Talk:Battle of Fakhkh

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Date	Process	Result
July 30, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed
September 26, 2020	WikiProject A-class review	Approved

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 17, 2020.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that one of the survivors of the Battle of Fakhkh, Idris ibn Abdallah, went on to establish his own dynasty in Morocco?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:14, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the number of Alids killed in the Battle of Fakhkh in 786 was exceeded only by the Battle of Karbala~~? Source: Veccia Vaglieri 1971, "Thus ended the revolt which, in the number of ʿAlids killed, was surpassed only at Karbalāʾ"
- ALT1:... that one of the survivors of the Battle of Fakhkh, Idris ibn Abdallah, went on to establish his own dynasty in Morocco? Source: Turner, "Idrīs b. ʿAbdallāh survived the battle and escaped by pretending to be a ḥajj pilgrim. He later fled to North Africa, where he founded the Idrīsid dynasty and ruled from 172/789 to 175/791"

Reviewed: Battle of Dunbar (1650)

Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Self-nominated at 18:55, 30 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

ALT0 seems a little complicated, and looses its punch because virtually every reader is going to need to look up Alid, and possibly Battle of Karbala, in order to understand it. ALT1 is fine.
Suggestion: Insert '(modern Morocco)' in the main text of the article, which will both help the casual reader and tie this mention back to the way it is described in the lead.
Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Dunbar (1650) is awaiting a review, if you are looking round for a qpq.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Gog the Mild (talk) 13:42, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion Gog the Mild, it was an interesting read. QPQ now done. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 16:22, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No, thank you. This one is equally straight forward, and a fascinating read. Feel free to give me aping when you GAN it. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:28, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]