Talk:John Fenwick Hutchings

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A fact from John Fenwick Hutchings appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Captain John Fenwick Hutchings was in charge of Operation Pluto, the project to construct submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel during World War II?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Fenwick Hutchings.

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 14:14, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Captain John Fenwick Hutchings

~~... that Captain John Fenwick Hutchings (pictured) was in charge of Operation Pluto, the project to construct submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel?~~ Source: "Operation PLUTO was placed in the capable hands of a senior naval officer, Captain J. F. Hutchings, D.S.O., C.B.E., R.N., of the Miscellaneous Weapons Department at the Admiralty; by the war's end, he would command more than 100 merchant navy officers, a variety of ships, and 1,000 men who made up "Force PLUTO." ([1], p.446)
- ALT1:... * ... that Captain John Fenwick Hutchings (pictured) was in charge of Operation Pluto, the project to construct submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel during World War II? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Susan B. Anthony II, Template:Did you know nominations/Odontotermes formosanus
Comment: If Operation Pluto passes GA in time, I may add it to the hook

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:47, 21 March 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Hawkeye7. Glad to see this article and improvements to Pluto; Arthur Hartley was one of my earliest articles (though I've barely touched it since 2008 and is in need of an update). Hutchings article moved to mainspace 20 March and exceeds minimum length. Cited inline throughout; I am not familiar with unithistories.com, could you quickly outline what makes it reliable? Looking at the hook perhaps we should mention the war to provide some context? - Dumelow (talk) 09:39, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Added an ALT1 mentioning the war. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 09:58, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Hawkeye7, happy with ALT1. I found no issues with overly close paraphrasing (difficult to do from the Gazette!), I didn't check his service records but happy to AGF on those; image is OK at this scale and correctly (and freely) licensed; a QPQ has been carried out. Just my query on unithistories.com, and this is good to go - Dumelow (talk) 07:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The service record is in long hand! unithistories.com is used on 234 pages. It isn't listed as forbidden on WP:RSN. It is maintained by a Dutch military historian. I have only used it for some personal details. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:38, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I love that TNA have made service records available online (and for free) but some of the handwriting is atrocious! Good to go - Dumelow (talk) 08:26, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: Operation Pluto passed GA so added. You can claim a second QPQ. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Hawkeye7, Operation Pluto promoted GA on 1 April, well cited and a spot check found no issues with overly close paraphrasing. A second QPQ has been added to cover the second DYK. Looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 10:09, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]