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A fact from Thomas Burdet appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 February 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Thomas Burdet supposedly plotted treason against King Edward IV in 1477 after he killed Burdet's favourite white deer?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Burdet.

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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 Hilst talk 21:06, 14 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that Thomas Burdet was said to have so many enemies in Wiltshire that had he been present at a 1477 riot, he would have been killed? Source: *Baker, J. H. (1989). "A French Vocabulary and Conversation-guide in a Fifteenth-century Legal Notebook". Medium Ævum. 58: 80–102, p. 84.
- ALT1: ... that Thomas Burdet supposedly plotted treason against King Edward IV in 1477 after the King killed Burdet's favourite white deer ~~while hunting~~? Source: * Hughes, J. (2002). Arthurian Myths and Alchemy: The Kingship of Edward IV. Stroud: Sutton, p. 289.
- ALT2: ... that one modern historian has described 15th-century Warwickshire man Thomas Burdet as being a man with "little to lose", because he was already a loser? Source: * Carpenter, C. (1980). "Sir Thomas Malory and Fifteenth-century Local Politics". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research. 53 (127): 31–43, p.35 +n.36..
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Crabs for Christmas

Created by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 47 past nominations.

Serial (speculates here) 13:28, 23 January 2025 (UTC).Reply

New, long, and excellent quality. I do like a good spin off. ALT1 is by far my favorite. It is wild. I took the bold step of striking the last two words, which I do not consider essential. It Surtsicna (talk) 23:39, 27 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

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The page number for footnote 2 is given as "13`1" - is that supposed to be 131? Nikkimaria (talk) 05:25, 15 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yes, Nikkimaria, well spotted; changed with thanks. Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi 18:09, 15 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wrong link

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The link to John Rous goes to an 18th-century figure. It should go to John Rous (historian) Libaki (talk) 01:40, 18 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Libaki, thanks! Hey, you could've done that too 🫡 cheers! Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi 10:40, 18 February 2025 (UTC)Reply