Template:Did you know nominations/RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act

RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act
Created/expanded by Mattgirling (talk). Self nom at 14:23, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that despite signing it in 1986, President Ronald Reagan objected to parts of the RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abbott's Booby.


 * Comment: I asked at WT:DYK what acceptable lengths for special occasion holding was. Assuming it's 6 weeks, I request that (providing the hook is promoted) that this is held until 15 April to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking.  Thanks in advance.  matt (talk) 14:30, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg I have no problem with holding it, and I assume no one else will. The article looks fine in most ways, but there are three minor problem. In ascending order--first of all, please correct the titles in the references to remove the all-caps. Second, there is all-too close paraphrasing from this reference, and while I will grant you that the source is concise and thus paraphrasing difficult, the sentence in your article that starts "After the Act's passing" is too close. Third, if I take out all the direct quotes, I'm left with only 1,400 characters. Drmies (talk) 18:19, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback – I believe I've seen to these issues now. I never realised that closely-paraphrased content (specifically that which is PD such as the sources used here) is not counted under DYK rules! matt (talk) 19:24, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks for resolving those issues. The article is good to go now. Prioryman (talk) 10:35, 25 March 2012 (UTC)


 * This is a self-nom from a contributor with more than 25 DYK credits. QPQ review, please. --PFHLai (talk) 21:05, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Doh, my bad. Review undertaken (see above).  matt (talk) 21:19, 31 March 2012 (UTC)