Talk:Anna Smith Spark

A fact from Anna Smith Spark appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that author Anna Smith Spark is also known as the "Queen of Grimdark"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Smith Spark.

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Did you know nomination

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 SL93 talk 19:27, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that author Anna Smith Spark is also called the "Queen of Grimdark"?

Source: Mauro, John (7 March 2024). "ANNA SMITH SPARK: WHERE TO START READING". Grimdark Magazine. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
Corr, Sinead (6 March 2023). "Anna Smith Spark: Fourth novel A Woman of the Sword is new direction for Bishop's Stortford's Queen of Grimdark after The Court of Broken Knives, The Tower of Living and Dying and The House of Sacrifice". Bishop Stortford Independant. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Where_the_Angels_Fall

Created by ResonantDistortion (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

ResonantDis_tortion 16:27, 1 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Comment Upon second review I consider ALT0a to read a little better. It remains consistent with the sourcing, though I welcome further feedback. ResonantDis_tortion 21:55, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ALT0a: ... that author Anna Smith Spark is also known as the "Queen of Grimdark"?

I shall review this. Storye book (talk) 08:23, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thank you for this interesting article. ~~Just one minor issue:~~

Neutrality can be a delicate thing. The "nasty, brutish and not short enough" review balances the other reviews, so the body of the article is neutral in that respect. But the header only says "critically well-received", which is not neutral, and sounds like an advertisement. So please neutralise the header?
I have given the article a minor copyedit, and added a missing reference. That does not affect this DYK nomination.

~~When the neutrality issue is resolved,~~ this nomination should be good to go. Storye book (talk) 09:03, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review Storye book. Fair point - as ever I have aimed for neutrality, however this was not wholly reflected in the lead. I have edited the section to try and resolve this. Furthermore your copyedit improvement is most appreciated. ResonantDis_tortion 22:09, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, ResonantDistortion. The header is fine, now. Good to go, with either hook. Storye book (talk) 08:09, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday?

@ResonantDistortion I may have found her birthday. It'll be a judgement call on whether you believe the source is reliable. Bremps... 22:32, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bremps. I am not sure it is a judgement call - as the ISFDB general disclaimer [1] states the site is user generated with no peer review, therefore not reliable by WP standards. Also WP:DOB applies. ResonantDis_tortion 22:47, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]