Template:Did you know nominations/Capture of Bacharach
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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 04:28, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
Capture of Bacharach[edit]
- ... that the town of Bacharach in present-day Germany was captured by Spanish forces led by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (pictured) on this day in 1620?
Created/expanded by History6969 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 20:55, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
Article length, date and sources check out. Most of the hook has inline citations (in the lead), except for the fact that the town is in present-day Germany. This should be addressed before the article is approved. Yazan (talk) 06:34, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
- Well, it's just something I put in to give the hook some geographical context for general readers of MainPage. The town is historically German. Sourcing for such info is not really expected in a history article like this one, unless it's one of those places that belonged to different countries in different eras. What if the hook is changed to "...that the German town of Bacharach was captured by..."? Would you still want a footnote in the article? I don't think such a footnote belongs there in the article. --PFHLai (talk) 09:05, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
- For the alternative phrasing I wouldn't expect a footnote. But specifically because "in present-day Germany" suggests that it was in fact part of another country at some point, I think it needed a reference supporting it.
- ALT1 ... that the German town of Bacharach was captured by Spanish forces led by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (pictured) on this day in 1620?
AGF on offline sources. This is good to go for ALT1. Yazan (talk) 09:56, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
- I don't find the piped link to "captured" attractive, suggest
- ALT2 ... that the German town of Bacharach was captured by Spanish forces led by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (pictured) on this day in 1620?
- For the alternative phrasing I wouldn't expect a footnote. But specifically because "in present-day Germany" suggests that it was in fact part of another country at some point, I think it needed a reference supporting it.
- Well, it's just something I put in to give the hook some geographical context for general readers of MainPage. The town is historically German. Sourcing for such info is not really expected in a history article like this one, unless it's one of those places that belonged to different countries in different eras. What if the hook is changed to "...that the German town of Bacharach was captured by..."? Would you still want a footnote in the article? I don't think such a footnote belongs there in the article. --PFHLai (talk) 09:05, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
