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A fact from Charlie Aust appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Charlie Aust, described himself as "seedy moustache, glasses and intensely ugly" so soldiers knew how to identify him?
This article was nominated for
deletion on 16 September 2021. The result of
the discussion was speedy keep.
Did you know nomination
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The result was: promoted by
Jack Frost (
talk) 02:30, 4 September 2021 (UTC)reply
... that the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry Charlie Aust(pictured) described himself as "seedy moustache, glasses and intensely ugly" so soldiers knew how to identify him? Source:
RLIRA
Comment: The picture is being cropped Please ignore the picture, don't use it
Created by
The C of E (
talk). Self-nominated at 08:14, 7 August 2021 (UTC).reply
Article is new enough, long enough, adequately sourced, and Earwig comes up empty. I like the hook, the picture – if it goes through – could perhaps use a clarifying (left), although Aust is obviously in the foreground, so not necessarily a hard requirement for me. Striking, just noticed the comment. Per the provided source, I have corrected the spelling of "intensly" to "intensely" both here and in the article –
The C of E, hope you don't mind. AngryHarpytalk 09:07, 8 August 2021 (UTC)reply
No, I don't mind. I was copying the quote from the source. It might have been misspelt there but I'm fine with it being corrected @
AngryHarpy:. The C of E God Save the Queen! (
talk) 10:13, 8 August 2021 (UTC)reply
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A fact from Charlie Aust appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 September 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Charlie Aust, described himself as "seedy moustache, glasses and intensely ugly" so soldiers knew how to identify him?
This article was nominated for
deletion on 16 September 2021. The result of
the discussion was speedy keep.
Did you know nomination
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
Jack Frost (
talk) 02:30, 4 September 2021 (UTC)reply
... that the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry Charlie Aust(pictured) described himself as "seedy moustache, glasses and intensely ugly" so soldiers knew how to identify him? Source:
RLIRA
Comment: The picture is being cropped Please ignore the picture, don't use it
Created by
The C of E (
talk). Self-nominated at 08:14, 7 August 2021 (UTC).reply
Article is new enough, long enough, adequately sourced, and Earwig comes up empty. I like the hook, the picture – if it goes through – could perhaps use a clarifying (left), although Aust is obviously in the foreground, so not necessarily a hard requirement for me. Striking, just noticed the comment. Per the provided source, I have corrected the spelling of "intensly" to "intensely" both here and in the article –
The C of E, hope you don't mind. AngryHarpytalk 09:07, 8 August 2021 (UTC)reply
No, I don't mind. I was copying the quote from the source. It might have been misspelt there but I'm fine with it being corrected @
AngryHarpy:. The C of E God Save the Queen! (
talk) 10:13, 8 August 2021 (UTC)reply