Talk:Richard Thomas Glyn

A fact from Richard Thomas Glyn appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the hoof of Richard Thomas Glyn's horse is used as an ashtray by officers of the Royal Regiment of Wales?

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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) 22:22, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the hoof of Richard Thomas Glyn's horse is used as an ashtray by officers of the Royal Regiment of Wales? Source: ""Today the officers' dining room of the Royal Regiment of Wales contains many reminders of the events of 1879 ... on the coffee table he might notice a horse's hoof ash tray which came from Richard Glyn's horse 'Yellow Rose'" from: Snook, Mike (2010). Like Wolves on the Fold : the Defence of Rorke's Drift. London: Frontline Books. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-84832-602-6.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jon Morgan (footballer)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 18:03, 11 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough, long enough and has adequate references with no evidence of sourcing, copyright, or content issues; hook facts have in-line citations; hook is appropriate length supported by off-line source taken in good faith.--Orygun (talk) 21:08, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]