Talk:Oasis of Bukhara

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Did you know... that the Oasis of Bukhara used to be a swamp?

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I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Good work.

Queen of Hearts ❤️ (no relation) 08:21, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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 Lightburst talk 00:04, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Oasis of Bukhara used to be a swamp? Source: "This fact, together with the geomorphological data and interpretations, seems to suggest strongly that the inner areas of the oasis were uninhabited because of its swampy and marshy ground." — Rante, Rocco; Mirzaakhmedov, Jamal (2019). The Oasis of Bukhara, Volume 1: population, depopulation and settlement evolution, page 19
- ALT1: ... that Bukhara used to mean the oasis instead of the city? Source: "... the emergence of the city of Bukhara as the primary (if still not unique) pole of the oasis, to the extent that the name of the oasis, Bukhara, became largely identified with its new metropolis." — Rante, Rocco; Schwarz, Florian; Tronca, Luigi (2022). The Oasis of Bukhara, Volume 2: An Archaeological, Sociological and Historical Study, page. 62
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- Comment: I have 4 more free DYKs :-)

Created by Le Loy (talk). Self-nominated at 00:03, 29 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Oasis of Bukhara; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

This one's been sitting for a while; I'll take it. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 01:51, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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: None required.

Overall: Le Loy, I totally forgot about this. Looks good to me. Prefer ALT0, though if ALT1 is picked I'd change "used to mean" to "used to refer to". Please accept my apologies. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 05:26, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Queen of Hearts and Le Loy: I like ALT0 and I find it in the article. My question is the maintenance tag. We cannot run articles that have them, so how about taking that orphan sentence and combining it with the preceding paragraph. You could also de-orphan one sentence in the lead. Lightburst (talk) 00:04, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure,

Done. Le Loy (talk) 01:37, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]