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ALT1: ... that the Waterloo Column(pictured), at 46.31 metres (151.9 ft) tall, stood intact during World War II bombing, commemorating a time when another coalition of allies had stood against Napoleon's expansionism? Source: [2]
ALT2: ... that the statue of the goddess of victory atop the Waterloo Column(pictured) commemorating the allied victory at the Battle of Waterloo is 6.3 metres (21 ft), made of iron and copper? Source: [3]
ALT3: ... that the barrels of eight field cannons captured in the Battle of Waterloo are incorporated into the Waterloo Column(pictured) commemorating Germans who died in that battle? Source: [3]
Reviewed:
Created by Rufus the Unqualified (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Overall: Article created December 15, and nominated four days later. Length and sourcing are adequate. The article appears neutral in tone. I copyedited some wordiness and subjective words. I found not plagiarism concerns, and fixed a directly attributed quote. All images used in the article have a public domain license on the Commons. The nominated image is used in the article, clear at a low resolution, but would benefit from cropping and centering the column. QPQ is not required. All of the hooks are reasonably interesting, but the wordings and location of citations need adjustments. When a hook is supported by more than one sentence in the article, each sentence needs a citation directly at its end as per WP:DYKHFC. ALT0 uses "West Germany", where the article uses "Federal Republic of Germany" and "German government". This should be more similar/consistent. ALT1 uses "coalition of allies" whereas the article uses "coalition of powers", and does not mention Napoleon in the same paragraph. For ALT2, the wikilink goddess of victory does not appear in the article, so it cannot be verified. The wording in ALT3 seems like the eight field cannons are commemorating the Germans, rather than the column itself. Overall, this is a decent first attempted at a DYK. Flibirigit (talk) 15:49, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1a: ... that the Waterloo Column(pictured), at 46.31 metres (151.9 ft) tall, stood intact during World War II bombing, commemorating a time when another coalition of allies had stood against Napoleon's expansionism? Source: [2]
ALT1b:... that the Waterloo Column (pictured), at 46.31 metres (151.9 ft) tall, stood intact during Allied bombing in World War II, commemorating a time when another coalition had stood against Napoleon's expansionism? Source: [2]Rufus the Unqualified (talk) 01:19, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Struck Alt3, rewrote below. I think subject/verb agreement now takes care of the ambiguity you mentioned. Also, if possible, I would like to keep the picture as is, since I like how it situates the column, with the church in the background etc.
ALT3a: ...that the barrels of eight field cannons captured in the Battle of Waterloo are incorporated into the Waterloo Column(pictured), which commemorates Germans who died in that battle? Source: [3]
This is not a full review: I added three citation needed tags where the paragraph had an unclear source. Flibirigit (talk) 15:57, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
Reviewing... thanks for the added citations. Will post a full review by tomorrow. Flibirigit (talk) 03:46, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
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Article created December 15, and nominated four days later. Length and sourcing are adequate. The article appears neutral in tone. I copyedited some wordiness and subjective words. I found not plagiarism concerns, and fixed a directly attributed quote. All images used in the article have a public domain license on the Commons. The nominated image is used in the article, clear at a low resolution, but would benefit from cropping and centering the column. QPQ is not required. All of the hooks are reasonably interesting, but the wordings and location of citations need adjustments. When a hook is supported by more than one sentence in the article, each sentence needs a citation directly at its end as per WP:DYKHFC. ALT0 uses "West Germany", where the article uses "Federal Republic of Germany" and "German government". This should be more similar/consistent. ALT1 uses "coalition of allies" whereas the article uses "coalition of powers", and does not mention Napoleon in the same paragraph. For ALT2, the wikilink goddess of victory does not appear in the article, so it cannot be verified. The wording in ALT3 seems like the eight field cannons are commemorating the Germans, rather than the column itself. Overall, this is a decent first attempted at a DYK. Flibirigit (talk) 15:49, 25 December 2024 (UTC)