Template:Did you know nominations/Monarchy of Rhodesia

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 MeegsC (talk) 15:32, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Monarchy of Rhodesia

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Rhodesian coat of arms

... that though she did not recognise the title of Queen of Rhodesia (Rhodesian coat of arms pictured), it was proposed that Elizabeth II appoint Prince Philip as governor-general to sack the unrecognised Rhodesian Front government? Source: Issuu
- ALT1:... that despite being proclaimed as the queen of Rhodesia (Rhodesian coat of arms pictured), Elizabeth II refused to recognise the title? Source: The Veiled Sceptre. Cambridge University Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-1107056787.

Reviewed: Peter Baker (slave trader)

Converted from a redirect by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 05:59, 5 July 2021 (UTC).

The article was nominated the day it was created, so it counts as new. Its length far exceeds the minimum 1,500 characters. There are plenty of references, most of which are accessible online, and I see no neutrality or copyright concerns. The first hook was almost too long so I shortened it a bit and added links. I have made a number of small edits to the article and the hooks, mainly addressing excessive capitalization (per MOS:JOBTITLES) but also removing a one-item list and fixing some verbosity. I would suggest removing the infobox because it does not (and cannot) adequately point out that the title was not recognized by the person to whom it was assigned; for example, it appears that Elizabeth's own view was that the title was not formed on 11 November 1965 or indeed at any point. The stamp image would do just fine on its own. But it is not a major issue. Surtsicna (talk) 14:52, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
The C of E, I do not think it is overlinking to link to articles about Philip, who is central to the first hook, or to little known terms such as governor-general and Rhodesian Front. I can find nothing in the Supplementary guidelines requiring or prohibiting such links, but it is certainly common practice to include them, as can be seen on the Main Page. If you believe the first hook is better off without them, I would like another reviewer to confirm it. Surtsicna (talk) 12:36, 25 July 2021 (UTC)