Talk:Malahai

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A fact from Malahai appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the malahai (example pictured) served as a protective helmet, even though it is a fur hat?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 20:07, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Kyrgyz man wearing a malahai

... that malahai (example pictured) served as a protective helmet, even though it is a fur hat? Source: https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/kazahskaya-voinskaya-shapka-malakay-xviii-xix-vekov It's in Russian, but has an English summary at the end of the PDF article: "... author concludes, that "malakai" cap had polifunctional [sic] meaning. (...) used both as a warm headdress and a soft protective helmet. A high crown combined with front part (...) amortized an enemy's punch (made by blade weapon) and protected a warrior's head and neck."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Free Woman

Created by BorgQueen (talk). Self-nominated at 22:51, 23 December 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing this, give me a couple of days — DaxServer (t · m · c) 16:49, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: DYK ready with foreign-language source — DaxServer (t · m · c) 10:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

BorgQueen, why not use the full image with the horse in the article and just the crop here? It might provide more context? — DaxServer (t · m · c) 17:17, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- I recall the full image wasn't available on Commons. Only the crop was. BorgQueen (talk) 17:21, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Review completed — DaxServer (t · m · c) 10:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The whole image is available on commons and I think we should use it instead of the cropped one. Without objection: File:Башкирский воин.jpg. Reviewer and creator seems to agree that a full image would be useful. Bruxton (talk) 20:05, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Notes

Hi @BorgQueen. Very impressive article! Q: Why did you use a custom format for notes, but not just {{Efn}} and {{Notelist}}? — DaxServer (t · m · c) 17:07, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Uh... no particular reason. The MOS thing is so vast I can't memorize them all! Lol. Am I supposed to use them? BorgQueen (talk) 17:13, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No. They are just a bit easier to use in Visual Editor. Your format is completely fine ;) — DaxServer (t · m · c) 17:21, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]