The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 17:35, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
... that the Havering hoard, the largest Bronze Age hoard found in London, was discovered by a 23-year-old archaeologist only four weeks into a temporary contract? "London’s largest haul of Bronze Age treasure unearthed by rookie ... Mr Platts’ “once in a lifetime” find came just four weeks into the university graduate’s new job." from: Hoare, Callum (20 August 2020).
"'Once in a lifetime find' London's largest haul of Bronze Age treasure unearthed by rookie". Daily Express. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
ALT1:... that the 453-item Havering hoard may represent the large-scale abandonment of bronze tools at the start of the
Iron Age? "Was it a rejection of bronze tools as iron technology emerged?" from:
"Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery". Museum of London. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
5x expanded by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 08:31, 22 August 2020 (UTC).
Article is long enough and new enough...expanded 5x in past four days; no sourcing, copyright, or content issues were found. Both hooks have good sources and meet length and format criterion. Personnally, I like original hook better than ALT1. QPQ was done.--
Orygun (
talk) 20:59, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Comment. The original hook is more 'hooky', but it is cited to a
generally unreliable source (The Daily Express). It isn't usual to attribute discoveries on large team projects to an individual excavator, and comes across as tabloid hyperbole to me. I would go with ALT1. –
Joe (
talk) 09:03, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
ALT2:.. that the first item of the Havering hoard, the largest Bronze Age hoard found in London, was discovered by a 23-year-old archaeologist only four weeks into a temporary contract?
@
Orygun: or @
Joe Roe: could you review ALT2 please?
Yoninah (
talk) 21:58, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
@
Yoninah: Looks good to me. –
Joe (
talk) 06:50, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
this nomination's talk page,
the article's talk page or
Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 17:35, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
... that the Havering hoard, the largest Bronze Age hoard found in London, was discovered by a 23-year-old archaeologist only four weeks into a temporary contract? "London’s largest haul of Bronze Age treasure unearthed by rookie ... Mr Platts’ “once in a lifetime” find came just four weeks into the university graduate’s new job." from: Hoare, Callum (20 August 2020).
"'Once in a lifetime find' London's largest haul of Bronze Age treasure unearthed by rookie". Daily Express. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
ALT1:... that the 453-item Havering hoard may represent the large-scale abandonment of bronze tools at the start of the
Iron Age? "Was it a rejection of bronze tools as iron technology emerged?" from:
"Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery". Museum of London. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
5x expanded by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 08:31, 22 August 2020 (UTC).
Article is long enough and new enough...expanded 5x in past four days; no sourcing, copyright, or content issues were found. Both hooks have good sources and meet length and format criterion. Personnally, I like original hook better than ALT1. QPQ was done.--
Orygun (
talk) 20:59, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Comment. The original hook is more 'hooky', but it is cited to a
generally unreliable source (The Daily Express). It isn't usual to attribute discoveries on large team projects to an individual excavator, and comes across as tabloid hyperbole to me. I would go with ALT1. –
Joe (
talk) 09:03, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
ALT2:.. that the first item of the Havering hoard, the largest Bronze Age hoard found in London, was discovered by a 23-year-old archaeologist only four weeks into a temporary contract?
@
Orygun: or @
Joe Roe: could you review ALT2 please?
Yoninah (
talk) 21:58, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
@
Yoninah: Looks good to me. –
Joe (
talk) 06:50, 27 August 2020 (UTC)