Template:Did you know nominations/Varagavank

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 08:49, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Varagavank[edit]

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~~... that Varagavank (pictured in the early 1900s) was burned during the Armenian Genocide and subsequently destroyed?~~

Reviewed: Orfeo Vecchi

5x expanded by Yerevantsi (talk). Self nominated at 19:42, 18 October 2014 (UTC).

The article is long enough and new enough (fivefold expanded). Per DYK rules " Each fact in the hook must be supported in the article by at least one inline citation to a reliable source, appearing no later than the end of the sentence(s) offering that fact. Citations at the end of the paragraph are not sufficient." The assertion "burned during the Armenian Genocide" is not cited the way rules prescribe. --Antidiskriminator (talk) 15:58, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

The monastery was burned during the Defense of Van (1915), which was a self-defense act by the local Armenians and is considered part of the genocide. Furthermore, ref. 19 cites a book by Raymond Kévorkian on the genocide and the fact that the monastery was burned is in the chapter about the massacres in Van province. --Երևանցի ^talk 01:12, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for clarification. The hook is interesting and not too long. The image is free and used in the article. qpq done.

Good to go.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 08:44, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

If you don't know what Varagavank is, why would you care if it was burned and destroyed? How about:
ALT1: ... that the Varagavank monastery (pictured in the early 1900s) was the site of Armenian resistance to Turkish government forces during the Armenian Genocide? Yoninah (talk) 23:28, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

I'm OK with ALT1. One correction, the resistance did not last for a month, but barely for a couple of weeks, maybe even a week (if we take the earliest date). --Երևանցի ^talk 23:47, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Since I can't approve my own hook, could another reviewer sign off on this, please? Yoninah (talk) 00:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Approving ALT1, which has citations to several offline publications. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:09, 27 November 2014 (UTC)