Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Hawker (British Army officer)

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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:26, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Thomas Hawker (British Army officer)

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1821 portrait of Thomas Hawker by Charles Foot Tayler

... that a successful Peninsula War charge led by Thomas Hawker was said to prove that the use of carbines by cavalrymen was "nothing short of insanity"? Boulderson, Major S. (January 1878). "I. The Armament and Organization of Cavalry and Their Influence on its Tactics: II. Suggestions for Obtaining Cavalry Reserves". Royal United Services Institution. Journal. 22 (95): 378–396. doi:10.1080/03071847809416645. ISSN 0035-9289.(page 388)

Reviewed: to follow

Created by Pigsonthewing (talk), Alansplodge (talk), Kges1901 (talk), and Dumelow (talk). Nominated by Dumelow (talk) at 09:10, 23 August 2018 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: QPQ needed. Always good to see several editors collaborating on an article. Edwardx (talk) 19:25, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Edwardx, I have now carried out a QPQ review at Template:Did you know nominations/List of international goals scored by Romelu Lukaku - Dumelow (talk) 23:05, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Dumelow. QPQ done. Now good to go. Edwardx (talk) 10:38, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
- Can we make the image caption "1821 portrait of Thomas Hawker by Charles Foot Tayler"? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:54, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

I don't see why not, and have amended the caption accordingly. Edwardx (talk) 20:13, 31 August 2018 (UTC)