Template:Did you know nominations/Starship Troopers

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:50, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Starship Troopers[edit]

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... that Robert Heinlein wrote Starship Troopers in response to the suspension of nuclear weapons testing by the U.S.?
- ALT1: ... that Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel Starship Troopers has been described as among the most controversial science fiction novels written?
- ALT2: ... that Starship Troopers has been credited as the origin of the idea of powered exoskeletons in science fiction, an idea since used in Halo, Elysium, District 9, Iron Man, and Edge of Tomorrow?
- ALT3: ... that Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel Starship Troopers is a critique of U.S. society of the 1950s, and advocates for corporal and capital punishment?

Reviewed: Alfredo del Mazo Maza

Improved to Good Article status by Vanamonde93 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:53, 12 June 2017 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Qualifies under all DYK criterion. Recent GA promotion (one day before DYK nom). Neutral and sourced article and hooks. I do NOT like ALT1. Although not a blatant COPYVIO in the article, the hook is an even closer paraphrasing of the first sentence of Gifford (1996). ALT0, ALT2 and ALT3 are all good to go. I think ALT3 is the BEST and HOOKIEST. —አቤል ዳዊት^?(Janweh64) (talk) 05:40, 1 July 2017 (UTC)