Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Palembang (1407)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:28, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Battle of Palembang (1407)

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... that in 1407, Admiral Zheng He's treasure fleet defeated the pirate force of Chen Zuyi, who had occupied Palembang in today's Indonesia, and sent him back to China for execution? Source: The Indian Ocean in World History and offline sources cited in article

Reviewed: Saccharina dentigera (2nd of 2 QPQs)

Created by Cold Season (talk). Nominated by Zanhe (talk) at 05:28, 28 January 2019 (UTC).

Hi Zanhe, review follows: article created 21 January; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline to reliable sources throughout; I am unable to access any of the sources to check for close paraphrasing but happy to AGF on this; hook facts are mentioned in the article and cited inline to reliable sources; I am unable to access these sources to check the facts but am happy to AGF on that; hook is interesting enough, though I will suggest a shortened ALT1 below which I think is snappier (though both are approved); QPQ has been carried out - Dumelow (talk) 19:58, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that in 1407, Admiral Zheng He's treasure fleet defeated the pirate force of Chen Zuyi and sent him back to China for execution?

@Dumelow: Thanks for your review. I know the original hook is a bit long, but I think the info about Chinese navy fighting Chinese pirates in Indonesia would make the hook more surprising and interesting. -Zanhe (talk) 00:10, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

I guess that is probably part of the interest. Like I say, I am more than happy for the original hook to run - Dumelow (talk) 08:10, 31 January 2019 (UTC)