Talk:Lloyd George envelope

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 00:52, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that an envelope named for British former Prime Minister was sized according to the surplus of First World War ammunition boxes? Source: [1]
  • Reviewed: Patrick Berry

Created by Whispyhistory (talk). Self-nominated at 19:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Lloyd George envelope; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• ALT1 ...that British medical record envelopes were small and encouraged humorous abbreviations such as FLK ("funny looking kid")? Philafrenzy (talk) 14:04, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
• ALT2 ...that the bad handwriting of British doctors has been blamed on the small size of their medical record envelopes? Philafrenzy (talk) 14:04, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
• ALT3 ...that British medical record envelopes were printed in red for males and blue for females? Philafrenzy (talk) 14:06, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

• Article's in good shape, new enough, long enough - if you didn't see, there's an option for "created from redirect" haha. Earwig's happy, QPQ's done, I checked the source, so good to go. I think ALT2's probably the best, as it combines the stereotype so is more recognisable.  Frzzl  talk; contribs  19:10, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

I think Alt1 is probably the funniest. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Fine - in the end, all of them are in good shape, so it's the promoters choice when all is said and done.  Frzzl  talk; contribs  22:59, 21 December 2023 (UTC)