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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 19:12, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

The Good Terrorist

 * ... that some critics have called the title of Doris Lessing's (pictured) novel The Good Terrorist an oxymoron?
 * ALT1:... that a critic called the heroine of Doris Lessing's (pictured) novel The Good Terrorist neither a good person, nor a good revolutionary?
 * ALT2:... that a critic said the heroine of the novel The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing (pictured) is not a good person, nor a good revolutionary?
 * Reviewed: Patersonia sericea

Improved to Good Article status by Bruce1ee (talk). Self nominated at 09:20, 19 March 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Substantial article on excellent varied sources. Good free image! The hook would make me read oxymoron, but not the novel article. How about including the quote "is not a good person, nor a good revolutionary" or one of the others? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:23, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I've added ALT1 – the two hooks could be combined, but it might make it a bit clumsy. —Bruce1eetalk 06:38, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Like that, but: did "some critics" say that? I saw one. It should also show that it's a female protagonist. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:56, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I've amended the hook and tweaked the article text to match the source. —Bruce1eetalk 14:08, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Better, but now picky me: can you "call" someone "neither"? - English isn't my first language, that may be just me. Perhaps seriously quote, with quotation marks? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:33, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * "is not a good person, nor a good revolutionary" is taken from the article, and is not a qoute from the source, so I can't use quotation marks. Regarding the use of "neither" – the source uses it a few times in this context: "... the 'good terrorist', Lessing's heroine, is neither."; and later: "Neither is she a terrorist.". I don't see anything wrong with using that word here, but perhaps someone else can comment. I've also added ALT2, which doesn't use the word "neither". —Bruce1eetalk 18:38, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT2 (without "called") preferred by me, but if others prefer ALT1, fine, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:09, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. —Bruce1eetalk 13:41, 21 March 2015 (UTC)