Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/We Can Do It!

We Can Do It!
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 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 15, 2013 by Gimmetoo (talk) 18:10, 31 January 2013‎ (UTC)



"We Can Do It!" is an American wartime propaganda poster produced by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric to boost worker morale. The poster is generally thought to be based on a black-and-white wire service photograph taken of a Michigan factory worker named Geraldine Hoff. During World War II the image was strictly internal to Westinghouse, displayed only during February 1943, and was not for recruitment but to exhort already-hired women to work harder. It was rediscovered in the early 1980s and widely reproduced in many forms, often called "We Can Do It!" but also called "Rosie the Riveter" after the iconic figure of a strong female war production worker. The "We Can Do It!" image was used to promote feminism and other political issues beginning in the 1980s. The image made the cover of the Smithsonian magazine in 1994 and was fashioned into a US first-class mail stamp in 1999. It was incorporated in 2008 into campaign materials for several US politicians, and was reworked by an artist in 2010 to celebrate the first woman becoming prime minister of Australia. The poster is one of the ten most-requested images at the National Archives and Records Administration.

2 points: 70th anniversary of first issue.--Chimino (talk) 16:15, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. I created the article and pushed it to FA. I think it is ready for TFA, and that the suggested date is the best choice. I have had other articles on TFA, so no points there. The blurb summary as composed by Chimino is very suitable. Binksternet (talk) 18:21, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, per Binksternet, - also it's still a good line! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:30, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Blurb reworked slightly to get it up to c.1,200 characters; it was a bit short before, which can cause knock-on effects for ITN/OTD in terms of main page balance. BencherliteTalk 22:23, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Rewording is good. Binksternet (talk) 02:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Per all of the above. Great idea.   Montanabw (talk) 23:03, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, educational, high quality article, historical value, high encyclopedic value as well. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:35, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment I've added two citation needed tags, please ensure that all instances of Rosie the Riveter (the Rockwell painting) are italicised per WP:ITALICS — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:07, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Both points addressed; one by named ref and the other by deletion. Binksternet (talk) 20:14, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Both instances of the name of the Rosie the Riveter painting are italicized. The other instances of "Rosie the Riveter" refer to the song or the concept. Binksternet (talk) 19:30, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - Important, iconic poster. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:47, 11 January 2013 (UTC)