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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 Yoninah (talk) 20:09, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

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Jonah ibn Janah[edit]

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  • ... that Jonah ibn Janah, one of the most important medieval Hebrew grammarians, wrote his major works in Arabic?
    Source about the subject's importance: "perhaps the most important medieval Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer" (Britannica), "Greatest Hebrew philologist of the Middle Ages" Jewish Encyclopedia, "one of the best-known, most influential, closely followed, and highly praised scholars of the Hebrew language" (Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. About the works being in Arabic: " His first work, al-Mustalha (“The Complement”), like his other works, was written in Arabic" (Britannica). see also all the works discussed in the article, which are in Arabic.
  • ALT1 ... that Jonah ibn Janah, one of the most important medieval Hebrew grammarians, wrote his magnum opus in Arabic, titled Kitab al-Anqih?

Improved to Good Article status by HaEr48 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:09, 3 March 2018 (UTC).

  • Achieved GA status on 1 March, article reads well, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. QPQ still needs to be completed. Onceinawhile (talk) 22:58, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Note: QPQ still needs to be completed; there was a misunderstanding of the eligibility criteria, so a re-review will have to be done. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:58, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
* @Onceinawhile and BlueMoonset: Updated the QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/Stephen Bocskai. HaEr48 (talk) 06:53, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
OK, good to go. Onceinawhile (talk) 08:00, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
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