- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:01, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
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Ishay Ribo
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Ribo in 2016
- ... that self-taught Israeli singer-songwriter Ishay Ribo (pictured) has released four studio albums, two of them certified gold and one platinum? Source: "Ribo has not studied music formally" (The Times of Israel); Source: "הוציא שני אלבומים סולו, שהגיעו למעמד אלבום זהב" [He has released two solo albums, which were both certified gold" (Shevii); Source: "...the release of his album Shetach Afor, which went platinum" (The Jewish Insights)
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... that though his songs focus exclusively on spirituality, faith, and God, Ishay Ribo (pictured) is widely popular among secular audiences in Israel?Source: "'I made a conscious decision at the age of 14 to only sing songs that are connected to spirituality, emunah (belief in God) and the Borei Olam (God)'". (Ami magazine); Source: "But the immensely popular singer/songwriter, beloved by religious and secular Israelis alike, is too well-known to go unnoticed when he sits at a local cafe".(The Times of Israel)
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Created by Omert33 (talk) and Yoninah (talk). Nominated by Yoninah (talk) at 21:56, 24 October 2019 (UTC).
Article was created in the required time slot, and the length is more than adequate. Sources in the article are good and of high quality, the Hebrew-language citations seem valid although I am not fluent in that language. I am inclined to the first hook rather than the latter for three reasons: 1.) the first hook is more quantitative and is something the average reader might understand 2.) the dynamic between secular and religious Jews in Israel is perhaps unfamiliar to many non Israeli or non Jewish readers who will encounter it on DYK, perhaps underscoring the novelty of Ribo's popularity achievement 3.) I have an issue with the word "widely" that is used in the second hook. It seems to me a bit of a weasel word. Although all the sources state that Ribo is immensely popular in Israel across the spectrum, the use of the word in the hook seems a bit speculative in comparison to the first hook, which is more quantitative. Inter&anthro (talk) 09:55, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review, Inter&anthro, and yes, I agree that the internal politics of Israel are probably unfamiliar to foreign audiences. Striking the alt hook. Yoninah (talk) 16:43, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
- It seems that a good portion of the article is dedicated to how Ribo is popular with secular audiences, so maybe the second hook could be worded to something like "...even though Israeli musician Ishay Ribo (pictured) is an Orthodox Jew whose music deals exclusively with religious themes, he is popular with both secular and religious Jews?" Some of the issues I brought up are still present here, which is why I would still recommend the first hook, although perhaps the phenomenon of Ribo's popularity among the religious spectrum of Jews could be included as a fact in articles such as Music of Israel or Jewish music.
Other than that I see nothing further that should prevent this from being on the DYK in the main page. Ready to be promoted in my opinion. Inter&anthro (talk) 02:20, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
