Template:Did you know nominations/George Brian Sinclair
- 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 Yoninah (talk) 13:24, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
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George Brian Sinclair
- ... that George Brian Sinclair worked on a sewerage system for a Korean village, a British thermonuclear weapons test and the Channel Tunnel? "he was told to design a sewerage system for a Korean village ... Sinclair was sent to Christmas (now Kiritimati) Island ... as adjutant of the Royal Engineer regiment supporting Operation Grapple ... later worked for Tarmac Construction on the Channel Tunnel project" from "Major-General 'Gus' Sinclair obituary". The Times. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ALT1:... that George Brian Sinclair relocated more than 80 structures from a British training base in Libya after the 1969 coup? "the views of the man on the ground prevailed and the camp comprising 85 Twynam hits, two aircraft hangers and a variety of store sheds was dismantled and shipped to other bases" from "Major-General 'Gus' Sinclair obituary". The Times. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ALT2:... that in the 1970s Brigadier George Brian Sinclair fought off a mugger in Chatham, Kent?"in the late seventies, he was walking home across the common in Chatham when he was attacked by a would-be mugger. After "retaliating vigorously", he chased his assailant until he was lost to view" from "Major-General 'Gus' Sinclair obituary". The Times. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:16, 3 June 2020 (UTC).
-- First review - it is definitely new enough as it was created on June 2. The text is long enough and on a quick read-through seems neutral enough to me. There are several references to the London Gazette, and a couple other sources, but I would like to see a wider range of sources cited (I found one newspaper citation in a very quick search, as noted on the article talk page). The obituary is behind a registration required wall, but knowing the quality of The Times' reporting, I trust that the statement is verified there. The subject of the article is one who has died within the last month; while it is possible that more information may come to light soon, it is more likely that the data is also stable. I like the first hook of these three, but I wonder if it could be tightened up a bit. Slambo (Speak) 15:26, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
- ... that George Brian Sinclair worked on a Korean sewer, a British thermonuclear weapons test and the Channel Tunnel?
- Hi Slambo, thanks for your review. Perhaps this revised hook works? I've had a look for some more sources but drew a blank. I already have the information contained in the sources you've suggested on the talk page. I'll keep my eyes open for any other obituaries - Dumelow (talk) 16:03, 3 June 2020 (UTC)