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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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Narutolovehinata5 talk 22:28, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

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Heat 2

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  • ... that Michael Mann made a sequel and a prequel to his 1995 film Heat with a novel, Heat 2?
  • Reviewed:
Created by Iheartmylibrary22 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Iheartmylibrary22 (talk) 18:16, 25 August 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article moved to mainspace on 21 August, and is well beyond the required minimum length. There are sourcing and neutrality issues I described in more detail below. Earwig, despite giving a low copyvio percentage score, reveals that It covers the formative years of homicide detective Vincent Hanna and criminals Neil McCauley and Chris Shiherlis. in the WP:LEAD comes from a source cited elsewhere in the article which says The book covers the formative years of homicide detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro). I do not think WP:LIMITED applies in this instance, and even if it did the source is (intentionally or otherwise) obfuscated here. See WP:PLAGIARISM. The hook is properly cited in the article (in the lead, specifically). I think the hook is interesting, but I would not protest if others do not find it so. I would link both Michael Mann and Heat in the hook. An argument could be made that Gardiner should be mentioned in the hook as co-author; with a hook this focused on the connection to the 1995 film, I don't think this is necessary (Gardiner's name is prominent in the lead of the article). This is the nominator's first DYK nomination, so they are QPQ exempt. Some comments about the content:

  • The article needs a fair amount of copyediting, both for grammar reasons or similar and to improve the writing quality (the latter not strictly being a DYK requirement). I have done some copyediting myself, and will give a few (but decidedly non-exhaustive) examples further down where I think copyediting is needed or at least definitely desirable.
  • There is some information in the WP:LEAD that is not in the body of the article. This is usually (with some limited exceptions) an indication that the information should either be covered in the body or removed from the lead. Examples:
    • The notion that the book received critical acclaim. This is also not something the cited source actually says, which is a problem both in terms of WP:Verifiability and WP:Neutrality.
    • The description of Mann as an English lit major. I doubt that this is necessary at all (and if it is, it should be written out in full as "English literature") as the source only mentions it once, briefly, in a quote by Mann.
    • The discussion about where it fits in Mann's body of work (Heat 2 was part of a renewed era of productivity for Mann [...]. This also isn't properly sourced.
  • Sentences like Mann's debut novel, Heat 2 is both a prequel and a sequel to his 1995 crime film Heat. and Announced in 2016 as a prequel, Heat 2 released in August 2022 to critical acclaim and landed on the New York Times bestseller list.—where the subject of the sentence comes directly after some information about it and a comma and is then followed by the rest of the sentence—look out of place in encyclopedic writing, being more reminiscent of the style used by e.g. newspapers. It's not necessarily wrong, but should be used sparingly if at all to maintain WP:Encyclopedic style and tone.
  • A couple of the cited sources are podcasts. Most podcasts are not WP:Reliable sources, but here they are interviews with Mann and WP:ABOUTSELF thus applies (presumably—I haven't looked into the contents all that closely here). That being said, a timestamp should be provided.
  • The "Plot" section is significantly longer than the 400–700 words recommended at WP:NOVELPLOT. This is not a DYK requirement in itself, but it is worth keeping in mind when copyediting this section (as will be necessary). A few specific suggestions on copyediting (that will however not reduce the word count):
    • Avoid using abbreviations such as "LA" or "M.O.". On the other hand, "GPS" is probably better than writing it out in full.
    • See MOS:OVERLINKING.
    • Consider whether all of the footnotes are necessary. I don't think the one that says "1996" is, for instance.
    • The section is not consistent in its use of first versus last name for different characters—which it need not necessarily be, but if it is not there should be a good reason for the inconsistency. Think about whether that is the case here.
  • Later that evening, Hanna kills Neil as the latter tries to flee. has a footnote that says Immediately after the events of the 1995 film. That doesn't seem right—that is the ending of the film, is it not?
  • A decent amount of the "Development" and "Planned film adaptation" sections resembles WP:Proseline writing.
  • It was announced in March 2016 that Mann was writing a prequel novel to the film Heat. – why the passive voice?
  • It was formally announced in spring 2023 – see MOS:SEASON.
  • A "Reception" section about what the reviews for the book were like is generally expected for articles like this. This is not a DYK requirement.
  • The "Connections to other Mann works" section lacks proper sourcing, and should almost certainly be removed in its entirety. This kind of content is only appropriate if the sources on the topic of the article (i.e. Heat 2) make these points, and it should basically never be presented in a bulleted list format.
  • The photos of Driver and Butler seem excessive given that this is apparently all rumour? This is not a DYK requirement.

My recommendation at this point would be to withdraw this nomination and keep working on this article until it is ready for WP:Good article nomination (which, to be clear, is a ways off), and then renominating it here as a new WP:Good article rather than a new article. Ping nominator Iheartmylibrary22. TompaDompa (talk) 17:29, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi -- could someone remove this from the nomination list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iheartmylibrary22 (talk • contribs) 20:21, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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