Template:Did you know nominations/Go Set a Watchman

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 Allen3 ^talk 12:26, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Go Set a Watchman[edit]

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... that Harper Lee's (pictured) upcoming novel, Go Set a Watchman, is a follow-up to her well-known novel, To Kill a Mockingbird?

ALT1:... that the mid-1950s manuscript of Harper Lee's (pictured) upcoming novel, Go Set a Watchman, a follow-up to her well-known novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was lost until rediscovered by her lawyer in 2014?
ALT2:... that the manuscript of Harper Lee's (pictured) upcoming novel, Go Set a Watchman, was written in the mid-1950s, before her 1960 predecessor novel, To Kill a Mockingbird?
ALT3:... that Harper Lee's (pictured) upcoming novel, Go Set a Watchman, a follow-up to her well-known novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, will be published as originally written without revisions?
Reviewed: Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
Comment: Concurrently nominated for ITN.

Created by Muboshgu (talk), Bearcat (talk). Nominated by George Ho (talk) at 06:56, 4 February 2015 (UTC).

The ITN nom was closed as no consensus to post. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:23, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Very interesting, thanks to everyone involved in this contribution. Too bad about the situation involving Ms. Lee, I hope it's not true that she's being abused somehow.
The article is new, having been created on February 3.
2522 characters of readable prose.
Nominator has put substantial effort into another review, if not completed it.
All hooks are supported by sources. So are claims within the article.
At the risk of splitting hairs, I would suggest describing the novel as "forthcoming" rather than "upcoming" — simply because it goes a little more clearly with the idea that the novel has already been created but is about to appear. I'm also not sure "follow-up" is the best term, given that Go Set a Watchman was written before To Kill a Mockingbird. (Quick, someone look up time-travel verbs in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!)
Might I suggest a variation on Alt1:

Alt 4 ... that the manuscript of Harper Lee's (pictured) forthcoming novel, Go Set a Watchman‍—‌written before To Kill a Mockingbird but featuring its key characters‍—‌was lost until rediscovered by her lawyer in 2014?

Within the text of the article itself, the authors have done a good job describing a delicate situation full of unknowns. peace, groupuscule (talk) 08:42, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

ALTS 1,2,3 are hopelessly labyrinthine. ALT4 is best. EEng (talk) 05:23, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, but can you please add the checkmark if approving, @Groupuscule:? I'm okay with any rewordings of the hook. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:45, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Can't review my own hook, sorry. Have patience -- someone will wander by and review between now and when we die. EEng (talk) 16:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Oh, wait. Wasn't my hook... Oh well... EEng (talk) 14:27, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Go ahead with Alt4. Just wanted some confirmation on the revised hook from someone involved, such as Muboshgu. Peace, groupuscule (talk) 20:45, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Gotcha. Yeah any revision of the hook is fine with me. Thanks. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:50, 12 February 2015 (UTC)