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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 12:02, 6 December 2020 (UTC)reply
... that
John Devonshire was supposed to stop
USS President putting to sea but didn't? Source: Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. pp. 64–65.
ISBN9781848327795.
Overall: AGF for offline source of hook, which is colourfully put to make it hookier but is consistent with the text in the article. Otherwise all points check out, ready to go.
Moonraker (
talk) 01:22, 26 November 2020 (UTC)reply
A fact from John Devonshire appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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
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The result was: promoted by
Yoninah (
talk) 12:02, 6 December 2020 (UTC)reply
... that
John Devonshire was supposed to stop
USS President putting to sea but didn't? Source: Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. pp. 64–65.
ISBN9781848327795.
Overall: AGF for offline source of hook, which is colourfully put to make it hookier but is consistent with the text in the article. Otherwise all points check out, ready to go.
Moonraker (
talk) 01:22, 26 November 2020 (UTC)reply