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My reason for preferring the original hook is that is has an element of irony and is primarily about Austin Friars. The alternative hooks are primarily about Thomas Cromwell (do we really need to know when he was executed?). On top of that we now have a picture of Thomas Cromwell, rather than one of
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I prefer the original tagline, which is more about the Friary than Thomas Cromwell. The 'Did You Know' should be about the Austin Friars, after all. I'm also a bit uncomfortable that the article is almost entirely based on an unpublished PhD thesis (and the information about Cromwell was obtained
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The fact about his residence also needs citing and explaining where the house was located. Presumably not in the Friary itself? The Friary owned land in 3 different parishes, it seems. Maybe the 'hook' needs amending to "that Henry VIII's adviser, Thomas Cromwell, lived on land leased from
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New article of sufficient size. Hook is short enough. The difficulty is that the proposed hook is not clearly verified - article states Cromwell lived in a house built on land leased from the Friary. It states the Friary was dissolved in 1538, but not by whom.
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Did this really get held up for some three weeks because of disagreement over the hook? *looks at own nom* oh... ALT3 is fine, focused on the friary, and interesting. Article is new enough and long enough. AGF on offline
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Although it doesn't address the sourcing, it is possible to combine the two hook approaches into one and just remain under the 200 character limit. (If "powerful" was sacrificed, it could be even shorter.) Here's an
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from original documents at the National Archives). But at least the dissolution is cited to a different source (which gives the original tagline more legitmacy IMO).
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In the absence of the original nominator, I've taken this on (and greatly expanded the article). I suggest the following hook inspired by Chrisfow's original:
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New reviewer needed. Under the circumstances, said reviewer is welcome to go by her or his own opinion about what works as a hook.
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In answer to Sionk's question, Cromwell actually lived within the friary precinct; I've clarified this point in the article.
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the Friary! I'm not an experienced reviewer at DYK so I'd like and experienced reviewer to give an opinion.
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There may be other issues that make this less than ideal, but I thought I'd offer it in case it was useful.
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to have its own prison, but became the focus of a scandal when an imprisoned friar died there in 1535?
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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below.
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the friary but was executed only a year after he completed building his mansion there?
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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That's completely friary-focused; does it work for you?
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