Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Caen (1346)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:49, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Battle of Caen (1346)

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• ... that after capturing the French town of Caen an English army massacred the population and engaged in an orgy of rape? Source: Sumption, Jonathan (1990). Trial by Battle. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571200955 p. 510; Ormrod, W. Mark (2012). Edward III. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11910-7 p. 275; Website: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Edward III by W M Ormrod. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/8519

• Reviewed: Mexico at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 23:44, 21 December 2018 (UTC).

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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Recently expanded, GA-promoted, and well-written article. I think the hook is interesting, and it is cited in the article. As the QPQ is also done, I will pass this. Applodion (talk) 22:45, 22 December 2018 (UTC)