Template:Did you know nominations/The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman

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The result was: promoted by Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 21:28, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman[edit]

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... ~~that The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman is a poem by the 15th-century Scottish poet Robert Henryson, part of his collection of moral fables known as the Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian?~~

Reviewed: Erhard Egidi

Created by MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk). Self nominated at 10:28, 10 May 2013 (UTC).

Hook checks out, as does the creation date, article length, and citations. Very well done article. My only suggestion is that a more interesting hook might be found. — AJDS ^talk 13:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Appreciate the comments. You're right, the hook is quite mundane, but I lack any imagination when making hooks (always go for functional). Now that I have one to fall back on, though, I'll propose a few though more adventurous ones:
ALT 1: ... that the poem The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman by the 15th-century Scottish poet Robert Henryson features an anthropomorphic wolf that is tricked down a draw-well with the promise of cheese?
ALT 2: ... that in the poem The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman by the 15th-century Scottish poet Robert Henryson, an anthropomorphic fox is called upon as a witness in a dispute over oxen?
… although since these are from the synopsis they'd have to be accepted on good faith. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 18:57, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Did you know#The_hook states "If the subject is a work of fiction or a fictional character, the hook must involve the real world in some way." Plot of the story cannot be promoted as a hook. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 06:44, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough. Not the biggest knowledge on DYK policy. Would just be happy with the first hook then. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 18:08, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

But the original hook "poem is from this book" is not really interesting. Can you work out something from the source section? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 05:46, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

ALT3: ... that a possible source for the poem The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman, by the 15th-century Scottish poet Robert Henryson, was Aesop's Fables as published by William Caxton? MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 14:58, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

for ALT3 based on original review. This is a much better one. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 17:11, 17 May 2013 (UTC)