Template:Did you know nominations/Black Prince's chevauchée of 1356

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 04:24, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Black Prince's chevauchée of 1356

  • ... that the Black Prince's chevauchée of 1356 was the most important campaign of the Hundred Years' War? Source: Rogers, Clifford (2014) [2000]. War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327–1360. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-804-4. P. 348.

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 22:06, 30 December 2021 (UTC).

  • Hi Gog the Mild, another excellent 100YW article! Review follows: article promoted to GA on 28 December; article is very well written and cited inline throughout to impeccable sources; I only checked a very small minority of sources that I could access but found no issue with overly close paraphrasing; A QPQ has been carried out; hook fact is interesting and mentioned in the article, though is there a reason you present it as the opinion of Clifford J. Rogers in the article but as a plain statement of fact here? - Dumelow (talk) 08:21, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi Dumelow and thanks for the rapid review. Re Rogers, yes: in the fine tradition of DYKs it is a minor teaser in order to make it hookier. It seems harmless to me - "most successful" is inherently a matter of opinion, so I don't see the proposed hook getting anything beyond a wry smile from a reader. Gog the Mild (talk) 10:59, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks Gog the Mild, fair enough - Dumelow (talk) 12:33, 31 December 2021 (UTC)