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Imru' al-Qais was one of the Language and literature good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article appears to be adequately referenced, assume good faith for off-line sources.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Sufficient coverage without over detail.
It follows the
neutral point of view
policy.
Fair representation without bias:
Different historians and literati will surely continue to reinterpret Imru' al-Qais' life and works from a variety of perspectives. What is certain is his importance to the Arab cultural identity and its historical narrative. Unless attributed, this is a point of view statement.
I have marked Some[who?] have suggested that Imru' al-Qais could have been influenced by the purported Mazdakism of his grandfather, though there is little direct evidence to support this. as the use of some here is a weasel word.
Update: "Different historians..." passage has been deleted. "Some have suggested..." passage has been modified to more accurately reflect the sourcing of the information. Maitham d (talk) 18:51, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have
suitable captions
):
No images used.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
On Hold for seven days for above issues to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:50, 4 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The nominator has asked for extension. Hold extended until 17 March. GAN is not meant to be a lengthy process so this will be the limit. I answer to the nominator's queries, extension granted, you should be able to resolve the who question in seven days, no - images are not required (see
WP:LEAD is a GA criterion. Please leave any further queries or points on this page, thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:42, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply
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OK, I believe that this now passes muster, so I am happy to list as a good article. Congratulations! Jezhotwells (talk) 23:18, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]