Template:Did you know nominations/The Song of Achilles

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:07, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

The Song of Achilles

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Madeline Miller

... that when commenting on her decision to depict Achilles and Patroclus as lovers in her novel The Song of Achilles, author Madeline Miller (pictured) remarked that "I stole it from Plato"? Source: Los Angeles Times
- ALT1:... that author Madeline Miller (pictured) discarded a completed manuscript of her novel The Song of Achilles that took her five years to write, and took a total of ten years to finish the novel? Source: WSJ

Reviewed: Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store
Comment: Article is a 5x expansion of material split from Madeline Miller.

5x expanded by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:10, 27 February 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Much more than five times expanded today, and all points check out. Image is licensed, ready to go. Both hooks are cited and interesting, but in my humble opinion the first is very hooky and ALT1 less so. (I suggest taking out the words “when commenting”, as they add nothing.) Moonraker (talk) 17:05, 27 February 2021 (UTC)