Template:Did you know nominations/Vitus Bering

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 10:16, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Vitus Bering

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... that having secured a promotion to first captain on his retirement, soon-to-be explorer Vitus Bering then retained the rank when he rejoined the Russian Navy five months later?

Reviewed: Väinö Koskela
Comment: My review of Väinö Koskela is currently "in progress", as it were, soon to be completed. I've just realised that this nom is in fact a few hours over the five days - I hope this isn't too much of an issue, since it's only ticked over because I was too busy to fill out the form, and it would be a shame to just miss out on these grounds. Happy to accept reviewer's decision, of course.

Created/expanded by Jarry1250 (talk). Self nom at 21:17, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

5x expansion checks out. Hook is verified, although I don't find it particular interesting -- I think that a more interesting hook could be created about the dismal results of his early career. Most of the article is well-supported by footnotes, but the section "Sea voyage, death and achievements" is almost completely unsourced. The sourcing needs improvement. I haven't checked for plagiarism and close paraphrasing yet. --Orlady (talk) 04:19, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review. I've now vastly improved the sourcing on the final section to avoid any criticism of it failing WP:V. I'm open to suggestions of new hooks; personally I find the one stated interesting, but that's just personal taste. Two suggestions of my own:

ALT1 ... that unbeknownst to him, Danish explorer Vitus Bering was not in fact the first European to sail through the strait that now bears his name?
ALT2 ... that the nine-year-long second expedition of Danish explorer Vitus Bering spent its budget twenty-five times over in its five years alone?

Thoughts? - Jarry1250 ^{[Deliberation needed]} 09:26, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Article is fine now (sufficiently footnoted, my comparison of the article with the main source found no hint of plagiarism); the hook facts for ALT1 and ALT2 both check out. I prefer ALT1 -- hooks without a lot of details are more likely to grab the reader. --Orlady (talk) 13:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Great. ALT1 is fine by me too. - Jarry1250 ^{[Deliberation needed]} 14:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)