Talk:Royal Palace of Ugarit

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A fact from Royal Palace of Ugarit appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 October 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Royal Palace (gate pictured) of ancient Ugarit in Syria had fortification walls whose base sloped outward 45 degrees?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Royal Palace of Ugarit.

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DYK hook[edit]

I was just looking at your hook, which as written now is misleading. It implies that the walls lean outwards at the top, whereas what pictures of the palace show (and the text of the article confirms) is walls that slope outwards at the base. (Sloping out 45 degrees at the top would be structurally impossible anyway).

To avoid the problem, the text should be corrected to something like: ...that sloped outward 45 degrees at the base?

Awien (talk) 22:10, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I rephrased it as suggested above. Awien (talk) 02:07, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]