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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 BlueMoonset (talk) 18:19, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Napoleon points

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Created/expanded by Krishnachandranvn (talk). Nominated by Carabinieri (talk) at 23:35, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

  • Without reviewing the article, I wish to point out that the first part of the hook may indeed be true, but it is not supported by the new article - naturally so, because it would also be of marginal relevance. That's the second problem with the hook: it itself is about something that's not really relevant to the topic of the article. Dahn (talk) 20:50, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
  • It is supported, upon a second look. My other objections stand, but are not vital. Dahn (talk) 20:52, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
  • Hooks aren't generally expected to sum up the article. When it comes to articles about mathematics, the lay reader probably wouldn't be able to understand the hook, if it does sum up the article.--Carabinieri (talk) 14:11, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
  • A very interesting article and hook, especially because the person involved. Good to go! ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 17:10, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
  • After re-reading the article and the some of the sources, I think the following hook would be more appropriate: