Template:Did you know nominations/Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:06, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
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Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly
Lina Romay in Yank, the Army Weekly, May 1945
- ... that Yank pin-ups (example pictured) were distributed to American military personnel during World War II to promote morale?
- Reviewed: 1930s Polish Andean expeditions
5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:55, 24 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
User created the article and 5x expanded it around time of nomination, no copyvio, well-written and well-sourced article and picture. Everything as per the checklist. One thing though—I feel like the hook could be more interesting. Pin-ups and their relation to the US military during World War II is relatively well known and even a bit of a media cliche. You have some good alternate candidates I think, including the bit about Burma, dropping photos, African-American models, men, and (my rec) the Statue of Liberty. You could also name-drop a few models, or maybe even describe if there's anything in particular about the Lina Romay pinup that's interesting. If you like the current one or if others disagree with me, I'm happy to promote this as it is though. toobigtokale (talk) 08:41, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- @Toobigtokale: I like the simplicity of alt0 as I'm not sure that younger generations are aware, but I'd also be fine with the following:
- alt 1 ... that Yank pin-ups (example pictured) distributed to American military personnel during World War II included movie stars, a scantily-clad male soldier, and an inanimate object? Cbl62 (talk) 02:46, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
- I picked the Lina Romay photo because it's high res and shows especially well at 100x100px, but there are other photo options that could be considered. One option would be:
- alt2 ... that Yank pin-ups distributed to American military personnel during World War II included many Hollywood stars (Yvonne de Carlo pictured)?
- @Toobigtokale: I like the simplicity of alt0 as I'm not sure that younger generations are aware, but I'd also be fine with the following:
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Cbl62 (talk) 02:46, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
Thinking about it some more, maybe I'm getting old; pinups appear in a lot of cartoons that aired even in the 2000s but not on online things kids like nowadays. Maybe we can go with the orig and the orig picture; I think the resolution of the original picture looks better for this size. Thanks for proposing the alternates and working with me. toobigtokale (talk) 07:49, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
