Template:Did you know nominations/A Political Romance

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 21:56, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

A Political Romance

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Laurence Sterne, author of A Political Romance (1759)

... that Laurence Sterne's (pictured) first piece of fiction insults his patron's rival by depicting him going through town with a toilet on his head ? Source: Toilet as insult to Topham: Ross 2001, p. 192; First work of fiction: Ross 2001, p. 197
- ALT1: ... that Laurence Sterne (pictured) was told to burn all copies of his pamphlet that depicts his patron's rival with a toilet on his head ? Source: Toilet as insult to Topham: Ross 2001, p. 192; Burning all copies: Ross 2001, p. 193
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Black Forest gateau

5x expanded by LEvalyn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:15, 8 March 2025 (UTC).

This (interesting!) article, >5x expanded between 7 and 8 March, is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, and presentable. QPQ done. Both hooks cited, citations check out, and in the article. I prefer ALT1. The image probably can't run, per try to avoid images that divert readers from the bolded article into a side article at WP:DYKIMG. In any case, good to go. Tenpop421 (talk) 15:05, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! In terms of the image, that’s good to know and I’ll keep that in mind in future. I think the only non-diversionary image here would be the title page, which is probably not very exciting in the DYK context so better to run without an image. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:13, 8 March 2025 (UTC)