Template:Did you know nominations/Provisional Cavalry


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:29, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Provisional Cavalry

 * ... that the means of raising the late 18th-century British Provisional Cavalry was likened to the medieval-era feudal system? " the Provisional Cavalry Act was passed, whereby a sort of revived knight-service was established" (1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica)
 * ALT1:... that one of the roles of the late 18th-century British Provisional Cavalry was to drive away cattle in front of any invading forces? "the provisional cavalry should be employed in driving the cattle, and such other business of a Hussar nature as may occur in each district" (The British Armed Nation, 1793-1815 page 33)
 * Reviewed: to follow

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:30, 26 February 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Solid article on good sources, and, no I didn't know any of it ;) - Offline source accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed, and if it's taken we can drop "18th century" because it shows, - but it's a bit pale. I am not enthusiastic about the hooks. How many of our readers will even know what feudal system means, nor be attracted. (The other day, they really expalined that Arabella is "an opera composed".) How about how unliked and inefficient it was, or mention hussar methods? Mention "Yeonmanry"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Dumelow, do you hear me? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Gerda Arendt. Sorry, I have been very limited in my contributions recently.  I will try to get a look at this nom later today - Dumelow (talk) 07:43, 27 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi Gerda Arendt, I've now carried out a QPQ at Template:Did you know nominations/Notocrinus virilis. If our readers are struggling with "fuedal system" (though I think that is a reasonably common term) then they will have no chance with "hussar" which is a specific type of light cavalry.  Personally I found it quite interesting that men were being compelled to provide military service on a feudal basis in England as late as 1802.  A few alternative hooks follow - Dumelow (talk) 10:50, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
 * ... that English counties could be absolved of the requirement to raise Provisional Cavalry units if sufficient numbers of Yeomanry were available?
 * ... that William Wilberforce campaigned for Roman Catholics to be allowed to serve in the Provisional Cavalry?
 * ALT3: ... that the late 18th-century Provisional Cavalry were described by British parliamentarian Sir Mark Wood as an "unpopular measure ... so little calculated to afford any adequate degree of security to the public"?
 * ... that the British Provisional Cavalry existed only for a short period before they were replaced by an expanded Yeomanry Cavalry?
 * ... that only six regiments of the British Provisional Cavalry were ever embodied?
 * ... that only one regiment of the British Provisional Cavalry was ever called upon to serve?
 * ... that members of the Provisional Cavalry who were absorbed into the Yeomanry were often ostracised for being of lower social status?


 * Wow! Thank you for the load of ALTs! Would the original hook perhaps work adding something like "medieval", for those who have to click to know what it means? Of the others, I like ALT3 best, - perhaps with a year/period (not to suggest it might have been recently, or way back) unless you want to rely on the language style alone? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 28 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Symbol voting keep.svg approving the original and ALT3, and too lazy to strike the others, and open to modifications as suggested. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:59, 28 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks Gerda, I've struck the non-approved and added some clarification on the dates as you suggested - Dumelow (talk) 11:23, 28 March 2019 (UTC)