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Former good article nomineeRoald Dahl was a Language and literature good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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DateProcessResult
December 2, 2011Good article nomineeNot listed


Semi-protected edit request on 19 September 2023

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Change it to "popular British" author from British popular author 2001:56A:F8C3:4C00:F4C4:4EAD:2061:9273 (talk) 01:48, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - I've actually moved the "popular" to refer to the literature rather than Dahl himself, as him being popular is likely not the intended meaning. Tollens (talk) 05:25, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It should read "Popular Welsh Norwegian author", that is what is correct. 24.47.21.201 (talk) 15:33, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No. Why? Drmies (talk) 15:58, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 October 2023

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2001:8F8:1735:2347:15CC:4946:E183:7EA7 (talk) 12:05, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I want to add some more information

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Cannolis (talk) 13:12, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2023

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Remove "Wales" from infobox per MOS:GEOLINK. 49.150.4.134 (talk) 04:36, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done: GEOLINK advises the removal of the link, which I assume is what you meant. Thanks! TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 05:10, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comparative sales stats on edited versions

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If anyone has any info on the relative popularity of the 2023 edited versions vs "classic" versions, I think this would be interesting info to add. 1.132.106.132 (talk) 10:11, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2024

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I WANT TO EDIT 172.116.189.114 (talk) 21:09, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 21:47, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Roald Dahl: change of first published writing

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Hi! I noted an incorrect entry against Roald Dahl's biography, notably his first published piece of writing. The current entry states:

Dahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. S. Forester, was "A Piece of Cake", on 1 August 1942. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by The Saturday Evening Post for US$1,000 (equivalent to $19,000 in 2023) and published under the title "Shot Down Over Libya".

HOWEVER, I have just recently re-read Dahl's autobiographies Boy and Going Solo. In Going Solo he recounts a story "Simba", in which one of their cooks in Africa is attacked by a lion and kidnapped, them chasing and rescuing the woman literally from the lion's jaws. He then wrote an article on this. I quote:

"The story of this strange happening with the lion spread all over East Africa and it became a bit of a legend. And when I got back to Dar es Salaam about two weeks later, there was a letter wating for me from the Eat African Standard (I think it was called) up in Nairobi asking if I would write my own eye-witness description of the incident. This I did and in time I received a cheque for five pounds from the newspaper for my first published work."

From: Roald Dahl, 'Boy' and 'Going Solo', Puffin Publishing1984 (2008 edition), from the chapter 'Simba' (p224)

This dates his article to 1939... three years earlier than cited. Kit Fennessy (talk) 01:17, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]