Template:Did you know nominations/Ma Ying Taphan

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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 13:03, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

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The palace guard depicted in 1866

... that Ma Ying Taphan, the head of the all-female bodyguard of the King of Siam could order the execution of a member of his harem? Source:"Ma Ying Taphan, or "Great Mother of War" acted as Judge over all offenders in the harem ... She ordered flogging for minor offences and torture on the rack, flaying alive, burning alive and other dreadful punishments for the more serious offences."
- ALT1:... that members of the all-female bodyguard of the King of Siam had to take a vow of chastity though an exception was made for the king? "on entering the army the Amazons make a vow of chastity, from which there is no exception, unless any of them should attract the King's attention and be admitted among his wives"
- ALT2:... that members of the all-female bodyguard of the King of Siam served between the ages of 13 and 25? "they are admitted to serve at the age of 13 and are placed in the army of reserve at 25"

New ALTS following page rename (see talk page of article)

ALT3 ... that the King of Siam had an all-female palace guard (pictured)?

Reviewed: To follow

Created by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:48, 24 April 2018 (UTC).

QPQ now done at Template:Did you know nominations/Deraeocoris brevis (2/2) - Dumelow (talk) 09:53, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

I will review this.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 07:45, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: * I have edited the caption a bit, changing bodyguard to palace guard for consistency.

I am not sure why the other hooks are all crossed out. Some of them are still interesting and valid, regardless of the name change.
You might consider adding in a definition of Siam, which many readers will not know. E.g. "... King of Siam, present-day Thailand ...". Anyway, it is not enough reason to put the nomination on hold, so I am passing ALT3. Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 11:28, 8 May 2018 (UTC)