Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of Robert Peel, Parliament Square


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 18:47, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Statue of Robert Peel, Parliament Square

 * ... that the Statue of Robert Peel (pictured) was the third statue to be placed in Parliament Square, Westminster?
 * Reviewed: Hordeum spontaneum

Created by Miyagawa (talk). Self nominated at 19:08, 15 February 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. The article only says that it was the third of a series of statues to be placed in the square, which isn't quite the same thing as saying it was the third statue to be placed in the square (what if there was already a statue there?) --Jakob (talk)  21:15, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I've clarified in the paragraph above that there were no statues in the square before those three. Miyagawa (talk) 22:08, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Per the DYK rule (which I personally think is rather silly), the statement that there were no previous statues also has to be directly cited (at the end of the sentence). --Jakob (talk)  22:26, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Unless I'm mistaken, doesn't the article Parliament Square contradict the hook? Fuebaey (talk) 15:01, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Not mistaken - I hadn't accounted for George Canning, which by all accounts was the first (and predated the modern square). I'll update the article and place an alt shortly. For now, I've struck the original. Miyagawa (talk) 16:03, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Alt1: ... that the Statue of Robert Peel (pictured) was the final work by Matthew Noble to be completed? Added alt. Miyagawa (talk) 17:50, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Good to go. Sorry about the delay. --Jakob (talk)  01:44, 5 March 2015 (UTC)