Template:Did you know nominations/Helicopter 66


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:02, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Helicopter 66

 * ... that Helicopter 66 (pictured), which recovered astronauts from five different Apollo missions, has been called "one of the most famous ... helicopters in history"?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Wynne

Created by Chetsford (talk). Self-nominated at 02:09, 4 November 2017 (UTC).


 * New enough (created 11/3) and long enough (2721 characters) and otherwise within policy, with citations at the sentence level. Hook is short enough, accurate and cited. The picture is US gov Public Domain. I think the caption is probably too wordy for 100x100 picture on the main page, but I don't see anything in the reviewing guidelines about caption length. That can be dealt with later if necessary. Good to go. Symbol confirmed.svg MB 00:21, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Could you add a cite to the chart of Apollo mission recoveries? Yoninah (talk) 11:42, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The cites are in the text (During the Apollo 8, Apollo 10, and Apollo 11 missions, Helicopter 66 was the primary recovery vehicle which hoisted returning astronauts from the respective spacecraft command modules. ... However, recognizing the fame Helicopter 66 had achieved, the Navy began the practice of repainting Helicopter 740 as Helicopter 66 for the subsequent recovery missions in which it participated: Apollo 12 and Apollo 13. ) It's probably WP:OVERKILL to repeat in the table itself. TJRC (talk) 23:09, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg You're right. Restoring tick per MB's review. Yoninah (talk) 19:08, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * BTW it looks really strange to put an ellipsis in the quote in the hook; you wonder what was left out. I suggest running the whole quote:
 * ALT1: ... that Helicopter 66 (pictured), which recovered astronauts from five different Apollo missions, has been called "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history"? Yoninah (talk) 19:10, 9 November 2017 (UTC)