Talk:Syrian literature/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Munfarid1 (talk · contribs) 16:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: LEvalyn (talk · contribs) 00:49, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Comments

I'm looking forward to this review! You've tackled a large subject but at first glance the article looks thorough and polished. As I review, I'll generally address small changes myself, and make larger suggestions below. (Though if you disagree with any of my small changes, of course you should feel free to revise them yourself too.) I'm excited to get started! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:49, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello and thank you for your first comments. I am thrilled that somebody with your background and expertise in literature and WP editing has taken up the task. I will try and make the changes you recommended and am certainly fine with any changes you will make yourself. This will be a great cooperation to make this article even more usefull for interested readers. - Enjoy your weekend, even with such diligent work! ;) Munfarid1 (talk) 07:24, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prose

Thus, Syrian literature in the late 20th and early 21st centuries displays characteristics of more than four decades of authoritarian rule. is a bit too close a paraphrase of Contemporary Syrian literature bears unmistakable traces of more than four decades of authoritarian rule.[1] See WP:CLOP ~ L 🌸 (talk) 01:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The plot focuses on two left-wing Iraqi intellectuals who fled the injustice of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the late 1970s. In the novel, they blame dictatorships and conservative movements for the political oppression in the Arab world, and in one of the most controversial passages, God is described as a "failed artist". is definitely too close a paraphrase of The plot centres on two leftist Iraqi intellectuals who fled the injustice of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the late 1970s. The characters blame political oppression in the Arab world on dictatorships and conservative movements. In one of the most controversial extracts, God is described as a failed artist.[2] Also, I am concerned that the wikivoice version adds quotations around "failed artist", implying a direct quote from the novel, especially since presumably the novel was not in English. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 01:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Other than those two, the article is looking good for copyvio per Earwig.) ~ L 🌸 (talk) 01:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In the lead, I find this sentence kind of confusing since it appears to reverse its meaning twice with an "although" and then a "notwithstanding": The individual areas of this region have close historical, geographical and cultural similarities, although during the Ottoman Empire there were only administrative divisions, notwithstanding active regional cultural exchange, especially between the larger cities. Could you maybe break this into two simpler sentences? ~ L 🌸 (talk)