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A fact from Cook Islands Local Defence Force appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Cook Islands Local Defence Force was expected to "uphold the prestige of the Cook Islands" by putting up a token resistance if the islands were invaded?

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The result was: promoted by Joofjoof (talk) 01:35, 5 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that the Cook Islands Local Defence Force was expected to "uphold the prestige of the Cook Islands" by putting up a token resistance if the islands were invaded?

Reviewed: Japan National Route 116

Created by SamHolt6 (talk). Nominated by The Bushranger (talk) at 02:37, 1 February 2021 (UTC).Reply

Hi The Bushranger, review follows: article created 1 February; article exceeds minimum length, is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources (though I would recommend that page numbers are added for verifiability); I didn't find any overly close paraphrasing from the online sources; the hook is interesting, direct quote checks out to the sources and I think "token resistance" is a fair paraphrase of the units stated purposed, to prevent the islands from "easily falling into enemy hands without resistance"; a QPQ has been carried out. No issues here. SamHolt6: thanks for creating this article, I have recently started creating some for the volunteer defence forces of the East African colonies during both wars, fascinating units - Dumelow (talk) 07:57, 1 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

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