Talk:The Magic Island

A fact from The Magic Island appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1929 book The Magic Island by William Seabrook is considered the first popular English-language work to describe a zombie?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 07:22, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 1929 book The Magic Island by William Seabrook is considered the first popular English-language work to describe a zombie? Sources: (1) "The Magic Island". Smithsonian Libraries. Retrieved June 20, 2023. (2) Rhodes, Gary D. (2006). White Zombie: Anatomy of a Horror Film. McFarland & Company. p. 81. ISBN 978-0786427628.
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Created by MatthewHoobin (talk). Self-nominated at 16:27, 20 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Magic Island; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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:

@MatthewHoobin:

Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:33, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]