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Statue of King Charles I, London

 * ... that after the English Civil War, the statue of King Charles I (pictured) that is currently on display in Whitehall, London, was hidden by a metalsmith whilst he sold cutlery that he claimed were made from its melted down metal?
 * Reviewed: Kepler-16b

Created/expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 22:56, 16 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Almost ready. Two issues: not all sentences are referenced. The article uses more than one reference, and if content is added or moved, this could be messy. I assume that at this point all unreferenced sentences are referenced with the end-of para or next-ref-sentence ref, but this could be improved. Second point is about the hook: I think it should be clarified that the metalsmith preserved the statue, my first reading of it gave me the impression that he vandalized it. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 04:45, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Played around with the paragraphs a little. Theres only two paragraphs left where there isn't multiple citations through them, and both of those are short. Given the hook some thought, and suggesting this: ALT1:... that a metalsmith hid the statue of King Charles I (pictured) that is currently on display in Whitehall, London, until the restoration of the Monarchy despite orders from Parliament to destroy it, selling cutlery that he pretended he had made from it's remains? Miyagawa   (talk)  07:50, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Better, I added three cite requests to show which sentences need them (imagine if another referenced sentence was inserted after them, thus confusing the reader w/ regards to which source is used for them). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 15:52, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, I've inserted the citations as requested. Miyagawa   (talk)  18:24, 17 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Passing, prefer ALT1. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 05:03, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Can we have a hook that has 200 or fewer characters, please? Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 16:17, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ALT2 ... that after the English Civil War, the statue of King Charles I (pictured) was hidden by a metalsmith whilst he sold cutlery that he claimed were made from its melted down metal? Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:48, 21 September 2011 (UTC)