Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Lewes Road

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Battle of Lewes Road
Created/expanded by Hysteria18 (talk). Self nom at 17:36, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that the Battle of Lewes Road occurred when a group of middle-class volunteers attempted to break the 1926 United Kingdom general strike in Brighton?


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Hook below 200 chars, interesting as well. Article has 2919 characters (462 words). Facts are referenced by books. I guess it's good to go. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 05:14, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg - Hook is grossly misleading. ALT please! PanydThe muffin is not subtle 17:17, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * How so? It's fully supported by the reference. – hysteria18 (talk) 17:10, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It's middle-class unionists no? If not, then the article has quite a lot to prove (e.g. how does history define middle-class and how do we know they were)? As for other issues, the sentence from which the hook is derived is not cited (I presume the citation from the next sentence is applicable but please make this clear) and the Background section of the article does very little to shed light on the subject. For example it says The tensions which led to the general strike were exacerbated locally by the policies of the Brighton Corporation and the fears of members of the Middle Class Union. - but does not tell us what those tensions are. This is important. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 17:25, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * You want an article about a minor event in the history of a seaside town to address how history defines "middle-class"? I don't really know what you're talking about, nor do I have the time or inclination to try to come up with an alternative that'd meet your standards. – hysteria18 (talk) 20:23, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I am simply asking, politely, that you clarify a few minor details. Are they middle class or middle class unionists? I'm not asking you to write an essay on how history defines the middle class; I'm simply pointing out that were you making the assertion (which I assume you're not) that the volunteers were simply middle class, you would have to back that statement up with arguments and evidence. As it stands, the sentence isn't even referenced clearly. Make sense? PanydThe muffin is not subtle 21:50, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Closing due to lack of further action; nominator won't be continuing. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:52, 14 May 2012 (UTC)