Template:Did you know nominations/Santa María de La Cabeza castle
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The result was: rejected by Moswento talky 16:59, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Santa María de La Cabeza castle
edit- ... that the Santa María de La Cabeza castle, built c. 1669 in Cumaná, was left in ruins by an earthquake in 1929?
- ALT1:... that the design of the Santa María de La Cabeza castle, built c. 1669 in Cumaná, is that of a modified permanent bastioned fortification?
- Reviewed: Scream & Shout
Created by Hahc21 (talk). Self nom at 01:05, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
- Good to go. Article is new enough. Hook is okay, and interesting. QPQ good. Meets all requirements.. — DivaKnockouts (talk) 02:08, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
- The article has a significant amount of odd prose, more than enough to keep it from being approved here, and far too much for having been given Good Article status a few hours later. One example: the second and third paragraphs of the History section come from a single source, and the wording is a very close paraphrase of the Google Translate of that source. Compare the article's "the Santa María de La Cabeza castle has a fundamental difference with regard to other permanent bastioned fortifications: the design of its walls was developed into two sections. The lower body is plain and perpendicular to the pit; the upper body is tilted after the master cordon. Those changes catalog the fort as a unique bulding in the country." with Google Translate's "the fortress of Santa María de la Cabeza has a fundamental difference with respect to other permanent fortifications bastioned, because the design of the walls takes place in two stages, the lower body is straight, perpendicular (90 °) with respect to the pit and the upper cord after master is tilted (see Figure 3). This feature catalogs it as a unique fortification across the country." The prose problem is endemic; I haven't checked paraphrasing issues against other sources, but the dependence on Google Translate seen thus far is not a good sign. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:44, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
- Nomination withdrawn. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:17, 12 January 2013 (UTC)