Talk:1972 invasion of Uganda
Latest comment: 2 years ago by MeegsC in topic Did you know nomination
 | A fact from 1972 invasion of Uganda appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination edit
- 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 MeegsC (talk) 21:10, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that the 1972 invasion of Uganda was "one of those rare events in military history. A perfect failure"? Source: "'One of those rare events in military history,' concluded Ugandan historian Samwiri Karugire. 'A perfect failure.'" (Rice, Andrew (1 April 2003). "The Great Rift" (PDF). Institute of Current World Affairs Letters. AR (9), p. 11)
- Reviewed: Palaeopsychops
Created by Applodion (talk). Self-nominated at 08:48, 29 April 2021 (UTC).
The phrasing of the hook should probably be something like "has been described as", rather than the more emphatic "was". Otherwise meets all the criteria. Anaxial (talk) 12:52, 3 May 2021 (UTC)- @Anaxial: How about "... that the 1972 invasion of Uganda was described by a historian as "one of those rare events in military history. A perfect failure"?" Applodion (talk) 15:36, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Sounds good to me. Anaxial (talk) 16:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
