Template:Did you know nominations/Trump Tower (novel)


 * 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: promoted by 97198 (talk) 12:37, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Trump Tower (novel)

 * ... that Trump Tower was marketed as the "debut novel" of Donald Trump? Source: Van Luling, Todd (October 31, 2016), "The Incredibly Sexist Book Once Billed As Trump’s ‘Debut Novel’", The Huffington Post. Quote: "the publisher originally marketed the book as “the debut novel from 'New York Times’-bestselling author, international business mogul, television superstar, and New York City icon, Donald J. Trump.'"
 * ALT1:... that before the novel Trump Tower was published, Donald Trump tried to create a TV series of the same name modeled after shows Dallas and Dynasty? Source: Bradley, Laura (April 6, 2017), "Inside the Trump TV Empire That Never Was - Late 1990s: Trump Tower", Vanity Fair. Quote: "The show would have been a scripted drama in the vein of Dynasty or Dallas—and Trump reportedly pitched it for at least a decade."
 * ALT2:... that Donald Trump wanted to create a soap opera modeled after Dallas and Dynasty, based on his story for the ghostwritten novel Trump Tower? Source: Bradley, Laura (April 6, 2017), "Inside the Trump TV Empire That Never Was - Late 1990s: Trump Tower", Vanity Fair. Quote: "The show would have been a scripted drama in the vein of Dynasty or Dallas—and Trump reportedly pitched it for at least a decade."
 * Reviewed: Persoonia pauciflora
 * Comment: Article created 20 June 2017. Article is over 7,000 characters.

Created by Sagecandor (talk). Self-nominated at 02:38, 20 June 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Meets 5x expansion criteria. Hook is long enough, interesting, and will doubtless attract the casual page main-page browser. The hook is well-sourced, and all other sources I have looked at are trustworthy and reliable. Eshlare (talk) 16:35, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Suggesting a more compact ALT2 hook. — JFG talk 05:10, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Notice: There is an open RfC about the article which may affect how to describe the novel. I suggest waiting until the substantive issue discussed there is resolved before selecting this DYK for publication. — JFG talk 09:14, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Response: Good to Go. RFC closed as withdrawn by nominator at DIFF. Sagecandor (talk) 17:24, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * I've struck ALT1 since it's obvious Trump wasn't the "author".  E Eng  18:53, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Fixed it with minor tweak. Removed word, "author". First hook is still preferable over the ALT1 and ALT2, please. Sagecandor (talk) 19:35, 7 July 2017 (UTC)