- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:19, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
D C Smith, airmail pilot
- ... that Dean Cullom Smith (pictured) at the age of 17 was the youngest flight instructor in U.S. Army history?
Created by Doug Coldwell (talk) and 7&6=thirteen (talk). Nominated by Doug Coldwell (talk) at 10:57, 20 July 2016 (UTC).
I changed the template of the image formally to {{PD-US-no notice}}. New enough, long enough, well referenced, image is all right, hook verified. Everything OK, good to go. Snek01 (talk) 21:58, 20 July 2016 (UTC)- Review by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
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| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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Overall: 
This a very good and interesting hook that would attractive for general reader. But however, before approving the nomination there are some issues need to addressed. Firstly, the lead is too small. For an article of that length, a good lead with about two paras is recommended as per WP:MIL and as per the hook which was a very significant point in the subject's life it ought to be included in the lead and subsequently be referenced. The article lacks infobox, I'll primarily add one but please add more information to it. Regards, KCVelaga ☚╣✉╠☛ 05:30, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
- @Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: The lead has been expanded. There has been improvements made to the article and infobox.The hook is referenced in the article. Will that work for another green tick?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:02, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
- User:Krishna Chaitanya Velaga Per your suggestion, lead has been expanded. Thanks for adding the infobox. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:03, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
- @Doug Coldwell: Please address the citation needed task before giving a tick. Regards, KCVelaga ☚╣✉╠☛ 00:03, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
- @Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: We can do that.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 00:55, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
- Although typically, according to the WP:MOS and the usual format, citations aren't required (or even encouraged) in the lead. Those citations for the material you have now templated as "citation needed" are in the article's text. If you want them we can put them in. Not a deal breaker, but the larger style issue actually transcends this one article. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 00:44, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
- I put in the additional citations per your requirement. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:13, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section#Citations suggests that redundant citations in the lead are not encouraged. Take a look. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:19, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
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- All issues resovled. GTG. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga ✉ 11:06, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
This a very good and interesting hook that would attractive for general reader. But however, before approving the nomination there are some issues need to addressed. Firstly, the lead is too small. For an article of that length, a good lead with about two paras is recommended as per WP:MIL and as per the hook which was a very significant point in the subject's life it ought to be included in the lead and subsequently be referenced. The article lacks infobox, I'll primarily add one but please add more information to it. Regards, KCVelaga ☚╣✉╠☛ 05:30, 31 July 2016 (UTC)