Template:Did you know nominations/Gellner's theory of nationalism


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 22:14, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Gellner's theory of nationalism

 * ... that Gellner's theory of nationalism is one of the principal explanation of said phenomenon?
 * Reviewed: Kali (fine artist)

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self nominated at 09:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC).


 * Comment. Should that read "is one of the principal explanations of the said phenomenon?" In which case, it might as well read "is one of the principal explanations of nationalism?". However, this seems self-evident, and thus is not much of a hook. Edwardx (talk) 22:28, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, there are many theories which are no longer, or have never been, principal explanations of what they are supposed to explain. Durkheim's theory of suicide is a famous classic, but today recognized as wrong, for example. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:04, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ALT1 ... that Gellner's theory has been called "the best-known modernist explanatory theory of nationalism"? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:57, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, neutrally written (and well written), well referenced. As all sources are offline, unable to check for close paraphrasing. A number of citations have a "page number needed" template, which will not hold up the DYK nomination, but should be filled in. In the first hook, "said phenomenon" (without the "the") is grammatically correct, but I agree that Cwmhiraeth's ALT is much better, so if it's all the same to you, let's go with that. Although it's not usually done, I linked nationalism in the quote to give it some context for readers. Offline hook ref AGF and cited inline. ALT1 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 20:56, 4 May 2015 (UTC)