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The following discussion 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: rejected by Allen3 talk 13:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Exobourgo[edit]

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Illustration of the mountain and fortress in 1703

  • ... that for surrendering the unconquerable fortress of Tinos (pictured) to the Ottomans its commander was sentenced to death by drinking liquid silver?

Created/expanded by JMiall (talk). Self nom at 12:14, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

  • Article still needs some cleanup and improvement of citations. Some small changes would improve the clarity of the hook: right now, "to the Ottomans its commander" doesn't flow all that well. I think the agreement of "its" with "Tinos" not "Ottomans"—which is grammatically obvious—could be made syntactically clearer. ("The Commander of Tinos was sentenced to death for surrendering his supposedly unconquerable fortress to Ottoman attackers"?) The article and especially the hook fact would really benefit from some more scholarly references; right now it's a lot of tourism websites and other so-so sources. Thanks for your work, past & future. groupuscule (talk) 03:09, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
  • Nominator has not edited on Wikipedia since October 29, and has not responded to two talk-page requests. Regrettably, as it cannot be passed as is, it will have to be rejected. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:57, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
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