Template:Did you know nominations/Naoum Mokarzel
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:17, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
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Naoum Mokarzel[edit]
- ... that Naoum Mokarzel established al-Hoda in 1989, the longest running Arabic newspaper in the United States?
- ALT1:... that Naoum Mokarzel and his brother Salloum were responsible for boosting Arabic printing by adapting the Linotype machine to Arabic script?
- ALT2:... that Naoum Mokarzel designed the flag of Mandatory Lebanon?
- Reviewed: Ghazir, Assaf dynasty
Moved to mainspace by Elie plus (talk). Self-nominated at 09:25, 28 February 2016 (UTC).
This was a very interesting read, especially for an Arab American like myself. Size, date of nom, hook citations, and QPQ all check out. No detected copyvio. The original hook and ALT2 are good, but I think the original hook is the better of the two. There are a few issues, however, that I've listed below.
- One, there should be a consistent name used for the subject in the article body because currently "Naoum" and "Mokarzel" are both used throughout. Typically, the last name is used, but I'll leave which part of his name to use up to you.
- Second, the ref name="blank50" format should be used for repeat citations. I fixed a couple of these, there might be more.
- Third, there's no citation given for the first passage of the "Female literacy" section.
- Lastly, the first passage in the "Views and activism" section contains a number or opinions which should be attributed (and preferably quoted) to the opinion holders, such as the author perhaps. If not, the wording should be revised to read dispassionately. --Al Ameer (talk) 04:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for your review. I believe I have everything covered now. ~ Elias Z. (talkallam) 13:31, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
