Talk:Secret Treaty of Vienna

Latest comment: 3 years ago by The Squirrel Conspiracy in topic Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:20, 31 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that in the 1815 Secret Treaty of Vienna, Britain and Austria sided with their former enemy France against former allies Prussia and Russia? "Alliance members: Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, France, Bavaria, Hanover and the Netherlands. Signed on: January 3, 1815" from: Gibler, Douglas M. (2008). International Military Alliances, 1648-2008. CQ Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-60426-684-9.
    • ALT1:... that during the Waterloo campaign a copy of the 1815 Secret Treaty of Vienna was sent to the Prussians by Napoleon to try to split them from their British allies? You'll have to trust me its in this audiobook: Clayton, Tim (2014). Waterloo. Audible Studios. p. Chapter 5.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 06:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited:   - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting:  
  • Other problems:   - ALT1 could use a little workshopping, as it gets a bit convoluted.
QPQ: Done.
Overall:   Both hooks are reasonably interesting, but in their current formulation, I prefer alt0 since it's more straightforward. Nice work! {{u|Sdkb}}talk 09:12, 10 August 2020 (UTC)Reply