Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Medvėgalis

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 13:53, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Siege of Medvėgalis

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• ... that King John of Bohemia (pictured) brought troubadour Guillaume de Machaut to the Siege of Medvėgalis so that his crusading deeds could be commemorated in songs and poems?

• Reviewed: Church of San Pedro de Atacama

Created by Lietuvininkas (talk), Renata3 (talk). Nominated by Renata3 (talk) at 21:03, 26 July 2013 (UTC).

• Date, length, hook OK. Article well cited. Hook confirmed by foreign language off-line source which is AGF. Image out of copyright. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 13:17, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

• While I like the idea behind the hook very much, the claim in it that Machaut was a troubadour is inaccurate. He is not referred to as a troubadour in either the Grove dictionary or his Wikipedia article; the era of troubadours was earlier, ending around the time of Machaut's birth, and there are other reasons besides. He was a famous as both a poet and composer, but "troubadour" is a specific term, and wrong for this composer and thus the hook. Please offer an ALT hook, and update the article accordingly. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:17, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

• I am utterly ignorant on the history of poetry (or poetry in general, for that matter), just following what my book told me, but here it is:
• ALT1: ... that King John of Bohemia (pictured) brought poet Guillaume de Machaut to the Siege of Medvėgalis so that his crusading deeds could be commemorated in songs and poems? Renata (talk) 04:59, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

• Following the above discussion, this hook should be OK, AGF. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 08:24, 29 July 2013 (UTC)