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
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The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 00:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
ALT1:... that the Statutes amusements fair in
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire developed as a means to persuade newly contracted employees to spend their first shillings? "When an agreement had been made between and employer and an employee, the employer would give a small token of money, usually a shilling, which fastened the contract for a year.Later, stalls were set up at the fairs selling food and drink or games to play to tempt employees to spend their token money." from: Pridding, Beth (28 September 2018).
"Everything you need to know about this year's Burton Statutes Fair". DerbyshireLive. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
ALT2:... that a single ride was provided at the 2020 Statutes Fair to maintain the continuity of the 800-year-old annual event through the Covid-19 pandemic?"Just one token children's ride was set and operating in the town so there was a presence in the Market Place to ensure an 800-year-old charter was not broken." from: Kreft, Helen (7 October 2020).
"Just one ride at town's funfair to ensure royal charter continues". DerbyshireLive. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 14:21, 8 October 2021 (UTC).
Comment: According to the article the 802nd anniversary is on October 29th, could we mark it as a special occasion DYK?JeffUK (
talk) 17:36, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi
JeffUK, it's held on the first Monday and Tuesday after
Michaelmas (29 September), so this year was held on 4 and 5 October. The 29 October date mentioned in the article is for the cheese and horse fair granted by King John. It is mentioned as it is one of the fairs authorised by statute, whilst the Statutes Fair, confusingly, has no known statute authorising it -
Dumelow (
talk) 18:24, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
I think original hook is by far the most interesting - cited and faithful to source, size, age, reffing, QPQ all pass. good to go.
Cas Liber (
talk·contribs) 00:31, 12 October 2021 (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
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 00:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
ALT1:... that the Statutes amusements fair in
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire developed as a means to persuade newly contracted employees to spend their first shillings? "When an agreement had been made between and employer and an employee, the employer would give a small token of money, usually a shilling, which fastened the contract for a year.Later, stalls were set up at the fairs selling food and drink or games to play to tempt employees to spend their token money." from: Pridding, Beth (28 September 2018).
"Everything you need to know about this year's Burton Statutes Fair". DerbyshireLive. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
ALT2:... that a single ride was provided at the 2020 Statutes Fair to maintain the continuity of the 800-year-old annual event through the Covid-19 pandemic?"Just one token children's ride was set and operating in the town so there was a presence in the Market Place to ensure an 800-year-old charter was not broken." from: Kreft, Helen (7 October 2020).
"Just one ride at town's funfair to ensure royal charter continues". DerbyshireLive. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 14:21, 8 October 2021 (UTC).
Comment: According to the article the 802nd anniversary is on October 29th, could we mark it as a special occasion DYK?JeffUK (
talk) 17:36, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi
JeffUK, it's held on the first Monday and Tuesday after
Michaelmas (29 September), so this year was held on 4 and 5 October. The 29 October date mentioned in the article is for the cheese and horse fair granted by King John. It is mentioned as it is one of the fairs authorised by statute, whilst the Statutes Fair, confusingly, has no known statute authorising it -
Dumelow (
talk) 18:24, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
I think original hook is by far the most interesting - cited and faithful to source, size, age, reffing, QPQ all pass. good to go.
Cas Liber (
talk·contribs) 00:31, 12 October 2021 (UTC)