Talk:Battle of Cirta

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Date	Process	Result
February 21, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed
February 28, 2023	Featured article candidate	Not promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 28, 2023.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that when the Numidian king Syphax attempted to rally his fleeing army at the Battle of Cirta he was thrown from his horse and captured?

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Did you know nomination

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 Valereee (talk) 01:03, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when the Numidian King Syphax attempted to rally his fleeing army at the battle of Cirta he was thrown from his horse and captured? Source: Lazenby, John (1996). The First Punic War: A Military History. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-2673-3. Page 212. [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shooting of Jason Harley Kloepfer

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 23:03, 21 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Battle of Cirta; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

The archived version only has page 207 for me, but this just went through GA so I trust it. I would suggest one change to the hook: wikilink Syphax. Otherwise, looks good to me. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:26, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Evening Cap'n, and thank you. It's an on line library, so you can "borrow" the book and read the whole thing if you want. But, yeah, you can trust it. The article will shortly be on its way to FAC, and you have possibly heard what the coordinators there are like about sourcing! Gog the Mild (talk) 23:53, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of which CaptainEek, when might FAC expect to be graced again with one of your nominations? Gog the Mild (talk) 22:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gog the Mild, Well I was hoping to take Gallic Wars but it has way too much citation work :( I tried to take it to A but it just didn't work out. But I'm working on Capture of Columbia, which I think will be FA worthy! CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 22:43, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]