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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 MeegsC (talk14:14, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Captain John Fenwick Hutchings
Captain John Fenwick Hutchings
  • ... that Captain John Fenwick Hutchings (pictured) was in charge of Operation Pluto, the project to construct submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel? Source: "Operation PLUTO was placed in the capable hands of a senior naval officer, Captain J. F. Hutchings, D.S.O., C.B.E., R.N., of the Miscellaneous Weapons Department at the Admiralty; by the war's end, he would command more than 100 merchant navy officers, a variety of ships, and 1,000 men who made up "Force PLUTO." ([1], p.446)
    • ALT1:... * ... that Captain John Fenwick Hutchings (pictured) was in charge of Operation Pluto, the project to construct submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel during World War II? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:47, 21 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]


Thanks Hawkeye7, happy with ALT1. I found no issues with overly close paraphrasing (difficult to do from the Gazette!), I didn't check his service records but happy to AGF on those; image is OK at this scale and correctly (and freely) licensed; a QPQ has been carried out. Just my query on unithistories.com, and this is good to go - Dumelow (talk) 07:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The service record is in long hand! unithistories.com is used on 234 pages. It isn't listed as forbidden on WP:RSN. It is maintained by a Dutch military historian. I have only used it for some personal details. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:38, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I love that TNA have made service records available online (and for free) but some of the handwriting is atrocious! Good to go - Dumelow (talk) 08:26, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Dumelow: Operation Pluto passed GA so added. You can claim a second QPQ. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Hawkeye7, Operation Pluto promoted GA on 1 April, well cited and a spot check found no issues with overly close paraphrasing. A second QPQ has been added to cover the second DYK. Looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 10:09, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]