Template:Did you know nominations/June (magazine)

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 15:20, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

June (magazine)

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• ... that the Japanese male-male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"? Source: BLの教科書 [Textbook of BL]
  • ALT1: ... that after the magazine June ceased publication in 1979, it received an influx of letters from readers indicating that they were willing to more than double the cover price for issues? Source: 密やかな教育 : 〈やおい・ボーイズラブ〉前史 [Secret Education: A History of Yaoi and Boys' Love]
  • ALT2: ... that while a spin-off of the Japanese male-male romance magazine June was nicknamed "Little June", its circulation quickly surpassed that of its parent publication? Source: 密やかな教育 : 〈やおい・ボーイズラブ〉前史 [Secret Education: A History of Yaoi and Boys' Love]
  • ALT3: ... that June was the first commercially-published magazine focused on male-male romance fiction for a female audience? Source: 萩尾望都と竹宮惠子 [Moto Hagio and Keiko Takemiya]
  • ALT4: ... that the magazine June is credited with disseminating male-male romance fiction for a female audience as a genre in Japan? Source: 密やかな教育 : 〈やおい・ボーイズラブ〉前史 [Secret Education: A History of Yaoi and Boys' Love]
  • Reviewed: Jessica Martin

Improved to Good Article status by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:35, 11 January 2023 (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: - Not done

Overall: @Morgan695: Good article. AGF on Japanese sources. waiting on a QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:20, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

• @Onegreatjoke: Hi, QPQ has been completed. Morgan695 (talk) 20:13, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
• Good to go. I personally prefer ALT1. BorgQueen (talk) 16:07, 12 January 2023 (UTC)