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A fact from George F. Kosco appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that George F. Kosco filmed the signing of the Japanese surrender in color?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:03, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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George Kosco

... that George F. Kosco (pictured) filmed the signing of the Japanese surrender in color? Source: "This color footage of the Japanese surrender ceremony on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) on 2 September 1945, was filmed by Commander George F. Kosco." https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/vietnam/part01/ch01/sec06.html United States Army Center of Military History
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Yuhanon Mar Meletius
ALT1: ... that George F. Kosco (pictured) had a glacier named after him? Source: " Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain George F. Kosco, USN, chief aerologist and chief scientist of U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, 1946-47." https://web.archive.org/web/20210602225205/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8169 United States Geological Survey

Created by StAnselm (talk). Self-nominated at 03:08, 6 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Hi StAnselm, review follows: article created 5 September and exceeds minimum length; article is sufficiently well written and is generally cited inline to reliable sources (I added a ref for his publication, though perhaps it is self-evident); I didn't pick up any overly close paraphrasing from sources I checked; hooks are sufficiently interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to source cited; a QPQ has been carried out; image looks to be fine (AGF that this is a US government photo, couldn't see that explicitly mentioned but appears to be of the standard naval portrait type). One minor query: the citation to veteransbreakfastclub seems to be the one used to support the "only color film footage of the signing ceremony" stated in the article. What makes this source reliable? - Dumelow (talk) 11:17, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly not reliable enough for the hook, which is why I didn't include the word "only" there. But the youtube video (from the Naval History and Heritage Command official channel) has it on the screen also, right at the start. Thanks for the review! St Anselm (talk) 13:56, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks StAnselm, I note the NHHC caveat a little with "only publicly available..." but that's fien by me, as you say, it's not in the hook - Dumelow (talk) 14:43, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]