Template:Did you know nominations/Battle for the railways

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) 20:10, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Battle for the railways

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 02:57, 30 May 2020 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I think a more general name for the article, such as "Railroad sabotage during World War II", might be better... but that is not part of the DYK criteria. Suggesting alternate hook below, preferring a paraphrase to avoid distracting quote marks. buidhe 09:40, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

  • ALT1 ... that railroad sabotage was one of the most common forms of resistance against German occupation during World War II?
  • ALT2 ... that railroad sabotage, also known as "battle for the railways", was one of the most common forms of resistance against German occupation during World War II?
    • I know that "battle" sounds more dramatic, but longer hooks are inherently less hooky imo. buidhe 03:35, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
  • The move discussion has closed and I have updated this template to the new page name: Railway sabotage during World War II. I'm wondering if the whole title should be used in the bolded links for ALT1 and ALT2, since this is not a general article about railway sabotage. Yoninah (talk) 17:31, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
I personally checked the source for this. Thanks for your suggestion, Yoninah. buidhe 19:19, 25 June 2020 (UTC)