Template:Did you know nominations/First Anglo–Ashanti War

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by BlueMoonset talk 05:45, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

First Anglo-Ashanti War

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... ~~that the Brits and Ashantis had a musical standoff during the Battle of Nsamankow?~~

Source: Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them: https://archive.org/details/arrogantarmiesgr0000perr/page/105/mode/1up?q=1817, page 105

ALT1: ... that Charles McCarthy's head was brought out each year during the Yam Festival? Source: Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them: https://archive.org/details/arrogantarmiesgr0000perr/page/107/mode/1up?q=1817, page 107
ALT2: ... that it was reported Ashanti chiefs ate the heart of Sir Charles McCarthy during the First Anglo-Ashanti War? Source: Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them: https://archive.org/details/arrogantarmiesgr0000perr/page/107/mode/1up?q=1817, page 107
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Comment: my first ever dyk nomination, sorry if I've done something wrong. It was nominated as GA in just exactly 7 days now and is quite a recent article.

Improved to Good Article status by Setergh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Setergh (talk) 18:59, 4 March 2025 (UTC). Your hooks need to include a link to the DYK article you are nominating. Have a squiz at some of the other articles at WP:DYKN Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:53, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

I added it to the second one. The first more refers to a battle (which although not as detailed on the main page, technically includes it), so I don't want to use alt1. As for the second, should I do it the way I have, or should I perhaps link something like "ate the heart of Sir Charles McCarthy" instead?
This form is fine. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:53, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

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Overall: Good to go with ALT2 Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:53, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

I've pulled this from Queue 2 per Special:Diff/1281305560. There's some WP:CLOP to be fixed and it'll need a new reviewer. RoySmith (talk) 00:15, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Per this edit on their talk page, Setergh has withdrawn the nomination. Marking for nomination closure, and closing it in the same edit. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:45, 6 April 2025 (UTC)