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The result was: promoted by Hilsttalk 21:57, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
... that during the siege of Ak-Mechet, bored soldiers began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
Source: * Abaza, Konstantin Konstantinovich (1902). Завоевание Туркестана [Conquest of Turkestan p=59] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Publishing House of Mikhail Stasyulevich.
ALT1: ... that during the siege of Ak-Mechet, poor placement of Russian artillery batteries caused them to shoot into each other? Source: * Terentyev, Mikhail Afrikanovich (1906). Историю завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg. p. 123.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
ALT2: ... that after the siege of Ak-Mechet, a commander raised his handkerchief over the conquered fortress because he didn't have a Russian flag? Source: * Terentyev, Mikhail Afrikanovich (1906). Историю завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg. p. 126.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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Created by CitrusHemlock (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
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Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
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Overall: Earwig got weirdly intense about the long quote in the middle, but I don't see any issue here. I have made a small grammatical adjustment, but please feel free to change it if the intended meaning has been disrupted. A small note is that the Venyukov source is in the sources section, but there is no footnote indicating its use. Consider either removing or citing as appropriate. All sources accepted AGF, recommend promoter choose either ALT0 or ALT1. Thanks for your contribution to DYK and Russian military history! ThaesOfereode (talk) 23:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
Earwig got weirdly intense about the long quote in the middle, but I don't see any issue here. I have made a small grammatical adjustment, but please feel free to change it if the intended meaning has been disrupted. A small note is that the Venyukov source is in the sources section, but there is no footnote indicating its use. Consider either removing or citing as appropriate. All sources accepted AGF, recommend promoter choose either ALT0 or ALT1. Thanks for your contribution to DYK and Russian military history! ThaesOfereode (talk) 23:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)