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... that the English translation of the novel Zameen is titled A Promised Land? Source: "A Promised Land, translated by Daisy Rockwell ... Khadija Mastur's posthumous novel Zameen ..."
[1]
ALT1: ... that the
Urdu novel Zameen provides a woman-centric account of
Pakistan's independence? Source: "Its value is historical as much as literary, as a woman-centric account of Partition and its aftermath ..."
[2]
This article requires considerable work before becoming eligible. @
Idell: You could improve the article by adding a brief plot summary, reception section, characters, analysis etc. Currently, it is very small article which ineligible for DYK. --
Gazal world (
talk)
09:11, 5 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Article history says that the article was created on 27 Feb, and was nominated for DYK on 4 March. So it is OK. P.S: The hook is just a random fact. Improve the article, and find out some interesting hook. --
Gazal world (
talk)
10:49, 5 March 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Idell: It is very common title for several books. There is also a English version of Gujarati novel by the same title. I would suggest you propose new hook something like Narutolovehinata5 suggested. It would be good if you remove the Urdu script and use
Roman Urdu where needed. --
Gazal world (
talk)
14:11, 13 March 2021 (UTC)reply
A hook about the novel being described as "a political allegory and a gynocentric historical account of Pakistan's independence" could work, the issue is that the source cited does not actually use the term "gynocentric".
Narutolovehinata5tccsdnew14:46, 12 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Reading through the Wikipedia article for gynocentrism suggests that it is a much more problematic and less positive term than woman-centered, and I would therefore recommend avoiding its use in the hook.
Mary Mark Ockerbloom (
talk)
03:44, 7 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Doing... New, long enough, well cited, neutral, no copyvio detected. ALT0 is generic so I find ALT1 better. Hook cited (I changed gynocentric to Women-centric in article to reflect the hook). No images. -
Nizil (
talk)
07:19, 23 April 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from Zameen (novel) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 April 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Novels, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to
novels,
novellas,
novelettes and
short stories on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general Project discussion to talk over new ideas and suggestions.NovelsWikipedia:WikiProject NovelsTemplate:WikiProject Novelsnovel articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Pakistan, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Pakistan on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PakistanWikipedia:WikiProject PakistanTemplate:WikiProject PakistanPakistan articles
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.
... that the English translation of the novel Zameen is titled A Promised Land? Source: "A Promised Land, translated by Daisy Rockwell ... Khadija Mastur's posthumous novel Zameen ..."
[1]
ALT1: ... that the
Urdu novel Zameen provides a woman-centric account of
Pakistan's independence? Source: "Its value is historical as much as literary, as a woman-centric account of Partition and its aftermath ..."
[2]
This article requires considerable work before becoming eligible. @
Idell: You could improve the article by adding a brief plot summary, reception section, characters, analysis etc. Currently, it is very small article which ineligible for DYK. --
Gazal world (
talk)
09:11, 5 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Article history says that the article was created on 27 Feb, and was nominated for DYK on 4 March. So it is OK. P.S: The hook is just a random fact. Improve the article, and find out some interesting hook. --
Gazal world (
talk)
10:49, 5 March 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Idell: It is very common title for several books. There is also a English version of Gujarati novel by the same title. I would suggest you propose new hook something like Narutolovehinata5 suggested. It would be good if you remove the Urdu script and use
Roman Urdu where needed. --
Gazal world (
talk)
14:11, 13 March 2021 (UTC)reply
A hook about the novel being described as "a political allegory and a gynocentric historical account of Pakistan's independence" could work, the issue is that the source cited does not actually use the term "gynocentric".
Narutolovehinata5tccsdnew14:46, 12 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Reading through the Wikipedia article for gynocentrism suggests that it is a much more problematic and less positive term than woman-centered, and I would therefore recommend avoiding its use in the hook.
Mary Mark Ockerbloom (
talk)
03:44, 7 April 2021 (UTC)reply
Doing... New, long enough, well cited, neutral, no copyvio detected. ALT0 is generic so I find ALT1 better. Hook cited (I changed gynocentric to Women-centric in article to reflect the hook). No images. -
Nizil (
talk)
07:19, 23 April 2021 (UTC)reply