Template:Did you know nominations/Garçonne (magazine)


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:03, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Garçonne (magazine)

 * ... that the 1930s German magazine Garçonne, whose title roughly means "tomboy", was targeted at lesbians and male transvestites?
 * Reviewed: Typhoon Nabi
 * Comment: I know the use of "whose" to refer to an object can be controversial, so if anyone can phrase the hook better, please do!

Created by 97198 (talk). Self nominated at 11:59, 25 July 2014 (UTC).


 * I think (although cited and qualified with "roughly") that tomboy is a poor translation for garçonne. It think it is more interesting that the German title was displaced by a French one. How about:
 * ALT1 ...that the Weimar-era German magazine Frauenliebe was relaunched as Garçonne because the French title was thought to be "more modish"? Belle (talk) 14:06, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Long enough, new enough, no copyvio, plagiarism or close paraphrasing (from the sources I could check), neutral enough, cited enough, QPQ done. (original hook is fine, but pick mine, pick mine, PICK MINE!) Belle (talk) 14:06, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I like your hook,, but I fear it's not entirely accurate - that wasn't the reason for the relaunch. It was renamed for legal reasons, and the author of the source mentions that the new title was "more modish" without implying that it was the reason for the name change. 97198 (talk) 16:12, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Fair point, so I will cheat: ALT1 ...that when the Weimar-era German magazine Frauenliebe was relaunched as Garçonne, the French title was thought to be "more modish"? Belle (talk) 16:34, 25 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Reverting promotion because ALT1 (both variants) was proposed by Belle, and given the completely new facts involved, needs an independent reviewer. (I do like it better than the original hook, and I think Cwmhiraeth did too, which is why I'm reverting the promotion rather than simply replacing the hook.) Renumbering and linking/bolding/spacing hook as ALT1a below for clarity:
 * ALT1a: ... that when the Weimar-era German magazine Frauenliebe was relaunched as Garçonne, the French title was thought to be "more modish"?


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Independent reviewer needed to approve hook ALT1a. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:45, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Belle has reviewed this and I agree with her assessment. The ALT1a hook is well cited and the original hook is also cited. The article seems neutral and I saw no copyright violations. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:42, 2 August 2014 (UTC)