Template:Did you know nominations/Qadi al-Fadil

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 16:51, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Qadi al-Fadil

  • ... that although he became a senior official under the Fatimids, Qadi al-Fadil supported Saladin's abolition of that dynasty? Source: Brockelmann & Cahen 1978, p. 376 " after the death of the last Fatimid, when Saladin himself became ruler of Egypt, al-Qadi al-Fadil was his right hand man in the execution of the necessary reforms" and in general his defection to the Ayyubid cause, covered in Lev 1999, pp. 17-21

Created by Cplakidas (talk). Self-nominated at 19:42, 16 January 2022 (UTC).

  • I am familiar with your [User:Cplakidas/Articles prolific work on historical articles]] so this shouldn't take too long. :)

Article review:

  • New – created 17:25, 16 January 2022 by Cplakidas. (Same day as nom). YES
  • Long enough – Prose size (text only): 10439 characters (1702 words) "readable prose size". YES
  • Within policy
    • is neutral - article appears to not written in an overly positive, simply stating his achievements and praise with a source for each claim. Terms like "reportedly" give context when we don't 100% know what happened. YES
    • cites sources with inline citations - 5 sources are listed. I can't access every one, but user's track record + the one I checked gives me benefit of the doubt. YES
    • is free of close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations and plagiarism - Earwig's Copyvio Detector reports 'Violation Unlikely 1.0% similarity' YES
  • Hook
    • Format – Alt 1 (my preferred) is 149 characters with spacing. YES
    • Content interesting to a broad audience - I learnt a lot reading this article! Personally prefer Alt 1. YES
    • Hook fact is accurate and cited with an inline citation in the article - As user states, Hook is essentially a summary of the article and is backed up by the article's sources. YES
    • Hook is neutral. Like the rest of the article, hook's words are measured and based on reliable sourcing. YES.
  • Other

I am happy to approve this! --Coin945 (talk) 02:16, 21 January 2022 (UTC)


Promoting ALT1 to Prep 1Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 16:51, 28 January 2022 (UTC)