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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:14, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
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Richard Scrob
- ... that Richard Scrob built Richard's Castle, one of the few pre-Norman Conquest castles in England?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dirgham
- Comment: other hook suggestions welcome
Converted from a redirect by Ealdgyth (talk). Self-nominated at 17:40, 25 January 2020 (UTC).
Hi Ealdgyth, review follows; article converted from redirect 23 January; article (just) exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline to reliable sources throughout; I didn't spot any overly close paraphrasing from the ODNB (which is the only source I have access to); hook is interesting enough for me (I was also intrigued that he was a pre-conquest Frenchman who held positions of power under an Anglo-Saxon king, which strikes me as unusual but might not have been?); hook is mentioned in the article and checks out to the ODNB; a QPQ has been carried out - Dumelow (talk) 08:39, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
- It is unusual for a Frenchman to have been in England before the Conquest and not to have been expelled in 1052 when the Godwins came back to power. I tried to think of a hook that would convey that but everything I came up with ended up being way too long in order to explain things. I'm open to suggestions on it, however. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:42, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
