Template:Did you know nominations/Spur Battery

The following discussion 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 BlueMoonset (talk) 02:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Spur Battery

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• ... that although more than 100 9.2-inch guns were mounted across the British Empire at the turn of the 20th century, the gun at Spur Battery (pictured) was one of the only survivors by 1981?
• ALT1 *... that although over 100 9.2 inch guns were mounted across the British Empire at the turn of the 20th century, the gun at Spur Battery in Gibraltar (pictured) was one of the only survivors by 1981?

• Reviewed: pending

Created/expanded by ACP2011 (talk). Self nom at 16:11, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Per the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know/GibraltarPediA Options, Gibraltar-related articles are temporarily being reviewed by two individuals. In addition to the regular DYK criteria, at least one reviewer should also indicate whether they perceive any conflict of interest or promotional concerns about the article under review.IP addresses and Victuallers are not allowed to do the reviews.

• Comment. Because we have a number of Gibraltar gun battery hooks going through DYK, and because the proposed hook for this nomination is basically identical in meaning to the proposed hook for Breakneck Battery, I feel this nomination should have a different hook.

• ALT2 ... that the 9.2-inch gun of Spur Battery (pictured), one of fourteen once mounted on Gibraltar, was moved to Imperial War Museum Duxford after their role was taken over by Exocet missiles?

The Exocet is quite well known after its success in the Falklands War, which I feel makes this sufficiently hooky. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 17:38, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you. Anne (talk) 23:15, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

I've boldly struck the first two proposed hooks to avoid them being mixed up with ALT2. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 10:40, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

• Is there a reason that no QPQ has been done as yet? BlueMoonset (talk) 22:31, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

• I have done Template:Did you know nominations/Blood donation in Bangladesh as a QPQ review on Anne's behalf in her absence. Prioryman (talk) 11:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

• Review 1:
• Looks fine to me. Well-written and illustrated, and the sources are good. I agree with Demiurge1000 about the hook; ALT2 is fine and is supported by sources in the article. Prioryman (talk) 11:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

• Review 2:
• Article is big enough, cited throughout. No COI or promotion is evident. No copyright infringement found. The hook alt2 is in the article in a couple of points. The reference that supports the 14 guns is an issue as the page it is on is framed and link goes to the wrong place. The actual link is http://www.discovergibraltar.com/pages/sites/upprok/spurbat/spurtxt.htm This however confirms the hook. I am not sure that QPQs can be done by another, but we can let this pass and discuss it on the talk page. So good to go. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:15, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

• BlueMoonset asked me to do the QPQs, see User talk:Prioryman#Anne's DYK QPQs. Prioryman (talk) 11:26, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

• It's hardly the first time I've seen someone do a QPQ for someone else so that their article could run. I wasn't aware that it was an issue, and agree that this nomination, at least, should pass. Thanks for the review, Graeme. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:28, 13 January 2013 (UTC)