Template:Did you know nominations/Üçayak Byzantine Church

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:40, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Üçayak Byzantine Church

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Ruins of the Üçayak Byzantine Church

... ~~that the Üçayak Byzantine Church (pictured) was built on a remote, completely isolated location?~~ Please see ALT1

Reviewed: ~~TBD asap~~ Reviewed: John Green Hoapili, after Soman's review. Dr. K.

Created/expanded by Dr.K. (talk). Self-nominated at 19:36, 2 December 2016 (UTC).

Length, date, hook checks out. Close paraphrase not found. QPQ pending, will be GTG once done. --Soman (talk) 20:53, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

@Soman: Reviewed John Green Hoapili. I also added a picture. Thank you for your review. Dr. K. 22:00, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

QPQ done. Image on Commons. GTG --Soman (talk) 22:26, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Comment: I propose ALT1 as replacement of original hook. Thanks. Dr. K. 22:30, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
ALT1... that the Üçayak Byzantine Church (pictured) was a double church? sources and quotes: First source:Toivanen Hanna-Riitta , "Byzantine Church at Üçayak (Kirşehir, Cappadocia)", 2001, Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor Quote = "Combined with the use of plain brick, the facades of the double church in Üçayak must have been impressive." also: "The curious double church of Üçayak, near Kirşehir, also follows a similar design", Second source: Mihaljević Marina Üçayak: a forgotten Byzantine church journal=Byzantinische Zeitschrift date=2014 volume=2 issue=107 pages=735–754, pl. I-V quote=Regarding the possible function of the twin-church of Üçayak,this article argues for the burial and commemorative functions, which often motivated the double arrangement in Cappadocian rock-cut churches. ... The edifice is, namely, arranged as a twin church, which makes it relatively uncommon within the context of Byzantine architecture (fig. 1).

What is a double church? --Soman (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

@Soman: In the article it is clarified that:
Scholars speculate that the double church was constructed either in honour of two distinct saints or martyrs, or because a Byzantine emperor and his wife built it; the latter explanation being more probable, since no crypts or other artefacts, attesting to the worship of saints or martyrs, have been found.[1]
Is this ok? Dr. K. 01:44, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Well, that's different than the meaning given in the wikiarticle double church. I'd suggest sticking with the original hook. --Soman (talk) 10:32, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

@Soman: Double Church is a redirect to Simultaneum, but it is wrong. The term "Double Church" is different from "Simultaneum". It is currently a redirect to "Simultaneum" only because noone up to now has thought of writing a separate article on Double Churches, which actually are twin churches adjacent to each other but simply form a single building which has two churches inside. The Wikipedia article on Simultaneum does not cover all possible definitions of the "double church" architectural style.

After your response to me, I added a second source to support ALT1 and bolded the source names and the terms referring to twin or double church. The meaning of "double church" as presented at Üçayak Byzantine Church is now supported by two very reliable sources, including Byzantinische Zeitschrift which is a very old and reputable journal, and which I added after your response to me. I can even edit the Simultaneum article to indicate that "double church" has additional architectural sugnificance. But that is no reason not to accept this ALT1 hook which is very interesting and unique. Having said that, if you don't feel comfortable approving ALT1, I don't want to pressure you. Let me know and I will ask for another reviewer. Thank you for your additional attention to this DYK in any case. Dr. K. 12:25, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

In fact I just created the Double church article. Dr. K. 17:19, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Very well, with the wikilink to the double church article the ALT1 hook works out. --Soman (talk) 07:10, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you very much Soman. Happy New Year by the way. :) Take care. Dr. K. 03:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)