Talk:Syrian American

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	Syrian American has been listed as one of the History 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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June 12, 2007 Good article nominee Listed

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[edit] Rename suggestion

• I suggest a rename to Syrian American per WP:MoS, vide Tibetan American, Japanese American... Chris 22:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. Nishkid64 had moved it. —Anas ^talk? 07:07, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Successful good article nomination

I am glad to say that this article which was nominated for good article status has succeeded. This is how the article, as of June 12, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: -- Article reads well, understandable, good language usage overall.

2. Factually accurate?: -- Article is sourced to an impressive (54) citations, with additional references to (7) WP:RS sources. Good job with referencing!

3. Broad in coverage?: -- Very thorough, broad in scope. Article covers multiple topics, and addresses them well. However, see also comments below as article moves along in increased quality.

4. Neutral point of view?: --Again, good use of language, NPOV tone overall.

5. Article stability? -- Check of the talk page and edit history shows article stability.

6. Images?: -- Good use of images, (12) images all appear to be free-use.

If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status. — Smee 07:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Points towards improving quality further...

• There are some little subsections and paragraphs that should either be expanded further, or merged. E.g. - "Post-1965"
• The intro should be a little bit more comprehensive of a summary of the entire article, and broken up into at least three, or maybe four, paragraphs.
• The infobox is very nice, but it is a touch too wide, and breaks up into the intro.
• Move images that are free-use but located on Wikipedia, to the WikiCommons.

Smee 07:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC).

Thanks, mate. (Message left in reviewer's talk page.) —Anas ^talk? 20:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, one last point, which is just that after some of the other above points are addressed, which should be fairly easy, a Wikipedia:Peer Review might be helpful to get some further pointers on the way to FA... Smee 08:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Conscription

Hey what's up Anas,

I've been trying to edit this very beautiful and well-researched article for ages!!!But I kept on getting afflicated with this "lazy" syndrome...anyways can you check your sources regarding Ottoman conscription of Christians, because this has not come up with my research..the Ottomans mostly conscripted poor muslims...muslims from notable families did not join the ottoman army..Christians had to pay the jizeyea tax..

and then you mention a "religious conflict" that took place in 1960's Syria..that's very interesting!!...this religious conflict was between who? Are you talking about Syrian state discrimination against the extremely tiny Jewish community?? George Al-Shami (talk) 03:31, 4 January 2008 (UTC) George Al-Shami

Unfortunately, I do not have any of the printed sources I used when I wrote this article. If you have any reliable sources that contradict any statements in this article, feel free to present them here for discussion. And don't worry about it, we've all been there; look at me, I've been practically inactive for over half a year. :) Cheers, Anas ^talk? 01:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC)