Talk:Burton upon Trent war memorial

A fact from Burton upon Trent war memorial appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Burton upon Trent war memorial (pictured) in England includes a depiction of Saint George standing atop the vanquished dragon?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Burton upon Trent war memorial.

England Low‑importance

	England portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject England, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of England on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EnglandWikipedia:WikiProject EnglandTemplate:WikiProject EnglandEngland-related articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Military history: Memorials / British / European / World War I / World War II

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military memorials and cemeteries task force
	British military history task force
	European military history task force
	World War I task force
	World War II task force

Visual arts: Public art

	Visual arts portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Visual arts, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of visual arts on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Visual artsWikipedia:WikiProject Visual artsTemplate:WikiProject Visual artsvisual arts articles
	This article is supported by the public art task force.

This article was created or improved during the "The 20,000 Challenge: UK and Ireland", which started on 20 August 2016 and is still open. You can help!

Did you know nomination

Latest comment: 2 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion

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 RoySmith (talk) 16:16, 9 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

(

Comment or view
Article history

)

Burton upon Trent war memorial

... that the Burton upon Trent war memorial (pictured) in England includes a depiction of Saint George stood atop the vanquished dragon? Source: "her supporters are St George standing with his foot on a dragon, a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left" from: Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (1 January 2005). Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-85323-989-5.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rosalía Abreu
- Comment: Date request for Remembrance Sunday (13 November this year)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:10, 19 October 2022 (UTC).Reply

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: Done.

Overall: Valereee (talk) 21:31, 19 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Good to go! Valereee (talk) 21:37, 19 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Add topic