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 Eddie891 (talk) 13:46, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
... that the Rhodesian Air Force's (flag pictured)Green Leader told Zambia that they were taking control of Zambian airspace on an air raid and threatened to shoot down any Zambian Air Force planes that interfered? Source: The Guardian
Converted from a redirect by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 15:47, 15 February 2021 (UTC).
This is only a comment and not a review (I will leave the full review to another editor), but the current hook is too long as it is 214 characters long including "(flag pictured)" and 198 characters without (I am citing WP:DYKHOOK which states that hooks slightly shorter than 200 characters may still be rejected). Narutolovehinata5tccsdnew 11:12, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
@Narutolovehinata5: Also pursuant to WP:DYKHOOK, it also says that character count is "...not including the ... or any (pictured)". I have shortened it a little by changing "bombing" to "air". The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 20:50, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
Overall: New enough, long enough, sourced enough, neutral enough, does not trigger anything on Earwig's checker, hook is cited and interesting, pic is free, QPQ was done. The above hook issues may give pause, would like to see an alternate hook, but this is not a total dealbreaker. jp×g 19:15, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
ALT1...that the Rhodesian Air Force's (flag pictured)Green Leader once threatened to shoot down any Zambian Air Force planes that interfered with Operation Gatling after taking control of Zambian airspace?
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This is only a comment and not a review (I will leave the full review to another editor), but the current hook is too long as it is 214 characters long including "(flag pictured)" and 198 characters without (I am citing WP:DYKHOOK which states that hooks slightly shorter than 200 characters may still be rejected). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 11:12, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
New enough, long enough, sourced enough, neutral enough, does not trigger anything on Earwig's checker, hook is cited and interesting, pic is free, QPQ was done. The above hook issues may give pause, would like to see an alternate hook, but this is not a total dealbreaker. jp×g 19:15, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
