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Convention of London (1861)
5x expanded by Lajbi (talk). Self nom at 10:54, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that a French tailor's, a bootmaker's, a hotel-keeper's, a farmer's, a coach-driver's and a colporteur's claims were all embedded in the Convention of London that escalated into the French intervention in Mexico?


 * Symbol question.svg hook is 216 characters long, well over the maximum 200. Mikenorton (talk) 18:21, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Rewriting that and leaving out 'French' would give
 * ALT1 ... that claims from a tailor, a bootmaker, a farmer, a coach-driver and a colporteur were all embedded in the Convention of London that escalated into the French intervention in Mexico?
 * which is well within the limit. Mikenorton (talk) 20:54, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * My bad I didn't realized the length... I agree with your hook.  Lajbi  Holla @ me  •  CP  11:14, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Went from 595 characters to 5528 characters on date nominated - easily 5x expansion. Hook is cited to source. This good to go - thank for your expansion and submission to DYK - sorry for the delay in reviewing it.
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Secretlondon (talk) 04:26, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: striking out original hook for clarity (it was too long for DYK). BlueMoonset (talk) 05:14, 3 July 2012 (UTC)