Template:Did you know nominations/Calshot Castle
- 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: promoted by 4meter4 (talk) 23:25, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
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Calshot Castle
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Calshot Castle
... that during the 19th century, Calshot Castle (pictured) was used by Her Majesty's Coastguard as a base for combating smuggling?
- ALT1 ... that during the 19th century, Calshot Castle (pictured) was used by coastguards as a base for combating smuggling?
- Reviewed: Long-tongued arboreal mouse (second of two)
Improved to Good Article status by Hchc2009 (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 20:26, 27 October 2015 (UTC).
- Passed GAN and nominated for DYK today.
- Article exceeds minimum prose length requirement.
- Picture is present in article.
- One question: Why does the hook say Her Majesty's Coastguard and the article say that the government used it? It seems a bit unclear.
— Calvin999 20:40, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
- Stalking the page... The article says that "the government coastguard took control of the castle, using it as a base to combat smuggling". HM Coastguard wasn't formed in the modern sense until roughly a decade later, but HM Coastguard is the lineal descendent of the coastguard units that were stationed at Calshot and elsewhere. If I was explaining the story to someone at the pub, Oceanh's wording would be perfectly reasonable (it communicates the concept fine, in a way that everyone would understand); if I was being picky, it could be tightened (but might not communicate the concept as well). :) Hchc2009 (talk) 20:51, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you for clarifying. I have supplied an alternative hook with "the English government coastguard". Sorry for the confusion. Oceanh (talk) 21:04, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
New reviewer needed to continue the review. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:40, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
This newly-promoted GA is long enough and nominated in a timely manner. Going for ALT1, which I have tweaked to avoid the use of the word "English" because it is too specific. The image is appropriately licensed and the article is neutral. I did not have access to the sources and googling various phrases from the article only produced Wikipedia mirrors. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:56, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
