Talk:The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945

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Did you know... that the book The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945 has been praised for bridging widely different views of the Polish resistance found in Jewish and Polish historiographies?

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:30, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the book The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945 has been praised for finding new middle ground and challenging views of the Polish resistance that are either too negative or too positive? Source: https://doi.org/10.1080%2F23739770.2016.1141351 and several others
- ALT1:... that the book The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945 has been praised for bridging widely different views of the Polish resistance found in Jewish and Polish historiographies? Source: same as for main hook

Reviewed: Muhammad IV of Granada
Comment: Hmmm, I think the hooks can use Polish for language. Ping User:Nihil novi/User:Buidhe, maybe you could suggest a more elegant hook? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:55, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

5x expanded by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 04:55, 23 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

ALT2: ... that Joshua D. Zimmerman's book, The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945, has been praised for its even-handed treatment of contending accounts of World War II relations between Poland's Jewish population and the Polish Underground?

Striking this hook because "widely" is not verifiable unless we have a secondary source on the reception of the book. Second, I think ALT1 is more interesting. b uidhe 07:48, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I think ALT1 is better, but other suggestions are welcome of course. b uidhe 05:19, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I think a better hook might be more explicit about what the "widely different views" are, namely killing Jews vs. rescuing Jews. b uidhe 05:21, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]