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Al-Masmiyah

 * ... that the 2nd-century Roman temple at al-Masmiyah (pictured), southern Syria, was unique for having brackets that held statues in its cella?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2009 Mediterranean Games

Created by Al Ameer son (talk). Self nom at 20:27, 20 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg good article on solid sources, ofline source accepted AGF. Minor hints, article: usually no refs are needed in the lead, a summary of referenced statements. You would not call a Roman temple "church". Hook: I didn't know "brackets" in this context, why not "niches"? The "pictured" should be after temple, not the town. "2nd" should be "second". The building is one of two to have them, right? Not "unique" then. Trying:


 * ALT1:... that the Roman temple (pictured) from the second century at al-Masmiyah, Syria, has rare niches for statues in its cella? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:15, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for all the suggestions. Just to address one of your concerns, the building was founded as a pagan temple, but was later converted into a church during Byzantine rule. The ALT1 hook is fine by me, but is there a way to guarantee that the picture is shown on the main page? Many times it gets left out by the DYK admins when they arrange the daily entries. --Al Ameer son (talk) 17:27, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Church: perhaps clarify/repeat, because some readers might just look at the temple section. Picture: no guarantee. If you look at this page, the ratio of pictured suggestions to others is much higher than the needed 1:7 for the Main page. If a picture is good as a picture, good to illustrate the hook and visible in small size, chances are good, - as in this case. - I will have the pictured one in the next set, you can see it larger on my talk, - but then I didn't have a pic for a while.
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg ALT1 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:19, 27 January 2013 (UTC)