Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Laudian Professor of Arabic/archive1


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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 03:05, 24 February 2010.

Laudian Professor of Arabic

 * Nominator(s): BencherliteTalk 14:46, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

With Bodley's Librarian looking to be running well below, I thought I'd try again. On a similar theme to that list, but this is the first in what I hope will be a series about some Oxford professorships – plenty of detail about the chair, then a list of professors with detailed notes about each. I hope that it makes a change from the excellent music and sports lists that tend to be the staple diet of FLC. I also hope it's an interesting read – a mixture of excellent and incompetent professors dating back to the middle of the 17th century. .شكرا لك على الوقت والاهتمام (which Google Translate assures me is "Thank you for your time and attention"). BencherliteTalk 14:46, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Support from KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 13:58, 26 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Hope that these changes mean that it's looking better for you now, sir. BencherliteTalk 22:15, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * "... mighty TRM ..." is happy... Good work. Gets my support (a rare commodity...!) The Rambling Man (talk) 22:21, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you, sir. Must try blatant grovelling more often.  BencherliteTalk 22:23, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments from 
 * General
 * Alt text, contributors, dabs and external links all check out fine.
 * Why is St Johns not St. Johns?
 * Because the college doesn't use the "." BencherliteTalk 20:17, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Lead
 * University regulations introduced by Laud prescribed that the professor was to lecture weekly during Lent and between university terms on Arabic grammar and literature. -- the lowercase 'university' is a general usage correct [in this sentence]?
 * I'm happy that lowercase is correct here. BencherliteTalk 20:17, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Although all bachelors of arts at the university and all medical students were required to attend, this does not seem to have happened: --why not Although all bachelors of arts and all medical students at the university were required to attend, this does not seem to have happened:
 * Reworded, with one fewer "all" than your suggestion. BencherliteTalk 20:17, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * He is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, based at the Oriental Institute, and is one of about 25 faculty members in the Islamic World Subject Group. -- instead of about how about at least, seems less WP:WEASEL
 * Source says "about 25", so who am I to disagree? BencherliteTalk 20:17, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * IMO, I would have thought to see this broken up into sections due to its length, and I can see that happening but the section headers would be on your personal judgment.-- T ru  c o   503 23:02, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, lead and sub-headings added. How's it looking now? (Sorry I didn't spot your comments / suggestions earlier, must have slipped off my watchlist at the weekend) BencherliteTalk 20:17, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Support-- T ru  c o   503 02:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
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