Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Candid

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The result was: rejected by Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:37, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Operation Candid edit

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... plans were developed in 1962 to evacuate the British royal family in the event of nuclear war?
- ALT1:... that in the event of nuclear war Queen Elizabeth II would have hidden on the royal yacht off the coast of Scotland?

Created by JeanPassepartout (talk). Self-nominated at 07:35, 3 April 2017 (UTC).

Article is new and long enough, no copyright problems, and this is the creator's first DYK nomination, so QPQ not necessary yet. Hook is interesting - I'd never heard of the name and only vaguely of the operation (I might be getting confused with something else) My concern is that some of the facts in the article do not appear to be in the sources given; for example the article mentions Balmoral Castle with a citation to the Daily Telegraph piece, but the castle is not mentioned in the source. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:42, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Added more references. JeanPassepartout (talk) 02:03, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

I don't think Medium is a reliable source - anyone can write anything about anyone on there. The National Archives source is okay as although it's hard to access if you're not near Kew, that doesn't deter the busloads of OAPs who turn up every Saturday to check the war records of their long lost relatives. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 09:19, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

No response after over a month and a half and talk-page pings. Have made one more talk-page ping in the hopes that this can finally be addressed. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:39, 26 May 2017 (UTC)