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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 Vaticidalprophet (talk) 11:06, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

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Frances Vorne

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Frances Vorne in Yank, the Army Weekly, February 1945
Frances Vorne in Yank, the Army Weekly, February 1945
  • ... that a photograph of Frances "The Body" Vorne (pictured) wearing a swimsuit made from remnants of a captured Nazi parachute was one of the most sought after pin-ups of World War II? Source: here ("Frances Vorne has a soldier friend who came home from overseas a few days ago with a present of the remnants of a German parachute. Frances ... found that there was just enough cloth left from it to make this abbreviated bathing suit.") and here ("Countless soldiers pinned up Frances's most famous pin-up still. . . . Not only was the pin-up Frances's personal favorite, but it was one of the most sought after pin-up photographs of the war years. ... Frances 'The Shape' Vorne was photographed on a beach wearing a bikini made from a captured Nazi's parachute.")

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:04, 18 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Frances Vorne; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Cbl62: Good article. If we're being technical though, citation 3 doesn't mention that she can write fluently in russian and ukrainian, only that she could speak and read. Along with that, citation 4 doesn't have a page number. Fix these and i'll approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:25, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

  • Thanks OGJ. I tweaked cite two to refer to speaking and reading. Google books doesn't let me see the page numbers on the Kiser book, but here' a link (this) if you want to see it in the preview. Cbl62 (talk) 23:02, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • I'd also ask to consider the following alt hook that includes a link to the newly-created Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly. The latter doesn't have enough text to be bold-linked as an official DYK, but it would be nice if it could be included as part of Vorne's hook:
Looks good now. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:11, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • I ended up nominating Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly as a separate DYK, so I assume it is better to use alt0 for Ms. Vorne ... or combine the two noms and bold Yank pin-up here. I'm fine with either of these solutions. Cbl62 (talk) 16:18, 31 August 2023 (UTC)


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