Template:Did you know nominations/Brilliant Pebbles


 * 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:25, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Brilliant Pebbles

 * ... that after dismissing the basic concept as "outlandish", Edward Teller later supported Brilliant Pebbles (pictured) as a way to shoot down Soviet ICBMs?

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 20:20, 27 November 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough (5x expansion began 35 edits ago on 27 November 2017), long enough (35,275 characters "readable prose size"). Fully referenced. Hook fine, supported by online reference. (St Edward, the patron saint of mad scientists) QPQ not done. Image fine, has appropriate licence.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  08:44, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * QPQ Template:Did you know nominations/Alex Mould
 * Good to go.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  19:02, 30 November 2017 (UTC)


 * COMMENT: ISBN should be added to Bibliography entries of books. IMO, too many photos. Can the politicians be left out? And the article feels too long. It would be improved if the creator trimmed it by 5-10%. David notMD (talk) 12:40, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I've made several edits and removed some photos, but these aren't really DYK issues, more talk page. Maury Markowitz (talk) 02:20, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I suggest adding ICBMs to the citations. EEng 20:26, 30 December 2017 (UTC)