Talk:John Devonshire

A fact from John Devonshire appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that John Devonshire was supposed to stop USS President putting to sea but didn't?

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Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

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Did you know nomination

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 Yoninah (talk) 12:02, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that John Devonshire was supposed to stop USS President putting to sea but didn't? Source: Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. pp. 64–65. ISBN 9781848327795.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sandpaper Ballet

Created by Ykraps (talk). Self-nominated at 20:08, 24 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

AGF for offline source of hook, which is colourfully put to make it hookier but is consistent with the text in the article. Otherwise all points check out, ready to go. Moonraker (talk) 01:22, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]