Template:Did you know nominations/Gallic Wars
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 16:23, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
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Gallic Wars
- ... that Julius Caesar's portrayal of his actions in the Gallic Wars have led historians to call him one of history's first "spin doctors"? Source: Both David Henige [1], and Kate Gilliver (offline, p. 7) verbatim call Caesar a "spin doctor" in regards to his rosy portrayal in the Commentarii de Bello Gallico
- ALT1:... that Julius Caesar's actions in the Gallic Wars were so brutal his enemies wished to try him for war crimes? Source: From Gilliver, offline p. 46. (After describing slaughter of Celtic civilians in 55 BC) "Roman warfare was often brutal, but this was excessively so, and Caesar's enemies in Rome threatened to prosecute him for war crimes once his governorship and its accompanying immunity from prosecution came to an end"
Improved to Good Article status by CaptainEek (talk). Self-nominated at 23:40, 22 October 2021 (UTC).
- Looks good to me: a newly promoted GA, scrupulously cited, neutral, no copyright issues, and (obviously!) long enough. The QPQ is in order. Both of the hooks are fine, although I quite prefer ALT1. One thing: per rule 3b, the sentence in the article about war crimes needs a citation directly at the end of the sentence. Once that's resolved, this should be good to go. Thanks for your impressive work on this article: it's particularly heartening to see sitting arbs making the time to write high-quality content. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:10, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
- Extraordinary Writ I have added a citation immediately after, good catch. Glad to be of assistance in writing, I quite enjoyed this article! CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 06:41, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
– both hooks approved per the above, AGFing the offline sources. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
