Talk:Orange William

A fact from Orange William appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 May 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Orange William was a very-long-range British anti-tank missile that was cancelled as the Chieftain tank appeared to outperform it?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 13:55, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Orange William was a very long-range British anti-tank missile that was cancelled as the Chieftain tank appeared to outperform it? Source: hansard

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 19:13, 9 April 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: I assume good faith on The Blunted Sword reference. A QPQ is needed. SL93 (talk) 17:42, 28 April 2022 (UTC) SL93 (talk) 17:42, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SL93: reviewed Harry's Bar (London). Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:54, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Now approved. SL93 (talk) 23:21, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]