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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?
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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... 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
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
Sewa Security Services
The photo shows Dyck wearing a Sewa Security Services patch. Sewa is a private security company owned by the Wagner Group and sanctioned by the US and EU. Are we sure this is a photo of Dyck? Was he associated with Wagner in Africa? The photo was taken in CAR as part of a presidential protection detail.
2600:6C40:5600:1916:298F:F43C:3867:2234 (
talk)
20:41, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I have no personal or prior knowledge of this topic.
The picture does seem a good likeness with other pictures of Dyck. Details like the shape of the ear and nose seem to match but I notice that there appears to be a mole on the left cheek which does not appear elsewhere. And I've looked further at the provenance of the picture.
My impression now is that the Zim Eye went looking for a good picture of Dyck, found the Economist article and assumed that the picture there was a picture of Dyck.
So, this does seem likely to be a case of mistaken identity. In any case, as this is an agency photo, we shouldn't be using it. And so I'm removing it from this article.
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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
Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 August 2021 (
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
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.
... 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
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
Sewa Security Services
The photo shows Dyck wearing a Sewa Security Services patch. Sewa is a private security company owned by the Wagner Group and sanctioned by the US and EU. Are we sure this is a photo of Dyck? Was he associated with Wagner in Africa? The photo was taken in CAR as part of a presidential protection detail.
2600:6C40:5600:1916:298F:F43C:3867:2234 (
talk)
20:41, 2 June 2024 (UTC)reply
I have no personal or prior knowledge of this topic.
The picture does seem a good likeness with other pictures of Dyck. Details like the shape of the ear and nose seem to match but I notice that there appears to be a mole on the left cheek which does not appear elsewhere. And I've looked further at the provenance of the picture.
My impression now is that the Zim Eye went looking for a good picture of Dyck, found the Economist article and assumed that the picture there was a picture of Dyck.
So, this does seem likely to be a case of mistaken identity. In any case, as this is an agency photo, we shouldn't be using it. And so I'm removing it from this article.