Talk:Encyclopedia (novel)

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Did you know... that Richard Horn's 1969 novel was an Encyclopedia?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 17:58, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Richard Horn's novel Encyclopedia is structured as a series of encyclopedia entries that can be read in any order? Source: Dieringer, R. (1970-01-04). "Depersonalized". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. p. 146. Retrieved 2023-01-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ALT1: ... that Richard Horn's novel Encyclopedia is structured like its title implies? Source: Dieringer, R. (1970-01-04). "Depersonalized". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. p. 146. Retrieved 2023-01-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Arthur McElroy
- Comment: The two hooks are fundamentally the same but I think ALT1 is a little cheekier ;)

Created by ThadeusOfNazereth (talk). Self-nominated at 00:47, 20 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:
New enough:
Long enough:
Other problems:

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

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

ALT1 is good! Prose size is 2222 characters, article created yesterday, and the newspaper cutting provided does verify the statement. QPQ done too. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 06:09, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]