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The result was: promoted by Yoninah ( talk) 21:11, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

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Rodger Young

• ... that Rodger Young (pictured) sacrificed his life to save the rest of his platoon, and as a result was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor? Source: [1]
  • ALT1:... that despite being nearly deaf and blind, Rodger Young (pictured) was able to save his platoon from an enemy ambush? Source: [2]

• Reviewed: Second dyk nom.

Improved to Good Article status by Puddleglum2.0 ( talk). Nominated by Puddleglum2.0 ( talk) at 14:56, 22 May 2020 (UTC).

• Approved without image Article is new enough (GA on May 22), long enough (7,000 chars), neutral, cites sources. Earwig of course kicks up the MoH citation but that's not an issue. Both hooks are short enough, interesting, and cited. No preference for either, though you might want to combine them (proposed hook below). QPQ not required. Image should be free, but the source link is dead, and I can't be 100% sure that it's public domain without a valid source (though it's heavily implied because he became a sergeant after moving to the Army, so if this is an Army photo, it's public domain).

ALT2 ... that despite being nearly deaf and blind, Rodger Young (pictured) was able to save his platoon from an enemy ambush, for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor?

Please ping me if you have found another source for the image, or replaced it, and want me to re-review to approve the image. The Squirrel Conspiracy ( talk) 08:51, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

The Squirrel Conspiracy, Thanks for the review. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with image-related policy to fix anything - I guess the regular hook without the picture would be just fine. Your proposed alternate hook looks great, thanks! Cheers, -- puddleglum ^2.0 17:56, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

The Squirrel Conspiracy, just to clarify, this is approved without the image? I think this has gone stale. Cheers, -- puddleglum ^2.0 04:44, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

User:Puddleglum2.0: Yes. The Squirrel Conspiracy ( talk) 04:45, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Is anybody home? I hate to be a nuisance but @ Yoninah and Cwmhiraeth:, I know you two are active at DYK, does it generally take this long here? My other nomination got reviewed and added much faster than this. All the best and thanks for your work, -- puddleglum ^2.0 01:38, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Puddleglum2.0 I am in the process of building a queue right now. Right now most of the hooks I'm using were submitted in mid-May. I can't make any promises - I can't promote a nomination that I reviewed - but I'd say that based on what's in the pipes, this will likely be promoted some time in the next two weeks. The Squirrel Conspiracy ( talk) 03:15, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

• @ Puddleglum2.0: yes, they do—now. We are still wading through a huge backlog, and even though we're running two sets a day (112 hooks a week), it's still taking about a month from nomination time to promotion. Best, Yoninah ( talk) 14:57, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote ALT1, but the article doesn't say anything about him being blind. Yoninah ( talk) 20:37, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• Yoninah, I believe the hook says nearly blind, which the article supports. Thanks for your work! All the best, -- puddleglum ^2.0 20:44, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• @ Puddleglum2.0: OK, I see in several sources that he had to wear glasses and that he would not have passed a physical, but where do you see that he was "nearly blind"? Yoninah ( talk) 20:55, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

I guess the phrase "nearly blind" is pretty subjective, but I would interpret not being able to see lackboard notations well (referenced by the Home of Heroes cite) as being nearly blind. If this is not readily apparent though, I guess we could change it to "Despite having many physical disadvantages..." or something like that. Cheers, -- puddleglum ^2.0 21:00, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

@ Yoninah: forgot to ping, apologies. -- puddleglum ^2.0 21:01, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• @ Puddleglum2.0: would you like to start: ... that despite being shortsighted and nearly deaf...? Yoninah ( talk) 21:03, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• @ Yoninah: sure, thanks! -- puddleglum ^2.0 21:06, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

• Great, thanks. Restoring tick. Yoninah ( talk) 21:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)