Template:Did you know nominations/Granby, South Carolina


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:11, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Granby, South Carolina

 * ... that during the American Revolution, the British stronghold Fort Granby in the South Carolina colony was attacked with a Quaker gun? Source: Tucker, p.539
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Floyd Bennett Field

Created by MB (talk). Self-nominated at 03:30, 19 September 2018 (UTC).


 * There was no unsourced "paragraph"; only a single sentence that was substantiated by an existing ref. I combined several sentences to make an actual paragraph and added a ref to the sentence in question. As far as the lead statement about 1850, I was trying to generalize the sourced statement that the town was nearly deserted by 1822. I've changed the lead to more closely relate to the 1822 date. MB 02:21, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Drive-by comment: I actually find the quaker gun hook quite hooky; that article link will probably get more hits than Fort Granby. Yoninah (talk) 20:39, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * , I think the hook is good. I didn't see anything better in the article. MB 22:41, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg The substantive issues of the article appear to have been remedied. As for the hook, unless someone is into quaker gun, the failed Thomas Sumter led attack is IMHO OK, but not great.
 * Perhaps:
 * ALT1 "... that when Fort Granby surrendered in 1781, at Granby, South Carolina, that Loyalist forces were allowed to keep two wagon loads of "personal loot"?" Source: History.com
 * ALT2 "... that Granby, South Carolina was the site of a British/Loyalist fortification, as well as a Confederate fortification?Source: Historysoft.com
 * -- Right Cow Left Coast  (Moo) 00:34, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree with the comment by that most people don't know what a "quaker gun" is and may want to read the article to find more. I think ALT2 is quite boring. ALT1 is better, but I would streamline it as:
 * ALT1a "... that when Fort Granby, South Carolina surrendered in 1781, Loyalist forces were allowed to keep two wagon loads of "personal loot"?
 * I still prefer ALT0, with ALT1a my second choice. MB 02:56, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ? . MB 03:46, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes? The nomination needs a new reviewer, no?-- Right Cow Left Coast  (Moo) 00:22, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg New review: New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. ALT0, which is the nominator's preference, is quite catchy; hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. Images in article are freely licensed. ALT0 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 01:38, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg New review: New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. ALT0, which is the nominator's preference, is quite catchy; hook ref verified and cited inline. QPQ done. Images in article are freely licensed. ALT0 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 01:38, 10 October 2018 (UTC)