Talk:Umberslade Obelisk

Latest comment: 3 years ago by SL93 in topic Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk21:58, 23 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

 
The Umberslade Obelisk
  • ... that the Umberslade Obelisk (pictured) is a "monument of nothing in particular"? Direct quote from: Hutton, William Holden (1905). Burford Papers: Being Letters of Samuel Crisp to His Sister at Burford; and Other Studies of a Century (1745-1845). A. Constable & Company, Limited. p. 163.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC).Reply

  •   Article is new enough, long enough, and adequately sourced. I didn't find any close paraphrasing and a QPQ has been performed. The hook is cited inline to two sources: the online one doesn't seem to mention the quote, so I am assuming good faith that they're in the book source (which I can't access). However, the hook may need revision: the article doesn't state that the monument is definitely dedicated to "nothing in particular"; in fact, it is the quote of one historian, while the article also discusses other possible theories on its reason for erection. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:52, 15 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I thought that might be an issue but I liked the snappiness of the original proposal and thought the quotes might make it obvious that it was an opinion. How's ALT1 - Dumelow (talk) 13:12, 15 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
  • ALT1: ... that the Umberslade Obelisk (pictured) has been described as a "monument of nothing in particular"?
Forgot to ping Narutolovehinata5 - Dumelow (talk) 13:13, 15 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
  Okay, I think we should be good to go with ALT1. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:33, 16 January 2021 (UTC)Reply