Template:Did you know nominations/Early history of Gowa and Talloq


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:44, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Early history of Gowa and Talloq

 * ... that before conversion to Islam, the Indonesian kingdoms of Gowa and Talloq imported ceramics on a scale that "beggars imagination"? Source: "Oryza Sativa and the Origins of Kingdoms in South Sulawesi, Indonesia" by Ian Caldwell and F. David Bulbeck, p. 16. Makassar (i.e. the heartland of Gowa and Talloq) is explicitly given as an example: "The scale of the importation of high-fired ceramics into early historical South Sulawesi beggars imagination [...] The survey of Makassar and its environs recovered over 10,500 pre-17th century ceramic sherds."
 * ALT1: ... that the Indonesian kingdoms of Gowa and Talloq imported ceramics on a scale that, according to archaeologists Bulbeck and Caldwell, "beggars imagination"?
 * Reviewed: This is my first DYK nomination, so it seems I am exempt from this.

Moved to mainspace by Karaeng Matoaya (talk). Self-nominated at 08:30, 25 January 2017 (UTC).


 * Taking a look at this. It's a long article, so it will take some time. HaEr48 (talk) 06:55, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * New enough when proposed, long enough. Generally within policy, written in a neutral manner and well-referenced. No copyvio issue found, Earwig detected 38.3% on a web page, but comparing that page to the article, it doesn't look like there's been a copy pasting. The hook is interesting, cited in the article to a source that I verified online. QPQ not needed for first DYK nomination. Overall, it's a very interesting and informative article with impressive referencing.

However, I suggest slightly amending it so that the phrase "beggars imagination" is attributed to the author(s). Also, does the conversion to Islam have any relevance to the importation? The way it is worded might make it sound like it changed after the conversion to Islam, and I don't think you intend to imply this. HaEr48 (talk) 08:33, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the compliments! I've addressed both your points, removing the bit about Islam and attributing the quote to Bulbeck and Caldwell (as well as explaining who they are). Hope everything is fine now. Cheers!--Karaeng Matoaya (talk) 12:02, 15 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 is good to go. HaEr48 (talk) 01:12, 16 February 2017 (UTC)