Talk:Lots of Mommies

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:03, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that there is disagreement about whether Lots of Mommies, in which a girl is raised by four mothers, should be considered an LGBTQ picture book? Source: Crisp 2010: "Although it is not ambiguous for Horning, in actuality, it is the semiotics that establish the text as queer. [...] While it may be easy to see why Lots of Mommies has not been counted as an LGBTQ picture book..."; Peel 2015: "and Lots of Mommies, which I still don’t agree is about a lesbian family because there’s nothing explicit there that shows that any of them are lesbians. I mean they’re living in a commune, and they have interesting names. But you know there’s nothing that says that any of them are a couple."
  • Reviewed: White-headed fruit dove

Moved to mainspace by Bobamnertiopsis (talk). Self-nominated at 21:56, 23 January 2022 (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: Article is new enough, long enough and well sourced. Hook is cited and interesting. Since qpq is done and there's no copyvio, this one looks all set. BuySomeApples (talk) 07:16, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

• And they were roommates
• oh my god they were roommates theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 10:03, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Lots of Mommies/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: AryKun (talk · contribs) 12:12, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Content

• Link picture book in lead.
• "by Jane Severance, illustrated by Jan Jones" → "written by Jane Severance and illustrated by Jan Jones"
• Background should be before Plot imo.
• "her mother Jill" → "her biological mother Jill", since all of the women are her mothers?
• Link jungle gym.
• Lollipop Power is linked in the lead and not in the body.
• I would like to see the Background section expanded with the stuff in When Megan Went Away.
• "In 2012 the" → "In 2012, the"
• Link commune.
• Use an as of template for "As of the 2010s". Also, this is a bit dated, is there no more recent info for this?

Refs

• "The Lion and the Unicorn" link in the first citation is to the heraldic symbol, not the journal.
• Spot-checks done on "Southern Sisters children's bibliography" found that the reference supported the claims made.
• Spot-checks done on "Setting the record 'straight': An interview with Jane Severance" found that the reference supported the claims made.

Images

• The one non-free image is correctly licensed.

• Pinging Bobamnertiopsis. AryKun (talk) 11:29, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

• Hi AryKun, thanks for this kind review. I've addressed all of the above points as requested. Regarding the "as of the 2010s" bit, unfortunately there's no more recent info here; Lots of Mommies had a burst of interest early last decade but hasn't been written about much in the '20s so far. Here's hoping there's more scholarship in the pipeline but this really covers all there's been lately. —⁠Collin^{t c} 00:00, 24 February 2022 (UTC)