Talk:Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (France)

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Did you know... that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was desecrated during riots in 1927?

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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) 17:59, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is one of many like-named tombs around the world?~~ Source:^[1]
- ALT1: ... that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was desecrated during riots in 1927? Source: ^[2]
- ALT2: ... that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris holds one of several bodies exhumed from the fields of fiercest battles, the others being re-interred near Verdun in the "Square of the Seven Unknowns"?Source: ^[3]
- Reviewed:

Created by Brianalexherrera (talk). Nominated by Fayenatic london (talk) at 23:41, 21 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

I think many people don't even know that France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is under the Arc de Triomphe, so how about a hook based on that?

ALT3 ... that France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris?

Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:57, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - Lots of citations needed
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Fayenatic london and Brianalexherrera: Good article but there needs to be a lot more citations before this can be approved. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:29, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the assessment. I have added some citations and removed some other info that was uncited. Does the lead section need citations to be repeated within it from the full details in the other sections? – Fayenatic London 20:08, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Fayenatic london: No, unless the claim is controversial. See MOS:LEADCITE. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:53, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - Marking for closure. Issue has not been resolved. SL93 (talk) 02:36, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Brianalexherrera and Fayenatic london: Please delete/source the citation tagged paragraph and the unsourced paragraphs in the Choosing the Unknown Soldier section if you would like this to progress. CMD (talk) 16:08, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      - Done I added a missing citation for the president of the association for the flame, and removed/replaced material in "Choosing the Unknown Soldier" to correspond to the content of the Verdun website. – Fayenatic London 18:01, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
        I trimmed the remaining. Per the initial review on the other aspects, passing AGF for ALT1 and ALT3. I have struck the others. CMD (talk) 01:25, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
        Thanks – sorry, I hadn't spotted that there was another cn tag. I would go with ALT3 – it's better as well as shorter and simpler. – Fayenatic London 10:12, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Around The World (History)". Vivaboo.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-09.
^ Kéchichian, Albert (2006). "Une milice supplétive contre l'Anti-France ?". Les Croix-de-Feu à l'âge des fascismes : travail, famille, patrie (Époques ed.). Seyssel (Ain): Champ Vallon. p. 72. ISBN 978-2-87673-450-0.
^ Transvosges (August 4, 2013). "Le cimetière militaire du Faubourg-Pavé et le monument aux enfants de Verdun". transvosges.com. Retrieved June 24, 2018..

[1] "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Around The World (History)". Vivaboo.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-09.

[2] Kéchichian, Albert (2006). "Une milice supplétive contre l'Anti-France ?". Les Croix-de-Feu à l'âge des fascismes : travail, famille, patrie (Époques ed.). Seyssel (Ain): Champ Vallon. p. 72. ISBN 978-2-87673-450-0.

[3] Transvosges (August 4, 2013). "Le cimetière militaire du Faubourg-Pavé et le monument aux enfants de Verdun". transvosges.com. Retrieved June 24, 2018..

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