Template:Did you know nominations/Iraj Castle
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:40, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
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Iraj Castle
- ... that the massive Sasanian fortification Iraj Castle lacks any structure in its interior? Source: "Protected by a massive wall, but devoid of permanent buildings in its vast c. 175 ha interior, the rectangular compound of Qaleh Iraj near Tehran must be a military base – and as such, it is arguably the largest fortress in the ancient world to the west of modern Afghanistan." [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers --Z 11:45, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
5x expanded by ZxxZxxZ (talk). Self-nominated at 17:07, 18 October 2019 (UTC).
- @ZxxZxxZ: Hi, I will review this article. There seem to be some issues; see below. epicgenius (talk) 15:37, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
General eligibility:
- New enough:
- Long enough:
- Prose size before expansion is 872 characters, and afterward is 4281 characters. This is just short of an exact 5x expansion, i.e. 4360 characters.
Policy compliance:
- Adequate sourcing:
- Neutral:
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
- Other problems: - Some grammar needs to be cleaned up, e.g. "4 or 5 century" needs to be "4th or 5th"
Hook eligibility:
- Cited:
- Interesting: - Eh, I guess it could be more interesting. How about this:
- ... that Iraj Castle is the largest pre-modern, non-urban permanent fortification in southwest Asia, Europe and Africa?
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Overall: 
epicgenius (talk) 15:37, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
- Just a drive-by comment: Epicgenius's new suggestion is probably better than the original hook, but the sentence mentioning it doesn't have a footnote. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:19, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
- Actually it is sourced, like all the other statements in the article. The sources for each sentence of the article are consistently cited at the end of its corresponding paragraph, which I assume to be the prefered practice. --Z 11:47, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
- @ZxxZxxZ: Has there been any progress on addressing the issues I mentioned? epicgenius (talk) 03:44, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review. I intend to work on the article tomorrow. --Z 19:27, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
- Just a drive-by comment: Epicgenius's new suggestion is probably better than the original hook, but the sentence mentioning it doesn't have a footnote. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 02:19, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Epicgenius: ZxxZxxZ has made some edits to the article and it is now ready for a second look. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:33, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Looks like ALT0 is good to go. Upon further consideration, it is interesting enough, and doesn't rely on a superlative like ALT1 does. epicgenius (talk) 02:16, 5 November 2019 (UTC)