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

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Ronald Smelser edit

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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.

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
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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)
  • 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)
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