Talk:A Passage North

A fact from A Passage North appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that A Passage North, which is shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, is set in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan Civil War?

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Did you know nomination

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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:53, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that A Passage North, which is shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, is set in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan Civil War? Source: "He returns to the same landscape for his second novel, A Passage North, the action of which takes place in the years following the government victory" The Guardian

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Azerbaijan in the Council of Europe

5x expanded by SD0001 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:36, 3 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The article was expanded enough in time and has no copyright violations. The hook is directly cited. A QPQ has been completed. This is approved. SL93 (talk) 21:53, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
NOTE: The Booker Prize winner will be announced on November 3. If this is making it to the Main Page after that date, the hook will have to be revised. – SD0001 (talk) 10:39, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SD0001 and SL93: this is a work of fiction—the hook has to be out of universe, no? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 21:39, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Theleekycauldron The hook is out of universe. The prize is certainly not fictional. The rule isn't that nothing can be in-universe, but rather that it is related to out of universe in some way. SL93 (talk) 00:08, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"C6: If the subject is a work of fiction or a fictional character, the hook must involve the real world in some way." SL93 (talk) 00:13, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Theleekycauldron Any issues? Such hooks have been promoted in the past. SL93 (talk) 21:32, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]