- 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 97198 (talk) 10:15, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
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Girl Online
edit... that demand for Zoe Sugg's debut novel Girl Online was so high that every bookshop broke the release embargo?
- Reviewed: Trimma nasa
Created by Nikthestunned (talk). Self nominated at 17:08, 27 November 2014 (UTC).
- Comment: I made a punctuation correction in the hook (it's → its). --Rosiestep (talk) 20:01, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, well referenced. Generally, the article does not closely paraphrase the sources, except in the case of the hook fact:- Source: Sugg’s book has proved so popular with fans that every bookseller broke the embargo on its sale, according to a spokesperson for the publisher.
- Article: Penguin stated that due to high demand every bookseller broke the embargo on its sale before this date
- The material should be rewritten in your own words, or put in quotes. QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 22:21, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review.
I've changed to a quote in the article and reworded the hook above. Nikthestunned 22:40, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you. To be honest, when I first saw the hook, I didn't understand why the word "embargo" was there. I thought embargoes have to do with shipping goods. Would you consider rephrasing the hook in plainer language, like:
- ALT1: ... that demand for Zoe Sugg's debut novel Girl Online was so high that every bookshop started selling it before its official release date? Yoninah (talk) 23:01, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review.
