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Battle of Barranca Seca

 * ... that the Spanish secretly supported the Mexican Republicans against the French at the Battle of Barranca Seca?
 * Reviewed: William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950)

Created by Lajbi (talk). Self nom at 14:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)




 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough and long enough.  QPQ done. Image on article is public domain.
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Offline sources support text and were not plagiarised to write.
 * Symbol question.svg One fact tag needing cleaning.
 * Done. Lajbi  Holla @ me  •  CP  10:13, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The wording... is problematic. "who yesterday by the orders of General Ignacio" this for me almost makes me thinks plagiarism word for word in translating.  It makes it very, very difficult to determine what day things happened.  The tense usage here reminds me more of Wikinews writing than Wikipedia writing.
 * Yes I tend to use translators as a complementary tool althhough I speak the needed languages. It must have slipped out of my rereads. Rephrased it to sound less like a press release. Lajbi  Holla @ me  •  CP  10:13, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Where is the hook found in this article?  I looked for secretly and it doesn't appear in the article.  Covertly doesn't appear either.  Please cite the paragraph where this fact can be found so it can be verified. --LauraHale (talk) 05:52, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * "General Cobos, who signed a secret agreement with republican Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Doblado" - that agreement is the basis of thier support.  Lajbi  Holla @ me  •  CP  10:13, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Address above concerns and then comment here AND on my talk page to let me know so I can finish the review. --LauraHale (talk) 05:52, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

When concerns fixed, please comment here AND on my talk page so review can be finished.

Fact tag cleaned. Wording improved to make hook obvious. Article clearly reads like it was written by some one whose first language is not English. I'm inclined to pass but worried that given the previous issues on another DYK, some one might overturn it. If the mover feels comfortable moving it, then yay! --LauraHale (talk) 19:38, 14 July 2012 (UTC)