Talk:Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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: rejected by reviewer, closed by Narutolovehinata5 talk 08:26, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Per a response to a talk page message, the nomination can be closed.

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5x expanded by Reading Beans (talk). Self-nominated at 04:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: This review is for the main hook proposed. While this hook should already satisfy basic DYK criteria, I would still suggest some wordsmithing to more clearly indicate the fact that Soyinka had actually written no novels inbetween, or to reword the hook entirely - e.g. (ALT2) " ... that Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth was Wole Soyinka's first novel in nearly fifty years?" That's all assuming that the WP:DYK5X concern can be resolved, though. Regards, HaeB (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Since there has been no reaction to the issue brought up above, and the time window for fixing it has passed (i.e. the seven days since the last version of the article before the expansion began, per WP:DYK5X), we'll unfortunately have to consider this submission as rejected.
Regards, HaeB (talk) 06:04, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've left the nominator a talk page message regarding the above since it appears they weren't pinged or notified about the review. If there's still no response in the next few days and/or the issues remain unaddressed this can be closed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:38, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

Passed. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 13:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Reading Beans (talk · contribs) 16:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: SafariScribe (talk · contribs) 18:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I love seeing works like this. Thanks for expanding Wikipedia, will be reviewing this tonight. I love seeing articles especially Nigeria and Africa. SafariScribe (talk) 18:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SafariScribe, I will address the issues in due time. You can go ahead and list all the issues and I'll try to address them in 24hrs. Best, Reading Beans 00:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lede[edit]

  • From here, complete the publisher's name to "Bookcraft Africa." Note: The "C" is not capitalized!
    •  Done
  • The novel is a satirical political novel For this, I suggest optionally it be turned to perhaps "The novel is a Political satirical novel."
  • Link "political satirical" to in-site-linking "Political satire"
    •  Done
  • It is his third novel, and his first since Season of Anomy in 1973. needs to be placed right after the author to show lining. Perhaps "...novelist Wole Soyinka. It is his third novel, and his first since Season of Anomy in 1973. The novel was released/published on 28 September 2021, by BookCraft Africa."

 Partly done

  • I am skeptical of the publishers. Here Kirkus review said it was by Pantheon Books, also was confirmed by the Amazon's information.
    •  Comment: The book was published by the names listed on the infobox. Except for Complete Review no other source listed the whole publishers.
  • From this source, it was first published on December 1, 2020 as Hardcover by "Bookcraft Africa". I suggest you add both of them. (cite to this source and kirkus review)
  • Remove the "External links" section if it serves no purpose
    •  Not done. View the article from your desktop.

Background & writing[edit]

  • This sentence Nobel Prize winner[1] Wole Soyinka had wanted to write mysteries and got the inspiration for this novel for almost a decade before he started writing just before the COVID-19 pandemic is too long. Cut pls. Begin perhaps after "...almost a decade" as "He started writing the novel before the Covid-19 pandemic."
    •  Partly done
  • Link "Ghana"
    •  Done

Reception[edit]

  • The reception is written well but here are my few issues:
  • Chronicles received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews which lauded the wordplay I want to get a bit wonderful quote from Kirkus
  • Start that with perhaps "In a starred review by Kirkus Reviews, the book (instead of shortening it to "Chronicles") was .....
    •  Not done. The review was more of the book and a few judgement on the book itself.
  • while Publishers Weekly in a positive review, noted that Chronicles is "A biting satire that looks at corruption in an imaginary contemporary Nigeria, Chronicles is also an intriguing and droll whodunit." and "A brilliant story that takes on politics, class, corruption, and religion from the very first chapters. It highlights Soyinka's lush, elegant language is too long. Start as a new sentence
    •  Partly done and reword.
  • Perhaps reword like "Publishers Weekly praised the book as "a biting satire that looks...."
    • Ditto
  • Here Ben Okri, a Nigerian writer who contributed a review for The Guardian, called the book "a vast danse macabre" and "Soyinka' greatest novel, his revenge against the insanities of the nation’s ruling class and one of the most shocking chronicles of an African nation in the 21st century." Reword perhaps "Reviewing for The Guardian, Nigerian writer Ben Okri called the book "a vast.....
    •  Done
  • Here also In a review for Complete Review M. A. Orthofer gave it a B+ praising the "impressively- reword perhaps "M. A. Orthofer rated the novel B+ in Complete Review saying ...."
    • Slightly reworded.
  • The last one is good
    • Thank you

Spot checking[edit]

  • The reference layout is good

Image review[edit]

  • Images are good and well cited!
  • The first is the "Book cover" and the second was at a talk. Both are well presented.

 I am satisfied with the sources, broadness, image and all. I'm will be waiting for my review while I place on hold. Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 07:44, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

SafariScribe, check for the changes I did. Best, Reading Beans 10:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well done and congratulations for your impact. I have no doubts of hilfing this any more. Thanks! Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 13:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Hilst talk 11:29, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Improved to Good Article status by Reading Beans (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Reading Beans 18:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

  • GA status, date, length, close paraphrase check etc. ok. --Soman (talk) 14:20, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth[edit]

The first edition cover photograph looks likes it has a slightly different title: Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth. Is this an international variation? If so, I suppose this should be mentioned in the article. Ackatsis (talk) 10:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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