- 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 Cielquiparle (talk) 11:17, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
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Edward B. Barry
- ... that rear admiral Edward B. Barry was once demerited for "very disorderly humming"? Source: Sullivan, Dwight (January 11, 2022). Capturing Aguinaldo: The Daring Raid to Seize the Philippine President at the Dawn of the American Century. Stackpole Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8117-7153-5.
This might make a good quirky hook.(?)
- ALT1: ... that rear admiral Edward B. Barry's signature was labelled the weirdest in the Navy? Source: "Captain Barry Joked About His Handwriting". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 29, 1905. p. 24. This might make a good quirky hook.(?)
- Comment: A very interesting subject that I was surprised doesn't already have an article. Fourth DYK nom, QPQ not required.
- ALT1: ... that rear admiral Edward B. Barry's signature was labelled the weirdest in the Navy? Source: "Captain Barry Joked About His Handwriting". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 29, 1905. p. 24.
Moved to mainspace by DatGuy (talk). Self-nominated at 21:44, 26 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Edward B. Barry, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Policy compliance:
- Adequate sourcing:
- "of such a nature as to forbid explicit statement in print" needs to have the citation directly after it - Neutral:
- Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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QPQ: 
Overall: 
Just need the quotation to be directly cited and a QPQ then you're all set. Both hooks are interesting, so I have no preference. Bait30 Talk 2 me pls? 21:57, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
