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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:27, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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  • ... that Witi Ihimaera (pictured) decided to become a writer after reading a short story that was "so poisonous" he threw the book out of the window? Source: "I started doing the mahi [work] when I was 15 at Te Karaka District High School in 1959 and realised that Māori were absent from the books I was reading. And then I read an anthology of New Zealand literature and, in it, there was a short story about Māori written by a Pākehā writer. It was so poisonous I threw the book out the window. I got caned for it and I guess the two things – the invisibilisation or sidelining of my culture plus the punishment for recognising it – made me vow that, bugger it, I was going to be a Māori writer whether people liked it or not." [1]
    • ALT1: ... that Witi Ihimaera (pictured) decided to become a writer to "unpoison the stories already written" about Māori people? Source: "My ambition to be a writer was voiced that day. I said to myself that I was going to write a book about Māori people, not just because it had to be done but because I needed to unpoison the stories already written about Māori; and it would be taught in every school in New Zealand, whether they wanted it or not." Offline source, his autobiography Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood, cited at note [6] in the article.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nicholas Hasselbach (printer)
  • Comment: Licensing information for the image is here (CC BY 4.0) - hope that is OK. Happy if you'd like to propose alternative hooks; both hooks refer to the same event. I'll have a think about others as well, but didn't want to miss the nomination window. Thanks in advance!

Improved to Good Article status by Chocmilk03 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:55, 4 November 2021 (UTC).

  • On further thought, how about:
    • ALT2: ... that Witi Ihimaera (pictured) was the first published Māori novelist? Source: "Witi Ihimaera (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata) was the first Māori writer to publish a book of short stories and also the first to publish a novel." [2] Chocmilk03 (talk) 03:23, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
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General eligibility:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: All three hooks are good. I prefer hook #1, but that is personal choice. Copyright check reveals unavoidable multiple hits on URLs. There is also some unavoidable copying of awards won, school names, etc. Interestingly, Ihimaera did once inadvertently commit plagarism in his profesional career; he made amends for it.Georgejdorner (talk) 04:38, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

  • Thank you! Aha, yes, it's a good lesson for all of us to be honest: always cite sources. :) Chocmilk03 (talk) 08:04, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
    • I assume, by "#1", the reviewer means the main hook. If not, do let me know, though I think that all three hooks are fine. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:27, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Promoting the main hook with the image to Prep 6 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:27, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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