Talk:Purple Hibiscus

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February 2, 2025	Good article nominee	Listed
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I changed a sentance from "...International Baccalaureate in some school in the UK" to "In Europe". People might not understand why, which is why I shall explain - I am studying IB in Skara, Sweden, and I'm doing this book, as are my friends at ISGR in Göteborg (Sweden), as part of English A2, which makes me think it's common in many other countries too, not just the UK. Ripswitched (talk) 17:51, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Move to "Purple Hibiscus"? (Drop "(novel)")

I'm not 100% certain on the naming conventions, but I was under the impression the disambiguator "(novel)" should be used when there is ambiguity - as far as I'm aware there is no other "Purple Hibiscus," and I see no reason there would be any in the near future. Purple Hibiscus redirects here, and neither Purple hibiscus nor Purple Hibiscus (disambiguation) exists. Why did we move from Purple Hibiscus to Purple Hibiscus (novel)? Should we move it back?

CosineP (talk) 03:42, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I totally agree. I think we should change it back. Paintspot (talk) 17:55, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:35, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Purple Hibiscus/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: SafariScribe (talk · contribs) 14:44, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 18:18, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

There are multiple uncited paragraphs in the 'Background' and 'Themes' chapters. I've marked these "citation needed"; these are mandatory for GAN. Reliable secondary sources need to be supplied.

- Ah, you've sorted that, but without telling me here: we could have waited for weeks, or I could have timed the review out and failed it. Best keep the reviewer informed by marking each item "done". Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:15, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Images

The only image in the article is the book's cover. This has a suitable NFUR.

Sources

Since two out of three of the article's non-plot chapters are awaiting citations, a source check cannot yet be performed.

OK, you've used informal short-form refs. It would actually be just as compact and more navigable to use {{sfn|Okolo|2017|p=2}} - yes, it's that easy - which would avoid the Harv warnings I'm seeing in 'Bibliography'. Actually, I shall fix this now, it's well worth it.

Phan 2023 is just a Master's Thesis. This is on the borderline of RS, we normally insist on Ph.D. at least (and some editors jib even at that).

Spot-checks: [1], [7], [23] ok. Actually [23] covers multiple awards; I've repeated the ref for you as it was unobvious that it covered more than one. I'll note that [7] is grossly under-used as a source but I guess we have "the main points" covered.

Summary

This article is well-structured and well-written, but is substantially under-cited. Two chapters must be cited for the article to proceed to GA.
- Chiswick Chap, please don't quick fail, I will provide the references as soon as possible. I usually nominate articles to make me round it up fast otherwise I can keep editing it for months. Cheers. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 21:55, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  - No, if I'd thought that I'd have done it at once. You are however right that the process was non-canonical, inviting reviewers to consider QF, and that prompt action is now required. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:42, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    - OK, I've checked the article and done a little tidying-up and rearrangement. It is now conventionally structured and properly cited. You're under no obligation but if you have a moment to review one of my GANs that'd be much appreciated. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:37, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

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: withdrawn by nominator, closed by SafariScribe talk 05:36, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Adichie was attending the Eastern Connecticut State University when she started writing Purple Hibiscus? Source: https://opencountrymag.com/cover-story-sept-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-is-in-a-different-place-now/
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Improved to Good Article status by SafariScribe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 19:19, 2 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

The problem with that hook is, it doesn't explain why it's interesting that Adichie was at ECU when she started writing the book. Every book is started when the author is somewhere. DS (talk) 04:04, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]