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Pauline Ashwell[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as 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

... that while Pauline Ashwell was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best New Author in 1958, her first story was actually published in 1942 when she was only fourteen years old....?

Reviewed: pending

Created by Gamaliel (talk). Self nom at 02:41, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Hook

Length, format, content rules: Fine, although you probably don't need the final ellipsis prior to the question mark. Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Source: Offline reference accepted in good faith. Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Interest: Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image suitability, if applicable: N/A
ALT hooks, if proposed: N/A Gamaliel, you might consider this ... unsure, do you prefer the flow here?: ALT1 ... that Pauline Ashwell – who was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best New Author in 1958 – published her first story in 1942 when she was only 14....? Tony (talk) 03:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me, I'm open to either hook. Gamaliel (talk) 04:27, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article

Length: Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Vintage: Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sourcing (V, RS, BLP): Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Neutrality: I removed one POV word, seems fine now. Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Plagiarism/close paraphrasing: Offline reference accepted in good faith. Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Copyvio: Offline reference accepted in good faith. Canadian Paul 19:47, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting: Prose is a little choppy, but I don't think that disqualifies for DYK.

I agree, it was difficult to negotiate her frequent swapping of pseudonyms and still maintain the chronological flow. Gamaliel (talk) 04:27, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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