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The following discussion 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 Allen3 talk 10:59, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now[edit]

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Created/expanded by Figureskatingfan (talk). Self nom at 20:04, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

  • Article is new enough; it meets the minimum length criterion; and it's well-supplied with footnotes. Hook fact checks out. However, the article is mostly about Angelou, in general. It says next to nothing about the book that is supposed to be the subject of the article. It should be possible to supply some more content about the contents and the book's reception by critics and readers. I found several reviews in a search of the Google News archives. Apparently the book made the best-seller lists; that's something else that could become part of the article. --Orlady (talk) 18:44, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Just so you know that I'm not ignoring you, I'm working on following your suggestions now. Christine (talk) 23:12, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
  • My apologies for neglecting this; I've had an RfA this week. Will address feedback in the next couple of days. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 18:19, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
  • I've finally completed following the above recommendations. Article now has been expanded to include more about the book itself and its reviews. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:45, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Hurray! I confess to some doubts about providing such a long excerpt from the song lyrics. Still, let's send this to the DYK section of the main page. --Orlady (talk) 19:45, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
  • Interesting. There's one major difference: the "caged bird" poem presumably is in the public domain, since its author died in 1906, while the "journey" song dates from no earlier than the 1940s and thus should be presumed to be copyrighted. Also, I am not convinced that all 4 lines of the song are necessary to convey the meaning of the final stanza, but that's not a strong opinion because every time I look at those lines, I change my mind on which parts to keep and which to take out. --Orlady (talk) 05:20, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
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