Template:Did you know nominations/The Book of Gutsy Women
- 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 Yoninah (talk) 02:16, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
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The Book of Gutsy Women
- ... that the mother-and-daughter authors of The Book of Gutsy Women used to live in a famous house?
5x expanded by Wasted Time R (talk). Nominated by Wasted Time R (talk) at 00:29, 8 October 2019 (UTC).
Interesting book, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I am not so happy with the mysterious hook, and would prefer to read some more about the book, rather than about the past living conditions of the authors. How about using the terms from the subtitle, for example? - If you insist, I'll approve, though ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:17, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks very much for reviewing. My theory about hooks is that anything's fair if it's accurate and causes main page viewers to click through to the article. But I understand your objection. So how about this:
- ALT1: ... that The Book of Gutsy Women explains what 17th century nun Juana Inés de la Cruz and 21st century teenager Greta Thunberg have in common?
- That deliberately under-explains who these two people are, again to try to induce click-throughs. A fuller version would be:
- ALT2: ... that The Book of Gutsy Women explains what 17th century nun and self-taught scholar Juana Inés de la Cruz and 21st century teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg have in common?
- Let me know what you think. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:27, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
- ALT3: ... that mother-and-daughter authors of The Book of Gutsy Women explain what 17th century nun Juana Inés de la Cruz and climate activist Greta Thunberg have in common?
Thank you. I approve all three of yours and my concoction of their elements, let the prep-builders decide ;) - I think that to tell DYK-readers that Thunberg is 21st century means expecting too little, after she was a pictured DYK, and some looked. It wouldn't hurt if the article said a bit more about what the two subjects have "in common", besides being included in the book, or use a simpler phrase, such as that they are covered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:05, 10 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks very much for reviewing. My theory about hooks is that anything's fair if it's accurate and causes main page viewers to click through to the article. But I understand your objection. So how about this:
