- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. 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: rejected by rʨanaɢ (talk) 10:17, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
John Shipp (soldier) edit
- ... that John Shipp performed the unique feat of twice winning a commission from the ranks before he was thirty-two?
Created/expanded by Rich Farmbrough (talk). Self nom at 22:06, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
The fact that is used in the hook requires an inline cite directly following it. In fact, there are no inline references in the first three sections following the intro. Referencing must improve before acceptance at DYK. Binksternet (talk) 18:42, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
- I added end-of-paragraph cites. Rich Farmbrough, 00:16, 4 September 2011 (UTC).
- I added end-of-paragraph cites. Rich Farmbrough, 00:16, 4 September 2011 (UTC).
Carry on! Binksternet (talk) 03:06, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
needs more references for memoir section. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:40, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Referencing... Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:11, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
- I'm failing this on the basis of single-source issues and the fact that it's mostly copied word-for-word from the Dictionary of National Biography (see WP:DYK#DYK rules: Try to select articles that are original to Wikipedia (not inclusions of free data sources)). I just wanted to leave a note in response to Schwede: having a few links that need dabbed is certainly not a reason to fail a DYK, and is not relevant to the DYK criteria at all. rʨanaɢ (talk) 10:15, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
