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A fact from About People appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a scholar argued that the 2021 German novel About People, which is about the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, encourages "sympathy with rightwing extremists"?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 15:00, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Der Spiegel described Juli Zeh's novel About People as a modern Heimatroman due to its portrayal of city and country life?

Source: "Auch »Über Menschen« ist ein moderner Heimatroman. Das Genre lebt vom Prinzip der Unausweichlichkeit: Stadtluft macht frei, aber nervös; Landluft ist gesund, aber man muss sie mit immer denselben Leuten atmen." https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/juli-zeh-und-ihr-roman-ueber-menschen-nachbar-nazi-a-1ace1f15-b2f3-4454-8efd-2f5f5937a03a

ALT1: ... that a scholar argued that the 2021 German novel About People, which is about the COVID-19 pandemic, encourages "sympathy with rightwing extremists"? Source: "Also in the context of the pandemic, Zeh has authored two novels that encourage sympathy with rightwing extremists, Über Menschen (2021) and Zwischen Welten (2023, with Simon Urban)." https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fgequ.12404
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Created by Uriahheep228 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Uriahheep228 (talk) 15:35, 28 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

ALT1b: ... that a scholar argued that the 2021 German novel About People, which is about the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, encourages "sympathy with rightwing extremists"? Source: "Also in the context of the pandemic, Zeh has authored two novels that encourage sympathy with rightwing extremists, Über Menschen (2021) and Zwischen Welten (2023, with Simon Urban)." https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fgequ.12404

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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Sourcing looks good to me, but marking as AGF just because Google Translate is never perfect. Proposing ALT1b above, which has the linked "COVID-19 pandemic in Germany" instead of just "COVID-19 pandemic". Approving ALT0 and ALT1b—I prefer ALT1b. Good work! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:28, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Title meaning

The title is a play on words and this should be reflected in the article. Übermenschen are the members of the Nazi "Master Race", which is also a core theme in the book. 2001:A61:CA3:B701:1893:476:2C6:A150 (talk) 19:17, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Probably, but do you have a source saying that the word-play was intended by Zeh? BorgQueen (talk) 19:28, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]