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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 Yoninah (talk) 15:36, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

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Capture of Berwick (1333)

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  • ... that when the besieged town of Berwick-upon-Tweed refused to surrender, the governor's son was hanged outside the town gates? Source: Sumption, Jonathan (1990). Trial by Battle. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571200958 page 130; Seton, Bruce Gordon. The House of Seton, Vol. I, Lindsay and MacLeod, Edinburgh, 1939. Page 90.
    • ALT1:... that when attempting to relieve the besieged town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1333 a Scottish army lost several thousand killed against 14 English casualties? Source: Sumption, Jonathan (1990). Trial by Battle. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571200958 page 130; Strickland and Hardy (2011). The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose. Somerset, UK: J H Haynes & Co Ltd. ISBN 085733090X. Page 188.

Created by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 14:36, 27 July 2018 (UTC).

  • I will review the article. Szzuk (talk) 20:46, 27 July 2018 (UTC)


General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is a well written article, no copyvios detected, the refs are offline but perfectly consistent with articles of this type and formatted properly with page numbers. The broad brush of this article is consistent with the factual history that is available on wikipedia and elsewhere online. Both of the hooks are cited and good for use as a dyk. I will leave it to the promoters discretion which hook to use. Szzuk (talk) 09:35, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Just to confirm, I possess the Sumption, which is the most heavily relied-on source, and it backs the assertions being made (also, to the lesser degree, the GMF Steel Bonnets). —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap sh*t room 10:11, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
  • Hi, I came by to promote the first hook, but the article doesn't say he was the governor. Yoninah (talk) 00:29, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
  • @Gog the Mild: thank you, that's better. I just noticed the page doesn't have any categories; could you add at least one to finish this up? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 13:36, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
  • @Yoninah: I have had a go, but it is the first time I have tried that. (My Wiki-skills are distinctly limited.) I don't seem to have broken the encyclopedia. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:53, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
  • Thank you, we're all set. Restoring tick per Szzuk's review. Yoninah (talk) 15:33, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
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