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Did you know... that Colonel Dyck commanded the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean armies before fighting as a mercenary in Mozambique in 2021 aged 77?
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The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 05:40, 4 August 2021 (UTC)reply
... that Colonel Dyck commanded in the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean armies before fighting as a mercenary in Mozambique in the 2020s aged 77? Source:
The Zimbabwe Mail
Comment: I wasn't going to do a drink-driving hook for BLP reasons
Created by
The C of E (
talk). Self-nominated at 07:26, 13 July 2021 (UTC).reply
Hi
The C of E, review follows: article created 13 July; article exceeds minimum length, is well written and cited inline to reliable sources throughout; I didn't find any issues with overly close paraphrasing from the online sources; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to various of the sources cited; a QPQ has been carried out. It's good to go as it is but I note the Economic Times says he was 77 at the time of the Battle of Palma, that might add extra interest to the article/hook? -
Dumelow (
talk) 06:48, 19 July 2021 (UTC)reply
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This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
A fact from Lionel Dyck appeared on Wikipedia's
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check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Colonel Dyck commanded the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean armies before fighting as a mercenary in Mozambique in 2021 aged 77?
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
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 05:40, 4 August 2021 (UTC)reply
... that Colonel Dyck commanded in the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean armies before fighting as a mercenary in Mozambique in the 2020s aged 77? Source:
The Zimbabwe Mail
Comment: I wasn't going to do a drink-driving hook for BLP reasons
Created by
The C of E (
talk). Self-nominated at 07:26, 13 July 2021 (UTC).reply
Hi
The C of E, review follows: article created 13 July; article exceeds minimum length, is well written and cited inline to reliable sources throughout; I didn't find any issues with overly close paraphrasing from the online sources; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to various of the sources cited; a QPQ has been carried out. It's good to go as it is but I note the Economic Times says he was 77 at the time of the Battle of Palma, that might add extra interest to the article/hook? -
Dumelow (
talk) 06:48, 19 July 2021 (UTC)reply