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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 Yoninah (talk) 19:13, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
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- ... that the 1943 Rolls-Royce strike at the Merlin engine plant in Hillington, Scotland was the only major strike for equal pay in the United Kingdom during the Second World War? "there was a very large strike at the Rolls-Royce Hillington plant in November 1943 - the only major action during the whole war in pursuit of higher women's wages" from Todman, Daniel (2020). Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947. Penguin Books Limited. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-241-25000-6.
- ALT1:... that in 1943 female Rolls-Royce workers went on strike for equal pay? Source: per above or any other from the article
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:16, 25 June 2020 (UTC).
- There are free images in the article showing female Rolls-Royce employees working on Merlin engines but due to wartime reporting restrictions the location of the factory is not known - Dumelow (talk) 07:18, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
- Merlin is mentioned and cited directly in the Herald Scotland source, so that's not an issue, even though it's not in the snippet given. QPQ done. Article is new enough, policy compliant, and not a COPYVIO. I think ALT1 should maybe have a comma after 1943, but I'm not 100% for sure. Good to go other than that. Hog Farm (talk) 02:09, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Categories
editAs the strike took place in Hillington, I wonder if the article should be in Category:1943 in Scotland rather than the parent category Category:1943 in the United Kingdom? The only issue is as the strike had UK wide importance then a case could be made for the latter being a better fit, so I would like to gauge other editors' opinions before making a change. Dunarc (talk) 22:53, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Dunarc, no objection from me - Dumelow (talk) 05:59, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. I have made the change, but if anyone wants to discuss further please let me know. Dunarc (talk) 22:55, 14 August 2024 (UTC)