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A fact from Beyond the Wall (book) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Beyond the Wall received positive reviews in the UK but was deeply controversial in Germany?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beyond the Wall (2023 book).

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:44, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Beyond the Wall, a book about East Germany, was well reviewed in the UK but deeply controversial in Germany? Source: ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Steuckers

Created by Llewee (talk). Self-nominated at 13:20, 3 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Beyond the Wall (2023 book); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

All reliable sources, the hook is interesting and was nominated on time. However, most of these single quotes should be double quotes (MOS:DOUBLE), and since you have five DYK credits, this one will require a QPQ.--N Ø 16:53, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MaranoFan, thank you for reviewing this nomination, I have corrected the issues with quotation marks. I've also reviewed 3 nominations including one which has been approved.Llewee (talk) 14:00, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article does have a few more direct quotes than I'd like but the prose seems to narrowly go over 1500 characters without it so it should be fine.--N Ø 18:57, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Conradi, Peter (2023-06-03). "Katja Hoyer tried to tell a different story about East Germany. Now Germans are furious". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
^ David, Saul (2023-03-20). "Willkommen to the GDR! A warts-and-all history of East Germany". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
^ Boyes, Roger (2023-06-03). "Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review — why East Germany was doomed from the start". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
^ ""Beyond the Wall" adds depth to caricatures of East Germany". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
^ Mikanowski, Jacob (2023-04-02). "Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review – the human face of the socialist state". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
^ Leeder, Karen (31 March 2023). "The good, the bad and the ugly in the other Germany". TLS. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

[1] Conradi, Peter (2023-06-03). "Katja Hoyer tried to tell a different story about East Germany. Now Germans are furious". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

[2] David, Saul (2023-03-20). "Willkommen to the GDR! A warts-and-all history of East Germany". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

[3] Boyes, Roger (2023-06-03). "Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review — why East Germany was doomed from the start". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

[4] ""Beyond the Wall" adds depth to caricatures of East Germany". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

[5] Mikanowski, Jacob (2023-04-02). "Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review – the human face of the socialist state". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

[6] Leeder, Karen (31 March 2023). "The good, the bad and the ugly in the other Germany". TLS. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

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