Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Flores (1592)
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The result was: promoted by Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:47, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
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Battle of Flores (1592)
[edit]- ... that the riches from the capture of the Madre de Deus at the Battle of Flores were nearly half the wealth of England's treasury?
Taken to GA by ChristiaandeWet (talk). Nominated by ChristiaandeWet (talk) at 14:34, 5 March 2014 (UTC).
GA status confirmed. Very interesting hook. Length within policy and fact found in article and verified by Footnote 16. I would recommend rewording either the hook or the article so that both are not worded in precisely the same way. Minor copy editing required for these statements: "Raleigh was given letters from the Queen ordering his recall to England Frobisher took command". / "The fleet of five carracks in had departed from" / "to sell of some of the plunder in" / "pandemonium broke lose amongst". No other issues noted. QPQ not required as nominator only has two DYK credits. EagerToddler39 (talk) 23:53, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
- I have copy edited the points as mentioned with some rewording, in addition placed hook in lede, hope this helps.ChrisWet (talk) 00:58, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- Very good with the copy editing. All those issues have now been resolved. However, I think you misinterpreted me in reference to the hook. I didn't mean for you to include it in the lede. That wasn't necessary. What was needed was for you to rephrase so that readers are not seeing the exact phrasing in both the hook and the article. I recommended a small copy edit to either. Perhaps in the article you could write: "about half of the English government's revenue". If I understand the term Exchequer correctly this was the revenue collection arm of the government? Just that one minor fix please. EagerToddler39 (talk) 02:55, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
- All issues fixed and everything is now good to go. Though source is not completely free I was able to preview the info referred to in the hook. EagerToddler39 (talk) 01:52, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
- I have changed size to wealth, if this is ok? Here is another source which also mentions the hook but no idea on page no. The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama - Nigel Cliff ChrisWet (talk) 02:07, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
