Template:Did you know nominations/Mandarake

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:47, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Mandarake

Mandarake store in Fukuoka, Japan
Mandarake store in Fukuoka, Japan
  • ... that Mandarake (pictured) is is the largest secondhand comics retailer in the world? Source: Japan Company Handbook, Summer 2019
    • ALT1:... that Mandarake (pictured) sells and purchases roughly ten thousand items per day, and has a point of sale system that includes over 20 million items? Source: 1
    • ALT2:... that the decision by Mandarake (pictured) to publish a censored image of a shoplifter prompted a public debate over whether their actions constituted an illegal threat of intimidation? Source: 2
    • ALT3:... that an original illustration from Ai to Makoto, one of a series of fifteen believed lost in 1974, was discovered after being listed in an online auction by Mandarake (pictured) in 2018? Source: 3
  • Reviewed: Cecilia Suárez
  • Comment: If the hook needs to be clarified with what Mandarake is, "Japanese retail corporation" or just "retail corporation" can be added (ie. that the Japanese retail corporation Mandarake...)

Improved to Good Article status by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:09, 26 April 2020 (UTC).

  • Substantial article, meeting of GA criteria implicates DYK pass. I think ALT3 is probably the most fascinating in comparison to the others. ViperSnake151  Talk  02:26, 27 April 2020 (UTC)