User talk:Thradar

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File:Shadow Captain Alastair Reynolds.jpg

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Ways to improve Shadow Captain (novel)

Hello, Thradar,

Thanks for creating Shadow Captain (novel)! I edit here too, under the username Girth Summit and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

The novel is clearly notable, just a couple of issues. First, the plot summary is probably a bit longer and more detailed than it needs to be - WP:NOVELPLOT recommends three or four paragraphs for a full-length novel, this extends to nine which seems somewhat excessive. Also, the first couple of sentences of the lead are a bit confusing - it's part of a trilogy, but it's unconnected with any of the author's previous work? I assume that means the trilogy is unconnected - that could be made clearer.

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GirthSummit _(blether) 16:59, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

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Hi Thradar. Can you please provide a source for this file? Ideally, this will be the website or wherever you found the image you uploaded. Something more specific is needed per WP:NFCC#10a for copyright verification purposes. I also suggest you use Template:Non-free use rationale book cover for the file's non-free use rationale. The template gives you an idea as to what information is generally needed for this type of non-free use rationale; just complete the parameters to the best of your knowledge. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:19, 28 February 2019 (UTC)