Talk:Robert H. Brooks (soldier)

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A fact from Robert H. Brooks (soldier) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Robert H. Brooks passed as a white man to join an all-white unit?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert H. Brooks (soldier).

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 01:06, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Army only learned that Robert H. Brooks was African-American after his death? Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that Robert H. Brooks passed as a white man to join an all-white unit? Source: [2]
- ALT2: ... that Robert H. Brooks was the first American tanker killed in World War II? Source: [3]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tan Kue Kim

Created by Lettler (talk). Self-nominated at 19:54, 20 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Robert H. Brooks (soldier); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed: - na
Used in article: - NA
Clear at 100px: - NA

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

While Earwig shows a 20% similarity with this source, it is mostly because of a properly cited and appropriately used quotation. No issue. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 23:15, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Really interesting article Lettler, I have just a minor comment about sourcing. Ref #1 and #2 differ on where he was born. Ref #2 says Brooks was born in MacFarland in 1915, and grew up in Sadieville while Ref #1 says Sadieville. Just something that should be rectified but not something that will deter this DYK from passing. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 23:15, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]