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youcroft (talk) 09:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Importance of the subject

For many, Youssef Beik Karam is an important figure in the chain of statesmen who contributed to the creation of modern Lebanon. I will cite the five important figures. The first is Fakhr-al-Din II who planted the seeds of the Lebanese particularism and who encouraged Druze and Maronites to unite their efforts. He knew how to profit from the relationships of Maronite with the Western world to get support against the Ottoman empire. The second is Emir Youssef Al Shihabi in that he started in the second half of the 18th Century the reduction of the powers of the local sheikhs who prospered during the vacuum created after the death of Fakhr-al-Din in 1635 and somewhat reunited the Lebanon of Fakhr-al-Din. The third is Bachir Chehab II who ruled rather ruthlessly, continuing the action of his predecessor, practically eliminitaing the sheikhs system. Tanios Chahine is the fourth, he did in Keserwan what the Shihabis princes did in the Chouf/Metn and in Jbeil / Batroun. Youssef Karam is in the same tradition. Through his nationalistic approach, he contributed in North Lebanon to the creation of a new political elite based on merit. He also somewhat contributed to the creation of the Qa'immaqamiyatain regime and then Mutassarifiah regime, that gave birth later to the Greater Lebanon. youcroft (talk) 21:15, 14 April 2008 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Yellaban (talk • contribs) 21:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

This is a very interesting history. However, please read the WikiProject's importance scale criteria. A high-importance article is defined as one which "Most readers will have some knowledge of the subject". It may be the case that most readers in Lebanon have some knowledge of who this person is, but I don't think that most readers in the world will have ever heard of them. For instance, the example of a high importance article is the Lebanese Civil War, which is probably much more known that this individual. That was my thinking at least. ← George ^[talk] 09:10, 15 April 2008 (UTC)