Template:Did you know nominations/Toward European Unity

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:41, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Toward European Unity

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Orwell broadcasting for the BBC

... that in the essay "Toward European Unity", George Orwell (pictured) called for the creation of a democratic socialist European Federation to counter the hegemony of the United States and Soviet Union?

Source: Harries, Owen (1993). "The Collapse of 'The West'". Foreign Affairs. 72 (4): 48. doi:10.2307/20045714. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 20045714.

ALT1: ... that in the essay "Toward European Unity", George Orwell (pictured) presumed that one of the greatest obstacles to a federal Europe would be economic pressure by the United States? Source: Newsinger, John (1999). "A Doctor Treating an All but Hopeless Case". Orwell’s Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 152–153. doi:10.1057/9780333983607_7. ISBN 978-0-333-96858-1.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Usha Didi Gunatita

Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

Grnrchst (talk) 09:48, 28 February 2025 (UTC).

Review coming in a bit. I identify as demsoc myself (despite my negative opinions on Orwell) so I think this might be a good fit. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 15:15, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

General eligibility:

New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: GTG. I prefer ALT1 as our readers might already be familiar with Orwell's socialist values mentioned in ALT0 (for reference, his article has gained over 416k pageviews in the last 90 days + his political views are already mentioned in the lede), and the concept of "United States vs. European superstate" is slightly more interesting. AGF on the first source as JSTOR via WP:LIBRARY is not loading on my computer. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 17:26, 1 March 2025 (UTC)