The following discussion 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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The result was: promoted by
BlueMoonset (
talk) 00:56, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Comment: Sourced to his service records (in French) which the French national archives have posted online -
Dumelow (
talk) 15:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
5x expanded by
Dumelow (
talk). Self nom at 15:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
I can't read French, but the sources look reliable. New enough, much more than long enough, etc. Nowhere is it stated that he was mentioned in despatches seven times, but seven different chunks of the article speak of different incidents in which he was mentioned, so that's sufficient.
Nyttend (
talk) 20:47, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
The following discussion 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
BlueMoonset (
talk) 00:56, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Comment: Sourced to his service records (in French) which the French national archives have posted online -
Dumelow (
talk) 15:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
5x expanded by
Dumelow (
talk). Self nom at 15:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
I can't read French, but the sources look reliable. New enough, much more than long enough, etc. Nowhere is it stated that he was mentioned in despatches seven times, but seven different chunks of the article speak of different incidents in which he was mentioned, so that's sufficient.
Nyttend (
talk) 20:47, 22 January 2013 (UTC)