Template:Did you know nominations/John Leak


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:34, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

John Leak

 * ... that John Leak (pictured) was court-martialed for desertion even though he had previously been awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery? Source: Blanch & Pegram (2018) For Valour: Australians Awarded the Victoria Cross, Sydney, New South Wales: NewSouth Publishing, pp. 81–84
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Improved to Good Article status by Peacemaker67 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:08, 10 February 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Hook is cited, inline, at the paragraph level to a book published by NewSouth Publishing which, insofar as I can tell, is RS. Article has been expanded, is NPOV, a QPQ has been done, and the image is correctly tagged PD. No obvious signs of copyvio. The hook is undoubtedly interesting. I've taken the liberty of removing the ellipses in the hook and adding "(pictured)". Chetsford (talk) 09:30, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * NewSouth Publishing is the imprint of the University of New South Wales, and it definitely is reliable. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:36, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
 * G'day did you have anything else that needed addressing? Cheers, Peacemaker67  (click to talk to me) 06:29, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Peacemaker67 - everything looked good on the first pass to me, AFAIK this is in the approved holding area already? Chetsford (talk) 07:02, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, just checking. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:21, 9 March 2019 (UTC)