Template:Did you know nominations/International Hat Company


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:35, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

International Hat Company

 * ... that International Hat Company was one of only two manufacturers to produce the U.S. sun helmet from World War II, which was one of the longest used military helmets in service by the U.S. military?

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Improved to Good Article status by Belshay (talk). Self-nominated at 23:17, 8 December 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Age, length & GA status verified. No obvious problems with article. (I've done some minor copyediting to remove unnecessary hatnotes.) QPQ exempt. Half of the hook is cited to a book, but is also available in the web article. Militarysunhelmets.com appears to be a self-published blog, so it's borderline as a reliable source, but given the author's apparent expertise in the subject I'll accept. Hook reads awkwardly though. I'd suggest modifying it to read "... that during World War II, International Hat Company was one of the two main manufacturers of the U.S. sun helmet (pictured), one of the longest-used helmets of the U.S. military?" The image caption should also be modified to avoid confusion on whether the pictured helmet is an actual WWII specimen (I'm assuming it isn't). Paul_012 (talk) 21:40, 23 January 2017 (UTC)