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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:45, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
... that it is popularly believed that the Pointer descends from Old Spanish Pointers introduced to England in 1713 by soldiers returning from Spain after the Peace of Utrecht? Source: Fiorenzo Fiorone, The encyclopedia of dogs: the canine breeds & Desmond Morris, Dogs: the ultimate guide to over 1,000 dog breeds
ALT1:... that the Pointer is the most popular pointing dog breed used by sporting estates in the United Kingdom and commercial shooting preserves in the United States? Source: James Douglas, The complete gundog training manual & Charles Fergus, Gun dog breeds: a guide to spaniels, retrievers and pointing dogs
Reviewed: exempt as second ever nomination
Improved to Good Article status by Cavalryman (talk). Self-nominated at 04:00, 21 December 2020 (UTC).
Overall: The gadget tells me the nomination was technically just under two hours too late, but I'm far from picky enough to make this a problem (WP:IAR-style!). Earwig's Copyvio Detector warns that there is a 95.5% similarity with whatever this is, but I don't think you could have copied anything from that mess, even if you wanted to; it clearly copied from Wikipedia. In conclusion, the hook is good to go. I prefer ALT0, but I'm fine with either hook. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 01:14, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
IceWelder, many thanks, I too prefer the first hook. Kind regards, Cavalryman (talk) 01:51, 24 December 2020 (UTC).
The gadget tells me the nomination was technically just under two hours too late, but I'm far from picky enough to make this a problem (WP:IAR-style!). Earwig's Copyvio Detector warns that there is a 95.5% similarity with whatever this is, but I don't think you could have copied anything from that mess, even if you wanted to; it clearly copied from Wikipedia. In conclusion, the hook is good to go. I prefer ALT0, but I'm fine with either hook. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 01:14, 24 December 2020 (UTC)