Template:Did you know nominations/R. J. Mitchell

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 00:59, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

R. J. Mitchell

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• ... that R. J. Mitchell helped design the Supermarine Spitfire? Source: Supermarine spitfire section.
  • ALT1: ... that R. J. Mitchell helped develop many airplanes, such as the Supermarine S.6B, to compete in the Schneider trophy races? Source: Schneider trophy races section.
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Improved to Good Article status by Amitchell125 (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 16:17, 19 December 2022 (UTC).

• Comment These statements do not really reflect Mitchell's outstanding role as Chief Designer at Supermarine, or the fame and status achieved by the Spitfire (or at the time, the Schneider Trophy racers). He did more than help! Amitchell125 (talk) 16:49, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

So maybe alt2 "... that R. J. Mitchell was the leading designer of the famous Supermarine Spitfire?" Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:53, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ALT2 seems good enough to me. BorgQueen (talk) 22:30, 4 January 2023 (UTC)