Template:Did you know nominations/William Green (general)

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 16:31, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

William Green (general)[edit]

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... that William Green (pictured) served as chief engineer throughout the Great Siege of Gibraltar?

Reviewed: Anthophorula persephone

Created/expanded by ACP2011 (talk). Self nom at 22:12, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Per the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know/GibraltarPediA Options, Gibraltar-related articles are temporarily being reviewed by two individuals. In addition to the regular DYK criteria, at least one reviewer should also indicate whether they perceive any conflict of interest or promotional concerns about the article under review.IP addresses and Victuallers are not allowed to do the reviews.

Review 1:
Article was expanded long enough by ACP2011, the hook is cited. I have checked ffor COI issues, and there don't appear to be any. I wonder if a better hook can be found..? ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 03:34, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Review 2:
Perhaps this would work as a better alternate hook: "... that William Green (pictured), who served as chief engineer throughout the Great Siege of Gibraltar, was later depicted in two paintings of the siege by John Singleton Copley and George Carter?" I think the hook as is isn't "hooky" enough, per WP:DYKR. I don't perceive any bias, however.Cdtew (talk) 16:23, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

I think this is fine to go with your suggested alternative hook (I've added some wikilinks and a spelling correction). Prioryman (talk) 22:02, 27 December 2012 (UTC)