Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Salamis (306 BC)

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The result was: promoted by Jolly Ω Janner 06:57, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Battle of Salamis (306 BC)

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• ... that in the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC, Demetrius Poliorcetes defeated the fleet of Ptolemy I and conquered Cyprus?

• ALT1:... that the Antigonid victory in the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC led to the assumption of the royal title by the Antigonus Monophthalmus and his son Demetrius Poliorcetes, followed by the other Diadochi?
• ALT2:... that in the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC, during the wars between Alexander the Great's generals, Demetrius Poliorcetes defeated the fleet of Ptolemy I and conquered Cyprus?
• Reviewed: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106

Improved to Good Article status by Cplakidas (talk). Self-nominated at 13:28, 25 March 2016 (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 eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - fixed

Image eligibility:

• Freely licensed: - na
• Used in article: - NA
• Clear at 100px: - NA

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Core criteria checked per above template. Well sourced and an interesting bit of history. The only problem seems to be capturing such a historic event with a terse fact. Now good to go with hook alt2. Cake (talk) 08:21, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Could I suggest an amendment to make it more audience-friendly? AndrewRT(Talk) 19:43, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

• ... that in the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC, the Macedonians defeated Ptolemy I of Egypt and conquered Cyprus?

• Works for me if it works for the OP. Cake (talk) 21:07, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

• Hi and sorry for the delay in answering, I just now saw the review. I'll find a QPQ over the next few days. Regarding the phrasing of the hook, I agree that "capturing such a historic event with a terse fact" is a problem and am open to suggestions. The problem here is that using "the Antigonid Dynasty" or "Macedonians", or Ptolemy I "of Egypt" is problematic because it is anachronistic; at this point, the wars were between the Diadochi as individuals rather than between dynasties or territorial states (and the Antigonids did not yet rule Macedonia, BTW), and it should be phrased accordingly. If I might suggest an ALT, based on MisterCake's suggestion and my original hook: "... that in the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC, during the wars between Alexander the Great's generals, Demetrius Poliorcetes defeated the fleet of Ptolemy I and conquered Cyprus?" Constantine ✍ 21:13, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

• I dig it. Perhaps it is my own ignorance but I much prefer the mention of Alexander to the obscure "Diadochi". Cake (talk) 20:55, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

• Hi MisterCake, thanks and no problem, the point is for the hook to be understandable. I therefore suggest my last proposal as ALT2. QPQ also done, BTW. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 14:05, 5 April 2016 (UTC)