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Did you know nomination

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk22:16, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[[File:|140px|Elizabeth II presents the Air Force Cross to Andy Carswell ]]
Elizabeth II presents the Air Force Cross to Andy Carswell

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 13:05, 3 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Great article and looks basically perfect. Length OK, no plagiarism problems. National Post confirms he did actually meet the Queen (one of my concerns going in). I just have one concern-is world famous quite right? I'm sure he was well-known and he received a national honour, but were these rescues reported internationally extensively at the time? Passed following discussion. Blythwood (talk) 16:40, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE: After talking to Andy's son John, the 1958 image of the Queen presenting the AFC was definitely taken by a crown photographer and thus falls into the public domain in Canada as all government works do after 50 years of publication. I have removed "world" from the hook as noted in the review, although I guess Canada + UK kinda meets that definition. Maury Markowitz (talk) 18:04, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Maury Markowitz:, perfect, that's fine. Happy to pass! Blythwood (talk) 20:16, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
To T:DYK/P3

Incomplete

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Like many obitu-articles, this article has major holes in it. There is almost nothing about the subject's early life—not even his parents' names, although we are told they were Canadians. While we learn his wife's name and how they met, we are not told when they married. Did he have siblings? Children? Did he graduate from U-Toronto? It's also interesting that there is no face-on picture of him: the only picture in the article shows Queen Elizabeth better. Although we are told that his exploits repeatedly "made the newspapers across the country", not one of those articles is cited. Please expand this article! --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 17:42, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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