Talk:Tawfiq Canaan

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Good article Tawfiq Canaan has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
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[edit] GA review

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): [[Image:|15px]] b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

This is a very good article. I noticed some things that should be addressed before it can pass GA, however.

  • First is citation number one. When i visited the website it stated "To view the complete article, please see the accompanying PDF file." I would cite the PDF file instead of the website, because only a minimal amount of information is shown there.
  • Secondly, citation number four is extremely overcited; consider not citing it as much or combining cites. For example: "In 1913, the Journal of the German Palestine Society published Canaan's article on "The Calendar of Palestinian Peasants," his first work in the field of Palestinian folklore.[4] A year later, he published his first book, Superstition and Popular Medicine.[4]" could become "In 1913, the Journal of the German Palestine Society published Canaan's article on "The Calendar of Palestinian Peasants," his first work in the field of Palestinian folklore. A year later, he published his first book, Superstition and Popular Medicine.[4]"
  • Thirdly, I would consider, but do not deem it nessecery, that a seperate article be created to focus solely on his published works. Perhaps Published works of Tawfiq Canaan.

Let me know when you have addressed these and I will promote to GA. Best, Happyme22 (talk) 00:29, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Done, per the message at your talk page. Thank you again. Tiamut 02:00, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. I am passing this article per the GA criteria and comments left on User_talk:Happyme22. Happyme22 (talk) 04:21, 21 December 2007 (UTC)