Template:Did you know nominations/Douglas Stuart (writer)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:21, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Douglas Stuart (writer)

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• ... that Booker Prize winning author Douglas Stuart wanted to study English literature but was discouraged by a teacher who said that it wouldn't "suit someone from his background"? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/books/douglas-stuart-shuggie-bain.html
  • ALT1:... that Booker Prize winning author Douglas Stuart studied textiles instead of English literature discouraged by a teacher who said that it wouldn't "suit someone from his background"? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/books/douglas-stuart-shuggie-bain.html
  • ALT2:... that Douglas Stuart's Booker Prize winning book, Shuggie Bain, was rejected by 30 publishers before being picked up? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/books/booker-prize-winner-douglas-stuart-shuggie-bain.html

5x expanded by Ktin (talk) and Proscribe (talk). Nominated by Ktin (talk) at 14:51, 24 November 2020 (UTC). QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/Introduction to Solid State Physics

• Comment. Can I request any editor to help pick this one up for review? Ktin (talk) 17:50, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
• I'll do this one shortly. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:02, 28 November 2020 (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: The earwig results are just quotes from the NYT article, I prefer ALT2, but any of the hooks would be fine. GTG. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:56, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

• Peacemaker67, Thanks much for the review. I agree with you, the posting Admin can select either of the hooks. Cheers.