Template:Did you know nominations/Rolls Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Window
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- 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 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 Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:14, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
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Rolls Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Window
- ... that the Rolls Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Windowcommemorates the contribution made by Rolls Royce factories to Second World War aircraft production?
- Reviewed: Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
Created by Whispyhistory (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 10:27, 3 March 2021 (UTC).
Nice little article, interesting hook, all checks out, with the exception of the QPQ. One thing sticks out, however, and that's the curious failure to link "Rolls Royce" both here and in the article itself. And some inconsistency over whether it should be hyphenated. So let's address those and we're there. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 22:04, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
- ALT1:... that the Rolls Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Window was commissioned by Rolls-Royce to commemorate the pilots of the Royal Air Force who fought in the Battle of Britain? Whispyhistory (talk) 06:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- ALT2:... that the Rolls Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Window commemorates the pilots of the Royal Air Force and the contribution made by Rolls-Royce engineering to the Battle of Britain? It seems to be as much about the factories as the pilots: "work of our hands", factory background with smoke-stacks. Philafrenzy (talk) 07:44, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
like the nominator, I think the subject is about the factories too, so I've got a preference for ALT2, but both check out and this is good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:06, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- ALT1:... that the
