A fact from Brewer (John Updike) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 February 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Brewer, the fictional Pennsylvania city in John Updike's Rabbit novels, reflects change in American society throughout the second half of the 20th century?
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Improve article by indicating importance of Brewer outside the context of the novel[edit]
It seems to me that one of the potentially notable things about Brewer is that it is a setting which was described changing, in keeping with real-world changes, over a very long period of time. This is something that might make it notable/interesting to people who are not necessarily interested in the individual books: it's rare to have such a long history of "updates" for a setting like this. In general, the article would be improved with a section on "reception" or "literary significance" to indicate its relevance outside the world of the novels; are there articles/books on Updike's career as a whole which mention the development of Brewer over time? Or perhaps it's been mentioned in broader works about literary depictions of America over time? ~ oulfis 🌸(talk) 21:08, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
While this article was kept in the AFD, I could see it potentially being merged into a future article about the Rabbit novel series itself. Even topics that technically satisfy notabbility criteria notable topics can be fully discussed within other articles if warranted by editorial discretion and composition. The predominant goal of Wikipedia is to efficiently inform readers, not just satisfy the whims of passionate editors. --Animalparty! (talk) 02:14, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
