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The result was: promoted by SL93 ( talk) 22:33, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Sonic deception

• ... that the U.S. Army's sonic deception unit used three turntables to create a phantom army during World War II? Source: "Bell Labs mixed recordings of battlefield noise on three turntables. Using artificial screaming bombs, these ghost armies were part of the deception strategy..." (Dave Tompkins, How to Wreck a Nice Beach) "The Ghost Army's aims were to trick the enemy into reacting against the presence of a nonexistent phantom army using the sounds of troops, tanks, and landing craft... The records were rerecorded in sequence onto... a wire recording using three turntables." (Steve Goodman, Sonic Warfare, p. 41)
  • ALT1:... that along with sonic deception, the U.S. Army used inflatable tanks, rubber airplanes, and costumes in more than twenty battlefields during World War II? Source: "These props... were amazingly effective, doing what all good theater props will: setting a believable scene. The Ghost Army, some 1,100 men in all, ended up staging more than twenty battlefield deceptions between 1944 and 1945." ( [1] Garber)

• Reviewed: Negress head clock

Created by Darwin Naz ( talk). Self-nominated at 00:27, 22 April 2021 (UTC).

• New enough (nominated two days after moved from Draft) and long enough (more that twice min size). Within policy, no copyvio suspected. General comment, the article is rather short and focuses on US in WWII; it could probably be expanded. I think the hook is bland, and the "three turntables" part is just trivia - would two or four be any more or less significant? ALT one is mostly about other forms of deception drawing attention away from the article, so I think we should look for something better. Maybe something along the lines of:

• ALT2:... that during World War II, the U.S. Ghost Army used sonic deception to confuse the Germans?

Darwin Naz, can comment on ALT2 or propose something else? MB 00:48, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

MB That option is also fine with me. Darwin Naz ( talk) 03:36, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

QPQ done. Need someone else to review ALT2, other than that this is good to go. MB 04:14, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Darwin Naz ( talk) 23:35, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

ALT2 interesting (quirky slot?), sourced in-line. GTG. Kingsif ( talk) 12:16, 19 May 2021 (UTC)