Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Eastern Exit


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:04, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Operation Eastern Exit, Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu

 * ... that diplomats of several nations' embassies, including the Soviet Union, sought refuge in the United States' embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia (pictured) and were among the 281 persons evacuated from the embassy by a US military airlift in 1991?
 * Reviewed: Gardner Creek & Sant'Ambrogio della Massima
 * Comment: Operation Eastern Exit is recently expanded (after a verbatim copyvio was removed). Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu was created by User:Cekli829 on 25 February as a stub (one brief sentence about the embassy, then three sentences about the newly nominated ambassador), which I've turned into a sizeable article. I think the evacuation of the Soviet Unions diplomats, first to the embassy (the US paid a Somali military officer to fetch them) and then airlifted to US Navy ships, during the Cold War (albeit close to the end) is a rather interesting fact to feature. Since "evacuated" is a vague term, I think it's important to note that it was by military airlift. I would appreciate feedback on how to make it most concise. Piped links are discouraged, but I think it's the best way to handle these articles. Note the hook length is 221 characters, but because this is a two-article nominee, supplementary rule C3 allows the second article's characters to be subtracted from the total and "United States' embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia" is 37 characters, so the length shouldn't be a problem.

5x expanded by AHeneen (talk). Self nominated at 06:10, 1 March 2015 (UTC).


 * Note: Both articles are now Good Article nominees. An earlier edit conflict on Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu has been resolved. AHeneen (talk) 23:00, 17 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg These two articles qualify for DYK, one as a new article and one as a 5x expansion. The hook is not too long for a joint nomination, and the hook facts have inline citations. The articles are neutral and my checks did not reveal any copyright/close paraphrasing issues. Please note that the source I looked at describes the Somali officer as "Major Siad" while your articles have converted that to "Major Said". Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:00, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing out the misspelling! The article has been fixed. I had previously made the same mistake with former Somali president Siad Barre's name, noticing the misspelling when I included a wikilink for Said Barre which was red (I made a redirect for it, though). AHeneen (talk) 23:51, 23 March 2015 (UTC)