Template:Did you know nominations/Battle for the railways

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:10, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Battle for the railways

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• ... that railroad sabotage, known as battle for the railways, was "one of the most frequent partisan activities" of World War II? Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=3FaICwAAQBAJ&pg=PT88

• Reviewed: Frédéric Passy

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 02:57, 30 May 2020 (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: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I think a more general name for the article, such as "Railroad sabotage during World War II", might be better... but that is not part of the DYK criteria. Suggesting alternate hook below, preferring a paraphrase to avoid distracting quote marks. buidhe 09:40, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that railroad sabotage was one of the most common forms of resistance against German occupation during World War II?
  • @Buidhe: I am fine with ALT1 but I think the term battle is more interesting, particularly for the DYK, so see ALT2. I am also fine with starting a RM on the talk. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:14, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
• ALT2 ... that railroad sabotage, also known as "battle for the railways", was one of the most common forms of resistance against German occupation during World War II?
  • I know that "battle" sounds more dramatic, but longer hooks are inherently less hooky imo. buidhe 03:35, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
    • @Buidhe: Well, it seems like something of the promoting admin to make a call on. Are there any other issues? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:22, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
      • Although the hook probably should not be promoted until the RM is closed. buidhe 04:25, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

• The move discussion has closed and I have updated this template to the new page name: Railway sabotage during World War II. I'm wondering if the whole title should be used in the bolded links for ALT1 and ALT2, since this is not a general article about railway sabotage. Yoninah (talk) 17:31, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Yoninah: I am not sure what you mean; both hooks mention WWII so bolding it seems redundant? Unless the hooks are slightly rewritten? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:38, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

• @Piotrus: Here's what I mean:
• ALT1a: ... that railway sabotage during World War II was one of the most common forms of resistance against German occupation? Yoninah (talk) 21:24, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

• Ah, I thought that may be the case. I have no problem with this version of ALT1, but of course proper review tick is still needed. Ping User:Buidhe. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:58, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

I personally checked the source for this. Thanks for your suggestion, Yoninah. buidhe 19:19, 25 June 2020 (UTC)