Template:Did you know nominations/Ernest Titterton

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:05, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Ernest Titterton[edit]

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Maralinga test site area in Australia

... that Ernest Titterton performed the countdown for the American Operation Crossroads nuclear tests, and witnessed British nuclear tests at Maralinga (pictured) in Australia? Source: "Ernest Titterton, who were asked to stay on for Operation Crossroads because of their expertise in shock-wave and timing measurements respectively. There were two tests at Bikini, the first bomb being detonated above sea level and the second below. The purpose was to determine the effect on naval vessels. Titterton did the count-down for both tests." ... "Some members of the AWTSC, including Titterton attended the Mosaic tests and subsequent ones" [1]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alan Hale (astronomer)
Comment: Not everybody knows about the British nuclear testing in Australia

Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:56, 15 October 2016 (UTC).

Made GA recently enough (15 Oct). Hook is interesting, cited and appear on the article. Article quality is decent (recently made GA). Image copyright OK.
However, copy-and-paste detected on the bullet points starting from "The AWTSC failed to carry out many of its tasks in a proper manner" (compare [2]). Please paraphrase this. HaEr48 (talk) 00:47, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
Yes, that's a block quote. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:33, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
Could you paraphrase them? It's about 1000 characters I believe, I think it is preferred that we do not block-quote such a long content from copyrighted material. HaEr48 (talk) 06:12, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
It will still be copyright under a Creative Commons licence; the only difference is that I'll be the copyright owner. Hawkeye7 (talk) 07:47, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
Creative Commons is a free licence, is that text also licensed with a free license compatible with Wikipedia? HaEr48 (talk) 19:27, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

I have switched the page to directly quoting from the Royal Commission report. These are released under a Creative Commons licence. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:40, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Where does it say it is released under CC? Looking at it briefly, I noticed "© Commonwealth of Australia 1985" in the document. HaEr48 (talk) 03:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Correct. Look, it's a block quote. It's properly sourced. I'm not going to rewrite it and substitute my own opinions. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:25, 24 October 20

Block quote and proper citation does not mean it's OK from copyright point of view. I'm not asking you to substitute your own opinion, but consider writing the same idea in your own words. See Wikipedia's policies, for example WP:COPYQUOTE which says, "Editors are advised to exercise good judgment and to remain mindful of the fact that while brief excerpts are permitted by policy, extensive quotations are forbidden." HaEr48 (talk) 18:14, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

I have exercised good judgement and ruled that the quotation is not extensive. This is a content creation decision per ArbCom's Infoboxes case. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:11, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Which ArbCom decision are you referring to? Can I have a link? HaEr48 (talk) 04:16, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

New DYK reviewer required. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:26, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Recently raised to GA status, hook is referenced, no neutrality issues detected, image is licensed and QPQ is done. AGF on the issue above. I agree with the nominator that the quotation is not extensive Good to go. KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:37, 30 October 2016 (UTC)