Talk:Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani

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This article was adapted from I-Wen Su (2020). "Abū al-Faraj ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn al-Iṣfahānī, the Author of the Kitāb al-Aghānī" (PDF). WikiJournal of Humanities. 3 (1): 1. doi:10.15347/WJH/2020.001. ISSN 2639-5347. Wikidata Q99527624.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) after peer review (reviewer reports) under a CC BY 4.0 license (2020).

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The "Book of Songs" link points to the Chinese book rather than the Kitab al-Aghani. Recommend making both the English and Arabic transliteration point to the same location, namely http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitab_al-Aghani.

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See https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_of_Humanities/Ab%C5%AB_al-Faraj_%CA%BFAl%C4%AB_b._al-%E1%B8%A4usayn_al-I%E1%B9%A3fah%C4%81n%C4%AB,_the_Author_of_the_Kit%C4%81b_al-Agh%C4%81n%C4%AB --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:35, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus and Eystein Thanisch: I'm about to start using the content at that page for expanding this article. I'd absolutely appreciate any editors assistance or feedback! T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 06:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to ping me for any assitance or review. Good luck! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:51, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus and Eystein Thanisch: I've integrated in most of the information from doi:10.15347/wjh/2020.001. A few aspects I'm uncertain of WP:MOS for:

What's most common practice with CE/AH dates? Is it reasonable to use both throughout or should one or the other be chosen?
The dates section contains some pretty important information on how certain the dates involved are, however jumping into it as the first section seems intense from a WP section ordering point of view. Any ideas for better placement? Should it be a section lower down, it seems a bit long for a footnote (I've trimmed it significantly from the original source).
It it worth simplifying sentences like "Based on al-Iṣfahānī’s references in the Kitāb al-Aghānī (hereafter, the Aghānī), Aḥmad b. al-Ḥaytham seems to have led a privileged life in Sāmarrāʾ, while his sons were well-connected with the elite of the ʿAbbāsid capital at that time." to "Aḥmad b. al-Ḥaytham likely led a privileged life in Sāmarrāʾ, while his sons were well-connected with the elite of the ʿAbbāsid capital at that time.[reference]"?

Thanks in advance for any assistance. (@AhmadLX and SlimVirgin: also pinging people who I'd previously discussed this article with in the context of footnote formatting in case it's of interest) T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 03:50, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]