Template:Did you know nominations/Sundial cannon

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:48, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Sundial cannon

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A sundial cannon mounted on a marble sundial base
A sundial cannon mounted on a marble sundial base

Created by Dr.K. (talk). Self-nominated at 09:32, 7 January 2017 (UTC).

  • Article is new and long enough. Hook is interesting and concise. I can't access the source via google books but this seems uncontroversial enough to accept on good faith. I've added the commonscat and an image to the article; an image could also be added to this nomination if desired. Also, a second piece of info could potentially be added to the hook (e.g., what they were used to signal). QPQ needed before this DYK is used. Mike Peel (talk) 12:15, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
  • @Mike Peel: Thank you Mike for your review and for finding pictures for the article. Although the link for source 1 actually opens for me, I also added two additional references with quotes for the hook. Hopefully these work for you. I also did the QpQ. As far as your suggestion to add more details to the hook regarding the purpose, I propose ALT1 below. By the way, the dinner part of ALT1 is covered by Source 3. Dr. K. 20:33, 7 January 2017 (UTC)