Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Jahith's Treasury
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:59, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
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Al-Jahith's Treasury
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Al-Jahith's Treasury in Amman
- ... that an Ammani bookstore chain is named for theologian al-Jahiz, who was supposedly crushed by a stack of books? Source: Pellat, C. (1990). "Al-Jahiz". In Ashtiany, Julia; Johnstone, T.M.; Latham, J.D.; Serjeat, R.B.; Rex Smith, G. (eds.). Abbasid Belles Lettres. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 81. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
A late tradition clams that Jahiz...was smothered to death under an avalanche of books.
For origin of book stall name see Salahat, Muhannad (15 April 2010). "الوراقون حملوا الجاحظ من القدس إلى عمّان" [The Booktraders who Carried al-Jahith from Jerusalem to Amman]. Ain (in Arabic). Amman. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.- ALT1:... that Al-Jahith's Treasury in Amman loans rare books to Jordanians for one dinar? Source: Ismail, Muhammad (22 September 2016). "مكتبة خزانة الجاحظ ..مكتبة الفقراء في وسط البلد-عمّان" [Khizanat al-Jahith: A Bookstore for the Poor in Downtown Amman]. Baraka Bits (in Arabic). Amman. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
[Al-Jahith's Treasury] works on the principle of lending: you choose the book you want to read, you pay for it, and you return it. After finishing the book you recover the price of the book, except one dinar for the loan.
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- ALT1:... that Al-Jahith's Treasury in Amman loans rare books to Jordanians for one dinar? Source: Ismail, Muhammad (22 September 2016). "مكتبة خزانة الجاحظ ..مكتبة الفقراء في وسط البلد-عمّان" [Khizanat al-Jahith: A Bookstore for the Poor in Downtown Amman]. Baraka Bits (in Arabic). Amman. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
Created by Alanelbaum (talk). Nominated by Nickknack00 (talk) at 08:46, 10 January 2017 (UTC).
The article is new enough, long enough, its content looks OK, it is certainly interesting, and the references check out (at least as far as I can make out from Google Translate, although al-Jahiz's fate is certainly well known either way). The image selected for the hook seems fine, but some of the others miss information, and have been tagged accordingly. Ideally, they should be corrected, but I am aware of no rules that would make this an obstacle. QPQ appears unnecessary. I think the original hook is catchier, and is a damn good name for a bookshop. Constantine ✍ 23:44, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
@Alanelbaum and Nickknack00: One of the rules of DYK is that each paragraph should have at least one citation. At the moment, the "History" section and the first paragraph of "The Current Generation" are entirely unreferenced. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:32, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Cwmhiraeth: I saw that too, but the unreferenced paragraphs in the beginning of the "History" section simply summarize the (referenced) sections below, and the first paragraph of "The Current Generation" is mostly a list of localities, so I let it slide. Constantine ✍ 10:13, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- Good point. I have added some references to the history section based on what comes below and have replaced the tick. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
- @Constantine and Cplakidas: Thanks for the generous review. User:Alanelbaum is the article researcher, and I've been assisting with style conventions. It's my first DYK submission--so it's good to know about the citation-per-paragraph standard for future submissions. Nickknack00 (talk) 07:29, 29 January 2017 (UTC)