Template:Did you know nominations/Ursula K. Le Guin

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:11, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Ursula K. Le Guin

... that writer Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured), who had a story rejected by Astounding Science Fiction when she was eleven years old, later became the first woman to win the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel?
- ALT1:... that Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured) once rejected an offer from Hayao Miyazaki to adapt her Earthsea series for the screen, but changed her mind after watching Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro?
- ALT2:... that writer Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured) challenged many conventions of speculative fiction in her writing, including through her use of dark-skinned protagonists and white-skinned antagonists?
- ALT3:... that in 2003, Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured) became only the second woman to be named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America?
- ALT4:... that the term "ansible", invented by Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured) to refer to an instantaneous communications device, was later used in Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, and in an episode of Doctor Who scripted by Neil Gaiman?

Reviewed: Harry B. Neilson
Comment: Further hook suggestions are welcome.

Improved to Good Article status by Vanamonde93 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:02, 9 March 2019 (UTC).

DYK check says this has appeared on In The News before? --valereee (talk) 12:47, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

@Valereee: The article did indeed appear at ITN. It was featured in the "Recent deaths" section, as a non-bolded link; per eligibility criterion 1d, it is still eligible for DYK. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:29, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Vanamonde93, thank you! I couldn't figure out how to view it -- could get to the On This Day and saw that it was just a birth date. --valereee (talk) 18:05, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: valereee (talk) 18:07, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

ALT0 good. Great article about one of my favorite writers! I will continue to check source support on the other ALTs in case this one for any reason gets pushback, but this article is good to go. --valereee (talk) 09:15, 20 March 2019 (UTC)