Template:Did you know nominations/Ministry of Defence headquarters (Thailand)

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The result was: promoted by L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:06, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Ministry of Defence headquarters (Thailand)[edit]

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Cannons in front of the Ministry of Defence

Phaya Tani cannon

... that the cannons in front of Thailand's Ministry of Defence headquarters (pictured) have names including "Uprooter of Mount Meru" and "The Wind that destroyeth the Earth"? Source: [1] (see pages 15 and 27 of the PDF)
- ALT1:... that the Phaya Tani cannon (pictured) in front of Thailand's Ministry of Defence headquarters was turned around in 2004, in a rumoured attempt to fix bad luck from its pointing at the Grand Palace? Source: [2] (in Thai, but see also [3])

Reviewed: Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain

Created by Paul_012 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:57, 25 November 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: 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: Pass for use with image 1 (the one captioned "Cannons in front of the Ministry of Defence"). Ergo Sum 18:28, 27 November 2018 (UTC)