Template:Did you know nominations/Elephant of the Bastille

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The result was: promoted by Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:37, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Elephant of the Bastille

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... that a 78 foot tall elephant stood in Paris for over 30 years?
ALT: ... that a giant elephant stood on the remains of the fallen Bastille for over 30 years?

Created by Violetriga (talk). Self nom at 18:01, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Some more references are needed and will hopefully be added shortly. violet/riga _^[talk] 18:03, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Done a few - shame that most of the available information is in French though. violet/riga _^[talk] 19:20, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Age, length neutrality OK. Sources mostly OK although there seems to be a personal blog and a travel site in there. No copyvio, plagiarism or close paraphasing. Hook and picture are OK. I prefer ALT1 as there is no citation for the 78 foot height in the article and that claim seems to come from one of the least reliable of the sources. Ready to go unless a review is owed. Yomangani ^talk 23:28, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

I've added two more references including one that supports the first hook. violet/riga _^[talk] 00:51, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that a giant elephant in Paris was protected by a man who lived in one of its legs? violet/riga _^[talk] 00:51, 24 August 2011 (UTC)