Template:Did you know nominations/Maybole Castle

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 19:59, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Maybole Castle

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Maybole Castle, Scotland

... that in the legend of John Faa, styled as 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? Source: https://www.maybole.org/history/books/carricks%20capital/countessandgypsy.htm

- 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).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall:

The 1st Hook (Alt0) is much better than Alt1. JeBonSer ^{(talk | sign)} 17:54, 5 September 2022 (UTC)