Talk:Brian Fawcett

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A fact from Brian Fawcett appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 May 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Brian Fawcett, who would have turned 78 today, taught English to inmates before becoming a full-time writer?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brian Fawcett.

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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 Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 09:02, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that Brian Fawcett, who would have turned 78 today, started a magazine called NMFG ("No Money From Government")?~~ Source: BC BookLook
- ALT1: ~~... that Brian Fawcett, who would have turned 78 today, worked as an urban planner and community organizer before becoming a full-time writer?~~ Source: BC BookLook
- Reviewed: Stembridge Gun Rentals
- Comment: Please save for May 13, his 78th birthday (exactly eight weeks and five days from now). Request to IAR the "six weeks in advance" rule. Eligible per Rule 1d, because it only appeared in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:05, 12 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting life and work, fine expansion on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I'm not quite happy with the hooks which seem a bit to expect that everybody knows him, and wants to know a little extra. How about getting to his writing, Khmer genocide for example. Or if something extra, how about teaching to inmates, rather than urban planning? - I'd accept the little longer wait because of the special day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:42, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: thanks for the review! How about these alternatives:

ALT2: ... that Brian Fawcett, who would have turned 78 today, taught English to inmates before becoming a full-time writer?
ALT3: ... that Brian Fawcett, who would have turned 78 today, authored Cambodia: A Book for People Who Find Television Too Slow which received acclaim across Canada?

—Bloom6132 (talk) 06:08, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

thank you. Open for more, such as he taught to inmates also as a writer, no? Of the two we have I prefer ALT2, bacause while that title is catchy, it is - superficially looking, and I'm afraid that's what the Main page readers are - about television ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:08, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]