Talk:Things Fall Apart/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: SafariScribe (talk · contribs) 07:03, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 10:39, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Comments

• This article on a major novel is in a strange state. There are four totally empty 'Themes' sections, namely 'Religion', 'Masculinity', 'Women in the Pre - Colonial' (oddly punctuated, in boldface, and added in a drive-by since nomination), and 'Colonism'. Since these themes are evidently important in the novel, the article cannot pass GA without covering these "main aspects" (GA criterion 3a).

• The other thing that becomes obvious from the article history is that the whole 'Legacy' section has recently and inexplicably disappeared in this uncommented (silent) edit on the day of nomination. As it was nearly all reliably cited, and plainly relevant, this is a bit hard to understand. Further, since this is a major and influential novel, some sort of account of its legacy would seem to be clearly one of the topic's main aspects, i.e. essential under GA criterion 3a.

• The 'Adaptations' section is not strong; apart from the uncited item, it consists mainly of single-sentence paragraphs which do little beyond stating that someone has made an adaptation of a certain type on a certain date. Better would be to say a few words, cited to suitable critics or scholars, about how the adaptations have transformed the novel, why they've chosen that approach, and whether these adaptations have 'worked' in artistic terms (and possibly commercially as well).

• There are in addition a few uncited statements which will need to be addressed; they should not take long to sort out.

For these reasons the article requires major rework. If nom considers the 'Legacy' section of 17 November 2024 to have been inadequately expressed or too weak to represent the novel's true legacy, the appropriate response will be to develop the section better, not to delete it. Work on the Themes sections has not begun; it may take some time to research and write them. The lead will then need to be extended to cover the article's themes, legacy, and adaptations. I'm therefore closing this review now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:39, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

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