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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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 20:05, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

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Alex (novel series)

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  • ... that the Alex quartet was partly inspired by author Tessa Duder's own championship swimming career, but she says it is not semi-autobiographical? Source: "Which small vignette (pretty much true) brings me to reviewers who blithely assume that Alex is semi-autobiographical. ... authenticity doesn’t mean “semi-autobiographical”. ... I too was a schoolgirl “overachiever” and was – am still – famously opinionated, but the similarities are superficial. Only I know what is based on memories, what is researched, what has been playfully expanded from facts or what – the largest category – is actually pure invention." [1]

Created by Chocmilk03 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Alex (novel series); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Once the hook is fixed, I will be more than happy to pass this review. Approved ALT hooks. Grnrchst (talk) 12:48, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

@Grnrchst: Thanks very much for the review! Yeah, was sort of basing it on her statement about authenticity, but see what you mean. How's something like:
ALT1: ... that the author of the Alex novels, about a champion teenage swimmer, says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer?
ALT2: ... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like Alex?
Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:08, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
What do you think of this hook @Chocmilk03 and Grnrchst:
ALT3: ... that former champion teen swimmer Tessa Duder said that her book series about a teen swimmer is not semi-autobiographical?
BuySomeApples (talk) 10:29, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
I think I missed the last ping, so sorry about that! I'm happy to approve this now based on the ALTs. I prefer ALT2 personally. --Grnrchst (talk) 10:36, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
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