Template:Did you know nominations/ASV Mark III radar

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:27, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

ASV Mark III radar

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ASV Mark III under the nose of a RAAF Wellington

... that the ASV Mark III radar was able to hunt down German U-boats with deadly efficiency in part because of a little white lie? (Lovell p 191, most other refs used also have this story)

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 16:50, 15 April 2019 (UTC).

@Maury Markowitz: New article, plenty long enough(!), well-referenced and within policy. There are two issues: a QPQ is needed, and I think a revised hook that explains "a little white lie" would be better/more self-contained than the current hook. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 08:08, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Reviewed Island of stability. @Mike Peel: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maury Markowitz (talk • contribs)

@Maury Markowitz: Thanks for doing the QPQ. I think there's just the hook issue remaining: that it would be better to explain what "little white lie" was rather than using that phrasing (or convince me otherwise!). Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:34, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

@Mike Peel: sorry just saw this - after ~500 of these things, a little mystery in the hook sells. Maury Markowitz (talk) 18:19, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@Maury Markowitz: That's true, but in this case won't it make people think of carrots? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:38, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Sure, that's the general idea! Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. I'm going to mark this as ready, as long as the posting admin's also happy with this approach. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 12:49, 30 April 2019 (UTC)