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Parole camp

 * ... that a parole camp was a place where soldiers were housed by their own country's army after being granted parole and pledging not to engage in combat?

Created/expanded by Sm8900 (talk). Self nom at 19:22, 7 April 2013 (UTC).




 * Symbol question.svg I'm not sure if this is an error but there is not an article linked in the above hook. If it is a nomination for Parole camp, which was created today, that article is only 398 characters and at least ten of those need to be removed to make the sentence correct?  SagaciousPhil   -  Chat  20:33, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I added a bold link to the article and sort of fixed that sentence (although I still don't know what "kept by their own side" means). It's now 386 characters. M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  00:47, 8 April 2013 (UTC)


 * thanks for your helpful points on this. --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 03:34, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, I fixed the article and revised it. thanks. --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 10:46, 8 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Sorry, but DYK check is still only coming up with 1449 characters - 1500 is the bare minimum. You'll need to remove the space before the refs as well, please.  SagaciousPhil   -  Chat  11:40, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * thanks so much. ok, fixed it and added some more. actually your suggestion helped me find even more sources. quite serendipitous. :-) --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 19:58, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I can add even more later, when I have a little more time. thanks.--Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 20:04, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * There's no rush, Steve - I see you have been diligently adding more as the character count is now up to 1738 but it looks as if you have found some good sources and may want to update it further. I see it correctly has a Military History project template and I do know they can be quite strict with assessing articles as stubs (I think a DYK may have been pulled from a prep area recently after being re-assessed by MH as a stub?). It may also need some work to help clarify some of the wording. In fact, as I've been sitting typing this, it does indeed look as if someone from MH has come by and assessed it as a stub. Do you want me to leave this for a few days to allow you to do some more work on it?  SagaciousPhil   -  Chat  11:43, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have been away for a few days but will finish reviewing this now!
 * Article - created new on day of nomination 7 April, so new enough; 1843 characters of readable prose, so long enough; neutral; at least one inline citation to every paragraph; no copy vios detected using earwig and duplication detector; and now assessed as start class.
 * Hook - within length criteria at 150 characters; correctly formatted; correctly cited/supported by ref #1 in first paragraph of 'History' section; and interesting. I made a very minor change to the hook by swapping two words round.
 * QPQ - nominator appears to have three DYK credits, so not required (although a review would be appreciated); no image.

Now seems to meet DYK criteria. SagaciousPhil  -  Chat  10:09, 16 April 2013 (UTC)