Template:Did you know nominations/Brecon Castle
- 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 Yoninah (talk) 23:57, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
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Brecon Castle
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Brecon Castle
... that Brecon Castle (pictured), built in 1093, was the first stone castle in Wales?- ALT1: ...that Brecon Castle (pictured) was attacked by the Welsh six times in fifty-eight years?
ALT2: ...that Brecon Castle (pictured) was attacked by the Welsh seven times in 188 years?
Moved to mainspace by Biblioworm (talk). Self-nominated at 15:31, 25 October 2015 (UTC).
The article was moved to mainspace on 24 October, a day before the nomination, there is 2.5K of prose and there are no obvious copyright violations. My only quibble is on the hook. The source given, ecastles.co.uk does say it was the first stone castle in Wales, but are we absolutely sure it's the first? I dare say there could be pre-Norman settlements in the area lost to history. Perhaps we could say "the first stone castle in Wales following the Norman Conquest"? Indeed, this book source says the castle was an archetypical example of how the area was changed by the Normans. Or, you could try an ALT with some other fact, such as it being attacked by the Welsh six times in the 13th century. Some food for thought, anyhow. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:32, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Ritchie333: Good points. I'm afraid I can't actually change the article, because that is what the source says, but if that hook is a bit too dubious, I have posted a couple of alt ones above. Feel free to suggest any changes. If you want, I could change the years to a more general range. (58 → 60; 188 → 200) --Biblioworm 15:16, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Biblioworm: The problem I see now, from reading the source, it's not explicit that the Welsh attacked the castle that many times; indeed it says ownership changed hands, but it doesn't actually say from who to whom. We know it was attacked and captured in 1215, which implies it changed from Norman to Welsh ... then it was captured in 1264 and recaptured the following year - who had ownership then? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:27, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
- @Ritchie333: The source by Breverton (Wales: A Historical Companion) seems to clarify that it was attacked by the Welsh six times between 1215 and 1273. I'll strike ALT2 and go with ALT1 instead, since it's the most verifiable. --Biblioworm 16:44, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
Okay, the hook's verified, so we're all done. Sorry about the wait! Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:49, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
