Template:Did you know nominations/Cherry blossom

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 18:28, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Cherry blossom

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• ... that during World War II, the cherry blossom was used symbolically in Japanese propaganda, as in "falling cherry petals as young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"? Source: Emiko,Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko (2002). Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms. pp. 9–10. [1]
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  • Comment: Unsure if the source formatting is correct

Improved to Good Article status by Reconrabbit (talk). Self-nominated at 15:51, 25 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Cherry blossom; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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: QPQ not needed. AGF on the source. (it's formatted fine!) Generalissima (talk) 08:00, 29 February 2024 (UTC)