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 result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 05:48, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
... that
Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel The Tombs of Atuan tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl, but received criticism for its treatment of gender?
ALT1:... that
Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel The Tombs of Atuan tells the coming-of-age story of a female character, a choice unusual to fantasy of the time?
ALT2:... that
Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel The Tombs of Atuan tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl, but received criticism for its treatment of gender?
ALT3:... that the
Earthsea series, of which The Tombs of Atuan is the second volume, has been described as subverting the genre of fantasy for using
dark-skinned protagonists?
Comment: @The reviewer: the DYK check tool is misbehaving in this instance, for some reason. Using the "page size" tool gives 5067 bytes of prose in the old version, and 28kb of prose in the expanded version, which is substantially more than 5x.
5x expanded by
Vanamonde93 (
talk). Self-nominated at 17:25, 23 June 2017 (UTC).
Nice expansion. I prefer the ALT1 suggestion, as I remember the book reviewers talking about this aspect the most in the 70s when I was a teenager. (LeGuin spoke at my college in 1982 – great experience!) The hook is the proper length as is the recent expansion and promotion to Good Article status. Hook is supported by referenced article text. QPQ satisfied. Good to go!
Binksternet (
talk) 23:49, 9 July 2017 (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) 05:48, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
... that
Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel The Tombs of Atuan tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl, but received criticism for its treatment of gender?
ALT1:... that
Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel The Tombs of Atuan tells the coming-of-age story of a female character, a choice unusual to fantasy of the time?
ALT2:... that
Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel The Tombs of Atuan tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl, but received criticism for its treatment of gender?
ALT3:... that the
Earthsea series, of which The Tombs of Atuan is the second volume, has been described as subverting the genre of fantasy for using
dark-skinned protagonists?
Comment: @The reviewer: the DYK check tool is misbehaving in this instance, for some reason. Using the "page size" tool gives 5067 bytes of prose in the old version, and 28kb of prose in the expanded version, which is substantially more than 5x.
5x expanded by
Vanamonde93 (
talk). Self-nominated at 17:25, 23 June 2017 (UTC).
Nice expansion. I prefer the ALT1 suggestion, as I remember the book reviewers talking about this aspect the most in the 70s when I was a teenager. (LeGuin spoke at my college in 1982 – great experience!) The hook is the proper length as is the recent expansion and promotion to Good Article status. Hook is supported by referenced article text. QPQ satisfied. Good to go!
Binksternet (
talk) 23:49, 9 July 2017 (UTC)