Template:Did you know nominations/Australian contribution to UNTAG

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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:09, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Australian contribution to UNTAG edit

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... that the Australian contribution to UNTAG in Namibia of over 600 engineers in 1989-90 was the first major deployment of Australian troops since the Vietnam War and was pivotal to changing Australia's approach to peace-keeping?

Created/expanded by Majormax (talk). Self nom at 12:18, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

That wording seems a bit over-complex to me. How about: ... that the Australian contribution to UNTAG in Namibia between 1989 and 1990 was the first major deployment of Australian troops since the Vietnam War? (the article also currently doesn't include a direct reference for this statement) Nick-D (talk) 11:58, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, what about this, directly referenced to Hansard.

... that the Australian contribution to UNTAG in Namibia between 1989 and 1990 was (at the time) the the largest peace-keeping commitment in which this country (Australia) has ever participated?

That wording is pretty confusing to be honest. A good hook should be a simple sentence. Nick-D (talk) 00:52, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

What about this... famously as early as 1978, the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser wanted to send an Australian peace-keeping force to Namibia?

This image might be suitable. File:UNTAG_Logo_1989-90_Low_resolution.png
That image isn't suitable for a DYK on the front page of Wikipedia. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 08:29, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

... that the Australian contribution to UNTAG in Namibia was Australia's first large peacekeeping military operation.

That hook works for me (though peacekeeping is one word; I've just tweaked this). Nick-D (talk) 09:37, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your help :-)