Talk:Smoke over Birkenau
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:08, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
- ... that Smoke over Birkenau by Polish writer Seweryna Szmaglewska, published in 1945, was one of the first, and the most influential, works about the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp? Source: [1] and others
Created by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 14:20, 21 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dymy nad Birkenau; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- length, date, qpq, close paraphrase check, hook checks out. --Soman (talk) 13:55, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
Date of first English edition
editWorldcat lists 1945, but multiple sources cite a 1947 edition. Can anyone look into this further? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:33, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
Requested move 21 July 2023
edit- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: pages moved. Andrewa (talk) 19:15, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
– Per WP:ENGLISHTITLE. The book has been published under this name since 1945, and a Google Scholar search reveals multiple entries using that name, including critical book reviews. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 16:44, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
- Note: pages with content, such as Smoke over Birkenau, are ineligible to be proposed titles in move requests unless they, too, are formally dispositioned. "Smoke over Birkenau → Smoke over Birkenau (disambiguation)" has been added to this request to meet that requirement. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 00:55, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
- Support, since there is an English language translation. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:08, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
- Support, per nom and Piotrus. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 09:48, 26 July 2023 (UTC)