Talk:RAF Chia Keng

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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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by BlueMoonset (talk) 02:43, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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... that the RAF Chia Keng was demolished to build a Japanese-style celemetry and park? Source: [1] - "I was able to locate the Japanese Cemetery and then part of the S bends on the Yio Chu Kang Road...", chosen primary source due to very limited amount of source covered
this isn't what was stated in the source, the cemetery has always been there for quite a long time. An entire cemetery was demolished to make way for a new neighbourhood, there is certainly not enough space to build new ones --Nigos 14:16, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
... that during the Konfrontasi, RAF Chia Keng was used to break and read secret Indonesian messages? Source: [2] - "According to Campbell, “GCHQ could break and read Indonesian codes without difficulty.”" (added by Nigos)
... that Singapore served as a base for British intelligence during the Cold War, including hosting a GCHQ monitoring site? Sources: The Guardian - "Singapore was the location of a GCHQ monitoring site."; Shaw 2019 pp. 6-7 - "The JIC(FE), SIFE and SIS(FE) all sat at the ‘regional’ level, using Singapore as a base (and conceptual focal point) for activities across Southeast Asia. This was closely tied with the ‘national’ priorities of British intelligence" (added by Nigos)
... that RAF Chia Keng was the first GCHQ monitoring station in the Far East? Source: Shaw 2019 p. 71 - "Only in 1951 were plans enacted to create a GCHQ-administered signals centre alongside the existing RAF Chia Keng intercept station in Singapore" added by Nigos
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- Comment: I nominate the article on behalf of @Nigos:, and this is the best DYK that I can make by my poor humor skill, enjoy!

5x expanded by Nigos (talk). Nominated by CactiStaccingCrane (talk) at 13:53, 30 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

@CactiStaccingCrane: Could you delete this for now, the article hasn't been expanded enough yet. It was also demolished to make way for apartment blocks as well, here is how it looks like now --Nigos (talk | contribs) 14:04, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Then speedrun it :) I gonna expand the article to 5x, then you do what you wish. CactiStaccingCrane (talk)
  - @CactiStaccingCrane: Seems like it's over the threshold now! Thanks for your help :) Nigos (talk | contribs) 14:42, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not yet 5x expanded: Sorry Nigos but when you started to expand this article on 28 December 2021, the article had 1162 readable characters. It now has 4753, according to DYK Check. To have been expanded 5x, it would need to have 5810 readable characters now.

This nomination can wait while you expand it further to 5801 or more characters, if you like. Note that you cannot use the byte-count on the article's history page to gauge the size of the article, because that includes non-readable characters. You need to use the DYK check link. (I cannot review it now, in case the content changes when you expand it further). @CactiStaccingCrane: Storye book (talk) 16:47, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, it can’t wait. The expansion is supposed to happen within 7 days. You are at day 11. There can be some leniency but you want to get the expansion done pronto or else this nomination will have to be failed. Sorry. Schwede 66 17:27, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oh alright then. Nigos (talk | contribs) 11:55, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Formally withdrawn by creator per post on their talk page. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:43, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Confirm B class

This article meets B class requirements. This history of this base (complicity in politically motivated murders) makes me squeamish, but unpleasantness is part of history and needs to be told. Djmaschek (talk) 05:17, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]