Template:Did you know nominations/Middleton (horse)

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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 13:17, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Middleton (horse)

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... that a stable worker was bribed to feed Middleton buckets of water, leaving the racehorse bloated, in a plan by bookmakers to prevent it from winning the 1825 Derby Stakes?

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 10:28, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Will check shortly. Interesting hook. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 19:18, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Confirmed new article; long enough; meets article requirements; however, the cited fact is allowed to drink rather than feed and I would suggest changing the hook to:

... that a stable worker was bribed to allow Middleton to drink buckets of water, leaving the racehorse bloated, in a plan by bookmakers to prevent it from winning the 1825 Derby Stakes?

that is the only problem. I wonder if someone else could check I've reviewed correctly; I haven't done so since the system changed. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 19:57, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the review. You're right, Grandiose. "Feed" is not the best word, as it may be interpreted as "force-feeding". Let's use either your hook or "...give Middleton too much water to drink ...". Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 02:32, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Looks good now. Interesting hook; AGF on offline sourcing. Use one of the two reworded versions of the hook. --Orlady (talk) 15:55, 5 January 2012 (UTC)