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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:46, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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Capture of Wakefield

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  • ... that during the capture of Wakefield, the town's commander was said to have led a counterattack "on a horse in his nightshirt", possibly because he was hungover? Source: Brooks, Richard (2005). Cassell's Battlefields of Britain and Ireland.

5x expanded by Harrias (talk). Self-nominated at 08:32, 10 September 2019 (UTC).

  • Looks good - five times expanded in the last two days, readable prose at 6,000 characters, neutral article, well sourced and referenced, interesting hook with proper formatting. Source is offline but appears reputable, taken in good faith. Good job! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ɱ (talk • contribs) 16:29, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

per WP:WEASEL the claims of that he led the counterattack in his nightshirt, and was hungover, need to be attributed to someone.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:39, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

@Amakuru: Sorry, had a mis-click with the rollback button there! Claims now attributed inline. Harrias talk 10:04, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
@Harrias: great, that's fine about the rollback - I figured that's what happened, and I've been there myself before... thanks for the speedy clarification in the article. Do you think we could add "said by historians" into the hook? Or will that make it too clunky?  — Amakuru (talk) 10:07, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
@Amakuru:I have proposed a tweaked alternative hook below, conflating the two claims into one, to avoid double uncertainty as it were. What do you think? Harrias talk 10:17, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that during the capture of Wakefield, some historians claim the town's commander led a counterattack "in his nightshirt" because he was hungover?
great, that looks good, thanks! Signing ALT1 off now, obviously AGF on the sourcing as I haven't seen it. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 10:40, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
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