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Things Fall Apart was nominated as a Language and literature good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (November 23, 2024, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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Gender Roles

The discussion of gender roles in the novel is too short--it only mentions "male" and "female" crimes. Since gender play such an integral role in the novel, this section really should be expanded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.158.224.232 (talk) 20:32, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but in order to expand them, we need reliable sources that provide this perspective. I'm quite sure they're out there -- but right now this article is swamped with original research. This should all be removed until we can provide citations. Scartol • Tok 14:34, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is almost certainly a wealth of academic criticism and discussion of the way Achebe works with gender/masculinity in the past 12 years that should be looked into. 2601:43:181:4770:74F0:17A9:E688:9E21 (talk) 01:32, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, you are welcome to draw upon those discussions to improve the article. Wikipedia is built by volunteer editors who do this work, and that includes you. If you'd like to get started with editing and improving articles, reach out to the Teahouse, where other experienced editors can help you get started. Regards, Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 04:47, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paragraph that I think needs splitting

Specifically, the paragraph comprising "[p]art 3". Could anyone please tell me if it needs splitting?--Thylacine24 (talk) 21:18, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold. If if you think you can improve it, do so. H. Carver (talk) 15:34, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Things fall apart

(Chapter 1) What are okwonkwo main character as he depicted in the first few chapters? 103.14.88.152 (talk) 01:37, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Unsuccessful. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:40, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Things Fall Apart/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: SafariScribe (talk · contribs) 07:03, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 10:39, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

This article on a major novel is in a strange state. There are four totally empty 'Themes' sections, namely 'Religion', 'Masculinity', 'Women in the Pre - Colonial' (oddly punctuated, in boldface, and added in a drive-by since nomination), and 'Colonism'. Since these themes are evidently important in the novel, the article cannot pass GA without covering these "main aspects" (GA criterion 3a).

The other thing that becomes obvious from the article history is that the whole 'Legacy' section has recently and inexplicably disappeared in this uncommented (silent) edit on the day of nomination. As it was nearly all reliably cited, and plainly relevant, this is a bit hard to understand. Further, since this is a major and influential novel, some sort of account of its legacy would seem to be clearly one of the topic's main aspects, i.e. essential under GA criterion 3a.

The 'Adaptations' section is not strong; apart from the uncited item, it consists mainly of single-sentence paragraphs which do little beyond stating that someone has made an adaptation of a certain type on a certain date. Better would be to say a few words, cited to suitable critics or scholars, about how the adaptations have transformed the novel, why they've chosen that approach, and whether these adaptations have 'worked' in artistic terms (and possibly commercially as well).

There are in addition a few uncited statements which will need to be addressed; they should not take long to sort out.

For these reasons the article requires major rework. If nom considers the 'Legacy' section of 17 November 2024 to have been inadequately expressed or too weak to represent the novel's true legacy, the appropriate response will be to develop the section better, not to delete it. Work on the Themes sections has not begun; it may take some time to research and write them. The lead will then need to be extended to cover the article's themes, legacy, and adaptations. I'm therefore closing this review now. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:39, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.