual arts	3,310	3,310
Film	2,712	2,712
Historical sites	3,330	3,330
Media	2,265	2,265
Foreign relations	2,670	2,670
Opinions and views	53	25,193
Communist Party opinions	7,371	7,371
Alternative opinions	4,159	4,159
Contemporary China	538	538
Mao Zedong's legacy	1,230	1,230
Outside mainland China	5,330	5,330
Academic debate	6,512	6,512
See also	241	241
Notes	26	26
References	17	3,816
Citations	31	31
Sources	3,768	3,768
Further reading	21	6,183
General	1,375	1,375
Specific topics	1,236	1,236
Commentaries	665	665
Fictional treatments	823	823
Memoirs by Chinese participants	2,063	2,063
External links	2,178	2,178
Total	227,216	227,216