Talk:Wayward Son (novel)

A fact from Wayward Son (novel) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Wayward Son was described as "a delirious candy-coated romp"?

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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: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:57, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Any Way The Wind Blows is Wayward Son's sequel?
- ALT1:... that Wayward Son is Rainbow Rowell's fourth young adult novel?

Created/expanded by Madeleinerberry (talk). Self-nominated at 17:40, 12 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - I think there's some unsourced analysis in the section covering the characters. See WP:OR–Try to pull analysis from secondary sources, instead of interpreting the book on your own.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - I think the hook is a little too straightforward. Maybe pull an interesting bit from the book, or preferably from a review of the book?

QPQ: None required.

Overall: We're not quite ready for DYK, but I wouldn't give up just yet–let's see if we can't clean up the section on the characters and improve the hook, and then we'll be good to go! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 19:40, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

oops, i have to ping people? @Madeleinerberry: theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:14, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
ALTs suggested by nominator (originals kept for posterity):

ALT2: ... that Wayward Son's protagonist, Simon Snow, has red dragon wings and a cartoon devil tail?

ALT3: ... that Wayward Son was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction in 2019?

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 03:55, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Both ALT2 and ALT3 are sufficiently interesting, but may I suggest one more? Totally up to you whether you want to use it:

ALT4: That in Wayward Son, the group kills a handful of vampires at a renaissance faire in Nebraska?

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 04:01, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

could someone weigh in on what kind of sourcing the article needs? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 05:08, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be happy to help, but I'm not familiar with writing about novels on Wikipedia. Perhaps someone from WikiProject Novels could offer guidance? Michael Barera (talk) 05:06, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: (pinging participants: Theleekycauldron and Madeleinerberry) as a regular from WP:YA, the sourcing seems fine, since plot and characters section usually only ask for sourcing for direct quotes and contentious material. I edited the reception section to remove an unsourced affirmation, and the third paragraph is also potentially unsourced, so I'd recommend ditching it. Aside from that, no big worries about WP:RS. Hope this helps. Isabelle ^🔔 03:40, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Isabelle Belato: thank you so much! Since we're in the clear on that, I'll approve ALT2. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 03:47, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:DYK under Content - "If the subject is a work of fiction or a fictional character, the hook must involve the real world in some way." SL93 (talk) 06:35, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is also a verifiability tag that needs taken care of. SL93 (talk) 06:38, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SL93: i figured it wouldn't be that easy. I'll see what I can do. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:41, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SL93: how about

ALT5: ... that Wayward Son was described as "a delirious candy-coated romp"?

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:43, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I removed some of the unsourced statements in the characters' section, it honestly should be fine now—the book is the source for the statements. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:48, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron: I think that would work. As for the tag on the article, it looks like only the Sequels section would need to be referenced. SL93 (talk) 06:49, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SL93: added a citation for that theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 06:55, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Approving ALT5. SL93 (talk) 07:14, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

T:DYK/P7