Template:Did you know nominations/Merdeka 17805


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:58, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Merdeka 17805

 * ... that Merdeka 17805, regarding the fight for Indonesian independence, has been described as a "two-fisted, hinomaru-waving, blood-and-guts ode to the soldiers who died for the glory of the emperor and for Dai Nippon"?
 * ALT1 ... that the Japanese film Merdeka 17805 tells of the fight for Indonesian independence but has been criticised as pro-Japanese propaganda?
 * Reviewed: Selection shadow

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Self nominated at 15:25, 27 May 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg New article is 7,292 characters long and completed on the same day as nomination. Duplication detector check of English-language sources  and quick read through of Google Books sources (which can't go through Dup detector) reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF foreign-language ones).  Article is well-sourced.  Hook is 216 characters long (ALT1 is 135);  both are interesting.  While the former is over the 200 character max. limit, it encompasses a direct quote, so leeway should be given the by promoter (latter is under the limit).  Refs 5 (verifying main hook) and 2 (verifying the ALT1 hook) are both reliable sources; the former is from AllMovie, while the latter is published by NUS Press.  QPQ done.  Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:46, 2 June 2014 (UTC)