The article was promoted 05:53, 4 December 2007.
This is a partial self-nomination. Credit and thanks to Tagishsimon, who created the article, and to Rockpocket and Crum375 who, along with Tagishsimon, helped to prepare it for this nomination.
The article is about a political controversy in London that lasted from 1903 to 1910, triggered by allegations — vigorously denied — that a professor at University College had vivisected a dog without anaesthetic. Antivivisectionists built a memorial for the dog, which led to serious rioting by medical students, subsequently called the Brown Dog riots. I realized just a few days ago that this December 10 is the 100th anniversary of the worst night of those riots, which saw 1,000 students fighting in Trafalgar Square with 400 police officers, and assorted trade unionists and suffragettes. I'm therefore nominating it in the hope it can appear as the featured article on that date.
The one thing the article is missing is a free image of the current Brown Dog statue in Battersea (the old one was destroyed), but yesterday we found a Wikipedian in London who is willing to take a photograph for us, so that will be added as soon as it's ready. SlimVirgin (talk) (contribs) 05:00, 24 November 2007 (UTC) reply
An interesting bit of history. Some comments:
None of these are major concerns and this is clearly in support territory. Marskell 14:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC) reply
The article was promoted 05:53, 4 December 2007.
This is a partial self-nomination. Credit and thanks to Tagishsimon, who created the article, and to Rockpocket and Crum375 who, along with Tagishsimon, helped to prepare it for this nomination.
The article is about a political controversy in London that lasted from 1903 to 1910, triggered by allegations — vigorously denied — that a professor at University College had vivisected a dog without anaesthetic. Antivivisectionists built a memorial for the dog, which led to serious rioting by medical students, subsequently called the Brown Dog riots. I realized just a few days ago that this December 10 is the 100th anniversary of the worst night of those riots, which saw 1,000 students fighting in Trafalgar Square with 400 police officers, and assorted trade unionists and suffragettes. I'm therefore nominating it in the hope it can appear as the featured article on that date.
The one thing the article is missing is a free image of the current Brown Dog statue in Battersea (the old one was destroyed), but yesterday we found a Wikipedian in London who is willing to take a photograph for us, so that will be added as soon as it's ready. SlimVirgin (talk) (contribs) 05:00, 24 November 2007 (UTC) reply
An interesting bit of history. Some comments:
None of these are major concerns and this is clearly in support territory. Marskell 14:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC) reply