Template:Did you know nominations/Women's Barracks

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:26, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Women's Barracks

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Original 1950 cover

... that Women's Barracks (cover pictured), ~~considered~~ regarded as a lesbian pulp fiction classic, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States? Source: https://www.salon.com/2005/08/09/torres_3/ "quickly became the first paperback original bestseller" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9566294/Tereska-Torres.html "It was banned in several American states and in Canada" https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55861-494-9 "this reissue of a long out-of-print 1950 classic,"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kathy Arendsen

Created by Valereee (talk). Self-nominated at 11:36, 5 November 2020 (UTC).

Interesting book with a history, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and almost a must ;) - I wonder if we have to say lesbian in the hook, vs. leaving it open to please find out why banned but a bestseller? What do you think? ... rather mention banning in some states of the US? ... pointing at how divided that country is? - If leaving it in, I think "regarded as" might be clearer than "considered" - I wondered what the barracks considered. - In the article, you don't need a ref for any fact sourced in the body, I don't need more than three refs for one fact, and I like them in numerical order. How about an infobox? Just suggestions. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, Gerda Arendt! Here's an alt with lesbian removed:

ALT0a: ... that Women's Barracks (cover pictured), regarded as a classic in its genre, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States?

—valereee (talk) 12:57, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Re:multiple citations -- sometimes there are assertions within in a single sentence that are from different sources, so usually they're all necessary. Sometimes I feel like an assertion is exceptional enough that it needs multiple RS saying the same thing. Re:ordering. I prefer that, too. I generally don't bother until I feel like I'm mostly finished, because they just get out of order again, but I can reorder them now! —valereee (talk) 13:15, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for all. I approve both now. If the image is not taken, I'd go for the original, otherwise I think the image speaks better than words, and we might even drop the "classic" bit. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:09, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Also added an infobox; I'm neutral on them but in this case I think it's helpful —valereee (talk) 14:48, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Note to promoters: I'm waiting on an interlibrary loan and would love to hold off a while, if possible. If you need to schedule it, that's fine! —valereee (talk) 15:08, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

@Valereee: where is this holding? Can it be promoted yet? Yoninah (talk) 16:31, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Yoninah, if you need to promote, go ahead! I've got an interlibrary loan in transit, but that information can be added later. It's not crucial. —valereee (talk) 19:11, 14 November 2020 (UTC)