The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Miyagawa (
talk) 21:39, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
5x expanded by
Cplakidas (
talk). Self nominated at 21:12, 26 February 2015 (UTC).
"one of the greatest
Arab poets" is not neutral.
Eurodyne (
talk) 03:58, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
@
Eurodyne: Well, he is commonly held to be of the greatest classical Arab poets, and has been so since his lifetime. What if the hook were rephrased as "considered to be one of the greatest Arab poets"?
Constantine ✍ 08:10, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
That would be more neutral, but could you find a source? Did I miss it in the article?
Eurodyne (
talk) 22:06, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
It is twice referenced in the "Work and legacy" section: the first two sentences, and later on "have secured Abu Firas' place among the greats of Arabic poetry".
Constantine ✍ 08:55, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Looks good to me. Recently 5x expanded, within policies, no copyvio, hook is catchy. AGFing since I don't have access to the actual source. Please move this to the prep area.
Eurodyne (
talk) 20:24, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Miyagawa (
talk) 21:39, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
5x expanded by
Cplakidas (
talk). Self nominated at 21:12, 26 February 2015 (UTC).
"one of the greatest
Arab poets" is not neutral.
Eurodyne (
talk) 03:58, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
@
Eurodyne: Well, he is commonly held to be of the greatest classical Arab poets, and has been so since his lifetime. What if the hook were rephrased as "considered to be one of the greatest Arab poets"?
Constantine ✍ 08:10, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
That would be more neutral, but could you find a source? Did I miss it in the article?
Eurodyne (
talk) 22:06, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
It is twice referenced in the "Work and legacy" section: the first two sentences, and later on "have secured Abu Firas' place among the greats of Arabic poetry".
Constantine ✍ 08:55, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Looks good to me. Recently 5x expanded, within policies, no copyvio, hook is catchy. AGFing since I don't have access to the actual source. Please move this to the prep area.
Eurodyne (
talk) 20:24, 1 March 2015 (UTC)