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A fact from Maybole Castle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that in the legend of John Faa, styled King of the Gypsies, the Countess of Cassilis was imprisoned for life in Maybole Castle(pictured) by her husband after he killed Faa for attempting to elope with her?
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: promoted by SL93 (talk) 19:59, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that some say a Countess of Cassilis was imprisoned in Maybole Castle in a room decorated with the faces of the man she ran off with (John Faa) and his followers after they were killed by her husband?
Reviewed:
Comment: This is my first ever DYK, so apologies if I'm not following the process properly. Would suggest a different picture if going with something based on ALT1.
5x expanded by Kj cheetham (talk). Self-nominated at 14:28, 29 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]
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"on the high street", do you mean "on High Street"? Same for the first sentence in Description
Done. Both are technically correct, as the high street is called High Street. I think
high street as a generic term is a British thing. -Kj cheetham (talk) 12:07, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply
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Description
"Two corners feature circular" which corners?
"including faces around one of the windows." which window?
Why are Robert Burns and his mother relevant to the castle?
I just feel like this section is a little short and lacking. PizzaKing13(Hablame) 18:44, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've expanded this section a bit, and removed the mention of Robert Burns as wasn't directly relevant. -Kj cheetham (talk) 16:09, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
History
Paragraph 2
I feel the story about Faa should be split into its own section.
Why did Charles Rennie Mackintosh examine the castle?
Done, and added a quote about Mackintosh. -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Paragraph 7
Add a comma after "In 1919"
"A photograph of spectators by the fire is found in the Maybole News Archive from July 2001." Why is this relevant?
Why was it listed as a category A listed building?
Done. I've replaced the sentance about the photograph completely, and expanded about becoming a listed building -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This section feels like it groups a lot of stuff together. I suggest splitting the paragraphs 1 3 and 4 about the earls owning the castle, paragraph 2 about Faa's story, and paragraphs 5 6 and 7 about damage to the castle into their own sections. And also, move 21st century as its own section under "History"
Done, though I went with "20th century" rather than "Damage to the castle" for the 3rd sub-section. -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:43, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@PizzaKing13: Thank you for this! I'll address your points within the next few days and will ping you again when I'm ready for you to take another look at it. -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:20, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@PizzaKing13: I think I've addressed all of your points, please could you take another look? Thanks. -Kj cheetham (talk) 16:09, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Kj cheetham: Looks all good to me. Congratulations, I'm going to pass this article now. PizzaKing13¡Hablame! 21:59, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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The 1st Hook (Alt0) is much better than Alt1. JeBonSer (talk | sign) 17:54, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
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