Template:Did you know nominations/Great Mosque of Salé

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 03:37, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Great Mosque of Salé

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• ... that the Great Mosque of Salé (pictured) was closed during the French protectorate in Morocco to prevent awareness?

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Created by Thine Antique Pen (talk). Self nominated at 22:50, 23 November 2014 (UTC).

• A short but decent article, which I would guess is basically a translation of the French Wikipedia's version. It's new enough and long enough, the sourcing looks fine and the hook is sourced - but the present wording of the hook unfortunately doesn't make much sense. "To prevent awareness" of what? Looking at the French original, the wording speaks of "la prise de conscience" or the awakening of awareness (in this context nationalist awareness). There's no real English equivalent, so I'd suggest a change in the hook to:

• ALT1: ... that the Great Mosque of Salé (pictured) was temporarily closed during the French protectorate in Morocco to prevent its being used as a place to awaken awareness of Moroccan nationalism?

Hopefully this will make it a bit clearer. Prioryman (talk) 22:41, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

• Looking at the French article again, yes, that certainly seems to be the case, and that hook is accurate. Maybe I got confused after recalling "[political] awareness" in something I devote my time to. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 22:48, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

• OK, great. We're good to go with ALT1 in that case. Prioryman (talk) 23:08, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

• Suggestion: the photo in the article looks nice, and the French version includes even more images. Why not use one here? -Zanhe (talk) 02:35, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

• Yes, good idea. I've added the photo. Prioryman (talk) 08:51, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

• Note: photo is in the article, and is from Commons with valid licensing, so it meets DYK requirements. I also struck the original hook due to the objections to it (ALT1 is much better). ALT1 should have required the AGF tick, however, as the source is offline. BlueMoonset (talk) 21:07, 8 December 2014 (UTC)