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The result was: promoted by SL93talk 02:35, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
The Brokmerbrief, a document written in OId Frisian
... that some legal documents in Old Frisian(example pictured) refer to the womb as a "fortress of the bones"?
Source: Bremmer, Jr, Rolf H. (2009). An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN978-90-272-9004-5., pp. 130–133
ALT1: ... that the modern Insular North Frisian dialects are not descended from Old Frisian(example pictured), but the Mainland North Frisian dialects are? Source: Bremmer, Jr, Rolf H. (2009). An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN978-90-272-9004-5., p. 6
ALT2: ... that every surviving document written in Old Frisian(example pictured) from east of the Lauwers is a legal document except one? Source: Bremmer, Jr, Rolf H. (2009). An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN978-90-272-9004-5., p. 7
ALT3: ... that according to some scholars, Old Frisian(example pictured) should really be Middle Frisian and Middle Frisian should really be Early Modern Frisian? Source: de Haan, Germen J. (2010). Studies in West Frisian Grammar: Selected papers. Linguistics Aktuell. Vol. 161. Eric Hoekstra, Willem Visser, Goffe Jensma (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 978-90-272-8798-4. p 27
Overall: Great article! I think the hook ALT0 is interesting and is more fitting for general audience. The book used as a source for ALT0 is available at Google Books and searching the phrase shows that it indeed supports the hook. The sources used in the article are mostly books (which I don't have, unfortunately), but what I could spotcheck through Google Books supported the prose and didn't look like plagiarism or close paraphrasing. One thing that I would fix myself, but I am unsure if I'm missing something: it seems the sentence starting with "The first full manuscripts..." is missing a verb?
That said, though, there is one small thing about the image. It is in public domain. And while I wasn't sure if a page with text is "clear at 100px", it seems like that's fine. However, a hook with an image should include a so-called media marker, the phrase (pictured) or one of its variations. Something like (example pictured) after the bolded link maybe? AstonishingTunesAdmirer連絡 18:47, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
@AstonishingTunesAdmirer: Thanks for the kind words! Thank you for catching that missing verb; these big rewrites can have little things like that overlooked so easily. I've added the (example pictured) element, as requested as well. I appreciate your taking on this big review! Let me know if anything else needs to be fixed prior to approval. ThaesOfereode (talk) 19:15, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
Great article! I think the hook ALT0 is interesting and is more fitting for general audience. The book used as a source for ALT0 is available at Google Books and searching the phrase shows that it indeed supports the hook. The sources used in the article are mostly books (which I don't have, unfortunately), but what I could spotcheck through Google Books supported the prose and didn't look like plagiarism or close paraphrasing. One thing that I would fix myself, but I am unsure if I'm missing something: it seems the sentence starting with "The first full manuscripts..." is missing a verb?