Template:Did you know nominations/John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 09:24, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

 * ... that when John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk was making his preparations for the 1415 Agincourt campaign, it cost him over £2,000 and included a seat for his own toilet? R.E. Archer, ODNB.
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/August Volz

Created/expanded by Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (talk). Self-nominated at 18:46, 4 October 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article was given GA status on 2 October and as such is well written, well cited and more than long enough. Hook is undoubtedly attractive, the only problem I have is the sentence/claim (in the "Estates and Income" section) isn't directly followed by an inline citation. Presumably the fact comes from the ONB (which is behind a paywall). Could do with the quote being copied to the DYK nominaton template, and an inline citation added to support it in the article. Sionk (talk) 22:25, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Done that . &mdash; fortuna  velut luna  18:31, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Okay, I'll AGF that the fact is in the source. Good to go! Sionk (talk) 18:41, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg The hook implies that he spent £2000 in his preparations for the campaign, when in reality, that sum was the cost to his pocket of living and fighting in France with his troops, so I think the hook needs expressing a different way. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:11, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh goodie, here we are again.
 * The source states "." I.e. the two grand was part of the preparations.
 * ...sûr la Thamise et Chelsea. Caio! &mdash; fortuna  velut luna  10:28, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That's interesting. So the hook might be fairly accurate but the article is not. If you had quoted that passage during the nomination process as requested, I would probably not have raised any objection before promoting the hook. As things are, the £2000 either relates to the preparations for the campaign (ie a budgeted amount), or to the actual costs of the campaign. Which? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:32, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Good, I'm glad to hear that this is fully in line with DYK guidelines then. Cheers, &mdash; fortuna  velut luna  15:36, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * In case you hadn't noticed, I get criticised when I promote inaccurate hooks, so I try to avoid promoting them. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:32, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I noticed indeed that you do seem to draw the occasional crushing remark! Wot gives?! &mdash; fortuna  velut luna  18:01, 12 October 2017 (UTC)


 * OK. I'm not trying to sabotage this nomination, just aiming for some accuracy. Here are the problems I identified:
 * Source "expenditure of some £2000" - Article "cost him £2,000" - Hook "cost him over £2,000" --ie, the hook is inaccurate because "some £2000" has become "over £2000".
 * Source "[documented] the expenditure of some £2000 for the Agincourt campaign in order for him to be appropriately equipped" - Article "The Agincourt campaign, for example, cost him £2,000" - Hook "his preparations ... cost him over £2,000". The point here is that when he left for France, he did not know whether the campaign would be over in weeks, or months or years, so £2000 must either be a figure for his preparations as you suggest, or a total figure for his costs of taking part in the campaign, which would only be known afterwards, and which would make the article inaccurate.
 * The hook is awkwardly phrased and needs reworking. Bringing in the privy seat is difficult unless you mention the detailed accounts. What would £2000 be in today's money? It must have been an enormous sum back then, would that make a better hook? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:51, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hooks need to be of limited length. The current hook seems fine in length and catchiness, but as Cwmhiraeth points out the word "over" needs removing. I suppose you could add the present day figure to the WP article (£2,153,699.23 according to ) and have
 * ALT1 "... that John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk's preparations for the 1415 Agincourt campaign cost him £2,000 (over £2,000,000 in today's value) and included a seat for his own toilet? Sionk (talk) 18:00, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * What about
 * ALT2 ... that John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk's expenditure for the 1415 Agincourt campaign was about £2,000 (over £2 million in today's value), and included a seat for his own toilet? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:53, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Where are you (both) getting this £2,000,000 figure from?? The BoE... which reckons inflation @1.2%...?! Yeah right :D still, I could go for ALT1, just remove the unnecessary converation into sterling. &mdash;  fortuna  velut luna  18:24, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * ALT1a ... that John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk's preparations for the 1415 Agincourt campaign cost him £2,000 and included a seat for his own toilet?
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Approving ALT1a, which also removes the link to the disambiguation page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:51, 20 October 2017 (UTC)