Template:Did you know nominations/Richmond Cemetery

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The result was: promoted by Jolly Ω Janner 06:11, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Richmond Cemetery

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War graves in Richmond Cemetery

... that Richmond Cemetery in London is "unusually endowed with war memorials and war graves" (war graves pictured)?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Forward air control operations during the Korean War
Comment: There may be a better hook to be had; nomination slightly delayed as I wrote the article over several days as I discovered sources

Created by HJ Mitchell (talk) and Headhitter (talk). Nominated by HJ Mitchell (talk) at 15:51, 5 January 2016 (UTC).

ALT1: ... that an unusual number of recipients of the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military honour for gallantry, are buried in the Richmond Cemetery (pictured)? Yoninah (talk) 22:42, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Substantial article full of details, on good sources, nominated in time (it's seven days). The image is fine and licensed. It spoke to me, dealing with death. I don't think we need to say "war graves" three times, in the hook, the pictured-clause and the caption. The hooks are possible and sourced, but could hopefully be more interesting: "rural feel"? a female composer buried? The word "unusual" is in the quotes but as a reader, I would ask compared to what. I will watch for suggestions. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:36, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Surely the point of a DYK hook is to get readers to ask questions like that so they click through and read the article. It's unusual compared to any other cemetery; maybe some of the Magnificent Seven have more than four Victoria Cross recipients (considering there have only been 1300 VC recipients ever) or two large war memorials in close proximity, but there won't be many others. My preference is for Yoninah's alt1, but you could also have:

ALT2: That Richmond Cemetery retains a rural feel despite being in London?
ALT3: That novelists, soldiers, cricketers, and musicians are among those buried in Richmond Cemetery?

But 2 is not that interesting unless you explain the context, which bogs down the hook (London is synonymous to the rest of England with urban sprawl), and 3 probably falls afoul of DYK's ridiculous list of ever more pedantic rules. If you can think of something better, feel free to suggest it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:23, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

ALT1 preferred, but I got rid of war graves once, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:07, 25 January 2016 (UTC)