Talk:National Hospital Service Reserve

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A fact from National Hospital Service Reserve appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 September 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the British National Hospital Service Reserve (poster pictured) trained volunteers to carry out first aid in the aftermath of a nuclear or chemical attack?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by NightWolf1223 talk 13:27, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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NHSR recruiting poster

... that in 1949 the UK's National Hospital Service Reserve (recruiting poster pictured) began recruiting volunteers to form a reserve of medically-trained personnel in case of war?

Source: "Recruiting for the Corps, the Auxiliary Fire Service and the National Hospital Reserve Service started in late 1949" from: >"Greatcoat, one of the items of men's uniform items worn by a member of the National Hospital Service Reserve Wales in Cardiff". Peoples Collection Wales. Retrieved 26 July 2024. and as per ALT1.

ALT1: ... that the British National Hospital Service Reserve (recruiting poster pictured) trained volunteers to carry out first aid in the aftermath of a nuclear or chemical attack? Source: "NHSR members attended training sessions and exercises with scenarios and casualty simulations, practising their first aid skills for a potential war which might involve nuclear or chemical weapons." from: "National Hospital Service Reserve helmet". British Red Cross collection online. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henrik Johan Nauckhoff

Created by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 863 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 14:14, 6 August 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: a) There is a "newness" problem, but perhaps you can explain it. b) I prefer Alt 1. c) as to the image, note that: "You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use." 2603:7000:2101:AA00:5DFC:4931:AA8F:8FB5 (talk) 22:52, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP, thanks for the review. Sorry, this got mistakenly listed as "created" on 6 August. It should actually be "moved to mainspace" on that date. It was previously worked on in my userspace and was moved to mainspace on 6 August in this edit. This scenario is covered at Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Guidelines#Newness "For DYK purposes, an article is considered new if, within the last seven days the article has been ... moved from userspace or draftspace into mainspace". As to the image the license, origin and changes is available on the image page, this is reachable by clicking on it which has always been considered "reasonable" on Wikipedia. Thanks - Dumelow (talk) 06:10, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your thoughtful and calm explanation. This sounds good to me - I'll just ask the promoter to double check me on it (since I'm not expert in this area), but I'll approve it. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:F1DD:10BF:ED62:6A15 (talk) 05:15, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]