Talk:Saint-Bélec slab

A fact from Saint-Bélec slab appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the early Bronze Age Saint-Bélec slab (pictured) is the oldest map to be found in Europe?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 09:52, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Drawing of the slab

... that the early Bronze Age Saint-Bélec slab is the oldest map to be found in Europe? "An ornate Bronze Age stone slab which was excavated in France in 1900 and forgotten about for over a century has been revealed to be the oldest known map in Europe." from: "Researchers discover the oldest known map in Europe - the Saint-Bélec Slab". Bournemouth University. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carapus acus (first of two credits)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 20:19, 14 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:57, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note that there is now a free image of the slab - Dumelow (talk) 06:32, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dates of study vs. publication?[edit]

The article says, "... carried out a joint study of the slab between 2017 and 2021. The study was published as an article in April 2014 ..." Presumably the 2014 publication is from a study prior to the joint work by the French institute, Bournemouth, et al. Could someone resolve this? Kelseymh (talk) 03:31, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted Kelseymh. It was a typo I made, I meant 2021. The article in question is the one cited here - Dumelow (talk) 05:50, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]