Talk:Allied prisoners of war in Japan

Allied prisoners of war in Japan is currently a Warfare good article nominee. Nominated by _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} at 01:48, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

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Short description: Treatment during the Second World War

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A fact from Allied prisoners of war in Japan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the harsh treatment of Allied prisoners of war in Japan is well known in the West but mostly ignored or glossed over in Japan itself?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 02:13, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the harsh treatment of Allied prisoners of war in Japan is well known in the West but mostly forgotten in Japan itself? Source: see cited refs: Kovner p.2, Tanaka p. xxii, 256–262
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Petergofsky District
- Comment: 2nd QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/Nicolaas van Wijk

Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 537 past nominations.

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:36, 13 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

:Hi! I'll be reviewing this.

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:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Article new enough and long enough. Hook is sourced to a book, and seems reliable. No recent edit wars, so article is stable. Hook is neutral (and quite interesting, if I may add). No picture is used, no plagiarism from what Earwig found, two QPQs are done. Easy pass, good job! — Preceding unsigned comment added by EF5 (talk • contribs) 20:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This article seems mistitled given that most of the Allied POWs were held outside of Japan. I'd suggest changing it to Allied prisoners of war of Japan or similar. Nick-D (talk) 04:12, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]