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White bear of Henry III

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Modern sculpture of Henry's bear
Modern sculpture of Henry's bear
  • ... that in 1253 Henry III of England ordered that his white bear (sculpture pictured) be permitted to swim and hunt in the Thames?
  • Source: "they also had to suffer the indignity of one of Henry’s off-hand sets of instructions when he decided that the bear should be capable of providing for itself. The sheriffs were told to create a stout muzzle and chain so that the animal’s Norwegian handler could control the bear when leading him out of the tower down to the River Thames. Also, a long rope to control the bear when he was in the water having a wash and fishing for himself." from: Bibby, Miriam. "King Henry III's Polar Bear". Historic UK. Retrieved 20 July 2024.; the date of Henry's order is given in Stow, John (1733). A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent. T. Read. pp. 69–70.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 861 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 12:32, 25 July 2024 (UTC).

  • Hello Dumelow, I'm a first-time DYK reviewer and I'll be reviewing this. It looks interesting so far and I'll give additional comments soon. Nrco0e (talk • contribs) 18:18, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
  1. Article was nominated 5 days after creation, so it passes the newness check.
  2. Article is exceeds 1,500 bytes, so it passes the minimum length check.
  3. Sources look reliable. I see that most of them were authored by people who specialize in history, which I presume are qualified and reputable enough for this subject. Earwig shows no obvious plagiarism.
    1. Background section: I see that ref [1] doesn't have an online link provided. I did a quick search on Google and found this PDF for that ref. I think it's worth adding that PDF's URL to ref [1]. Ref [2] covers most of the content in that section, although I think it should be put next to the second sentence since it doesn't mention anything about 1834.
  4. Hook only has one link, so the presentability rule does not apply here.
  5. Hook is adequately cited with sources used in the article.
  6. Both hooks are interesting. I personally prefer the main hook.
  7. Images are public domain and are recognizable at low resolution. Captions are descriptive and succinct.
  8. QPQ has been done by nom.
  9. There's a few grammatically unclear sentences I would like to point out. Namely:
    1. From then until 1834 animals were kept in the menageries continuously until 1834 - repetition of 1834.
    2. Henry was shocked by the expense of keeping the bear so [he] delegated its upkeep to... - add "he"?
    3. The sheriffs['] allowance of four sous a day - add a possessive apostrophe and wikilink "sous" for the layperson like me?

Other than some issues I've pointed out, the nomination is looking good! Since I'm a new reviewer, I'll have to request a second opinion from another reviewer. Nrco0e (talk • contribs) 19:15, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

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