Talk:Battle of Puketutu

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January 23, 2023	Good article nominee	Listed
October 25, 2023	WikiProject A-class review	Approved

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 19, 2023.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Māori believed that the failure of the rockets launched at a pā (fort) during the Battle of Puketutu was due to rites and rituals performed during its construction?

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 12:23, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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An unknown artist's depiction of the Battle of Puketutu; the launching of the rockets at the pā is depicted at bottom right

... that the British Army's first attack on an inland pā (fort) of the Māori, at the Battle of Puketutu (pictured) in the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand, was a failure? Source: "Very little remains to-day to mark Puketutu pa, the scene of the first British attack upon an inland Maori fort;..." page 41, Cowan 1955 (see link to source in the article). "So ended the Battle of Puketutu—a virtual victory for the Maoris, for they retained possession of their pa." page 46, Cowan 1955. "...Puketutu was a substantial and politically important Maori victory..." page 43, Belich 1998.
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- Comment: Second (or is it third? My first actually referred to two articles) self-nomination

Improved to Good Article status by Zawed (talk). Self-nominated at 09:14, 24 January 2023 (UTC).[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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - Could think of others.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Zawed: This I believe is your third since a double article nom is the same as two nominations. Honestly though, the hook could pass but I feel as if a different hook could be better. Also, you don't need the "in the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand," part of the hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:51, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1* ... that the Māori believed the failure of the rockets launched at a pā (fort) during the Battle of Puketutu was due to rites and rituals performed during its construction? Source: "Heke's warriors had faithfully observed all sacred rites and customs in the construction of the pā, the poor performance of the rockets proved to the defenders their "atua" were protecting them, giving them confidence for the rest of the battle." page 121, Simons 2019.

@Onegreatjoke:, I have added an ALT1 for a hook, let me know what you think. Cheers, Zawed (talk) 07:55, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seems better now Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:06, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I have amended the image caption to refer to the rockets so it better references the hook. Zawed (talk) 22:44, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]