Template:Did you know nominations/Cassini Grid

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The result was: promoted by sst ✈ 08:35, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Cassini Grid

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... that Cassini Grid military maps were made available to the public partly because German bombing of the Ordnance Survey offices delayed the issue of National Grid maps?

Reviewed: Scolomys, Scolomys melanops, Scolomys ucayalensis (three article multi-nomination) [1]

Created by Spinningspark (talk). Self-nominated at 17:23, 29 September 2015 (UTC).

Article has been moved from userspace to mainspace on 28 September. Article is long enough, 4,700 characters. Meets our core policies, AGF to offline sources. Hook is neutral, supported by inline reliable source and is fewer than 200 characters. QPQ done. GTG. Jim Carter 09:05, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

ALT1 (I'm not sure "because" is correct there. Maybe "partly because"? or this ALT hook?): ... that after German bombing of the Ordnance Survey offices delayed the issue of National Grid maps, the Cassini Grid military maps were made available to the public instead? --PFHLai (talk) 15:30, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Actually, "partly" is the very word used by the source, I was just trying to be concise. Amended the proposed hook accordingly. ALT1 is not so good in my opinion, it is longer, less snappy, and does not have the subject early in the sentence. SpinningSpark 23:48, 18 October 2015 (UTC)