Talk:Charles III, Count of Alençon

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Did you know... that Charles III abdicated to become a monk, leaving his land divided between his younger brothers?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 06:04, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Charles III abdicated to become a monk, leaving his land divided between his younger brothers? Source:
Siguret, Philippe (2000). Histoire du Perche. Fédération des amis du Perche
- ALT1: ... that Charles III counterfeited royal money and quarrelled with royal officials? Source:
  Tricou, Jean (1957). Lyon conté par les médailles (in French). Crédit Lyonnais
  Dompnier, Bernard (2006). Marie Viallon-Schoneveld (ed.). Un point d'histoire lyonnaise dans un Consulto de Sarpi. Autour du Concile de Trente: actes de la table ronde de Lyon, 28 février 2003. Université de Saint-Etienne
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tyrrhenika

5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Self-nominated at 19:07, 27 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Charles III, Count of Alençon; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Surtsicna: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:47, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

the year of birth and the assertion that he was a "Capetian House of Valois" don't appear to be cited. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 22:01, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Surtsicna: Any chance you could address the issues flagged by Amakuru above in the near future? If the issues get resolved today, we still might be able to nominate ALT0 for the April Fool's Day set. Cielquiparle (talk) 10:36, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done, Cielquiparle. Amakuru took care of half of it. Thanks to everyone involved! Surtsicna (talk) 16:08, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Surtsicna! @Amakuru: Could you please confirm that all your concerns have now been resolved and if so, restore a tick so we can promote this? Cielquiparle (talk) 22:06, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cielquiparle: sure. Good to go. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 23:58, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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