- 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 Allen3 talk 11:34, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
Promoted to Prep 2 by Victuallers[1]
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Herbert Garland edit
- ... that Herbert Garland developed the Garland Grenade?
Created by Deb66 (talk), Dumelow. Nominated by Pigsonthewing (talk) at 16:26, 29 March 2014 (UTC).
A couple of alternatives might be:
- ALT1:... that a mine designed by Herbert Garland might have been the first to derail a moving train?
- ALT2:... that Herbert Garland, who taught Lawrence of Arabia how to use explosives, was studying ancient Egyptian metallurgy when the First World War began?
I have also added myself as a co-author in respect of the work I did to this article. If you feel this is inappropriate please feel free to remove me - Dumelow (talk) 20:47, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
- Perhaps even more interesting: ALT3: ... that Herbert Garland defended the town of Yanbu from Ottoman attack in 1916 with 300-year-old coral walls, searchlights and an old cannon that was "apt to fire astern instead of forward"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dumelow (talk • contribs) 21:40, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
- Joint credit for you is fine by me. Thank you for your great contribution. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:04, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Impressive, detailed article on good sources. Many interesting sourced hooks! I think the first is too simple for such a colourful personality. ALT1: I don't like "might have". Playing with / shortening the two others:- ALT4: ... that Herbert Garland (pictured) taught Lawrence of Arabia how to use explosives?
- ALT5: ... that Herbert Garland (pictured) defended the town of Yanbu from Ottoman attack with 300-year-old coral walls, searchlights and an old Turkish cannon? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:28, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
- lots of alts - I particularly like Alt4 which is the only one I have checked to its source. Solid article with lots of reliable sources. Length and age are fine. Very interesting guy. Can we add the picture to the hooks? Happy to go with with alt4 - although other hooks may be good too. I thought "Garland of Arabia" was very catchy particular given Lawrence's description of his skills. Victuallers (talk) 09:00, 16 April 2014 (UTC) I cropped the pic Victuallers (talk) 07:48, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
