Talk:Jan Klán

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A fact from Jan Klán appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jan Klán, as a pilot in the Groupe de Chasse II/5, became the first Czech to achieve an aerial victory against the Luftwaffe while flying the Hawk 75?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jan Klán.

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Did you know nomination

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 Launchballer talk 16:21, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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A Hawk 75 in the livery of the Groupe de Chasse II/5

... that – as a pilot in the Groupe de Chasse II/5 – Jan Klán became the first Czech to achieve an aerial victory against the Luftwaffe while flying the Hawk 75 (pictured)? Source: Persyn, Lionel (2012). P-36 Hawk Aces of World War 2. Bloomsbury. p. 34. ISBN 1782008497. [offline]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Debbie Currie
- Comment: ~~QPQs forthcoing~~

Created by Chetsford (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 150 past nominations.

Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Chetsford (talk) 16:18, 15 April 2024 (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:

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

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I know that your said there's a QPQ in progress. Nonetheless, I decided to take the initiative to review it. In terms of dogfighting history, this is certainly a worthy niche to be promoted as a DYK. NeverBeGameOver (talk) 00:02, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your patience, NeverBeGameOver. QPQ now done. Chetsford (talk) 05:39, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cool cool.

NeverBeGameOver (talk) 05:56, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]