Talk:Hani al-Rahib
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Did you know nomination
[edit]- 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 Evrik (talk) 18:04, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that the parents of Syrian novelist Hani al-Rahib were deaf-mute and illiterate? Source: Campbell, Robert B. (2013). A'lam Al-adab Al-'arabi Al-mu'asir: Siyar Wa-siyar Datiyya أعلام الأدب العربي المعاصر: سير وسير ذاتية [Contemporary Arab Writers - Biographies and Autobiographies] (in Arabic) (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Orient-Institut Beirut. pp. 541–543. ISBN 9783899139495.
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- Comment: Hey, this is my first suggestion, not good at English, feel free to edit or find another DYK from the article.
Created by Ruwaym (talk). Self-nominated at 14:56, 20 July 2022 (UTC).
Welcome to DYK, Ruwaym! New enough and long enough. You did not need to review another article.
- The hook fact is interesting. I am assuming good faith on the contents of the Arabic-language offline source. That said, I don't think it's quite correctly worded for what the article states.
- ALT0a: ... that Syrian novelist Hani al-Rahib had a deaf-mute father and an illiterate mother?
- Some areas need copyediting that I don't have enough information to make, particularly
Following many circumstances
— be more specific- Unsure of the meaning of "delegated" in
Delegated in 1971 to obtain a doctorate in modern English literature from the University of Exeter, England and graduated.
- The "Literary career" section. The sentence involving Rushdie I cannot parse
- Ping me when changes are made by typing {{ping|Sammi Brie}} before your reply here and signing it. Most of what's needing fixing is English-language issues. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 22:02, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hola @Sammi Brie: and Gracias for checking. Well. If you are interested, so you found the right person: I'm a user into biographies of Arabic-literature notables, I listed more than a hundred DYKs in my homewiki, some of them are really funny/tradegy. Just needs translation.
- I fixed what you mentioned.
Oh cool, Ruwaym! Your ping didn't make it to me because you didn't sign your message (no signature). The English is I think good enough at this point to pass. You'll definitely be an asset to our coverage on Arabic literature! Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 03:59, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
- I fixed what you mentioned.
- Hola @Sammi Brie: and Gracias for checking. Well. If you are interested, so you found the right person: I'm a user into biographies of Arabic-literature notables, I listed more than a hundred DYKs in my homewiki, some of them are really funny/tradegy. Just needs translation.
