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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:15, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
... that the excavation in Tel Qiri in northern Israel has discovered that a village has existed there without interruption for almost a millennium from the Iron Age to Byzantine times?
ALT1:... that Tel Qiri is one of the few village sites in Israel to receive much attention from archeologists who mostly research major urban sites?
ATL2:... that discrimination against women in food consumption was offered as one of the explanations to the big gap in the heights of the skeletons found in a Persian cemetery from the first millennium BCE at Tel Qiri in northern Israel?" Source: p.28: " Females appear to have been rather short, averaging around 152 cm. whereas males tend to have been tall (171 cm.). The mean difference in stature between the sexes (c. 19 cm.) is greater than in present-day [populations] (mean 12 cm.), suggesting some unfavorable social conditions discriminating against the women at the time, perhaps in food consumption."
ATL3:... that the abundance of right forelegs of sacrificed sheep and goats inside a cultic building in the archeological site of Tel Qiri in northern Israel recite a sacrifice tradition mentioned twice in the Old Testament?p.87 "Apparently these [bones] are none other than remains of sacrifices of the kind described in Exod. 29:22 and Lev. 7:32, where the portion of the "right leg" is repeatedly mentioned."
Overall: Assuming good faith for the hook's offline book citation and other offline citations. Ergo Sum 05:22, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
I'd recommend against ALT1; it's not well-cited and sounds unlikely to be true (at least without substantial qualification). The first hook also needs some copyediting, viz.:
... that excavations at Tel Qiri in northern Israel have discovered that a village has existed there without interruption for almost a millennium from the Iron Age to Byzantine times?
Hi, I came by to promote this, but first edited the article for English grammar. I changed "shreds" to "shards"; please verify that. I also added a clarification needed tag to the word "vetch". Yoninah (talk) 17:25, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
@Yoninah: I did some further copyediting (pots break into sherds not shards – a quirky bit of archaeology vocabulary). I doing so I noticed that the first hook still isn't quite right. "A village has existed there" implies it still exists; in fact it was abandoned in the Byzantine period and only used for burials thereafter. So with that correction and a bit more copyediting, the hook could be:
... that excavations at Tel Qiri in northern Israel have revealed a village that was occupied for almost a thousand years, from the Iron Age to Byzantine times?
Although actually an occupation of that length is not particularly remarkable for the region. – Joe (talk) 17:41, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, Joe, your edits have improved the article. I'm also not satisfied with the hookiness of the hook. Would you like to suggest a different hook? Yoninah (talk) 17:48, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
There are two significant features to Tel Qiri according to the cited source: 1. It is one of the few village sites to have a serious excavation project lasting three years - and thus it serves as an example of village life in these ancient periods; 2. According to the excavation's finds, the site was settled without interruption for a thousand years, during times of regional chaos and destruction, as amplified in the nearby ancient cities. It was not abandoned for long periods of time, but was rebuilt repeatedly in every period. Sadly I will only come back home next Tuesday or Wednesday, and only I could access the sources and bring some exact quotes that will help us articulate a better hook. Could we postpone this discussion for a week? As usual, these discussions also help improve the articles themselves so I would be more than happy to do that.--Bolter21(talk to me) 23:37, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
@Bolter21: yes, I'm fine with that. I see on your talk page that you're busy with your army service. Please ping me here when you're ready to continue. Yoninah (talk) 23:40, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
I've expanded the article a bit. Hopefully after the Independence Day celebrations I'll come up with a better and sourced hook.--Bolter21(talk to me) 01:27, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
@Yoninah: Alright, upon trying to improve the hooks I've just so happen to expand the article more than 2-fold. I decided to abandon the hook and come up with two completely different ones, mentioned above.--Bolter21(talk to me) 18:24, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
Thank you. ALT2 and 3 have a lot of good information in them, but you should focus on one or two details to write a snappy hook. Yoninah (talk) 21:52, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
What about:
ALT4: ...that evidence of an old sacrifice tradition mentioned in the Old Testament was excavated from an ancient village site called Tel Qiri in northern Israel?
ALT5: ...that hints of female discrimination were discovered in an ancient Persian cemetery excavated from Tel Qiri from biblical times in northern Israel?
I think I prefer the second hook, but I could come up with better phrasing for the first one. I made it slightly more ambiguous so it would attract more attention.--Bolter21(talk to me) 16:35, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
@Bolter21: yes, ALT5 is better, but the end of the hook is very wordy. Do you really need the words from biblical times? Yoninah (talk) 20:34, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
It gives a context to the time. Israel has sites dating to 5000 BCE and sites dating the 19th century CE. Biblical subjects tend to be more interesting. Maybe:
ALT5a: ... that hints of female discrimination in biblical times were discovered in an ancient Persian cemetery excavated from Tel Qiri from biblical times in northern Israel?--Bolter21(talk to me) 09:08, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
ALT5b: ... that hints of female discrimination in biblical times were discovered in an ancient Persian cemetery excavated from Tel Qiri in northern Israel? Yoninah (talk) 12:33, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
OK, I was able to access the source and verify ALT5b. An image added to the article is freely licensed and the QPQ has been done. Rest of review per Ergo Sum. ALT5b good to go. Yoninah (talk) 18:38, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
Assuming good faith for the hook's offline book citation and other offline citations. Ergo Sum 05:22, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but first edited the article for English grammar. I changed "shreds" to "shards"; please verify that. I also added a clarification needed tag to the word "vetch". Yoninah (talk) 17:25, 30 April 2019 (UTC)