Template:Did you know nominations/André Sordet


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The result was: promoted by  Jolly  Ω   Janner  03:33, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

André Sordet

 * ... that General Sordet's cavalry corps covered close to 1,500 kilometres in the first month of World War I?



Created by Alansplodge (talk) and Paulturtle (talk). Nominated by Alansplodge (talk) at 18:42, 5 February 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Article is amply long enough. Nomination was a little late but the article was being actively worked on in that time. The hook fact is in the article and backed by an inline citation. I can't verify the information form the source because it's offline and in French, so AGF. AGF likewise on copyright issues, but there are no signs of any other policy issues. A decent article on an interesting subject; I'm surprised he didn't already have an article. The image, on the other hand, concerns me. It is purported to be a US government work but the source is clearly not the origin and neither the origin nor the author are specified so its copyright status is impossible to determine without more information. Given its age, it may well be in the public domain but we need more information to verify this. Good to go for the hook, but not for the image. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  22:56, 10 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your work User:HJ Mitchell. A link to the citation for the hook fact in Google Books is actually linked in the "Books" section of the article as; (in French). The actual quote is "Avant la bataille de la Marne, le corps de cavalrie n'est plus que l'ombre de lui-meme, il a parcouru pres de 1,500 kilometres en un mois." ("Before the Battle of the Marne, the cavalry corps was no more than a shadow of itself, it had covered close to 1,500 km in one month").  Alansplodge (talk) 11:35, 11 February 2016 (UTC)