Talk:Bapaume town hall explosion

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Did you know... that two members of the French parliament were killed when a delayed-action German bomb exploded in the town hall at Bapaume on 25 March 1917 (aftermath pictured)?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 04:06, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that two members of the French parliament were killed when a delayed-action German bomb exploded in the town hall at Bapaume on 25 March 1917 (aftermath pictured)? Source: "a delayed-action bomb even exploded on 25 March killing two members of the French Parliament" from: Holt, Tonie; Holt, Valmai (30 June 2016). Somme 100th Anniversary. Pen and Sword. p. 498. ISBN 978-1-4738-6674-4.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Montagu Toller
- Comment: Would be nice to run this on 25 March for the anniversary

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:52, 23 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Bapaume town hall explosion; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Epicgenius: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:50, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: I think you meant to ping Dumelow...

Epicgenius (talk) 23:10, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dang it, my bad. I have a review of a nom I did of yours on a tab that I copy and paste to other reviews to make things easier and it happens to have your username pinged on it. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:20, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: and Dumelow Promoting now to keep get image spot. My concern is that "two members of the French parliament were killed" appears in the lead but not the body. Needs to be explicit in the body with a citation - presently not cited. Bruxton (talk) 04:06, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bruxton, the article has: "On the night of 25 March the building was occupied by around 30 Australian troops, civilians of the comfort fund and two deputies of the French parliament.[4] The latter were Albert Tailliandier [fr] and Raoul Briquet [fr]. Tailliandier was the local member of parliament for the town and was visiting for the first time since its liberation.[6] ... Tailliandier and Briquet killed were among those killed.[9]". I could repeat that Tailliandier and Briquet were members of parliament (or deputies) in that last sentence if you like, but I thought it was fairly clear who they were - Dumelow (talk) 08:15, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dumelow Thank you, I am sure that was my own mistake. Bruxton (talk) 12:43, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]