Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Muhammad II of Granada/archive1

TFA blurb review
Muhammad II was the Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula from 1273 until his death in 1302. Succeeding his father Muhammad I, he maintained Granada's independence in the face of its larger neighbours, the Christian kingdom of Castile and the Muslim Marinid state of Morocco. He added the Tower of the Ladies and the Tower of the Points to his father's palace and fortress complex, the Alhambra (pictured in 2017). To defend Granada against the Christians, he recruited soldiers from North Africa and organized them into the Volunteers of the Faith. He instituted the Nasrid royal protocol and the court chancery and increased the importance of the vizier in government. Muhammad II built a series of strongholds in strategic positions that remained for centuries as the backbone of Granadan border defences. He was known by the epithet al-Faqih ("the canon-lawyer"), reflecting his education and his support for scholars and poets.

Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 23:41, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I tweaked it a little bit, comments and further tweaks are welcome. HaEr48 (talk) 15:11, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, very nice. It's up at 1050 now, I'll try to shorten it. - Dank (push to talk) 15:26, 27 November 2019 (UTC) Does "He conversed with scholars and poets" work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 15:32, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh sorry, I guess miscounted the length. I tried shortening the first sentence, and restored my version of the last sentence, what do you think? If I don't miscount again, it's at 979 chars now, is it short enough? HaEr48 (talk) 17:36, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I get 996, including "Full article", which is fine. The max is 1025. "preference for scholars and poets": preference over what? Preference for the company of scholars and poets? - Dank (push to talk) 18:04, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Changed it to "and his support for scholars and poets"; that plus "education" implies time spent learning from them, I think. - Dank (push to talk) 18:58, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. The current version looks fine to me, and I'm probably going to put it up on TFAR for 22 January (his accession date) slot. HaEr48 (talk) 19:12, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It's on WP:TFAP for the 22nd, and the coords have no preference whether you also list it at WP:TFAR. As long as it's not facing competition of some kind (such as: another article nominated by you, or another similar article requested at TFAR), you'll get the 22nd. If some kind of competition does show up, then yes, list it at TFAR. - Dank (push to talk) 19:14, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. I didn't know that it worked that way. Do coords also know about checking the talk page of the FAC to find the proposed blurb? HaEr48 (talk) 20:23, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure, for FACs promoted in 2019 and some promoted in 2018. - Dank (push to talk) 20:26, 27 November 2019 (UTC)