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Featured articleCapture of Wakefield is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
Main Page trophyThis article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on May 21, 2023.
Did You Know Article milestones
DateProcessResult
September 10, 2019Good article nomineeListed
October 10, 2019WikiProject A-class reviewApproved
December 25, 2019Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on September 27, 2019.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that during the capture of Wakefield, some historians claim that the town's commander led a counterattack "in his nightshirt" because he was hungover?
Current status: Featured article

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I originally posted this at Errors but not with much time on the Main Page left, hence I shall move this query to here: Why is "capture" in Capture of Wakefield in upper case? I would have just changed it but it’s the same in the target article's lead. It was already like this when it went through the FA review. Schwede66 22:55, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Schwede66: No good reason! It's now been changed to lower case in the lead. At some point I should go through my other articles and check for this inappropriate 'proper nouning' of titles in the lead sentences, at some point I just slipped into the habit. Harrias (he/him) • talk 07:40, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. I made a call at the 11th hour and changed it to lower case while it was on the Main Page. I'm glad I didn't step on anyone's toes. Schwede66 08:16, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I thought it most odd that this was correct through the GAN and the MILHIST ACR; the change was initiated during the FAC based on the review by User:CPA-5. (It should be customary at FAC for the @FAC coordinators: to scrutinize everything in the lead before promoting.) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:24, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Dear me, style recommendations do change you know, and back when this was promoted putting the action in title case was quite acceptable. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:30, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am just noticing it's a four-year-old promotion, but I did note that it made it through GAN and ACR without the error. Bst, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:47, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]