Talk:Wally the Walrus

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Did you know... that a walrus was given his own pontoon in St Mary's Harbour to try and stop him from damaging other boats in the harbour?

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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 this nomination's talk page, 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 Bruxton (talk) 20:29, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Wally the Walrus on the lifeboat station slipway.

... that a walrus (pictured) was given his own pontoon in St Mary's Harbour to try and stop him from damaging other boats in the harbour? Source: Isles of Scilly: Pontoon built to help Wally the walrus rest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-57827840
- ALT1: ... that in order to remove Wally the Walrus (pictured) from the Tenby Lifeboat Station slipway, RNLI crews used an air horn to deter him away? Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56940239
- Comment: Exempt from QPQ, les than 5 DYK credits

Created by HenryTemplo (talk). Self-nominated at 16:35, 17 April 2022 (UTC).Reply

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

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing:
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems: - Entire missing section

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: None required.

Overall: @HenryTemplo: Interesting article! Exempt from QPQ, long enough, new enough, sourced and neutral. Earwig detects no issues, and the hooks are both cited and interesting. The only issue I have is simply that there is an entire section that is empty and is tagged as such. When you add that portion ping me and I'll approve the nomination. Ornithoptera (talk) 08:11, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Ornithoptera:, I’ve added to the article, I think it’s all good now! HenryTemplo (talk) 09:18, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Alright! Great work @HenryTemplo: and welcome to DYK!

Ornithoptera (talk) 09:21, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

- Thankyou for your help! Enjoy your day! HenryTemplo (talk) 09:26, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

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