Template:Did you know nominations/Marc Bloch


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:02, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Marc Bloch

 * ...that Marc Bloch (pictured) has been described as both "the greatest historian of modern times" and as a flawed visionary? Source: Stirling, K. (2007). "Rereading Marc Bloch: The Life and Works of a Visionary Modernist". History Compass. 5, p.525 and p.535 respectively.
 * ALT1:...that Marc Bloch (pictured)—one of the most influential historians of the 20th century—was also a French Resistance fighter and shot by the Gestapo in 1944? Source: As above for the "influential2, and Fink, C. (1995). "Marc Bloch (1886–1944)". In Damico H. Zavadil J. B. Medieval Scholarship: Biographical Studies on the Formation of a Discipline: History. London: Routledge, p.209 for his death.
 * ALT2:...that French historian Marc Bloch (pictured) fought in both the First and Second World Wars, in the latter both in the army and as a Resistance fighter? Source:Hughes-Warrington, M. (2015). Fifty Key Thinkers on History (3rd ed.). London: Routledge, p.12, for WWI; for WWII, Fink, C. (1998). "Marc Bloc and the Drôle de Guerre: Prelude to the "Strange Defeat"". In Blatt, J. The French Defeat of 1940: Reassessments. New York: Berghahn Books, p.42; for resistance, see above.
 * ALT3: ...that there are a fucking tonne of potential hooks about Marc Bloch (pictured), so if anyone has any better ideas, feel free to suggest. But per WP:READER, let's try and keep it interesting...  Source: Me.
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Winter Soldier (2018 novel)

5x expanded by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:51, 18 December 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Gulp! Massive expansion, presumably from sandbox. Seems neutral & very high quality. Earwig finds nothing, QPQ done. Not that it matters, but isn't it 17 not 18 December? Also many paras are much too long. Original & ALTs 1& 2 all ok - ALT1 might be hookiest. Great job anyway, should pass GA as is. GTG. Johnbod (talk) 03:05, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * yeah, it was moved from a sandbox to mainspace here. Sorry for not clarifying that. Thanks for the support though; yes, I intend to seek some form of promotion for this in future. I should probably make more of an effort to attend more south London FA-writing workshops ;) indeed, the paragraphs are *ahem* solid—I'm sure it'll get addressed at peer review or somewhere!BTW, what d'you mean about the date? Cheers,  ——  SerialNumber  54129  14:46, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved from sandbox on the 17th, but listed here under the 18th. It hardly matters though. Johnbod (talk) 14:56, 19 December 2018 (UTC)