Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Cochrane (soldier)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 01:34, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Peter Cochrane (soldier) edit

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... that in 1941, Scottish soldier Peter Cochrane single-handedly destroyed two Italian machine gun posts with grenades?
Alt 1 ... that the literary executor of the poet Cecil Day-Lewis, single-handedly destroyed two Italian machine gun posts with grenades?

Reviewed: We, too, have a Job to Do

Created by Philafrenzy (talk). Self-nominated at 22:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: In checking for conformity with core criteria, a "cite needed" notice was found. No QPQ supplied yet. Hook could be livelier; isn't a soldier supposed to kill a few enemy soldiers upon occasion? The hook is a grudging "pass". Once the minor deficiencies are dealt with, this nomination is GTG.Georgejdorner (talk) 03:03, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Well they thought it impressive enough to give him a DSO George. I have fixed the cite required and will do a QPQ shortly. Here is an Alt: (Reviewer relocated ALT1 above.)Philafrenzy (talk) 21:03, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

ALT2 much more interesting. And it is too bad you did not somehow better show the gallantry that won him the DSO. Brave men deserve honor.Georgejdorner (talk) 05:16, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

And Merry Christmas to you too George. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:21, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

GTG. And to show that I practice what I have preached above, please consider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Beckhardt, where I restored a spurned hero to history.Georgejdorner (talk) 02:15, 29 December 2015 (UTC)