Talk:After Us, or the World as it Might Be

A fact from After Us, or the World as it Might Be appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 March 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in After Us, or the World as it Might Be, surgeon John Lockhart-Mummery proposed that women should only be allowed to breed with physically perfect men?

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:44, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in After Us, or the World as it Might Be, surgeon John Lockhart-Mummery proposed that women should only be allowed to breed with physically perfect men?
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Reviewed: Anwoth Old Church

Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 22:49, 24 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough, long enough, no obvious sign of copyvio, QPQ checks out fine. Hook is short enough and certainly interesting enough. I wonder if it's a tiny bit misleading but possibly within DYK bounds: the proposal was that all "imperfect" men would be sterilised so that the result was the only breeding left that was possible was with so-called "perfect men". There's an ALT possibility that simply states "... proposed that all physically imperfect men be sterilised?" which I think is possibly even more profoundly impactful, what do you think? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:45, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I was aware that were two ways of framing it but feel that saying who women can "breed" with is the more curious way of putting it as sterilising the "imperfect" is a standard and well known policy of eugenicists. It is factually correct and there is no image so it could go in last place with the current hook. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:03, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @The Rambling Man: and @Philafrenzy:...I just cross-referenced some of the text with the original book..if helps. Whispyhistory (talk) 11:41, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm okay with the essence of the hook being the essence of the book. I still think my alt my be worth considering, but not if the nominators aren't bothered. This is good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:22, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]