Talk:John Ford Elkington

A fact from John Ford Elkington appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that 50-year-old Lieutenant Colonel John Ford Elkington was reinstated into the British Army in 1916 after winning medals for bravery while serving in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion?

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:30, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Elkington, painted by William Orpen in 1916

... that 48-year-old Lieutenant Colonel John Ford Elkington (pictured) was cashiered from the British Army in 1914 but reinstated in 1916 after winning medals for bravery while serving in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion? Various, per article, but the following source is a good summary: "The story of Lt-Col John Ford Elkington, D.S.O., (1866-1944) and his portrait by William Orpen". Orpen Research Archives. 21 July 2020.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hubert Dunn

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:58, 18 September 2021 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 17:48, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Epicgenius, Mandarax has kindly noted that the hook is a little over length. I think either the years or Elkington's age can be trimmed when this is promoted, if needed - Dumelow (talk) 19:57, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome Dumelow. I did notice that, but I forgot to mention it in the review, so eliminating the age or the years (or both) would work. I forgot to note "that Lieutenant Colonel John Ford Elkington was cashiered from the British Army, but reinstated after winning medals for bravery in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion?" might work. – Epicgenius (talk) 23:32, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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