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Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev has been listed as one of the Language and literature good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: May 11, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev composed the earliest known Hebrew erotic poems of the modern era?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:19, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev

... that Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev composed the earliest-known erotic poetry in Hebrew? ([1], [2])
- ALT1:... that Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev composed the earliest-known Hebrew erotic poems of the modern era? ([3], [4])

Created by Kyuko (talk). Self-nominated at 21:05, 11 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Interesting article, and interesting DYK! JackFromReedsburg (talk | contribs) 01:23, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Added sources above. Kyuko (talk) 19:04, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, then it should be good to go JackFromReedsburg (talk | contribs) 19:39, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Whiteguru (talk · contribs) 06:14, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Starts GA Review; the review will follow the same sections of the Article. Hopefully we will start anon. --Whiteguru (talk) 06:14, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Observations[edit]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

Please see MOS:REPEATLINK. There are a number of duplicate links and irrelevant links.
knowledge of Hebrew philology = over linking. We don't need links to Hebrew (nor philology) here, it is already stated he is a scholar revitalising the usage of Hebrew as a written language.
In 1787 he moved to Berlin, then the centre of the Haskalah movement. Over linking. We don't need a link to Berlin. Haskalah is already linked in the infobox.
became friends with the Me'assefim and → already linked in the lede
links to Syriac and Greek are superfluous
in Vienna as proofreader in the Hebrew presses → Vienna, proofreader, presses do not need links.
German revision of his Talmud by Salomon Jacob Cohen appeared in Berlin → Berlin does not need a link. Nor does Vilnius.
was translated into Italian by Leon Romani → Italian is a common word, does not need a link; ditto Russian in the same sentence.

It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

and received a traditional religious education. This sentence links to Jewish education. The text should say this. Simply 'religious education' is misleading.
Good work on references.

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):

Appropriate coverage of Ze'ev's contrbutions to Me'assefim and his role in the Haskalah revival of the Hebrew language.
Linking to Graf-Wellhausen is excellent, as it places Ze'ev most properly as a Hebrew critic using Historical criticism.
Jewish Virtual Library says that he was basically a failure as a poet?

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:

Yes, NPOV is presented.

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:

Article created on 90 November 2020;
42 edits from 3 editors;
168 page views last 90 days.
No edit wars, article is considered stable.

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev.png = in the public domain in its country of origin;
Ben Zeev Talmud.JPG = is in the public domain in its country of origin

Overall:

This is a good article, not over-written, sharp and concise.
There are excessive links in the article; when these are corrected (and the education reference) the article would achieve Good Article status. --Whiteguru (talk) 08:04, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Whiteguru: Thanks for the review! I've gone ahead and implemented the recommended changes. –Kyuko (talk) 14:48, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Kyuko: Thank you for your corrections. Article passed! --Whiteguru (talk) 22:20, 11 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Passed