Template:Did you know nominations/South Africa Red Ensign


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:42, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

South Africa Red Ensign

 * ... that the South Africa Red Ensign (pictured) was unofficial as South Africa's national flag but took 3 years of negotiations to officially replace?


 * ALT1:... that the South Africa Red Ensign (pictured) was raised over Windhoek following the conquest of German South West Africa in 1915?
 * Reviewed: Lettonie (restaurant)

Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 15:32, 2 September 2016 (UTC).

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 * &#x2713; This article is new and was created on 14:19, 02 September 2016 (UTC)
 * &#x2713; This article meets the DYK criteria at 2347 characters
 * &#x2713; All paragraphs in this article have at least one citation
 * &#x2713; This article has no outstanding maintenance tags
 * &#x2713; A copyright violation is unlikely according to automated metrics (15.3% confidence; confirm)
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 * &#x2713; The media File:Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1928).svg is free-use
 * &#x2713; The hook ALT0 is an appropriate length at 132 characters
 * &#x2713; The hook ALT1 is an appropriate length at 123 characters
 * &#x2713; The C of E has more than 5 DYK credits. A QPQ review of Template:Did you know nominations/Lettonie (restaurant) was performed for this nomination.
 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is long enough and new enough. The image is suitably licensed, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I have struck the original hook as being poorly expressed and am approving ALT1, which has an inline citation to what appears to be a reliable source. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:38, 2 October 2016 (UTC)