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Did you know... that Japanese manga artist Machiko Satonaka has written and illustrated nearly 500 manga titles since her professional debut in 1964?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:07, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
... that it took Japanese manga artist Machiko Satonaka over 30 years to complete her historical manga series Tenjō no Niji ("Celestial Rainbow"), which depicts the life of Japanese Empress Jitō? Source:「里中満智子のライフワーク『天上の虹』が30年越しで完結、本日最終23巻発売」Translation: "Machiko Satonaka's life work Tenjō no Niji is complete after more than 30 years, the last of 23 volumes released today." (Comic Natalie, in Japanese)
ALT1:... that Japanese manga artist Machiko Satonaka has written and illustrated almost 500 manga titles since her professional debut in 1964? Source: "For over 50 years she has illustrated almost 500 titles." (Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa)
ALT2:... that as a child, Japanese manga artist Machiko Satonaka witnessed her school teachers burn books of manga, filling her with a desire to "protect manga" by becoming a professional artist? Source: "Also, it was a time when manga's status was still very low, and I thought I could contribute to raising its status by becoming a mangaka myself. [...] However, we were banned from reading manga at school once I got to the upper grades of elementary school. [...] They even burned manga in front of us. I felt a strong revulsion and that I had to protect manga." (Toku, Masami, ed. (2015). "Profile and Interview with Machiko Satonaka". International Perspectives on Shōjo and Shōjo Manga: The Influence of Girl Culture. New York: Routledge. pp. 176–178. ISBN978-1-138-54903-6.)
Reviewed: This is my first DYK nomination, so I haven't reviewed another article.
Comment: Open to rewordings and alternative hooks!
5x expanded by KuroMina (talk). Self-nominated at 10:55, 2 January 2020 (UTC).[reply]
article is long enough & expanded 5x since December 30, 2019 (per DYK check). Good w.r.t. neutrality & prose content. Impressive improvements if compared to before.
Reads neutral. Passes Earwig's copyvio test (a couple lines flagged due to either quotes or titles/roles. Assuming good faith for Japanese-language sources.
I think all three hooks are interesting! I'll lean towards ALT0, since it was proposed first :-)
article is long enough & expanded 5x since December 30, 2019 (per DYK check). Good w.r.t. neutrality & prose content. Impressive improvements if compared to before.