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DYK nomination of Myer Rosenblum

Hello! Your submission of Myer Rosenblum at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 22:18, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I read your notice on my talk page. I read the article a few times and think he's not notable for Wikipedia. (His notability, by the way, should be summarized in the lead — even in one line — and all the rest of his biography should be placed in subsequent sections.) He sounds like a well-rounded guy with his finger in many pies, worthy of an obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald. But the only thing that makes him special is his diversity. With all due respect, I would propose it for deletion. Yoninah (talk) 20:25, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Myer Rosenblum

On June 4, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Myer Rosenblum, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Jon Elia again

Thank you for the heads up about the article. I am not very active at Wikipedia that's why I did not answer before. Today I logged in after many months to remove an obvious vandalism and got your message.

The Urdu text that has been added to the article is Jon Elia's poetry. I can personally confirm that. I think it is from his first book, but I'll have to double-check that. The editor has put his poetry in the article in a way in which the location of this poetry in the article is very crucial. The piece of poetry from the subject's own work is an ironic reference to things mentioned in the lines just above Urdu text. This comes from the traditional style of Urdu essay writing. Urdu prose is often peppered with subtle poetic references which culminate at the inclusion of complete verses relevant to the topic being discussed. The editor who added this poetry is obviously fond of Urdu literature.

Is it appropriate to do so based on Wikipedia's policies, practices and traditions? Or is it necessary to translate this Urdu text? This is for the Admins to decide. I'll try and add the references these verses if other's like to keep them for good. Translating poetry is often a difficult feat and usually results in unimpressive results as the translation looses the spirit and rhythm of actual work.

Szhaider (talk) 20:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 |text = On [[Wikipedia:Recent_additions#June 4 2010|June 4, 2010]], '''[[:Template:Did you know|Did you know?]]''' was updated with a fact from the article '''''[[Myer Rosenblum]]''''', which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page <small>([[User:Rjanag/Pageview stats|here's how]], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201006/Myer_Rosenblum quick check] )</small> and add it to [[WP:DYKSTATS|DYKSTATS]] if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the [[:Template talk:Did you know|Did you know? talk page]].
 }}  <span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> — [[User:Rlevse|<b style="color:#060;"><i>R</i>levse</b>]] • [[User_talk:Rlevse|<span style="color:#990;">Talk</span>]] • </span> 00:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
-== Re: Jon Elia again ==
-Thank you for the heads up about the article. I am not very active at Wikipedia that's why I did not answer before. Today I logged in after many months to remove an obvious vandalism and got your message.
-The Urdu text that has been added to the article is Jon Elia's poetry. I can personally confirm that. I think it is from his first book, but I'll have to double-check that. The editor has put his poetry in the article in a way in which the location of this poetry in the article is very crucial. The piece of poetry from the subject's own work is an ironic reference to things mentioned in the lines just above Urdu text. This comes from the traditional style of Urdu essay writing. Urdu prose is often peppered with subtle poetic references which culminate at the inclusion of complete verses relevant to the topic being discussed.  The editor who added this poetry is obviously fond of Urdu literature.
-Is it appropriate to do so based on Wikipedia's policies, practices and traditions? Or is it necessary to translate this Urdu text? This is for the Admins to decide. I'll try and add the references these verses if other's like to keep them for good. Translating poetry is often a difficult feat and usually results in unimpressive results as the translation looses the spirit and rhythm of actual work.
-[[User:Szhaider|Szhaider]] ([[User talk:Szhaider|talk]]) 20:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 == Re: Jon Elia again ==