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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:26, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Ex Unitate Vires

 * ... that King George VI, upon seeing segregation in South Africa and the national motto Ex Unitate Vires on his tablecloth, stated: "not much bloody Unitate about this place"?


 * Reviewed: Star Warped

Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 08:59, 14 September 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg The article is new enough, long enough, within scope and well-referenced. While technically the hook is below the 200 character mark, I would consider shortening it. How about "...why did King George VI state "not much bloody Unitate about this place" upon seeing the "Ex Unitate Vires" motto? -- or something similar? Down from 185 to 127 characters.  // Halibutt 09:32, 14 September 2016 (UTC)


 * ALT1 ... that George VI, asked to shake hands only with whites while visiting South Africa, noticed the motto Ex Unitate Vires on a tablecloth and said, "Not much bloody Unitate (unity) about this place!"?  E  Eng  02:36, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * No, I don't think so. If you leave out the translation, it makes it hookier.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 07:53, 19 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Well, why not just edit it out? But here, I'll do it for you:
 * ALT2 ... that George VI, asked to shake hands only with whites while visiting South Africa, noticed the motto Ex Unitate Vires on a tablecloth and said, "Not much bloody Unitate about this place!"?
 *  E Eng  07:58, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Though looking at ALT2 again I'm a little worried some might misread it as saying "George VI asked to shake hands only with whites while visiting South Africa". -- ???  E Eng  20:04, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * How about


 * ALT3 ... that while visiting segregated South Africa, George VI noticed the motto Ex Unitate Vires on a tablecloth and said, "Not much bloody Unitate about this place!"? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:29, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * That's way better than my ALT2, which I'm therefore striking.  E Eng  05:47, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * May I point out that this has been approved since 14 September. The rest of this is surplusage.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 07:19, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeed. I was considering promoting it to prep but knew I would be criticised if I substantially changed the hook on promotion, so I suggested the change here first. Cwmhiraeth (talk)
 * ALT3 is much better than ALT0.  E Eng  08:25, 24 October 2016 (UTC)