Template:Did you know nominations/Ronald Smelser

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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 10:43, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Ronald Smelser

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... that Ronald Smelser is the author of The Myth of the Eastern Front, a book described by the military historian Jonathan House as a "tour de force of cultural historiography"? House, Jonathan (December 2008). "Review: The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture" (PDF). The Journal of Military History, 73(2):681-682. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

- ALT1': ... that Ronald Smelser is the author of The Myth of the Eastern Front? Focused on the myth of the clean Wehrmacht and its impact of the popular perception of the Soviet-German war of 1941–45, the book was described by the military historian Jonathan House as a "tour de force of cultural historiography". House, Jonathan (December 2008). "Review: The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture" (PDF). The Journal of Military History, 73(2):681-682. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ALT2: ... that Ronald Smelser's 2008 book, The Myth of the Eastern Front, focused on the myth of the clean Wehrmacht and was described as a "tour de force of cultural historiography"? House, Jonathan (December 2008). "Review: The Myth of the Eastern Front: The Nazi-Soviet War in American Popular Culture" (PDF). The Journal of Military History, 73(2):681-682. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

Improved to Good Article status by K.e.coffman (talk). Self-nominated at 01:48, 2 August 2018 (UTC).

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: None required.

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I shortened the section as the details were not essential. Now returns "violation unlikely": [1]. I proposed an additional hook. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:20, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing issues have been resolved. While your ALT is more accessible, it's also 300 characters long. DYK submissions have a hard limit at 200 characters. Catrìona (talk) 07:21, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Shorter option added. It retains the myth of the clean Wehrmacht; hopefully it would be sufficient to peak someone's interest. The word count is at 190 words. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:40, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

I think that would be good, but I'm going to request a second opinion from someone who isn't as familiar with the subject as I am to gauge suitability for a general audience. Catrìona (talk) 23:57, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

I don't know anything about the subject and thought it was interesting enough (though I found myself clicking Myth of the clean Wehrmacht rather than Smelser). I'll leave it for Catrìona to tick as I haven't done a full review. › Mortee _talk 12:11, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

In that case, you're good to go. Catrìona (talk) 12:39, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Just a question before I promote this @K.e.coffman:: the hooks describe Smelser as the author of the book, but the book's article only describes him as a co-author. Is it common practice to refer to a book as a person's book even though there may have been multiple authors? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 23:01, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: it seemed unnecessary to call out the co-author, as it was going to make the hook more complicated. I.e. Smelser is still the author, even though that Edward J. Davies is the co-author (?). Hope this makes sense. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:12, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Noted. Restoring tick. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 10:43, 28 August 2018 (UTC)