Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew David Urshan


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:09, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Andrew David Urshan

 * ... that Andrew David Urshan, an ethnic Assyrian from Persia (Iran), established the Persian Pentecostal Mission in the United States?
 * ' ALT1:... that the son of Andrew David Urshan', an ethnic Assyrian from Persia (Iran), was the head of the United Pentecostal Church International for over twenty years?
 * Reviewed: Gideon Brooke

Created by LouisAragon (talk). Self-nominated at 16:38, 11 November 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Article created new by Louis Aragon on November 11. The main source, Encyclopedia Iranica, is here (and might as well be linked from the article). Really the Wikipedia article should follow the Iranica article a little less closely, direct quotations notwithstanding. "Sporting an anglicized name" and "took him throughout the Midwest" for example are paraphrased a little too closely for comfort. The best way to improve this situation would be to add information from other sources if they can be found. (Here's a direct link to the page from other source, by the way.)
 * The author has already completed a quid-pro-quo review.
 * I have also a small question regarding the image, which the author-nominator uploaded to commons a few days ago. I don't doubt that the image is public domain. But the source is given as the Encyclopedia Iranica article—yet I don't see the image there. Can it be found in the print edition? Simply clarify where it came from, if you would.
 * The hooks are good, but maybe you would consider some alternatives? Such as
 * ALT2 ... that Andrew David Urshan, an ethnic Assyrian from Persia, conducted Pentecostal revivals in the United States Midwest?
 * ALT3 ... that Pentecostal evangelist Andrew David Urshan returned home to Persia after eleven years in the United States, only to be driven out again during World War I?
 * Well done and thank you for creating an interesting article. groupuscule (talk) 04:23, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for having taken the courtesy to review this one. I just fixed the second sentence you mentioned, by adding quotation marks.
 * Both images are viewable on the site by clicking on the "images / tables" button, located on the right. Clicking on the pics, which enlargens them, sadly doesn't create a new url link that directly leads to the pic. Nevertheless, both pics are "part" of the article, of the same page.
 * Sure, lets go with ALT2! I think its a bit more appealing than the ones I proposed. - LouisAragon (talk) 17:49, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello LouisAragon, the quotation marks are an improvement but I really think the whole article should not follow the Encyclopedia Iranica so closely? Can you find some other sources? (To discover, for example, more details about Urshan's tour of the Midwest.) If you are having trouble I will try to help out. Best, groupuscule (talk) 18:44, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * , sorry, been a long time I know. Completely forgot about it. Thanks for your response. Yes, there are sources in Russian and Persian, but I really don't feel the urge to do that anytime soon (i.e. translating material from those languages), just for a small DYK article. I'll do that sometime in the future, when I want to raise the article to GA. - LouisAragon (talk) 17:16, 27 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg New reviewer needed. Groupuscule has not edited on Wikipedia since November 21, and proposed ALT2 besides, which needs someone else to review it. We also need someone to see whether the issues raised are sufficiently a problem that the nomination cannot proceed, or if the requests are not truly necessary here at DYK. Thanks to whoever takes this on. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:48, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT2 and ALT3 are interesting (preference to ALT2), and check out with inline citations. Removed the parenthetical from ALT2 as unnecessary. Issue about the source of the image has been addressed, and it is in the public domain. The one remaining issue is whether the article is too close to the source, and whether it needs additional sources. I don't think it needs additional sources—the main one used seems reliable, making more sources nice but not strictly necessary—but it did have a fair amount of close paraphrasing. I've just gone through and reworded a number of sections; what remains are primarily quotations and proper nouns. is right that the structure and organization of the article is also similar to the source, but I think it can at least stand on its own two feet for DYK., getting a copy of The Life of Andrew bar David Urshan (see WorldCat) would be a good place to start if you want to do more with the article. --Usernameunique (talk) 02:33, 16 December 2017 (UTC)