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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:45, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

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Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

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  • Reviewed: Rosemary Barrow
  • Comment: Squeezing this in just under the 7 day deadline!

Created by Prioryman (talk). Self-nominated at 23:45, 20 December 2016 (UTC).

  • The hook is interesting, of an appropriate length, and sourced (although the Huffington Post source cited links to Vanity Fair for that particular fact, and the Vanity Fair article does not look to verify it... but I don't see a reason to contest the claim so I don't think it's an issue). The article is long enough, sources look fine, etc. QPQ started -- response just received from the other nominator, so assuming good faith you'll follow up. My one concern may be a non-issue: I'm not sure if "seven days" is seven calendar days or 168 hours. If the latter, this looks to have missed by a few hours (16:52, 13 December 2016 → 23:45, 20 December 2016). For me, I don't see a big reason for that kind of strictness for this process, so I'm going to go ahead and mark it good to go, with an understanding that whoever promotes it may take a stricter interpretation of the rules. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 20:37, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
  • @Prioryman: Coming to promote this, I found the hook to be unsatisfactory. The book does not seem to be "about" Scientology, rather it is an autobiographical work featuring the author's experiences in Hollywood and within the Church of Scientology. Nor did I like the "first book ... written by a celebrity former member" claim, which seems a bit peacocky. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:18, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
  • On the latter point, I don't think it's peacocky - it's a statement of fact, cited in the article, and in fact is why this book is particularly notable. As far as I'm aware, no celebrity ex-Scientologist has ever written a book about their experiences in the Church of Scientology before. Let's hew closer to the Huffington Post's wording, cited in the article, for the alternative hook I've suggested below. Prioryman (talk) 12:49, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
  • for ALT1. @Cwmhiraeth: Works for me. Good point that the book isn't "about" Scientology. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:11, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
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