Talk:Crossing a Line (book)
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 PrimalMustelid talk 07:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
- ... that research for a previous book about journalism led Amahl Bishara to write Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression?
** ALT1: ... that Crossing a Line intersperses ethnographic research about Palestinian political expression with narratives of the author's own experiences crossing the Green Line?
- ALT2: ... that Crossing a Line compares Palestinian political expression on either side of the Green Line between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories?
- ALT3: ... that Crossing a Line combines a formal ethnography of Palestinian political expression with stories of the author's own experiences crossing the Green Line?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2020–2022 catalytic converter theft ring, Template:Did you know nominations/Gary Bossert
Created by Ezlev (talk). Self-nominated at 18:59, 14 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Crossing a Line (book); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
| Length | Newness | Cited hook | Interest | Sources | Neutrality | Plagiarism/paraphrase |
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More than 1500 prose characters; nominated on same day of creation; no plagiarism. However, both hooks are too complicated. Another proposed ALT is below:
ALT3: ... that Crossing a Line is an ethnography about Palestinian political expression in Israel and the occupied territories? 
Makeandtoss (talk) 13:18, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review, Makeandtoss. I don't think that just stating the topic of the book is enough to make a hook interesting. I've added a couple of ALTs above. Take a look when you have a chance? ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 21:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- ِALT2 is more interesting so that should work.
Makeandtoss (talk) 21:28, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- ِALT2 is more interesting so that should work.
