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
Amkgp (
talk) 07:09, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 18:10, 27 August 2020 (UTC).
Reviewing...New enough, long enough, no copyvio issues, QPQ provided, reads well, interesting hooks (prefer proposed hook). Is there an image to go with proposed hook? Will read through and check references etc.
Whispyhistory (
talk) 10:51, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks
Whispyhistory, alas I could find no free image of the colours of the 66th at Maiwand -
Dumelow (
talk) 11:36, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
I've removed the image. It had been misidentified on Commons and is actually of an Austrian colour from the Battle of Vauchamps -
Dumelow (
talk) 23:07, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi
Whispyhistory. The colour party suffered large numbers of killed and wounded during the action but the colours were preserved. I've reworded this sentence to try to avoid confusion, let me know if it still needs work. Thanks -
Dumelow (
talk) 15:30, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
for proposed hook. Hook fact in article and followed by citation of a source that requires subscription. Thanks for clarifying @
Dumelow:... I understand. Maybe helpful to make that point clear in lead. It is clear that you put put a lot of effort in this article.
Whispyhistory (
talk) 15:52, 31 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
Amkgp (
talk) 07:09, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 18:10, 27 August 2020 (UTC).
Reviewing...New enough, long enough, no copyvio issues, QPQ provided, reads well, interesting hooks (prefer proposed hook). Is there an image to go with proposed hook? Will read through and check references etc.
Whispyhistory (
talk) 10:51, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks
Whispyhistory, alas I could find no free image of the colours of the 66th at Maiwand -
Dumelow (
talk) 11:36, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
I've removed the image. It had been misidentified on Commons and is actually of an Austrian colour from the Battle of Vauchamps -
Dumelow (
talk) 23:07, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi
Whispyhistory. The colour party suffered large numbers of killed and wounded during the action but the colours were preserved. I've reworded this sentence to try to avoid confusion, let me know if it still needs work. Thanks -
Dumelow (
talk) 15:30, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
for proposed hook. Hook fact in article and followed by citation of a source that requires subscription. Thanks for clarifying @
Dumelow:... I understand. Maybe helpful to make that point clear in lead. It is clear that you put put a lot of effort in this article.
Whispyhistory (
talk) 15:52, 31 August 2020 (UTC)