Talk:H. E. Merritt

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:46, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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Churchill tank

• ... that Henry Merritt designed the Merritt-Brown triple differential, first used in the Churchill tank (pictured)?
  • ALT1:... that ...?

• Reviewed: Bartsia alpina
• Comment: Still expanding it

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 23:05, 10 March 2020 (UTC).

Review by Amakuru:

• New Y
• Long enough Y
• Within policy
  • is neutral Y
  • cites sources with inline citations Y
  • is free of close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations and plagiarism -  Unlikely - I couldn't get Earwig tool to work right now, but looking at the text and a few sources I see nothing obvious.
• Hook
  • Fewer than 200 characters (shorter is better) Y
  • interesting to a broad audience Y
  • hook fact is accurate and cited with an inline citation in the article N - The hook fact is seemingly only mentioned in a picture caption and is not directly cited at the moment
  • neutral and does not focus unduly on negative aspects of living people Y
• Other
  • QPQ – all nominators who have five or more DYK credits must review another article. N - not yet done.
• Image must
  • be free (no fair use) Y
  • be used in the article Y
  • show up well at small size (100 × 100px) Y

Summary: Needs the hook to be cited properly, and a QPQ done, then it should be good to go.  — Amakuru (talk) 00:14, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

• Amakuru, it looks like the QPQ has been submitted; Philafrenzy, have you taken care of the hook citation issue? It would be nice to get this nomination moving again. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:17, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

it looks good to do now, both the issues I mentioned have been dealt with. Thanks for pinging me BlueMoonset.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:21, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Amakuru I think an alt is needed as the original is a little dull:

ALT1:... that Henry Merritt's triple differential transmission allowed the Churchill tank (pictured) to rotate on the spot?

• ALT2:... that Henry Merritt's triple differential transmission made the Churchill tank (pictured) well suited to the fast pace of the Second World War? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philafrenzy (talk • contribs) 23:04, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

• Amakuru, can you please take another look at these? Unfortunately, the above ping wasn't made because there was no sig. I've struck the original hook since Philafrenzy is no longer happy with it. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:11, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

  @BlueMoonset: @Philafrenzy: thanks for the ping and talk-page notice, and sorry for not actioning this earlier. Approving ALT1 as the more interesting of the two IMHO. I'm also not sure ALT2 is fully verified, as the source [1] doesn't mention the triple differential in connection with the maneuverability.... Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 08:48, 23 April 2020 (UTC)