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the wedding cakes of Elizabeth and Phil. To be frank, I was suprised enough to see the size and height of the main cake. And it is also of great interest that the couple were restricted because of post-war rationing etc. But putting that obvious problem aside, I don't see any evidence of the cakes (plural) being subject of any authoritative work or news source. It seems to be to be
215:(though very well done) to create a Knowledge (XXG) article about all the cakes, without demonstrating they have collectively been a subject of study, or interest by others. Unless maybe this is intended as a list article. I've raised the problem on the article Talk page. I'd welcome a second opinion on whether it's a valid topic at all. 244:
I agree that the hook is so tangential to the article that it shouldn't be used, especially since there are so many possibilities, so I've struck it. I feel that Sionk is onto something with approaches such as be the size and height of the main cake (nevertheless less smaller than it might have been
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Article is new enough, long enough, does not appear to have been copied from elsewhere and is prolifically sourced using well formatted inline citations. I'd love to be able to approve this. However, a couple of things trouble me. The most obvious problem here is that the suggested hook is not about
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due to the rationing and ingredient shortages); a valid use of Victoria might be the dozen cakes total for Elizabeth vs. over 100 for Victoria (again because of the shortages), or the sending of slices back overseas in thanks for the supplied ingredients from there.
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The nominator hasn't edited since October 28 and did not respond to any comments on this nomination as well as a ping. Unless they return or another editor adopts this, there does not appear to be a path forward for the nomination at this time.
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Source: Crumbs make 107-year link. Miss F M Findrey of 2 Oak Terrace, Cheltenham has sent a packet containing crumbs from Queen Victoria's wedding cake to Princess Elizabeth as a wedding present.
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The subject is notable. I remember seeing a documentary on the cakes. They interviewed many of the people involved in making them.
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No response to issues despite multiple pings in over a month; closing as unsuccessful.
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19471108/062/0003
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Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten's wedding cakes
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received crumbs from Queen Victoria's 1840 wedding cake
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