Talk:Bani Na'im

GA check
I am working my way through the Good articles listed at Places; having a quick look to see if they still meet the Good article criteria. I have landed on this article. After I've had a quick look, I'll leave a note here indicating if I have concerns or not.

In general, I see the process as this: 1) Give the article a quick look to see if there are obvious issues: maintenance tags, unsourced sections, excessive media, etc, resolving any minor issues as I do so; 2) If I have concerns, open a GAR to see how serious those concerns are, resolving them myself if they are not serious; 3) If during the GAR I feel that there is significant work to be done (more than I can or am willing to do myself), I will put the GAR on hold and notify the main contributors.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  09:38, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ No concerns. Article looks good.  SilkTork  ✔Tea time  09:52, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Grossman
Regarding your addition that the village was “completely” abandoned in 1838, its inhabitants living in caves, etc. This is actually false and a misleading assertion, implying the village was deserted. Grossman is obviously citing Edward Robinson’s 1838 observation, which is available for all to read. Robinson does not claim it was abandoned, but rather, like many other villages in the region, seasonally inhabited as per the residents’ socioeconomic custom. He says the following: “Some of the houses are built of large hewn stones, indicating antiquity. Most of them were in good repair, but none of them now inhabited; all the people being abroad, in tents or caves, ''in order to watch their flocks and fields of grain. This is the custom of the peasants in this part of Palestine, during the months of pasturage in spring and until the crops are gathered; while in autumn and winter they inhabit their villages''.” Please be careful using Grossman; I cannot personally access his text, but in other work I’ve read, like on the Algerian settlements of the Galilee, he has been similarly imprecise. —Al Ameer (talk) 15:20, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * , I know you have been working on getting this text.  nableezy  - 15:22, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * This text is in English Rajoub570 (talk) 15:40, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Right, this is a different article from what Nableezy refers to. Zerotalk 07:06, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree, Grossman's usage of "deserted" might be too strong a word, but Robinson did find Bani Naim empty of its residents Rajoub570 (talk) 15:42, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Grossman's words are correct but incomplete and easily misunderstood. For example you misunderstood them when you wrote "Its residents resettled in surrounding areas" which is not a proper description of seasonal dwelling. In general, Grossman is often superficial when citing sources and we should always consult the originals when that is possible. Kudos to Al Ameer in this case. Zerotalk 07:06, 22 February 2024 (UTC)