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.
The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:34, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that the
Brazilian warship Deodoro was once mistaken for a war-bound
privateer? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created/expanded by
The ed17 (
talk). Self-nominated at 00:57, 20 August 2017 (UTC).
@
The ed17: New article, in time, long enough, sourced, hook checks out, no apparent copyvios. Needs QPQ. I'd also suggest adding a jstor link for the Scientific American article (
link), since you can't read it on Google Books. --
Usernameunique (
talk) 04:59, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
@
Usernameunique: I added an ALT1. Just a shortened version of the first hook; shouldn't be controversial.
Ed[talk][majestic titan] 04:41, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
Looks good. Either is fine, but I prefer the wording of ALT1 so am striking ALT0. --
Usernameunique (
talk) 04:46, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
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.
The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:34, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that the
Brazilian warship Deodoro was once mistaken for a war-bound
privateer? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created/expanded by
The ed17 (
talk). Self-nominated at 00:57, 20 August 2017 (UTC).
@
The ed17: New article, in time, long enough, sourced, hook checks out, no apparent copyvios. Needs QPQ. I'd also suggest adding a jstor link for the Scientific American article (
link), since you can't read it on Google Books. --
Usernameunique (
talk) 04:59, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
@
Usernameunique: I added an ALT1. Just a shortened version of the first hook; shouldn't be controversial.
Ed[talk][majestic titan] 04:41, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
Looks good. Either is fine, but I prefer the wording of ALT1 so am striking ALT0. --
Usernameunique (
talk) 04:46, 28 August 2017 (UTC)