Talk:Jaan Puhvel

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:59, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that Estonian linguist Jaan Puhvel has worked for more than half a century on his multi-volume Hittite Etymological Dictionary? Source: Kressa, Kaarel [in Estonian] (March 21, 2008). "Jaan Puhvel otsib kiilkirjast indoeuroopa keelepuu juuri". Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved September 4, 2020.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chori Chori Chupke Chupke

Improved to Good Article status by Krakkos (talk). Self-nominated at 19:59, 22 October 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - ?
• Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thanks for this interesting article. The only problem is that nowhere in the article is it actually stated that he worked on the dictionary for more than half a century - I can only see that it was first published in 1984, which is only 36 years ago. Having a look at the citation with Google Translate, it does appear that it mentions fact, but this needs to be reflected in the article as well. Otherwise good to go. GGT (talk) 23:35, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

@GGT and Krakkos: I am native. Given source ([1]) explicitly says that he worked over 50 years with his Hettite dictionary. But it is hard to find other sources which states the same. However, good allusions here: et:Kasutaja:EeroBot/ETBL/Jaan Puhvel (eg find the year "1954")--Estopedist1 (talk) 06:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, GGT. I have now ensured that the information on which the hook is based is now mentioned at the article Jaan Puhvel. Thanks for verifying the source, Estopedist1. Krakkos (talk) 09:59, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot to both - this is now good to go! --GGT (talk) 21:51, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

• Please add an inline cite to this sentence: This project is the culmination of more than a half a century of work by Puhvel. per WP:DYK#Cited hook. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Yoninah, i have now added an inline citation for the sentence in question. Krakkos (talk) 21:49, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you. Restoring tick for offline source per GGT's review. Yoninah (talk) 21:57, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Mistake in the article?

According to the cited "Keel and Kirjandus" article his father was not a civil engineer, but "maamõõtja", that means surveyor. As it is a GA, this is an important matter. Żyrafał (talk) 23:45, 13 May 2021 (UTC)