Talk:Lessons in Chemistry (novel)

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Did you know... that while writing Lessons in Chemistry, the author self-studied chemistry and was a full-time copywriter?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 23:05, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that while writing Lessons in Chemistry, the author, Bonnie Garmus, attempted experiments from The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments? Source: "trying some experiments from a decades-old textbook, 'The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments.'"
- ALT1: ... that while writing Lessons in Chemistry, the author self studied chemistry and was a full-time copywriter? Source: "...she kept her full-time copywriting job, and taught herself chemistry"
- Reviewed: No QPQ needed, 2nd DYK

Created by Justiyaya (talk). Self-nominated at 01:13, 4 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Lessons in Chemistry (novel); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General eligibility:
New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems: - missing a plot section.

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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Justiyaya: Good article. However, i'm not going to approve the article due to a lack of a plot section that I feel the article needs. So adding it would be appreciated. Also the bold link in alt1 isn't correct. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:38, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hook fixed, have written a summary but is a bit too long (850 words), I'll try to trim it down tomorrow Justi yaya 04:31, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Done! sorry that took me a decent while Justi yaya 05:21, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Justiyaya: good, but I feel like the plot is a bit too long, so a trimming would be nice. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:15, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to trim it a bit and expand other sections so they seem more proportional maybe tomorrow Justi yaya 08:20, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: sorry, got distracted by new page patrol and procrastinated a bit. I trimmed it a bit and its currently 15 words away from the recommended maximum of around 700 (MOS:PLOTLENGTH). I've also expanded everything else by a bit so hopefully it looks relatively shorter. Apologies again for the delay. Justi yaya 13:10, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Is the article ready to be approved? Z1720 (talk) 19:07, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

i guess it's fine. More trimming can be done later. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:47, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Word Choice[edit]

Referring to sentence: Garmus said that she doesn't share other commonalities with the Zott, instead claiming to have written her "role model".

The word 'claiming' implies disbelief. The word 'stating' would not infer judgement. Role model doesn't need quotes. The author's words from Ref. 7 are "I wrote my role model. I would like to be more like her." This conveys a little different thought. She wanted to write a character that provided her inspiration. ("Garmus claims" is similar a few sentences down.)

Referring to sentence: Prior to the auction, the eventual winner, Brie Larson, video called the author asking for her permission.

Awkward sentence. Brie Larson contacted the author by video to ask permission to make a bid. Scotter87 (talk) 02:36, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Scotter87, I've added them into the article. Feel free to edit the page directly next time :D Justi yaya 03:06, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Justiyaya Awesome! Scotter87 (talk) 01:38, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:CLAIM, the verb "claim" should never be used on Wikipedia (with the exception of descriptions of the most outrageous of WP:FRINGE theories and pseudoscience. Reword as "according to ______, ..." or other phrasing. Softlavender (talk) 10:28, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]