Template:Did you know nominations/Mother to Son

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 19:16, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Mother to Son, Harlem (poem), The Negro Speaks of Rivers

  • ... that Langston Hughes's poems Mother to Son, Harlem, and The Negro Speaks of Rivers have been described as "anthems of black America"? Source: " “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “Mother to Son,” and “Harlem” are anthems of black America." Hughes, (James Mercer) Langston 2/1/1902--5/22/1967. (2018). In S. D. Hatch (Ed.), Encyclopedia of African-American writing: five centuries of contribution : trials & triumphs of writers, poets, publications and organizations (3rd ed.). Grey House Publishing.

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:03, 15 February 2021 (UTC).


The Negro Speaks of Rivers
  • 5x expansion from 12 February; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; one minor comment, there's something weird with the formatting of the Miller citation: it's formatted as a web-cite (with "accessed on") but appears to be an offline source, from the date this precedes your work on the article; I didn't spot any overly close paraphrasing from the accessible sources;
Harlem (poem)
  • New article created 10 February; well written and cited inline to reliable sources; spotcheck found no issues with overly close paraphrasing, quotations are appropriately attributed
Mother to Son
  • New article created 9 February; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I found no issues with overly close paraphrasing in a random spotcheck on sources and quotations are appropriately attributed
Hook
  • Is interesting enough for me, mentioned in all three articles; though if we are putting it in quotation marks on the main page it should be in quotation marks in the article; AGF on offline source (which looks reliable); three QPQs carried out

Looking good, just the quotation mark thing to clear up - Dumelow (talk) 08:00, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Dumelow, I've just removed that cite in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", as I can verify it with the other one and I don't understand the formatting either. I've expanded the relevant sentence in each article so that it includes the quote. Eddie891 Talk Work 16:39, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Looks fine to me - Dumelow (talk) 16:42, 15 February 2021 (UTC)