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See and comment here. tl;dr Absolutely, no question, improve sourcing and keep everything factual to the best knowledge of current scholarship. On the other hand, we absolutely should be (briefly) mentioning the traditional legends concerning early inventions. They're actually central to Chinese culture and shouldn't be impossible for WP:READERs to get to from here. —  LlywelynII 15:04, 25 December 2022 (UTC) reply