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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 16:38, 1 May 2013 (UTC).
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Thomas Hardy's Cottage[edit]
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- ... that the birthplace (pictured) of author Thomas Hardy was where he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd?
5x expanded by MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk). Self nominated at 13:43, 24 April 2013 (UTC).
- ALT 1 "... that author Thomas Hardy wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd at his birthplace (pictured)? Anne (talk) 16:49, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
- Probably better. To be honest, there were several alternative ways this one could be worded, but I didn't want to write them out straight away in case the first was fine. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 19:40, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
All ok for ALT1, except that it's the Guardian which specifies the novels, & that ref should be repeated at that point. I'd tweak to:
ALT3: "... that Thomas Hardy wrote his novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd at his birthplace (pictured)? Don't think that needs a new review if you're ok with it. Johnbod (talk) 01:27, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
- I am happy with that, thanks. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 09:19, 27 April 2013 (UTC)