A fact from Masliah ben Solomon ha-Cohen appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that an Egyptian rabbi's authority was invoked in a deed freeing a woman from slavery in 1132 in Mangalore, India?
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Comment: alternative source for hook -Friedman, Mordechai Akiva; Goitein, Shelomo Dov (2007). India traders of the middle ages: documents from the Cairo Geniza : 'India book'. Études sur le judaïsme médiéval. Vol. 31. Brill. ISBN 9789047423072. pages 632-634
Meets DYK eligibility requirements, but article requires substantial work. It is not well-written and not written according to WP:TONE or WP:PRONOUN. Hard to verify much of the sourcing in the article without relying heavily on WP:AGF. The hook could be interesting, but the source does not explicitly say that the deed invoked the subject's authority; rather only that he was mentioned in the deed. No QPQ required. Longhornsg (talk) 22:39, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, @Longhornsg: I went through and worked over this article a bit, removing the PRONOUN issue. I verified the key details and accessed Friedman & Goitein 2007 through the Wikipedia Library–the original hook accurately represents the information as transmitted through that source. Quote: It contains the most remarkable example of a rashut formula, whereby the issuer acknowledged the hegemony of the central Jewish leadership, here with the double recognition of the Exilarch Daniel b. Hisdai in Baghdād and the Gaon Maslīah, Head of the Palestinian Academy, whose seat was then in Cairo. (Pg. 633). ~ Pbritti (talk)
Thanks, much improved. Went through and copyedited and condensed some of the language for readability's sake. Image is free (but not in the nom, anyway). Will WP:AGF on the Friedman source. Good to go. Longhornsg (talk) 22:25, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Meets DYK eligibility requirements, but article requires substantial work. It is not well-written and not written according to WP:TONE or WP:PRONOUN. Hard to verify much of the sourcing in the article without relying heavily on WP:AGF. The hook could be interesting, but the source does not explicitly say that the deed invoked the subject's authority; rather only that he was mentioned in the deed. No QPQ required. Longhornsg (talk) 22:39, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, much improved. Went through and copyedited and condensed some of the language for readability's sake. Image is free (but not in the nom, anyway). Will WP:AGF on the Friedman source. Good to go. Longhornsg (talk) 22:25, 10 July 2023 (UTC)