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
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The result was: promoted by
Desertarun (
talk) 08:24, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
ALT2:... that a chicken gun(early example pictured) is capable of propelling poultry at over 400 miles per hour (640 km/h) in order to simulate
bird strikes as part of aircraft safety testing? Source: Morse, A. L. (July 1943). "Bird-proof windshields". Flying Magazine. pp. 40–42 (
https://books.google.com/books?id=a73U-LVtMckC&pg=PA40)
Reviewed: [[]]
Comment: Image not at all required, but I feel it would be quite a striking addition to the Main Page! Caption tweakable depending on the hook.
Improved to Good Article status by
Firefly (
talk). Self-nominated at 12:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC).
Length, date, and ref verified; no sign of copyright violation (Earwig's tool turns up
this page, but it was pretty clearly copied from the lead section of this article, the text of which predates that page). QPQ not required in this instance, as this is only Firefly's second DYK nomination. I think the first hook works best, as the phrase "chicken gun" and the definition thereof are attention-getting enough, without the need for further factoids.
A. Parrot (
talk) 20:10, 23 May 2021 (UTC)