Template:Did you know nominations/Uranus in fiction

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 17:46, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Uranus in fiction

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"Life on Uranus" by Frank R. Paul. Back cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1940.

• ... that in early depictions of Uranus in fiction, it was portrayed as a solid planet (example pictured)? Source: Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia, p. 486

The Solar System

• • ALT1: ... that compared to other locations in the Solar System (pictured), Uranus has barely appeared in fiction? Source: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, entry "Outer Planets" and several of the other sources cited in the article.
  • ALT2: ... that the first appearance of Uranus in fiction was a satire of George III? Source: Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia, p. 540, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, entry "Vivenair, Monsieur"
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rubicon (protein)
  • Comment: The first two hooks use two different images. I'll see if I can figure out how to include both images in the nomination.

Improved to Good Article status by TompaDompa (talk). Self-nominated at 18:39, 27 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Uranus in fiction; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @TompaDompa: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:11, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

@TompaDompa and Onegreatjoke: Cool images, which do you prefer? Lightburst (talk) 23:20, 28 April 2023 (UTC) @TompaDompa and Onegreatjoke: Lightburst (talk) 23:20, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

@Lightburst: Personally, I prefer the comic book cover as that shows the fiction part of the nom Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:27, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: I prefer it as well. Lightburst (talk) 00:17, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

I added the hooks in my order of preference, so I agree as well. TompaDompa (talk) 11:49, 29 April 2023 (UTC)