Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Kibby

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:30, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Bill Kibby[edit]

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Bill Kibby

... that Bill Kibby (pictured) was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Second Battle of El Alamein? Source: Wigmore, Lionel; Harding, Bruce A. (1986). Williams, Jeff; Staunton, Anthony (eds.). They Dared Mightily (2 ed.). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian War Memorial. ISBN 978-0-642-99471-4. p.157–158
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Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Isabel Martin (wheelchair basketball) Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:54, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Improved to Good Article status by Peacemaker67 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:52, 1 June 2019 (UTC).

Made Good Article on 28 May. Prose is 11,000 plus characters. Meets core policies and guidelines, as expected of a GAN. Hook is correctly formatted and of appropriate length. Hook cited in article and source available online. QPQ done.Ykraps (talk) 08:15, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

This has such a good image and really should be run with it. But since we're running 2 other WWII black-and-white person images this week, I'm returning it to WP:DYKNA so we can promote this with the image in a few more weeks. Yoninah (talk) 14:23, 5 July 2019 (UTC)