Template:Did you know nominations/Stewart Menaul


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:47, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Stewart Menaul

 * ... that during Operation Mosaic, Group Captain Stewart Menaul flew a Canberra bomber through the fallout cloud?  Source: "The A-test was a big success, a copy-book explosion," R.A.F. hero Group-Captain S. Menaul said today. The D.F.C. winner ought to know. He had just flown his Canberra right into the heart of the swirling A-blast cloud at Monte Bello to measure radiation."
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gavin Buckley

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:16, 13 August 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, nominated same day as move to mainspace. (In the "Who da hey cares" department, this is in the August 12 section, when move took place August 13, so the article is actually newer than claimed.)  Article is more than twice the required length.  Article written in neutral manner, and each sentence in the article body has at least one inline citation.   One phrase (not sentence) is identical to one of the sources:  "Valiant WZ366 on 11 October 1956 when it dropped Britain's first atomic bomb".  I am not going to fail the review based on what could be considered "common" language, but my recommendation would be a modification.  No other copyvio or paraphrasing issues found.  The hook is within formatting guidelines, and I found it one of the most compelling, if not quirky, hooks I've seen in awhile.  The hook is directly found in the citation from reliable source.  QPQ complete.  No DYK image to check against.  I recommend promotion to main page.   78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 15:59, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * That happens because of the time zone; I'm often a day ahead of DYK. I have re-worded the offending sentences.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  03:05, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * What I really need is his obituary from The Times.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  03:09, 15 August 2018 (UTC)