Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Preston (1648)
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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 17:57, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
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Battle of Preston (1648)
Oliver Cromwell
- ... that historians have described Oliver Cromwell's (pictured) decision in 1648 to launch the attack which became the Battle of Preston as an enormous gamble and hardly credible?
- Source: "enormous gamble" Wanklyn, Malcolm (2014) [2006]. Decisive Battles of the English Civil War. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-78346-975-8. Page 199.
- "hardly credible" Bull, Stephen; Seed, Mike (1998). Bloody Preston: The Battle of Preston, 1648. Lancaster: Carnegie. ISBN 978-1-85936-041-5. Page 60.
- ALT1: ... that Oliver Cromwell's (pictured) decision in 1648 to launch the attack which became the Battle of Preston was an enormous gamble and hardly credible? Source: As ALT0
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Le Corricolo
- Comment: I can provide photos of my paper copies of both sources.
Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 79 past nominations.
Gog the Mild (talk) 23:35, 11 January 2025 (UTC).
Excellent article, new GA within the nomination timeframe, detailed, well-written, and well-referenced. Hook is interesting (personally prefer the ALT0 variant), in the article, and referenced (AGF on offline sources). Image is in the article and appropriately licensed (dispute notwithstanding). Took the liberty to bold the article in ALT0 and add the ''(pictured)'' in both. QPQ done, so good to go. Constantine ✍ 14:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks Constantine. For the record, I prefer ALT1, as being a little hookier; but ALT0 attributes explicitly. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:15, 12 January 2025 (UTC)