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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 09:52, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Sieges of Taunton

 * ... that during the second siege of Taunton, Robert Blake (pictured) declared that he "had four pairs of boots left and would eat three of them before he yielded"?
 * ALT1:... that during the First English Civil War, Taunton was besieged three times in under a year?
 * Reviewed: Fort Davis, County Cork
 * Reviewed: Fort Davis, County Cork

5x expanded by Harrias (talk). Self nominated at 16:53, 24 March 2015 (UTC).


 * Enough expansion within the timeframe, and sourced to reliable works. Hook is interesting and neutral. Assume good faith on book source. QPQ done.

A query: are you quoting Blake or Bush for the quote in the hook? If Bush, there does not need to be any quotation marks. If Blake, some editing will have to be made, as he is unlikely to have said himself that he "had four pairs of boots left and would eat three of them before he yielded". &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 18:25, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Quoting Bush; but surely the quotation marks are needed to avoid copyvio/close para-phrasing issues? Harrias talk 18:28, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Is there a way to paraphrase which avoids copy-vio completely? If you disagree, I can pass assuming good faith &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 18:34, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The basic issue with this is that pretty much every book mentions it, all in their own ways. So more or less whatever I come up with will duplicate one of the books too closely! Faced with this, I felt a direct quote was the safest course. Harrias talk 19:17, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Understood. Good to go! &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 19:47, 24 March 2015 (UTC)