Template:Did you know nominations/Leicester balloon riot
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:23, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
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Leicester balloon riot
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A contemporary depiction of the riot
- ... that in 1864 rioters in Leicester, England destroyed a hydrogen balloon (pictured)?
? ""The crowd who stood around immediately seized upon the net-work and material of the balloon and tore it into a hundred shreds," said the paper. "The car was next - set fire to and burnt to ashes."" from "The great balloon riot of 1864". BBC News. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ALT1:... that in 1864 "balloonatics" set fire to Henry Tracey Coxwell's hydrogen balloon (pictured)? As above plus: "But for a while in 1864, thanks to Punch magazine, they had a new title - Balloonatics." from "The great balloon riot of 1864". BBC News. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:02, 24 January 2020 (UTC).
What an interesting little article! It's recent enough (24 hours since it went live) and meets the required length. The copyvio detector doesn't report plagiarism. Both hooks are interesting, reliably sourced and of an appropriate length, but I'm inclined to think they could be melded into one, for example: "...that in 1862, rioters destroyed Henry Tracey Coxwell's hydrogen balloon in Leicester, England (pictured)?"
- Also, is there a reason hydrogen is capitalized and not lower case? QPQ is fine. Awaiting your response. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 00:15, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Amanuensis Balkanicus, thanks for your review. Happy for any alternative hook wordings. I've decapitalised hydrogen in the article and above - Dumelow (talk) 06:13, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
- Also, is there a reason hydrogen is capitalized and not lower case? QPQ is fine. Awaiting your response. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 00:15, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
In that case, this looks good to go. Nice work! Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 15:29, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
