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The result was: promoted by Jack Frost (talk) 12:12, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
Comment: Although Matt Barton is only called a "blogger" in the source here, he's actually a tenured professor and has published a few things. Thus, I believe we can call him a "historian", or at least something similar. Anyway, open to other or adjusted hooks!
Improved to Good Article status by PresN (talk). Nominated by LordPeterII (talk) at 09:15, 27 October 2022 (UTC).
Overall: @LordPeterII: Good article. Hook is interesting, article is sourced, and the QPQ is done. Approving. Onegreatjoke (talk) 13:29, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
@Onegreatjoke: Thanks for the review! I've thought about it a bit, and I would like to adjust the hook slightly, because Barton is a professor of English, not history. I believe calling him a "scholar" would be a more appropriate generic term, or "scientist" (I'm not sure which one would sound more natural in English).
ALT1: ... that one scholar compared the importance of Zork to that of Homer's Iliad?
ALT2: ... that one scientist compared the importance of Zork to that of Homer's Iliad?
Would you also approve ALT1 or ALT2? Then the promoter can chose which term they prefer. –LordPeterII (talk) 15:46, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
Sure i'll approve both of those. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:57, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
Thanks; I struck the original one. –LordPeterII (talk) 18:11, 29 October 2022 (UTC)