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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Russell Shorto's mobster grandfather was described by one reviewer as the "holy trinity of a reprobate—a drunk, a philanderer, and a cheat" in the 2021 family memoir Smalltime? Source:
City Journal
ALT1: ... that two reviewers described
Russell Shorto's 2021 family memoir Smalltime as fresh, despite the mafia media space already crowded by other memoirs according to one reviewer? Source:
WSJ,
Booklist
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Therapyisgood: QPQ is done, article is good except there is a missing citation at the end of the 'Overview' section which needs to be addressed. Hook matches source and article. Article is also new/long enough and Earwig's tool finds no copyright violations, no paraphrasing is apparant. Also should note that the image in the article is believed to be fair use, but is not used in the DYK so it should be fine.
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Therapyisgood: Yeah that does look to be true at
MOS:PLOTCITE. I'm not 100% sure about your worries about airing dirty laundry as the book is centred around the grandfather and has been released to the public, it's not like it's some secret information. I'm going to approve. —Panamitsu(talk) 07:05, 3 October 2023 (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.
... that
Russell Shorto's mobster grandfather was described by one reviewer as the "holy trinity of a reprobate—a drunk, a philanderer, and a cheat" in the 2021 family memoir Smalltime? Source:
City Journal
ALT1: ... that two reviewers described
Russell Shorto's 2021 family memoir Smalltime as fresh, despite the mafia media space already crowded by other memoirs according to one reviewer? Source:
WSJ,
Booklist
@
Therapyisgood: QPQ is done, article is good except there is a missing citation at the end of the 'Overview' section which needs to be addressed. Hook matches source and article. Article is also new/long enough and Earwig's tool finds no copyright violations, no paraphrasing is apparant. Also should note that the image in the article is believed to be fair use, but is not used in the DYK so it should be fine.
@
Therapyisgood: Yeah that does look to be true at
MOS:PLOTCITE. I'm not 100% sure about your worries about airing dirty laundry as the book is centred around the grandfather and has been released to the public, it's not like it's some secret information. I'm going to approve. —Panamitsu(talk) 07:05, 3 October 2023 (UTC)