Talk:Royston Brooks

Did you know nomination

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 SL93 (talk) 01:31, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

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• "... that Royston Brooks was the last European to serve as the Commanding Officer of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force from 1988 to 1990? Source: https://rhkaaf.hk/commanding-officers/ Source 2: https://rhkaaf.hk/wp-content/gallery/press_cuttings_519/1991_536/199102_20120606_1061578835.jpg
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Patterson's Spade Mill

Created by Clithering (talk). Self-nominated at 11:27, 4 October 2022 (UTC).

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Page is new enough, neutral, cited. The source does not support the claim, however. It only says he served in HK, not that he was an expatriate. Earwig has nothing exciting, just proper nouns. Page is long enough and no other issues were noted per DYK criteria. Ideally, can you add wikiprojects/an assessment template to the article? That would be very helpful, even if not explicitly required. Etrius ( Us) 20:12, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your comment. I see your point here that the term "expatriate" may be confusing to some, as the term is usually used in the context of Hong Kong to distinguish the non-locals from the locals, even they are both British nationals. As per this news article, the successor of Brooks, Dicky Yip, was the first Chinese commanding officer of RHKAAF. How about I amend the hook as below?

• "... that Royston Brooks was the last European to serve as the Commanding Officer of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force from 1988 to 1990?" --Clithering (talk) 08:06, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Oh, I see. I was expecting something a bit more explicit but I can see how implicitly it makes sense. The second hook looks better, amending the hook, adding the source, and passing. Good work. Etrius ( Us) 00:02, 7 October 2022 (UTC)