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
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the article's talk page or
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The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 07:31, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
Long enough, new enough. My first pass leaves me less than thrilled with the hook. I haven't checked the sourcing yet. @
Piotrus:, can you draft a better hook? --
evrik(
talk) 22:46, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
Personally, I think ALT2 is still rather bland and rather commonplace. Can something more eye-catchy be proposed here, like maybe elaborating more on how the work is a "showcase"?
Narutolovehinata5tccsdnew 01:21, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
ALT2a: ...that A Stanislaw Lem Reader showcases the work of one of the most widely read
science fiction writers with interviews on the relationship of literature with philosophy and science?@
Narutolovehinata5:~
R.
T.
G 02:27, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
ALT2b: ... that A Stanislaw Lem Reader showcases the work of one of the most widely read
science fiction writers, including interviews on the relation of literature to philosophy and science?
Is there a reason we're not going with "small in volume, but dense in ideas"? That's a lot more hooky than anything above.
Maury Markowitz (
talk) 21:26, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
ALT3a: ...that Butko called A Stanislaw Lem Reader "small in volume, but dense in ideas"?
Not terribly happy about the repetition in b.
Maury Markowitz (
talk) 22:09, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
ALT3c: ...that the Stanislaw Lem Reader is described as "small in volume, but dense in ideas?" --
evrik(
talk) 22:17, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
ALT3d: ...that the Stanislaw Lem Reader is described as "small in volume, but dense in ideas," and "indispensable" for any
Lem reader? --
evrik(
talk) 22:17, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
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) 07:31, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
Long enough, new enough. My first pass leaves me less than thrilled with the hook. I haven't checked the sourcing yet. @
Piotrus:, can you draft a better hook? --
evrik(
talk) 22:46, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
Personally, I think ALT2 is still rather bland and rather commonplace. Can something more eye-catchy be proposed here, like maybe elaborating more on how the work is a "showcase"?
Narutolovehinata5tccsdnew 01:21, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
ALT2a: ...that A Stanislaw Lem Reader showcases the work of one of the most widely read
science fiction writers with interviews on the relationship of literature with philosophy and science?@
Narutolovehinata5:~
R.
T.
G 02:27, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
ALT2b: ... that A Stanislaw Lem Reader showcases the work of one of the most widely read
science fiction writers, including interviews on the relation of literature to philosophy and science?
Is there a reason we're not going with "small in volume, but dense in ideas"? That's a lot more hooky than anything above.
Maury Markowitz (
talk) 21:26, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
ALT3a: ...that Butko called A Stanislaw Lem Reader "small in volume, but dense in ideas"?
Not terribly happy about the repetition in b.
Maury Markowitz (
talk) 22:09, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
ALT3c: ...that the Stanislaw Lem Reader is described as "small in volume, but dense in ideas?" --
evrik(
talk) 22:17, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
ALT3d: ...that the Stanislaw Lem Reader is described as "small in volume, but dense in ideas," and "indispensable" for any
Lem reader? --
evrik(
talk) 22:17, 2 December 2019 (UTC)