Template:Did you know nominations/Jean D'Costa


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:33, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Jean D'Costa

 * ... that Jamaican author of Escape to Last Man Peak (1976), Jean D'Costa, earned a Silver Musgrave award for her contributions to children's literature?

Created by Legally Sher (talk). Self nominated at 17:08, 27 April 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg This appears to be the page creator's first nomination: Welcome to DYK! No QPQ necessary. Article was created 6 days before nomination, which I accept. It is long enough, adequately referenced, and has no close paraphrasing issues. The hook ref is cited to the publisher's page – not the best of references. A secondary source rather than a primary source is much more preferable. Are you able to find an announcement of her reward in a newspaper or magazine clipping, perhaps?
 * I'm also wondering why you chose to highlight Escape to Last Man Peak in the hook rather than Sprat Morrison, which is in its second printing?
 * Regarding the article, it reads like a standard bio, a rather dry series of facts. It would be appropriate to add a section about D'Costa's writing style, language (use of Jamaican Creole), subjects, and themes. There is some information along those lines in footnotes 3 and 5. Best, Yoninah (talk) 20:45, 7 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Yoninah, the nominator hasn't edited on Wikipedia since April 27, the date this was nominated. At this point, unless you're willing to fix the problems you've found, I don't see any alternative but to close this as unsuccessful, but I'll leave that determination to you, since it depends on your decision on whether to edit further. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:09, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg OK, I added a section about Themes, and would like to propose this new, reliably sourced hook:
 * ALT1: ... that Jean D'Costa novels for children have narrative in Standard English and dialogue in Jamaican Creole? Yoninah (talk) 21:38, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting hook fact, and reliably sourced. Length, date, copvio and references have been checked by Yoninah above, and there are no policy issues in the new section added. I have also added a for Yoninah because of her additions to the article. 97198 (talk) 11:24, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yoninah (talk) 11:35, 1 June 2014 (UTC)