Talk:ArabLit

Notability
Munfarid1, I saw this article at WP:DYK. Is ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly sufficiently notable for a Wikipedia article? WP:ORGCRIT says an organisation "is presumed notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject". Most of the sources in the article are not independent of the subject and I can't see significant coverage in the independent sources. TSventon (talk) 07:55, 7 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello @TSventon, I think we have to distinguish between those references that support the various activities of ArabLit and the others that reflect their work. Independent sources cited are the London Book Fair, Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Dis: Orient, The International Journal of Young Adult Literature, the Middle East Institute and the Georgetown University Library. Munfarid1 (talk) 08:20, 7 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Munfarid1, thank you for the list. I don't think those sources show "significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject".
 * London Book Fair is independent, but only a single sentence
 * Al Jazeera link only confirms that MLQ writes for them, so it is not independent and not about ArabLit
 * Middle East Eye link only confirms that MLQ writes for them, so it is not independent and not about ArabLit
 * Dis: Orient is a partly independent source, but includes an interview with MLQ, which is not independent
 * The International Journal of Young Adult Literature (new) Lawrence Schimel is independent, but only says two sentences about ArabKidLitNow!, MLQ is not independent
 * The Middle East Institute (new) only confirms that MLQ was a panellist at their festival, so it is not independent and not about ArabLit
 * Georgetown University Library is independent, but only a single sentence. TSventon (talk) 07:26, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Munfarid1 this may be obvious, but have you looked for sources in Arabic? TSventon (talk) 07:35, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @TSventon Yes I have, but so far without success. Unfortunately, there are only few Arabic publications writing on literature in translation. But thanks anyway. Munfarid1 (talk) 08:13, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Munfarid1, thank you, I tried an Arabic search, but didn't get far as I don't speak Arabic. I would encourage you to find at least two sources of more than a couple of sentences for your future articles. Wikipedia articles are supposed to summarise what independent sources say about a subject, rather than what the subject says about itself, and that is not possible when there is no significant coverage in independent sources. TSventon (talk) 08:59, 17 August 2022 (UTC)