Talk:Courtenay Edward Stevens

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:33, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that British classicist Courtenay Edward Stevens produced German-language newspapers and radio broadcasts for British military intelligence in the Second World War? "Stevens served in intelligence during WWII, and is particularly known for producing a set of German language newspapers dropped behind enemy lines" from: "Papers Relating to Courtenay Edward Stevens (F.1933-1972)". Magdalen College archives. Retrieved 19 October 2021. and "His war service was predictably bizarre. He worked on "black propaganda", and was an intelligence -officer with Radio Atlantic, the service beamed at U-boat crews." from: "Mr C. E. Stevens". The Times. No. 59798. 2 September 1976.
  • ALT1:... that British classicist Courtenay Edward Stevens sometimes taught for 72 hours a week at Magdalen College, Oxford? " Pupils both male and female were harvested from all quarters, and taught at all hours and in all surroundings in one 'stupendous week he taught 72 hours, and totals over fifty were commonplace" from: "Mr C. E. Stevens". The Times. No. 59798. 2 September 1976.
  • ALT2:... that it was British classicist Courtenay Edward Stevens who suggested that Allied radio broadcasts during the Second World War use the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as a signature theme?"it was at his suggestion that the four opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (the "V" in Morse Code) were adopted as the most famous broadcasting theme of the war" from: "Mr C. E. Stevens". The Times. No. 59798. 2 September 1976.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Grey Gowrie

Converted from a redirect by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:35, 19 October 2021 (UTC).

• Good to go for ALT0 and ALT2. Regarding ALT1, as worded it is interesting, but I'm not sure whether one can say sometimes for his 72 hours a week, if the source only says that this happened once - perhaps a more accurate hook would be that he "regularly taught for over 50 hours a week", but that is not interesting. I'm not sure if a fix is possible here; if we change the sometimes to once, then it's not particularly interesting to have one especially long week. For ALT0 and ALT2, the hooks appear to be accurate, are cited inline to reliable sources (AGF on offline), and are very interesting. New enough, long enough, neutrally worded throughout, well-cited, a QPQ has been done, and Earwig pulls up nothing of concern. ALT0 and ALT2 are good to go. Urve (talk) 08:27, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

ALT2 to T:DYK/P6