Talk:United States Army Replacement and School Command

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Did you know... that the men who trained through the United States Army Replacement and School Command (insignia pictured) knew they were going to the deadliest places on the World War II battlefield?

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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 CSJJ104 (talk) 23:13, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Replacement and School Command shoulder sleeve insignia

~~... that the shoulder sleeve insignia (pictured) of the former United States Army Replacement and School Command is now worn by the Training and Doctrine Command?~~ Source: "The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for the Replacement and School Command on 22 Mar 1943. It was reassigned to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command on 1 Jul 1973." Pritzker Military Museum & Library. https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/museum/digital-collection/view/oclc/62585506
- ALT1: ... that the United States Army Replacement and School Command reached its peak in May 1945 with 481,000 personnel? Source: "At the time of its organization, the Replacement and School Command consisted of about 166,000 officers and men, but by the end of 1942 it had grown to 226,000 and by May 1945 it reached its peak with 481,000 persons assigned and attached, including trainees." https://history.army.mil/html/books/104/104-9/CMH_Pub_104-9.pdf
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Danylo Matviienko

Created by StAnselm (talk). Self-nominated at 16:48, 2 September 2022 (UTC).[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 eligibility:

Cited: - ALT1 yes, ALT0 not directly after the sentence
Interesting: - maybe?

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hmm, I could approve ALT1 but I'm not sure if it is the most interesting one. ALT0 is currently lacking a citation directly after the sentence (at the end of a paragraph does not suffice per the rules), but it's rather uninteresting imo. However, I see another possible hook with this sentence: Tony Cucolo notes that the men who trained at IRTCs replaced the dead: "The men trained here knew they were going to the deadliest places on the WWII battlefield." That would lend a more grim aspect to the history. Maybe in combination with ALT1, it would give meaning to the large number of personnel. What do you think about it? –LordPeterII (talk) 16:32, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this is all fair enough. (The other thing in the back of my mind was that maybe the picture wasn't interesting enough.) I think we can put Cucolo's comment in Wikipedia voice without any trouble, and so get:

ALT2: ... that the men who trained through the United States Army Replacement and School Command (insignia pictured) knew they were going to the deadliest places on the World War II battlefield?

St Anselm (talk) 22:49, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@StAnselm: Well, the picture might not be the most interesting one, but I can approve it. There's no guarantee any hook will get a picture spot because only one in eight can, so it's a little down to luck if this will appear. I have amnended a "pictured" to ALT2 anyway in case this would happen. And yes, I like ALT2 better.

Approve ALT2 (AGF only because the corresponding source is geoblocked for me). –LordPeterII (talk) 15:14, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

StAnselm - Can a citation be added to the sentence "Other commanding generals included Harold R. Bull and Harry Hazlett." before this is promoted please? I did check the citation of the preceding sentence but it did not seem to contain the relevant information. CSJJ104 (talk) 23:59, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done St Anselm (talk) 00:51, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

fun fact

for some reason, it looks like the flag of Romania or Chad

SuperHéraut (talk) 22:33, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]