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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:32, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Don't Mention the World Cup[edit]

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... that Basil Fawlty sang "Don't Mention the World Cup" to try and dissuade England fans from mentioning the Second World War in Germany during the 2006 FIFA World Cup?

Reviewed: Slavery in the Byzantine Empire
Comment: For the World Cup, maybe for England or Germany's first game (14 or 16 June)

Created by The C of E (talk). Self nominated at 08:54, 29 May 2014 (UTC).

The source cited for Cleese re-recording the line from "The Germans" doesn't state that. I also think you have the quote slightly wrong, but since there is no source cited for that I don't know where you got it from. Perhaps there is an official Fawlty Towers scripts site where you can check it...the internet is full of wonderful things. Belle (talk) 15:40, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

@Bellemora:, it does say in the source that he played basil fawlty for the song. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 15:51, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Yes, but not that he re-recorded the line. Meanwhile, IMDB (that ever reliable font of knowledge) says the quote is "Listen, don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right." [1] Belle (talk) 16:00, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

I have changed that line so it doesn't say he re-recorded it. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:11, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Was there a war in Germany in 2006? (By which I mean that the hook could easily be misread to say that there was.) Dwpaul ^Talk 17:10, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

@Dwpaul: I've made the change. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 22:02, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

New enough, but not long enough. I removed a bit of repetition in the prose, and now it's at 1496 characters. The rewrite of the hook is inaccurate; it should say "from mentioning the Second World War in Germany". Alternately, you could write:
ALT1: ~~... that Basil Fawlty sang "Don't Mention the War" to try and change English feelings towards Germans during the 2006 FIFA World Cup?~~ Yoninah (talk) 22:13, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

I've brought it up. I have changed the original and would prefer that one rather than the alt. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 22:24, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

OK. And thanks for upping the character count. Article is new enough, long enough, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Hook ref verified and cited inline. I added some links to the hook. QPQ done. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:50, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Not to muck thing up, but two World Wars took place in Germany, and I think Cleese was referring to both of them. ;-) Dwpaul ^Talk 23:33, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

I didn't see that in the sources. The emphasis was on the Nazi symbols, salutes, and goose-stepping soldiers. Yoninah (talk) 00:02, 6 June 2014 (UTC)