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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) 06:32, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Battle of Orange Walk

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  • Reviewed: to follow

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 22:46, 28 February 2019 (UTC).

  • Article is new enough, long enough, neutral, and well referenced. Hook is hilarious and verified with supplied sources. No image, though I wish there was one to illustrate the hook :). No copyvio detected. Awaiting QPQ. -Zanhe (talk) 07:47, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Zanhe, thanks for your review. I have now carried out a QPQ at Template:Did you know nominations/Boarding net - Dumelow (talk) 11:04, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. Good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 19:57, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
  • Dumelow: not a criticism (great work ob the article!) but could you please clarify to me what it means by 'almost'? Eddie891 Talk Work 22:27, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi Eddie891. Smith, who held command at the start of the battle was clothed in just his drawers (long underpants), Edge, who took over command after Smith was wounded, was entirely naked. If desired the hook could be amended to read "the British commander ran from his bath tub clothed in just his drawers", but I prefer the original I suggested above - Dumelow (talk) 23:09, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Another option could be "ran naked or half-naked". -Zanhe (talk) 23:17, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Dumelow, Ah! I mis-read the hook as "almost ran naked". My mistake. Eddie891 Talk Work 00:12, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Dumelow: fix ping. Eddie891 Talk Work 00:12, 2 March 2019 (UTC)