Talk:Geheime Staatspolizei (Austria)

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Did you know... that Habsburg-era Austria's internal security office, the Secret State Police, was established in 1786 with a staff of just three?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:11, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Habsburg-era Austria's internal security office, the Secret State Police, was established in 1796 with a staff of just three?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jim Gant

Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 18:04, 8 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Article creation date versus filing date okay. Article length is sufficient at 1816 B (279 words) readable prose size. Article neutrality and sourcing okay and no evident copyvio's. Hook interest is okay, hook length okay at 135 characters, hook neutrality okay, and hook sourcing is AGF in books.

@Chetsford: If a QPQ was done, it wasn't updated here. Also, the article is lacking a denouement – did the office dissolve along with the Holy Roman Empire in 1806? did it keep going? did it gradually transform into something else? Also, I think one or more cats under Category:History of Austria would be more suitable than Category:Austria, which is overly broad. Wasted Time R (talk) 16:30, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wasted Time R thanks for the review. A QPQ is now done and I've updated the categories. I don't have a date as to which it became defunct; since it was a secret service, for all I know it might still exist! Chetsford (talk) 17:19, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

QPQ now done. As for how long it lasted, per mentions in this book it survived well into the reign of Francis I, but I don't see a specific end point. In any case, the DYK nom is good to go. Wasted Time R (talk) 11:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]