Template:Did you know nominations/Harrison B. Tordoff


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 08:57, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Harrison B. Tordoff

 * ... that when ornithologist Harrison B. Tordoff was a fighter pilot in World War II, he named his P-51 (pictured) with the scientific name of the hoopoe, Upupa epops?
 * ALT1:... that Harrison B. Tordoff (pictured) said he was passionate about restoring the peregrine falcon because his experience as a fighter pilot "was as close as a human could get to being a peregrine"?
 * Reviewed: Freddie Sessler

Created by Innotata (talk). Self nominated at 06:07, 19 October 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg I have just one query. In the "Military service" section, there is a sentence He named the plane after the scientific name of the hoopoe—Upupa epops—for the name's "silliness" and because the P-51 was a "dirty, smelly bird."  Obviously this is the sentence that supports the hook.  In ref [2], which is used to support that paragraph, I can't see any mention of the "dirty, smelly bird" quote (although the hoopoe's generally odd features are alluded to).  Please could you check and make any necessary changes to the article or referencing?


 * Otherwise, this is ready to go. The article was created and nominated on 19th October, at which point it was easily long enough (and has been further expanded since).  Current rating is C-class.  Both hooks are supported by references, and all sources are of a high quality and have been appropriately used.  No copyvio or close paraphrasing noted from the sources to which I have access (unfortunately I can't get to ref [1] online). In terms of article stability, a couple of removals of cited material by another editor have been dealt with, and it looks to have settled down.  Images used for the hooks are correctly licensed and are in the article.  I prefer the original hook.   Hassocks  5489 (Floreat Hova!)  23:33, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Another user added it without specifying the reference they used, so I'll remove it. &mdash;innotata 08:46, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks; everything looks fine now. Verified accordingly.   Hassocks  5489 (Floreat Hova!)  12:39, 26 November 2014 (UTC)