Talk:Capture of Wejh

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Did you know... that Arab troops under King Faisal missed the 24 January 1917 capture of Wejh by two days because they had been celebrating the capture of £20,000 in gold?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 SL93 (talk) 20:32, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Arab troops under Faisal arrived two days too late to take part in the 24 January 1917 capture of Wejh because they had been celebrating the capture of £20,000 in gold? Source: "what on earth had done wrong with Feisal's forces? They finally arrived with Lawrence, two days too late ... The real reason for the Arab Army's disappearing act, and its lack of discipline, was that Abdullah's forces had captured a senior Turkish officer, Ashraf Bey, with his column of camels laden with supplies and £20,000 in gold. The Bedouin under Feisal's command simply decided to take time off to celebrate and no doubt get their hands on some of the loot if they could." from: Walker, Philip (2018). Behind the Lawrence Legend: The Forgotten Few Who Shaped the Arab Revolt. Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-19-880227-3.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Saleh Djasit
- Comment: This could run on the 105th anniversary, if I am permitted a slight extension to the usual 6-week period

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 18:07, 28 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing... Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:27, 28 November 2022 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: Good article. Will have to AGF based on offline sources. You'll likely have to ask in the discussion to see if they can extend the time. Onegreatjoke (talk) 14:38, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review Onegreatjoke, I've made the request at the DYK talk page - Dumelow (talk) 15:02, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pulled because of the special occasion request at DYK, but I will leave my punchified hook here: theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 09:22, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

... that Arab troops under King Faisal missed the 24 January 1917 capture of Wejh by two days, because they had been celebrating the capture of £20,000 in gold?

Thanks theleekycauldron, the ALT hook is fine by me. Onegreatjoke, are you OK to review and approve? - Dumelow (talk) 10:17, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I added the date back in so the link to the special occasion is clearer - Dumelow (talk) 10:18, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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