Template:Did you know nominations/Pliofilm

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:47, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Pliofilm

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A US serviceman with Pliofilm-wrapped rifle

... that Pliofilm, a pre-war food wrap, was used to waterproof firearms during the Normandy landings (example pictured)? "rubber-hydrochloride films, more commonly known as Pliofilm, have been used in the packaging of a multitude of food products" from: Illini Horticulture. Illinois State Horticultural Society. 1937.; "waterproof pliofilm bags were used in amphibious operations to protect firearms" from: Hambucken, Denis (2013). American Soldier of WWII: D-Day, A Visual Reference. The Countryman Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-58157-200-1. and "perhaps the most interesting detail in this photograph is the presence of almost twenty M1903 bolt-action rifles, many of which are protected by Pliofilm bags" from: Morgan, Martin (2014). The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion. Zenith Press. ISBN 978-1-62788-154-8.

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Converted from a redirect by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 16:51, 25 January 2021 (UTC).

It's long enough, new enough, the hook is verified, the images are free. Dumelow, I just have one or two things that I hope you can fix before it hits the front page. The lede could do with a bit of tweaking for organization; some groups of references are not in numerical order (look at the refs for hydrochloric acid); and I think you need to tweak that dermatitis claim in the lead, so that it's clear that it's a modified product that caused it. BTW--there's a hook in there as well: to protect one from a sickness caused by the modified product, one protects themselves with the unmodified product. Drmies (talk) 21:35, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Drmies, hopefully it reads a bit better now. I've reordered the references but I always find it a bit of a faff, some kind soul usually sorts it when its on DYK (hopefully there is a script that does it automatically?). I struggled to make the dermatitis thing snappy enough first time around, but I've had another go - Dumelow (talk) 21:59, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that in order to prevent dermatitis caused during the manufacture of UV-resistant Pliofilm the US Public Health Service recommended that workers wear protective sleeves made from Pliofilm?

Thanks Dumelow. I don't think there's a script for it; I order them as I write. (I added an AmEnglish comma to the lead, after that introductory phrase.) Anyway, I don't know how to pick a hook; they're both hooky in their own right. Americans and Brits love WW2, but the double Pliofilm hook, that's just lovely. User:BlueMoonset, what do you think? Drmies (talk) 01:08, 26 January 2021 (UTC)