Template:Did you know nominations/Dudley Clarke

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 23:33, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Dudley Clarke

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... that Brigadier Dudley Clarke, despite having been less than a year old at the time, tried to claim the Queen's South Africa Medal (pictured) for his participation in the Siege of Ladysmith?

Comment: Expanded 5x from 4500 -> 23,000B on 1/2May
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gaetano Faillace

Created/expanded by ErrantX (talk). Self nom at 13:30, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Checks out, lots of possible hooks but unfortunately the "dress" picture is fair use. Arithmetic is a little off here (started at 8000, not 4000) but since the article ended up at more than 40,000 the 5x expansion standard is met well enough. Mangoe (talk) 19:45, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Oh cool :) many thanks Mangoe! I thought this was going to slip off the page before being reviewed. He's a fun figure, as you say lots of hooks, and I do wish that image wasn't fair use (it probably isn't, but I simply don't know who the author is). --Errant ^(chat!) 20:44, 14 May 2012 (UTC)