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
Aoidh (
talk) 01:19, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
... that HMS Gloucester was the first British ship to be named after the city of
Gloucester? Source: Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-252-3. Page 221.
ALT2: ... that a dispute led to HMS Gloucester taking a path that caused the ship to hit a sandbank, leading to it sinking? Source: In the sinking section of the article.
Nominated four days after GA pass, everything looks good in the article, the hooks are interesting enough, short enough and cited in the article. AGF for offline/paywalled sources. QPQ done. Should be good to go.
Ffranc (
talk) 14:55, 31 December 2022 (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
Aoidh (
talk) 01:19, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
... that HMS Gloucester was the first British ship to be named after the city of
Gloucester? Source: Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-252-3. Page 221.
ALT2: ... that a dispute led to HMS Gloucester taking a path that caused the ship to hit a sandbank, leading to it sinking? Source: In the sinking section of the article.
Nominated four days after GA pass, everything looks good in the article, the hooks are interesting enough, short enough and cited in the article. AGF for offline/paywalled sources. QPQ done. Should be good to go.
Ffranc (
talk) 14:55, 31 December 2022 (UTC)