Template:Did you know nominations/Rakni's Mound

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:44, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Rakni's Mound

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... that Rakni's Mound in Ullensaker, Norway, is the largest barrow in Scandinavia but contained no body, only cremated skull fragments?

Comment: There is a short pre-existing segment in the Romerike article.

Created/expanded by Yngvadottir (talk). Self nom at 21:54, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that during the Nazi occupation of Norway, Herbert Jankuhn tried to take control of the excavation of Rakni's Mound for the Ahnenerbe but Anton Wilhelm Brøgger obtained funding to keep it Norwegian-led? Yngvadottir (talk) 21:58, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

and I have now reviewed Joseph Henry Kibbey Yngvadottir (talk) 18:15, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

The article's length and date are OK and the sourcing is fine. There is no evidence of plagiarism/copyvio issues. The hooks are interesting, cited and supported in the sources but the ALT1 hook is too long, so only the original hook is approved for now. Mikenorton (talk) 22:14, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing it and passing it! Yes, I was pushing it with that second hook - I understand the "... that" and the question mark are allowed to be dropped from the total, and without them it's 196 characters, but that is still plenty long because of the name dropping :-) I have changed contains to contained in the original hook, on reflection. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:22, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Still a bit long even allowing for 'that' - you could change 'take control of' to 'take over', which would keep it comfortably within the limit. Mikenorton (talk) 22:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)