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Comment: I am exempt from a QPQ since I have less than 5 DYK credits. I'm thinking this is good for an April Fools' nomination, but since there will be 2 pictures then, I'm not sure if the people at DYK will have to make a decision about which hook gets the picture.
Comment: This is a pretty excellent quirky hook, but I'd say probably not good for April Fools' Day, since the misdirection isn't the bolded article. Also, I added "U.S." to the hook.
theleekycauldron (
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04:53, 12 December 2021 (UTC)reply
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Heythereimaguy: Fair enough. No one seems to have reviewed this, so I'll get around to it. Article was promoted to GA on December 4, making it new enough, and it's also long enough, plagiarism-free, and neutral. I'm not quite sure if www.ShipbuildingHistory.com or Hazegray.org are reliable sources—it'd be helpful if someone could speak to that. the hook is interesting and cited, but it is not cited inline at the end of the relevant sentence in the article, so that'll need to be fixed. QPQ not required. We're nearly there!
theleekycauldron (
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23:05, 29 December 2021 (UTC)reply
Theleekycauldron I would say that ShipBuildingHistory is unreliable. ShipBuildingHistory's home page reveals that it is operated by one person named Tim Colton and I can't find evidence of him being an expert in the field. The other website is only operated by Andrew C. Toppan, but it should be fine due to him having books published by
Arcadia Publishing and being a ship historian per the author tab
here. His works have also been referenced in the books Battleship Oklahoma BB-37, Network of Bones: Conjuring Key West and the Florida Keys, and No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel Roberts in the Persian Gulf per Google Books.
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01:18, 30 December 2021 (UTC)reply
It's been a week since SL93's original closure marking and there's still been no response from either nominator despite multiple messages left on their talk pages. Unfortunately it seems that the situation is not going to change anytime soon and as such the nomination is regretfully marked for closure.
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Comment: I am exempt from a QPQ since I have less than 5 DYK credits. I'm thinking this is good for an April Fools' nomination, but since there will be 2 pictures then, I'm not sure if the people at DYK will have to make a decision about which hook gets the picture.
Comment: This is a pretty excellent quirky hook, but I'd say probably not good for April Fools' Day, since the misdirection isn't the bolded article. Also, I added "U.S." to the hook.
theleekycauldron (
talk •
contribs) (
they/she)
04:53, 12 December 2021 (UTC)reply
@
Heythereimaguy: Fair enough. No one seems to have reviewed this, so I'll get around to it. Article was promoted to GA on December 4, making it new enough, and it's also long enough, plagiarism-free, and neutral. I'm not quite sure if www.ShipbuildingHistory.com or Hazegray.org are reliable sources—it'd be helpful if someone could speak to that. the hook is interesting and cited, but it is not cited inline at the end of the relevant sentence in the article, so that'll need to be fixed. QPQ not required. We're nearly there!
theleekycauldron (
talk •
contribs) (
they/she)
23:05, 29 December 2021 (UTC)reply
Theleekycauldron I would say that ShipBuildingHistory is unreliable. ShipBuildingHistory's home page reveals that it is operated by one person named Tim Colton and I can't find evidence of him being an expert in the field. The other website is only operated by Andrew C. Toppan, but it should be fine due to him having books published by
Arcadia Publishing and being a ship historian per the author tab
here. His works have also been referenced in the books Battleship Oklahoma BB-37, Network of Bones: Conjuring Key West and the Florida Keys, and No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel Roberts in the Persian Gulf per Google Books.
SL93 (
talk)
01:18, 30 December 2021 (UTC)reply
It's been a week since SL93's original closure marking and there's still been no response from either nominator despite multiple messages left on their talk pages. Unfortunately it seems that the situation is not going to change anytime soon and as such the nomination is regretfully marked for closure.
Narutolovehinata5 (
talk ·
contributions)
01:04, 4 February 2022 (UTC)reply