328:, I am afraid that the "Memory of the South" does indeed not have an ISBN. I think I bought it in the shop of the AUB Museum and it is a real gem, as it contains both high quality photos and info on places in Southern Lebanon which are not easily accessible for obvious reasons. As a then-resident of Tyre I double-checked and found the info on the city all reliable. Personally, I find it a great chance of Knowledge (XXG) to feed in info from sources that you cannot have easily sent by Amazon the next day. For instance, I used to work a lot on Sudan and there is a great wealth of knowledge from local publications from University of Khartoum Press etc., which do not have ISBN either. But still: they can be verified, though it might be more difficult than for expample with a standard University of Oxford Press publication. Which is why there is on WP an unfortunate bias in favour of books from the Western World. However, it can be helped: like in the case of "Memory of the South" I would gladly email scans to those interested. It has been cited in other publications already so at least people know that it actually does exist. And on the other side I would argue that from my experience there are also books with ISBN which you can hardly get access to as well, especially if you sit in a place like Khartoum. For those reasons let me strongly plead to keep the reference and info. All the more so, because Southern Lebanon is such an important yet marginalised area with next to no specialised books on it and it deserves to be mentioned comprehensively in the context of Fakhr al-Din II, too. In any event, best regards & wishes
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standard. The duration of his office/rule should also be mentioned. This sounds straightforward enough but Fakhr al-Din governed and tax farmed several districts and subdistricts, sometimes at once and sometimes at different periods, officially or in practice through family members and close associates. And this should probably be underlined by the fact that he ruled with great autonomy and power and was often seen as a rebel. He was an emir of the Chouf area Druze and later the paramount chief of all the Druze and he forged ties with the
Maronites unprecedented in their closeness and impact at the time by any local outside of that community. As the idea of a greater Lebanon developed in the early 20th century he was naturally credited as the country's original founder though this is probably more nation-building myth than fact. This legacy role is very important but not sure if it should be in the first sentence but perhaps the last of the first paragraph, which should probably be 3 to 4 sentences. As for his accomplishments, they are many, but are best left for the third paragraph imo. I will continue to try different versions and welcome proposals as well.
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Lebanese or likely very familiar with the geography of the region, so the list of place-names will be largely glossed over. That kind of detail should be further summarized and discussed later in the lead and body of the article.
376:, I did not want to interfere with the intro and obviously have not researched the emir nearly as much as you did, but sometimes it perhaps does help to have a bit of a distance to the subject and so I dare suggest the notion which I got from my readings, i.e. that his notability for present times lies in his aspiration to establish an independent state and that this has been widely viewed in the public discourse as the earliest vision of Lebanon as a country (I found this in: Bayeh, Joseph (2017). A History of Stability and Change in Lebanon: Foreign Interventions and International Relations. London / New York: I.B.Tauris. pp. 19–20, 33. ISBN 978-1784530976). Best of luck,
210:, this is a book and not a thesis/dissertation. The confusion is understandable considering the original publisher is the American University of Beirut (1985) - no ISBN. It was also published in 1985 by Syracuse University Press (ISBN 9780815660729) but I have and use the original edition. The author, and this particular book, are widely cited by scholars of the period, Abu-Husayn being one of the few leading authorities on the subject (the other major authority was his mentor
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I made some changes to the same effect as what you proposed except I kept the “founder” credit to the last sentence of the 1st paragraph. I feel that a reader would need the context on what territory those sanjaks spanned to give them an idea why he was considered the founder of the modern country.
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I shortened it further but still trying different versions and scrapping them until I strike the right balance. The lead was the main issue I anticipated when nominating the article. It’s a bit complicated. Need to mention his formal and traditional roles in the first sentence or two as this is
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284:, thank you, the prose fixes look good. Just two things left, then - shortening the lead, and the 'Memory of the South' source. Feel free to remove that source + the information it cites if that's the easiest fix. Ping me when you're happy with the lead and we can wrap up this nomination!
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Thanks for your responses on the sourcing issues. Looks like we're well on our way to resolving all of them. The Daily Star issue turned out to be that my adblocker was blocking the content, oddly. Close to finishing my prose review so I'll have more comments soon.
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450:, take a few days and come up with a version you like, and I'll take another look. I'm willing to accept something that's less than perfect, especially as this is a GA review and not an FA review.
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