Template:Did you know nominations/Old Music and the Slave Women
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:06, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
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Old Music and the Slave Women
[edit]... that the Ursula K. Le Guin short story "Old Music and the Slave Women" was inspired by a visit the author made to a plantation in South Carolina that had once used slave labor?- ALT1:
... that the short story "Old Music and the Slave Women", set on a fictional planet, was inspired by a visit made by the author to a "beautiful, terrible" estate in South Carolina that had once used slave labor?
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- Reviewed: Justus McKinstry
Moved to mainspace by Vanamonde93 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:46, 12 May 2018 (UTC).
Interesting story, on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. Both hooks are sourced, but both seem longish. The topic of slavery is in the title, and doesn't need repetition, no? How about simply "fifth way to forgiveness", + other universe? (... or it may seem like a historic story set in SC). I would name the author, to honour her, therefore strike ALT1. - How do you feel about an infobox (not required, of course)? - No need to reference the plot, but now you did it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review; I agree it's a bit wordy, but I did feel that the slavery link wasn't obvious; it was the slave plantation that inspired the story, not just the location. What do you think of ALT2 below? I'm not keen on a "fifth way to forgiveness"-based hook, simply because it seems rather dependent on knowledge of Le Guin's work and is also based largely on a quote, which I prefer to avoid. Vanamonde (talk) 06:21, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
- ALT2 ... that Ursula K. Le Guin wrote "Old Music and the Slave Women", set on a fictional planet, after visiting a plantation in South Carolina that had once used slave labor?
thank you! - I have a FAC open, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:40, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the review; I agree it's a bit wordy, but I did feel that the slavery link wasn't obvious; it was the slave plantation that inspired the story, not just the location. What do you think of ALT2 below? I'm not keen on a "fifth way to forgiveness"-based hook, simply because it seems rather dependent on knowledge of Le Guin's work and is also based largely on a quote, which I prefer to avoid. Vanamonde (talk) 06:21, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
