Template:Did you know nominations/White flags over Port Stanley

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 21:51, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

White flags over Port Stanley

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Thatcher in June 1982

... that although Margaret Thatcher (pictured) announced to the House of Commons on 14 June 1982 that Argentine troops were "flying white flags over Port Stanley", it was probably just laundry on a washing line? "20 years after the end of the Falklands War the myth of 'white flags flying over Stanley' on the morning of 14 June 1982, has finally been exploded ... So what was the mysterious white object which was sighted by 'A' Company? Major Dawson readily agrees that 'It was probably someone washing hanging on a clothes line'" from: Watts, Patrick (12 November 2002). "White flags over Stanley". MercoPress. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ALT1:... that on 14 June 1982 Margaret Thatcher (pictured) delayed announcing that Argentine troops were "flying white flags over Port Stanley" so that it could be covered live on the ITN News at Ten? "On 14 June 1982, after the fall of Port Stanley, Downing Street imposed a complete news blackout on reporters in the Falkands which lasted nine hours. The prime minister was delaying her announcement to the Commons that the Argentine forces were now flying white flags so that ITN's News at Ten would broadcast it live." from: Robinson, Nick (2013). Live from Downing Street: The Inside Story of Politics, Power and the Media. London: Bantam Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-85750-000-7.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KFBX
Comment: Date request for anniversary on 14 June

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC).

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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: Nice work. Most of the copyvio detection is from a long quote, so this should be fine. Epicgenius (talk) 20:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)