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The following discussion 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 Allen3 talk 16:20, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

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Huxley Hoard[edit]

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Created by Mike Peel (talk). Self nominated at 20:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC).

  • The article is new enough and just long enough. The hook is supported by This source but I am slightly worried that some of the wording in the article is very close to that in the source web page. Also I wondered if the hook (at 197 characters) could be shortened - is the fact that it is currently on display at the Museum of Liverpool vital? No QPQ has been done, but I don't know if that is required for this nominator.— Rod talk 19:38, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
    • Thanks Rod for reviewing this. :-) I tried to avoid echoing the wording from the ref as much as I could - are there any particular phrases which are too close to the ref for comfort? If the hook needs shortening, then it might be better to remove "using a metal detector" as I think the location that it's currently displayed at is more important and interesting than that point. I'm not sure what you mean by QPQ? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:18, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
    • Mike. If you have more than 5 DYK nominations you expected to review someone else's as "quid pro quo". Re close paraphrasing:
  • Article: "The lead fragments imply that the hoard was either buried in a sheet of lead, or in a lead-lined wooden box."
  • Source: "The presence of the lead fragments suggests that the silver was either wrapped in a sheet of lead or could even have been buried in a lead lined wooden box"
  • Article: "It was held by the British Museum until early 2007. The hoard is now jointly owned by Grosvenor Museum, Cheshire Museums Service and National Museums Liverpool, and was acquired using a Heritage Lottery Fund grant"
  • Source: "The hoard was examined by experts at the British Museum and was then acquired jointly by Chester Grosvenor Museum, Cheshire Museums Service and National Museums Liverpool with Heritage Lottery Funding ."
I'm sure some could be reworded just to allay any fears. OK re hook shortening.—Rod talk 20:31, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
OK, hook shortened. I've done a bit of rewording - if more is needed could you have a go please? QPQ is probably the worst acronym I've seen here - an acronym of a latin phrase! But I'll review another nomination now. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:28, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Now reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/1963 Chualar bus crash. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:42, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
I've done a little bit of rewording (and a few other minor tweaks). Thanks for doing the review - QPQ is not an acronym I've invented see Point 5 of Wikipedia:Did you know#Eligibility criteria.— Rod talk 17:54, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
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