Talk:Women's Barracks

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Did you know... that Women's Barracks (cover pictured), regarded as a classic of lesbian pulp fiction, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:26, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Original 1950 cover

... that Women's Barracks (cover pictured), ~~considered~~ regarded as a lesbian pulp fiction classic, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States? Source: https://www.salon.com/2005/08/09/torres_3/ "quickly became the first paperback original bestseller" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9566294/Tereska-Torres.html "It was banned in several American states and in Canada" https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55861-494-9 "this reissue of a long out-of-print 1950 classic,"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kathy Arendsen

Created by Valereee (talk). Self-nominated at 11:36, 5 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting book with a history, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and almost a must ;) - I wonder if we have to say lesbian in the hook, vs. leaving it open to please find out why banned but a bestseller? What do you think? ... rather mention banning in some states of the US? ... pointing at how divided that country is? - If leaving it in, I think "regarded as" might be clearer than "considered" - I wondered what the barracks considered. - In the article, you don't need a ref for any fact sourced in the body, I don't need more than three refs for one fact, and I like them in numerical order. How about an infobox? Just suggestions. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, Gerda Arendt! Here's an alt with lesbian removed:

ALT0a: ... that Women's Barracks (cover pictured), regarded as a classic in its genre, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States?

—valereee (talk) 12:57, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Re:multiple citations -- sometimes there are assertions within in a single sentence that are from different sources, so usually they're all necessary. Sometimes I feel like an assertion is exceptional enough that it needs multiple RS saying the same thing. Re:ordering. I prefer that, too. I generally don't bother until I feel like I'm mostly finished, because they just get out of order again, but I can reorder them now! —valereee (talk) 13:15, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all. I approve both now. If the image is not taken, I'd go for the original, otherwise I think the image speaks better than words, and we might even drop the "classic" bit. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:09, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also added an infobox; I'm neutral on them but in this case I think it's helpful —valereee (talk) 14:48, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note to promoters: I'm waiting on an interlibrary loan and would love to hold off a while, if possible. If you need to schedule it, that's fine! —valereee (talk) 15:08, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Valereee: where is this holding? Can it be promoted yet? Yoninah (talk) 16:31, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yoninah, if you need to promote, go ahead! I've got an interlibrary loan in transit, but that information can be added later. It's not crucial. —valereee (talk) 19:11, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]