Template:Did you know nominations/Dutch invasion of Saint Helena
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:52, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
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Dutch invasion of Saint Helena
- ... that the first landing during the Dutch invasion of Saint Helena was defeated by English settlers throwing rocks? "Four ships left the Cape at the end of 1672 under the leadership of Jacob de Gens, who tried to penetrate the island via a steep ravine known as Lemon Valley, but his men were driven back by English planters who bombarded them with rocks from above." from: "'Invaders' to St Helena come bearing curiosity". Cape Argus. Gale OneFile. 2 November 2017.
- Reviewed: First of two credits from Template:Did you know nominations/Michaela Goade, We Are Water Protectors
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:44, 29 November 2021 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 29 November 2021 is 5,617 characters and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected and duplication detector of online sources[1][2] reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF sources which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Hook is 113 characters long (under 200 character max.) and is interesting. Ref 4 (verifying the hook) is a reliable source (AGF as there is no preview available). QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 11:22, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
