Template:Did you know nominations/The Wizard of the Kremlin

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:42, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

The Wizard of the Kremlin

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... that The Wizard of the Kremlin depicts a fictional éminence grise of Vladimir Putin based on Vladislav Surkov, who was called one of Russia’s “most intriguing figures” by The New York Times? Source: “ But Mr. da Empoli wanted to try fiction and had a “fascination” with the way Russian power is projected. So he modeled his debut novel’s narrator on one of the country’s most intriguing figures, Vladislav Y. Surkov.” NY Times
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Created by Thriley (talk). Self-nominated at 20:43, 9 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Wizard of the Kremlin; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - There are some characterisations in the themes section that need citation. The epigraph section is unsourced and I'm not sure if it really adds something. I also can't find in the source where is mentioned "Vadim Baranov is the novel's exclusive narrator from chapter 3".
Neutral: - The unsourced characterisations in the themes look a bit like a promotional brochure.
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: There is the problem with the unreferenced claims in the themes section. Earwig's tool gives a 92% similarity with a wordpress site, which however mentions that it is a translation from fr.wikipedia as is this article. Many sources are behind a paywall, so assume good faith for tthem. I think that it is also worth mentioning that this is the first novel of da Empoli. C messier (talk) 11:52, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your review. I’ll try to address the issues in the next few days. Best, Thriley (talk) 22:06, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@C messier: I have fixed up the article fully now. I apologize for the delay. Best, Thriley (talk) 01:40, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

C messier (talk) 14:03, 3 August 2023 (UTC)