Template:Did you know nominations/Extrasolar planets in fiction

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 23:44, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Extrasolar planets in fiction

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• ... that the majority of extrasolar planets in fiction are inhabited by native species?

• Source: "more than half the fictional exoplanets are located in the habitable zone, are places where human characters can breathe, and are home to native life"

• ALT1: ... that extrasolar planets in fiction come in a variety of shapes, including flattened, cubic, and toroidal? Source: See the sources in the "Exotic shapes" section.
• ALT2: ... that most extrasolar planets in fiction are Earth-like, but this has become less common since real exoplanets have been discovered? Source: See the sources in the "General characteristics" section.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Niftski
• Comment: Plenty of other hooks could be written, if none of these seem ideal.

Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 28 past nominations.

TompaDompa (talk) 23:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough (GA on January 5, 2025); Long enough (11061 characters); Within policy - sourced, neutral, copyvio-free (Earwig returns "Violation unlikely"); Hooks are cited and interesting; QPQ provided. This is quite an interesting read :)