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The result was: promoted by
SL93 (
talk) 23:30, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
... 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.
ISBN978-0-642-99471-4. p.157–158
ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
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)