Talk:A Plunge into Space

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Review: August 15, 2023. (Reviewed version).

A fact from A Plunge into Space appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the only preface (book cover pictured) Jules Verne ever wrote was likely written by somebody else?

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GA Review

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Reviewer: AryKun (talk · contribs) 17:03, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

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I have copyedited the article, feel free to discuss any changes you disagree with.
"The October 4, 1890 number of The Athenaeum" and "the September 13, 1890 number of The Academy" Is number a term that is commonly used for issues of sf magazines?
- I don't know if it is commonly used for sf magazines specifically (and these are literary review magazines that don't really have a sf focus), but it is a commonly used synonym for issue in this sense more generally (mainly in British English, according to the Oxford Dictionary of English). TompaDompa (talk) 16:15, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Are there any images that could be used to illustrate the body of the text?
- I thought about it. There are apparently no free images of Cromie (at least not on Commons)—our article on him uses a fair use one. I considered adding images of Verne and Wells, but it seemed odd to add images of other authors without having an image of the author of the work the article is about. I'm certainly open to suggestions, but it seemed most natural to make do without images. TompaDompa (talk) 16:15, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
References are reliable and properly formatted.
Spot-checks:
- Fennell, Jack (2014). "Robert Cromie (1856–1907)". Irish Science Fiction. Oxford University Press. Verifies all claims made.
- "Novels of the Week". The Athenaeum. No. 3284. Verifies all claims made.
- Killheffer, Robert K. J.; Stableford, Brian; Langford, David (2023). "Mars". In Clute, John; Langford, David; Sleight, Graham (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (4th ed.). Verifies all claims made.
- "Reviews, &c". The Publishers' Circular. Vol. LIII, no. 1270. London. Verifies all claims made.
That's all I have. AryKun (talk) 15:10, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 12:59, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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A Plunge into Space

... that the only preface Jules Verne ever wrote was likely written by somebody else? Source: See A Plunge into Space#Second edition and Verne preface.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway
- Comment: The book cover image is usable as it is public domain; this would also work as a quirky hook. I might suggest running this on 31 August when Mars in fiction is scheduled as WP:TFA.

Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk). Self-nominated at 08:11, 15 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/A Plunge into Space; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article is long enough, recently promoted to good article status, and well sourced. The hook is interesting. Image displays nicely. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 20:12, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I like it for the image slot. Hook and image check out and interested me. Putting this message here as a placeholder for me to easily find it. Anyone else can also promote it when a slot is available. Thank you for the article @TompaDompa:. Bruxton (talk) 18:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]