Template:Did you know nominations/Biblical Researches in Palestine

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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 03:55, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Biblical Researches in Palestine

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• ... that Biblical Researches in Palestine has been described as "the most significant piece of American Biblical scholarship before the Civil War"? p.26

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Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Self-nominated at 01:02, 21 March 2018 (UTC).

• The hook isn't in the article, nor the reference either from Adler (as cited in the DYK nom above) or from Brown, where the quote originated from. Article appears to be only 1221 characters too. First time reviewing a DYK so happy to be corrected. Meanderingbartender (talk) 14:11, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Meanderingbartender: thanks for your review. I have now fixed both these points. Onceinawhile (talk) 12:08, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

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: Done.

Overall: Meanderingbartender (talk) 02:54, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Hi, I came to promote this, but I think you could do more with the hook than just laud the book. What do you think about:
• ALT1: ... that Biblical Researches in Palestine (1841) was the first to identify significant archaeological sites in Jerusalem, including Robinson's Arch, which was subsequently named for the author?
• ALT2: ... that Biblical Researches in Palestine (1841) by Edward Robinson was the first to give eyewitness descriptions of biblical locales and archaeological sites instead of relying on legends and hearsay? Yoninah (talk) 20:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: thank you taking an interest here. I guess you’re right. I’d be ok with your ALT1. I don’t think ALT2 works, because it would need to explain the early scientific approach they took. One other option is below, referencing Albrecht Alt’s oft-quoted description:

• ALT3: ... that "the errors of many generations" have been said to be "forever buried" in the footnotes of Biblical Researches in Palestine (1841)?

Onceinawhile (talk) 21:06, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Ooh, that's nice! Meanderingbartender, could you approve ALT3 so I can promote it? Yoninah (talk) 21:22, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

ALT3 is verified. Very interesting article for those who are inclined to read it. Meanderingbartender (talk) 03:39, 25 April 2018 (UTC)