A fact from Norcliffe Norcliffe appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 01:47, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that Norcliffe Norcliffe was severely wounded in the head at the Battle of Salamanca but survived? Source: https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1989-07-78-1 , Muir, Rory (2000). Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07385-2. Page 116 (along with more sources.)
Comment: I can expand the hook to include his capture by the french as well if needed.
Improved to Good Article status by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 19:57, 5 February 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Norcliffe Norcliffe, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Enjoyable and interesting article - quite Life and Death of Colonel Blimp-esque. I couldn't access the specific page cited to the Muir source for the hook (and the National Army Museum page doesn't actually say he was wounded in the head) but googling actually led me to a number of other sources - seems a well covered story - so happy to AGF. Article is well written albeit a little dependent on WP:PRIMARY and WP:OLDSOURCES but enough sourcing there (where I could spot check) to meet policy. All good on Earwig. Promoted to GA within time limit. I did wonder whether there was a hookier hook around his dad messing up his name by the surname change when he was 16, but actually the name appearing in the hook is the hook - almost irrelevant what comes after it! Good to go. DeCausa (talk) 12:09, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Enjoyable and interesting article - quite Life and Death of Colonel Blimp-esque. I couldn't access the specific page cited to the Muir source for the hook (and the National Army Museum page doesn't actually say he was wounded in the head) but googling actually led me to a number of other sources - seems a well covered story - so happy to AGF. Article is well written albeit a little dependent on WP:PRIMARY and WP:OLDSOURCES but enough sourcing there (where I could spot check) to meet policy. All good on Earwig. Promoted to GA within time limit. I did wonder whether there was a hookier hook around his dad messing up his name by the surname change when he was 16, but actually the name appearing in the hook is the hook - almost irrelevant what comes after it! Good to go. DeCausa (talk) 12:09, 6 February 2023 (UTC)