Template:Did you know nominations/Evacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during World War II

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 22:32, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Evacuation of the Gibraltarian civilian population during World War II

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• ... that during World War II, civilians evacuated from Gibraltar (see statue) were moved into London?

• Comment: another for GibraltarpediA

Created/expanded by Ecemaml (talk). Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 20:17, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

• (alt)... that during World War II, civilians evacuated from Gibraltar (see statue) were moved to Morocco, Madeira, England and Jamaica?

The prose portion of this article has been expanded from 5273 characters to 6432. That falls a long way short of the eligibility criterion 1b: "other articles in which the prose portion has been expanded fivefold or more within the past five days".
The hooks are interesting and article is now nicely-constructed, but it appears not to be eligible for DYK. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:12, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

• I think you've missed that this GibraltarpediA article was moved into main space on 4th September. I should have mentioned that. Sorry. Victuallers (talk) 06:52, 6 September 2012 (UTC):
  • Ooops! I had indeed missed that the page was moved from userspace to mainspace. Sorry for my oversight, and thanks for pointing it out so graciously. I have struck my comments about length. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:20, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Article length (6432) is fine, and so is age (moved to mainspace on 4 September). The online refs check out, so AGF on offline refs.
The first hook is slightly misleading, because it appears to imply that London was the destination for all evacuees. The ALT hook is more complete description of what happened, so it is preferable. Alternatively, I suggest ALT2 below, which is the original hook with an added number. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:32, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

• ALT2:... that during World War II, 10,000 civilians evacuated from Gibraltar (see statue) were moved to London? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:32, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

• ALT3:... that during World War II, 10,000 civilian Gibraltarians were evacuated from Gibraltar (see statue) to Morocco, Madeira, England and Jamaica? --Gibmetal 77^{talk 2 me} 22:51, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Sorry moved late to holding area in hope its not too late for SEPT 10 and added better picture Victuallers (talk) 22:13, 8 September 2012 (UTC)