Template:Did you know nominations/Criccieth Castle

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 23:33, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Criccieth Castle

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The castle from the north-west

• ... that Criccieth Castle (pictured) combined the "latest advances in military technology" with the "haphazard Welsh castle building style"? Source: Richard Avent, Cestyll Tywysogion Gwynedd / Castles of the Princes of Gwynedd, Cardiff: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1983 (footnote 38 in article)
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Improved to Good Article status by A.D.Hope (talk). Self-nominated at 11:58, 20 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Criccieth Castle; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: AGF on source, but as it is a GA reviewed by an experienced editor, should be fine. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 02:02, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

@AirshipJungleman29 and A.D.Hope: I am not sure if we need to attribute the quote as it is the opinion of the author Richard Avent. I will promote it without attribution because Avent is the leading authority on the subject of Welsh castles. Bruxton (talk) 23:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)