Template:Did you know nominations/Shornemead Fort
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:24, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
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Shornemead Fort[edit]
- ... that Shornemead Fort in Kent (pictured) had to be disarmed only 25 years after it was built because subsidence made it unsafe for its guns to be fired?
5x expanded by Prioryman (talk). Self-nominated at 07:33, 7 June 2015 (UTC).
Well sourced and illustrated, interesting hook (and article). Length, date and QPQ check out. Nice work, --Al Ameer (talk) 16:25, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
@Al Ameer son: did you check the sources for close paraphrasing? Yoninah (talk) 22:08, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
No, not initially. But I see that there are more than a few instances of close paraphrasing which should be addressed before this nomination is passed. My apologies to the nominator for not checking more thoroughly. --Al Ameer (talk) 17:00, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
- I've had another look at the article and I can't see the instances of close paraphrasing which you're referring to but haven't expanded upon. Would you care to give me some pointers? Prioryman (talk) 18:43, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
- The only notable instance is 14 guns to be mounted on the roof behind a masonry parapret and shields with 2 pivot guns and 20 other guns which is a bit too close to the source. Some other instances turned out to be fine like "Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom" which are official names/phrases. Otherwise, there are a couple minor instances listed here [1]. Other than that it's AGF for the offline sources and it's good to go unless Yoninah sees something I don't see. --Al Ameer (talk) 20:24, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
