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
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The result was: promoted by
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 06:35, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
... that seven of the British warships that participated in the
Falklands War were sent straight from Exercise Spring Train? "Woodward received instructions from England that
Operation Corporate was now in progress and he should prepare seven of the Springtrain ships for a covert voyage south." from: Middlebrook, Martin.
The Falklands War. Casemate Publishers. p. 87.
ISBN978-1-78159-763-7.
ALT2:.. that two of the British
Type 42 destroyers that participated in the 1982 Exercise Spring Train would be sunk later that year in the
Falklands War, including
HMS Sheffield(pictured)? "from Springtrain were the ... more modern Type 42 destroyers Coventry, Glasgow and Sheffield" from: Middlebrook, Martin.
The Falklands War. Casemate Publishers. p. 87.
ISBN978-1-78159-763-7. and "The loss of HMS Sheffield followed by the losses in Falkland Sound of the frigates Ardent and Antelope and the destroyer Coventry" from: Preston, Antony.
Sea combat off the Falklands. Willow Books. p. 107.
Comment: If the picture is not chosen then delete the "including HMS Sheffield" from the end of ALT2
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 06:42, 13 October 2020 (UTC).
Article created 11 October, is long enough, well-cited, and neutral, and Earwig finds only short unavoidable phrases. All hooks are cited and interesting. Image is suitably licensed, QPQ done. Although it’s a little cumbersome, my choice would be Alt2. To make it punchier, we could perhaps change “that participated in” to simply “from”? Ready to go.
Moonraker (
talk) 00:42, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks
Moonraker, no objections from me for your proposed rewording -
Dumelow (
talk) 05:47, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Okay, I have added that as ALT3.
Moonraker (
talk) 06:16, 14 October 2020 (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) 06:35, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
... that seven of the British warships that participated in the
Falklands War were sent straight from Exercise Spring Train? "Woodward received instructions from England that
Operation Corporate was now in progress and he should prepare seven of the Springtrain ships for a covert voyage south." from: Middlebrook, Martin.
The Falklands War. Casemate Publishers. p. 87.
ISBN978-1-78159-763-7.
ALT2:.. that two of the British
Type 42 destroyers that participated in the 1982 Exercise Spring Train would be sunk later that year in the
Falklands War, including
HMS Sheffield(pictured)? "from Springtrain were the ... more modern Type 42 destroyers Coventry, Glasgow and Sheffield" from: Middlebrook, Martin.
The Falklands War. Casemate Publishers. p. 87.
ISBN978-1-78159-763-7. and "The loss of HMS Sheffield followed by the losses in Falkland Sound of the frigates Ardent and Antelope and the destroyer Coventry" from: Preston, Antony.
Sea combat off the Falklands. Willow Books. p. 107.
Comment: If the picture is not chosen then delete the "including HMS Sheffield" from the end of ALT2
Moved to mainspace by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 06:42, 13 October 2020 (UTC).
Article created 11 October, is long enough, well-cited, and neutral, and Earwig finds only short unavoidable phrases. All hooks are cited and interesting. Image is suitably licensed, QPQ done. Although it’s a little cumbersome, my choice would be Alt2. To make it punchier, we could perhaps change “that participated in” to simply “from”? Ready to go.
Moonraker (
talk) 00:42, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks
Moonraker, no objections from me for your proposed rewording -
Dumelow (
talk) 05:47, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Okay, I have added that as ALT3.
Moonraker (
talk) 06:16, 14 October 2020 (UTC)