Talk:American Spaces/Archive 1

Archive 1

DYK nom

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:26, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that one of the American Spaces, the Biblioteca Benjamín Franklin in Mexico City, proved popular although the library's initial collection of books were mostly in English? Source: "Almost from the beginning, the library was packed with patrons waiting to look at the collections and signing up for library cards... This was despite the fact that most of the library's initial collection of books and periodicals were in English." (page 303-304 of The Sword and the Book by Julie Prieto)
  • ALT1:... that one Pakistani surveyed compared a visit to one of the American Spaces under increased security conditions was "like going to jail or getting into Fort Knox"? Source: "One Pakistani told us that getting to the American center was 'like going to jail or getting into Fort Knox.'" (page 36 of Changing Minds Winning Peace)
  • ALT2:... that Joseph McCarthy complained about the presence of books in the American Spaces written by avowed communists? Source: "McCarthy demanded to know who was responsible for the libraries of the America Houses stocking books written by communists and claimed some seventy-five authors as suspects." (page 56 of Nightmare Envy and Other Stories) "Starting in February 1953, Senator Joe McCarthy, as part of his hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, charged U.S. libraries abroad with carrying books on their shelves by avowed Communists..." (page 310 of The Sword and the Book by Julie Prieto) "But McCarthy now had his sights on alleged communist infiltration of 150 USIS libraries and information centers... McCarthy claimed the USIS promoted the works of seventy-five communists." (page 56 of Selling the American Way)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Unplugged Collection, Volume One

Created by Chris troutman (talk). Self-nominated at 02:35, 25 May 2020 (UTC).

• New (nominated on date of creation), long enough, neutral, cites sources, appears free of plagiarism, all images in article appear to be properly licensed on Commons. Suggested hook and ALT1 hook are neutral and cited; hook ALT2 is not followed by inline citation in the article. I prefer ALT1, although I would change "compared" to "said", and "one Pakistani" to "a Pakistani" to avoid repeating "one" so closely in the sentence. Schazjmd (talk) 22:02, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

• @Chris troutman: please take care of the "clarification needed" tag before we promote this. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 14:57, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: The article is within policy. Please show me the rule requiring what you ask. Beyond the obvious WP:CREEP problem, Google Books isn't showing me the preview of the page I cited, so I cannot simply grab a quote to add to the citation. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:35, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

• @Chris troutman: we usually ask for all tags to be taken care of, but if you're unable, I'll promote it. Hopefully someone at WP:ERRORS won't pull it. Yoninah (talk) 17:08, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

• I would appreciate if you would, because without that source I'd have to just remove the sentence involved, which seems unnecessary. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:19, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

• OK. Restoring tick. Yoninah (talk) 17:22, 5 July 2020 (UTC)