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Did you know... that when the British government discovered that John Jarvis-Smith was not dead, they gave him a medal?
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Hi
Philafrenzy, a nice little article saved from deletion. A few comments:
I don't yet make it a 5x expansion
"on the buses" feels a bit colloquial, can it be rephrased?
"in Operation Infatuate, the British and Canadian amphibious assault on heavily fortified and entrenched German positions on the Dutch island of Walcheren" is a direct copy from the source, could use rewording.
The "when they discovered [he] wasn't dead" part of the hook isn't yet reflected in the article
I see the article is still being worked on, if you give me a ping when you think it's ready I'll pop back to recheck. Thanks -
Dumelow (
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08:27, 5 August 2022 (UTC)reply
Hi
Philafrenzy, expansion now sufficient; sourcing looks good (I added the Gazette where he was mentioned in dispatches, but searching for Smiths is always a nightmare and couldn't immediately find his DSC - it's supported by the obituaries though so that's fine); thanks for rephrasing those bits, think what's left is acceptable; QPQ carried out. Looks fine to me -
Dumelow (
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07:02, 22 August 2022 (UTC)reply
A fact from John Jarvis-Smith appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 September 2022 (
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Did you know... that when the British government discovered that John Jarvis-Smith was not dead, they gave him a medal?
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Hi
Philafrenzy, a nice little article saved from deletion. A few comments:
I don't yet make it a 5x expansion
"on the buses" feels a bit colloquial, can it be rephrased?
"in Operation Infatuate, the British and Canadian amphibious assault on heavily fortified and entrenched German positions on the Dutch island of Walcheren" is a direct copy from the source, could use rewording.
The "when they discovered [he] wasn't dead" part of the hook isn't yet reflected in the article
I see the article is still being worked on, if you give me a ping when you think it's ready I'll pop back to recheck. Thanks -
Dumelow (
talk)
08:27, 5 August 2022 (UTC)reply
Hi
Philafrenzy, expansion now sufficient; sourcing looks good (I added the Gazette where he was mentioned in dispatches, but searching for Smiths is always a nightmare and couldn't immediately find his DSC - it's supported by the obituaries though so that's fine); thanks for rephrasing those bits, think what's left is acceptable; QPQ carried out. Looks fine to me -
Dumelow (
talk)
07:02, 22 August 2022 (UTC)reply