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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: rejected by SL93 (talk) 06:18, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
The article doesn't qualify for DYK per length.

History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

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Perseus of Macedon (r. 179-168 BC– ), last Antigonid king of Macedon before the pretender to the throne Andriscus
Perseus of Macedon (r. 179-168 BC– ), last Antigonid king of Macedon before the pretender to the throne Andriscus
  • ... that the Roman Republic fought four separate wars against the ancient Kingdom of Macedonia before finally replacing the monarchy with a Roman province in 148 BC? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
    • ALT1:... that Alexander the Great acceded to the Macedonian throne after his father Philip II of Macedon was assassinated by a royal bodyguard in 336 BC? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
  • Comment: This image should only be used for the first hook about the Roman conquest of Macedon in the Macedonian Wars

Created by PericlesofAthens (talk). Self-nominated at 19:18, 22 March 2017 (UTC).

  • This article was newly created on 22 March and nominated in good time. The image is appropriately licensed, the article is neutral and either of the hooks could be used. My doubt is about the length of the article; the first edit summary states "creating article by splitting material from Macedonia (ancient kingdom)", and from the point of view of DYK, the supplementary rule A5 states "If some of the text in a nominated article was copied from another Wikipedia article, and the copied text is more than seven days old, then the copied text must be expanded fivefold as if the copied text had been a separate article." I'm not sure whether this article meets these requirements or not so I am going to ask @Nikkimaria: whether it is eligible. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:26, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
  • No - less than 10% of the readable prose is novel. Given the length of the article, probably the only way to make it eligible would be through GA. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:07, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
  • Marking for closure per Nikkimaria. Vanamonde (talk) 07:18, 10 April 2017 (UTC)