Talk:Ian Ross Campbell

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:50, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that Australian and Greek troops under Lieutenant Colonel Ian Ross Campbell held off a force of over 1,000 German paratroops on Crete for ten days? Source: "On 20 May a force of 1300-1500 paratroops was dropped to both flanks of and on top of the Australians. The Germans had powerful air support, and the Australians were isolated from the start from the rest of the garrison of Crete. Lt-Col CAMPBELL remained in command during ten days continuous and at times bitter hand to hand fighting." ([1])
  • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Evermore (Taylor Swift album)

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk) and Newm30 (talk). Nominated by Hawkeye7 (talk) at 02:51, 20 December 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hawkeye7 and Newm30, I’ve completed my review of this article and the hook and find that they meet or exceed DYK criteria. I confirmed that the article was created by Newm30 on 19 December 2020, and that it is readable prose size at 4044 characters (705 words). The image of the subject in the article is Fair Use with the necessary justification provided. -- West Virginian (talk) 04:12, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this, but there is no inline cite for him commanding Australian and Greek troops, per WP:DYK#Cited hook. Also, why don't you say over 1,300 Germans? Yoninah (talk) 19:35, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

  Added another inline cite. And over a thousand sounds better. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:41, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you. Restoring tick per West Virginian's review. Yoninah (talk) 01:16, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Patience Campbell

According to a Times obituary, their marriage was dissolved after two years. Not mentioned in the article, and difficult to reconcile with the fact that they share a gravesite. The fact that Campbell did not remarry until five years after her death may also be significant. I am particularly interested in Patience A. Russell's earlier history. Doug butler (talk) 22:57, 22 July 2022 (UTC) Doug butler (talk) 22:57, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

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