Talk:Natural Beauty (novel)

This is the first article I've created, and I welcome any feedback!

I'd love to know broadly how I could do a better job, but I also have the following specific questions so far:

(relatively) broad

• How do I assess the landscape, I guess you'd call it, of reviews? Part of the value of the article is to attempt to summarize this in the Reception section, but I don't yet have any intuition regarding what is representative.
• How detailed should the plot be? This varies so greatly among the other novel articles I've read that I don't know how to assess it!

(relatively) specific

• Should I wikilink to the publications named in the article? I'm unsure both because they're linked in the references, and because I'm not sure they qualify under what generally should be linked.
• The most recent concrete reporting I could find on the television adaptation stated that the anticipated air date was April 2023; do I include that information, on account of its concreteness, or do I leave it out?

– spida-tarbell ❀ (talk) (contribs) 01:03, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

The article looks good to me!

• The reviews themself should tell you, unless they are wildly mixed. Book Marks creates aggregate ratings for books and they say the novel has received "Positive" reviews (albeit based only 4 reviews).[1]. You could just cite that and give a brief impression of what was singled out in positivity. Film and album articles are typically more detailed and their lead sections usually include a brief summary of the critical assessment. Book articles are no different. And you do not need to provide a source because it is merely a summary of reviews already mentioned (and typically quoted) in the Reception sections.
• Per WP:NOVELPLOT:

Plot summaries should be concise and an integral part of the article. 400 to 700 words are usually sufficient for a full-length work, although very complex and lengthy novels may need a bit more. Shorter novels and short stories should have shorter summaries.

• Yes, source titles should be linked, but should follow the general rule of linking only once. But citations stand alone in that regard (MOS:DL), with source names linked in each citation.
• Of course you can mention the projected air date. Although this information will likely be moved into a separate article later in the future as it would be more apt there. But there is no separate article for that series yet so it fits here imo.

Οἶδα (talk) 02:57, 22 October 2023 (UTC)