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A fact from Arthur Leslie Walter Newth appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Arthur Leslie Walter Newth was only 21 when appointed to command the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 03:55, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Arthur Leslie Walter Newth was only 21 when appointed to command the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War? Source: "The youngest known CO on 29 September 1918 was Lieutenant-Colonel A.L.W. Newth of the 16th Cheshire, who was 21 when appointed on 30 April 1918, and he was likely the youngest of the war" from page 109 of: Hodgkinson, Peter Eric (August 2013), British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War (PDF) (PhD thesis), University of Birmingham, archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-24, retrieved 2020-12-14
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 19:26, 31 October 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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

@Dumelow: Good article.

Hook is interesting, article is sourced, and the QPQ is done. Onegreatjoke (talk) 14:24, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]