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
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the article's talk page or
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The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 17:19, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
... that Windham William Sadler(pictured) made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817? Source: See below
ALT1: ... that Windham William Sadler(pictured) made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817, five years after
his father had failed to achieve the same feat? Source: "The race to be the first to cross the Irish Sea by hot air balloon would turn out to be a family affair. After James Sadler’s high-profile attempt failed in October 1812, the baton was taken up by his 20-year-old aeronaut son, Windham Sadler, in 1817 ... Having completed the first flight across the Irish Sea in 1817, Windham Sadler was unfortunately killed in a ballooning accident in 1824" from: Edwards, Elizabeth.
"The First Irish Sea Balloon Crossing". Ports, Past and Present. University College Cork, Aberystwyth University, Wexford County Council & University of Wales. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
Created by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 09:21, 12 October 2022 (UTC).
New article that was created on 12 October 2022 is 3,971 characters long and nominated on the same day.
No copyvios detected (AGF sources which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 88 characters long (ALT1 is 153); both are under 200 character max. and are interesting. Ref 6 (verifying the main hook and ALT1) is a reliable source. Image is free and in the public domain. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —
Bloom6132 (
talk) 22:11, 12 October 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
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 17:19, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
... that Windham William Sadler(pictured) made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817? Source: See below
ALT1: ... that Windham William Sadler(pictured) made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817, five years after
his father had failed to achieve the same feat? Source: "The race to be the first to cross the Irish Sea by hot air balloon would turn out to be a family affair. After James Sadler’s high-profile attempt failed in October 1812, the baton was taken up by his 20-year-old aeronaut son, Windham Sadler, in 1817 ... Having completed the first flight across the Irish Sea in 1817, Windham Sadler was unfortunately killed in a ballooning accident in 1824" from: Edwards, Elizabeth.
"The First Irish Sea Balloon Crossing". Ports, Past and Present. University College Cork, Aberystwyth University, Wexford County Council & University of Wales. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
Created by
Dumelow (
talk). Self-nominated at 09:21, 12 October 2022 (UTC).
New article that was created on 12 October 2022 is 3,971 characters long and nominated on the same day.
No copyvios detected (AGF sources which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 88 characters long (ALT1 is 153); both are under 200 character max. and are interesting. Ref 6 (verifying the main hook and ALT1) is a reliable source. Image is free and in the public domain. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —
Bloom6132 (
talk) 22:11, 12 October 2022 (UTC)