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Draftification of A Court of Thorns and Roses (novel)

Hi there @Alex 21!

I see that you've turned my article on A Court of Thorns and Roses into a draft, but your edit summary isn't very informative: "Please expand upon properly". The article cites a couple of reviews, which demonstrates that the topic is notable, and it contains an accurate summary of the novel, within the word-count guidelines. I recognise that much more could be said about this novel, but why not mark the article as a stub if you're concerned that it needs expanding, rather than removing it from the mainspace? What, in your view, does a Wikipedia article about a novel need to do to be accepted in the mainspace?

Thanks! Alarichall (talk) 18:49, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

@Alarichall Two reviews an article does not make, especially when the only other addition is an in-universe plot summary. You are welcome to read Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels for further detailing on how to create an article for a novel (perhaps some detail on background, production, release history, themes, etc/), as well as peruse Wikipedia:Notability (books) for notability. Here are 800+ articles that concern novels and are listed as good articles, if you want to have a look at what they include. Hope that helps! -- Alex_21 _TALK 00:49, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer. Still, I'd encourage you to be less heavy-handed in future. If an article is incomplete but on a notable subject then I'd suggest you tag it as a stub: we don't go around Wikipedia removing articles from the mainspace just because they don't do everything that they could or because they don't meet GA standards. Alarichall (talk) 01:29, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

@Alarichall Thank you for your opinion. I will continue to draftify articles that are not at an article level, and continue to mark articles as stubs when they are at a stub level. Cheers! -- Alex_21 _TALK 08:09, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

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Sean Patrick Thomas Gen V

Hi Alex, I know it was probably my mistake, but Entertainment Weekly reported in its Comic-Con and Gen V trailer article that Sean Patrick Thomas had been promoted to a lead role for the second season. Should I provide a source to corroborate the promotion? Thanks in advance. Marco camino 10 (talk) 23:27, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

@Marco camino 10 New main cast shouldn't be added to the cast list until they are credited so (as we're just giving them an arbitrary order at this point), but they can absolutely be added to the Casting section in the prose with a source. Hope that makes sense! -- Alex_21 _TALK 23:28, 28 July 2025 (UTC)