Template:Did you know nominations/Portuguese invasion of Jaffna kingdom (1560)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Portuguese invasion of Jaffna kingdom (1560)

 * ... that Jaffna kingdom lost sovereignty over Mannar Island and its main town, Mannar, after the first invasion by the Portuguese in 1560? Source:
 * Reviewed: India Government Mint, Hyderabad

Created by AntanO (talk). Self-nominated at 10:06, 12 January 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Would you like to put this into a double hook with Template:Did you know nominations/Portuguese invasion of Jaffna kingdom (1591)? Yoninah (talk) 22:45, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That would be good. Let it go single since it's notable victory for Portuguese and lost for Jaffna, Yoninah. --Ant a n O 01:55, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg New enough, long enough, neutrally written, adequately referenced. As all sources are offline, unable to check for close paraphrasing. Offline hook ref AGF and cited inline. I tweaked the hook slightly per the article. QPQ done. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:05, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I edited the piped link in the hook. Yoninah (talk) 22:07, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * actually, if they lost control of Mannar Island, then they also lost control of the main town, right? Perhaps we could shorten the hook to:
 * ALT0a: ... that Jaffna kingdom lost sovereignty over Mannar Island after the first invasion by the Portuguese in 1560? Yoninah (talk) 22:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, agree. --01:57, 2 February 2017 (UTC)