A fact from HMS Ganges mast appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a 15-year-old boy was killed after falling from the top of a 142-foot high (43 m) mast?
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... that in 1928 a 15-year-old boy was killed after falling from the top of the 142-foot high (43 m) mast at HMS Ganges? "Alfred Hickman, second-class boy, who was killed at the Naval Training establishment through falling from a mast 142ft high" from: Dykes, Godfrey. "3 Boys die at HMS Ganges". RN Communications Branch Museum/Library. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
ALT3:... that in 1928 a 15-year-old boy, Alfred Hickman, was killed after falling from the top of the 142-foot high (43 m) mast at HMS Ganges? "Alfred Hickman, second-class boy, who was killed at the Naval Training establishment through falling from a mast 142ft high" from: Dykes, Godfrey. "3 Boys die at HMS Ganges". RN Communications Branch Museum/Library. Retrieved 7 September 2021. (suggested by Cavalryman)
Overall: Interesting article that is well written and well sourced. I personally find ALT0 or ALT2 better than ALT1, although I think there is room to include the name Alfred Hickman in ALT0 if used, I have added it as a possible ALT3. Cavalryman (talk) 11:58, 9 September 2021 (UTC).Reply
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Interesting article that is well written and well sourced. I personally find ALT0 or ALT2 better than ALT1, although I think there is room to include the name Alfred Hickman in ALT0 if used, I have added it as a possible ALT3. Cavalryman (talk) 11:58, 9 September 2021 (UTC).