Template:Did you know nominations/James Rorke
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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 07:20, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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James Rorke
- ... that Natal frontier trader James Rorke specified that he be buried under 3 feet (0.91 m) of concrete because he feared Zulu graverobbers? "in accordance with Rorke's final wishes, his body was placed in a rough wooden coffin and buried under a yard of concrete. Rorke fully understood the Zulu penchant for excavating European graves for 'treasure' or body parts for their 'muti' or medicine" from page 18 of: Greaves, Adrian (2012). Rorke's Drift. Orion. ISBN 978-1-78022-497-8.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:40, 4 August 2021 (UTC).
- Alt1 ... that before the Battle of Rorke's Drift, James Rorke had protected himself from the Zulus with three feet of concrete?
- Alt1 donated by Victuallers (talk) 13:44, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
New article that was moved to mainspace on 3 August 2021 is 4,267 characters and nominated one day later. No copyvios detected (AGF scanned refs which can't go through Dup detector). Article are well-sourced. Main hook is 137 characters long (ALT1 is 118); both are under the 200 character max. limit and are interesting. Ref 6 (verifying the hook and ALT1) is a reliable source (AGF as there is no preview available). QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 21:27, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
