Talk:Donald R. Morris
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Cwmhiraeth in topic Did you know nomination
 | A fact from Donald R. Morris appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:51, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
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... that Donald R. Morris was inspired to write The Washing of the Spears, his history of the Anglo-Zulu War, after a chance encounter with Ernest Hemingway while serving in the US Navy in Cuba?"The idea for the book came from a chance encounter with Ernest Hemingway in Cuba in 1955," from: Knight, Ian. "Obituary - Donald R. Morris" (PDF). Anglo Zulu War Historical Society. Retrieved 21 July 2021.- ALT1:
... that Donald R. Morris wrote most of The Washing of the Spears during a five-year CIA posting to Berlin, at the time of the construction of the Berlin Wall?"He spent five years in counterespionage activities in Berlin, and was there when the Wall went up ... Most of it was written during his time in Berlin" from: Knight, Ian. "Obituary - Donald R. Morris" (PDF). Anglo Zulu War Historical Society. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:59, 21 July 2021 (UTC).
Interesting bio, on few but good sources, no copyvio obvious. I like the Anglo-Zulu war mentioned in a hook, but find the CIA in Berlin telling us more about him than a chance meeting, and perhaps would even prefer his new perspective on the War. Would you play with the bits, please? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda Arendt, I thought it a little long but here you go - Dumelow (talk) 18:25, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
- ALT2:... that Donald R. Morris wrote most of The Washing of the Spears, his history of the Anglo-Zulu War, during a five-year CIA posting to Berlin at the time of the construction of the Berlin Wall?
- ALT2a: ... that Donald R. Morris wrote most of The Washing of the Spears, his history of the Anglo-Zulu War, while he worked for the CIA in Berlin when the Berlin Wall was built?
- (thinking that the exact years in Berlin don't matter so much, - open for more ALTs)
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda Arendt, I thought it a little long but here you go - Dumelow (talk) 18:25, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
