Template:Did you know nominations/Patricia Davies (cryptographer)

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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 97198 (talk) 09:54, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

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Patricia Davies (cryptographer)

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  • ... that Patricia Davies and Jean Argles, two sisters who signed the Official Secrets Act as World War II codebreakers, did not find out about each other's top secret work until the 1960s?
    Sources:
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ww2-codebreaker-sisters-kept-incredible-22399532
    http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=patdaviesbletchleybook001.htm
    Owtram, Patricia; Owtram, Jean (2020). Codebreaking Sisters: Our Secret War. Mirror Books. p. 291. ISBN 9781913406059.
    • Comment: Looks very good at first glance. Perhaps the link to the Official Secrets Act should be piped to the more specific UK 1939 act (e.g., Official Secrets Act) rather than the more general article. Cl3phact0 (talk) 11:49, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
    • Comment: Removed boldface highlight from Jean Argles (from past experience, only nominated article should be bold). Cl3phact0 (talk) 12:03, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
    • Reviewed:

Moved to mainspace by Balance person (talk). Self-nominated at 21:11, 26 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Patricia Davies (cryptographer); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Preliminary: DYKcheck fine. Earwig fine. New enough and long enough. Neutral tone. Hook is cited and interesting. I believe no QPQ required as Balance person has made < 5 DYK submissions. Cl3phact0 (talk) 10:48, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

  • Comment: As the above is the first DYK QPQ I've attempted, it would be preferable to have a more experienced reviewer confirm missing checklist items prior to approval (i.e., "eligibilityother", "sourced", "policyother", etc.). Thanks, Cl3phact0 (talk) 10:53, 28 June 2023 (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

QPQ: No - N/A
Overall: Please see comment above. Cl3phact0 (talk) 12:20, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

  • Comment (possible improvement): Change the third link in the hook to the specific "United Kingdom" section of the article (i.e., [[Official_Secrets_Act#United_Kingdom|Official Secrets Act]] (which includes interesting information about the significance of "signing" the act). @Balance person: If you approve of the change, of course! -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 10:05, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
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