- 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The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:11, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
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Ernie O'Malley
- ... that when Irish republican and writer Ernie O'Malley died in 1957, five of the many bullets he had received in the course of numerous military actions remained in his body? Source: Frances-Mary Blake (1978). "Introduction" in Ernie O'Malley, The Singing Flame (Dublin, Anvil Books), p. 6
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- Comment: This statement comes from the 'Legacy' section, paragraph five, of the above article (citation no. 274).
Improved to Good Article status by Billsmith60 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:38, 2 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ernie O'Malley; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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- a reword would be nice
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@Billsmith60: Good article. Though, i think the hook needs a bit of a reword since it's hard to understand what "receive" means in this context. it could mean 5 bullets he was given or 5 bullet wounds still with the bullets in them. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:49, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
- I can only edit this page on a desktop machine, to which I rarely have access. Hence, my replies are visible in the specific Hook page at Template talk:Did_you_know_nominations/Ernie_O'Malley. Can a reviewer reply there, please? Many thanks Billsmith60 (talk) 11:29, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
Hook listed on talk page seems fine enough. Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:20, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
Onegreatjoke, the hook needs to be listed here, with the nomination. Please include what you are approving on this page, properly formatted as a hook with all the proper links, ellipsis, bold, etc., before approving it: the promoters will thank you for it, as will I. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:54, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
- "... that when Irish republican and writer Ernie O'Malley died in 1957, five of the many bullets that had hit him in the course of numerous military actions remained in his body?" Source: Frances-Mary Blake (1978). "Introduction" in Ernie O'Malley, The Singing Flame (Dublin, Anvil Books), p. 6
- Put here for convenience. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
- @Billsmith60: Could you add the two quotes that back up the hook fact in the article and the sentence before it? I'm a bit concerned about WP:SYNTH... theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:40, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
[Preceding sentence, at end of previous paragraph]: "He did not suffer fools gladly."
[Quote from The Singing Flame, p. 6]: "When he died, in 1957, with five bullets still left in his body, the Sunday Press declared: 'His life could itself be a record of the War of Independence in which wounds, imprisonments, hunger strikes, audacious escapes and stern battles were interspersed with years of stern and ardent service'." Regards Billsmith60 (talk) 11:54, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
- theleekycauldron what was the problem here? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:44, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- @AirshipJungleman29: I think the "Yet he did not spare himself" ends up being synthesis. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 22:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
- That is a colon clause ending in "himself:", which the bullets in the body bit completes. What am I missing or is this nomination to be delayed further? Please delete it for me if it cannot be approved now, as I'm fed up with this. Thanks Billsmith60 (talk) 23:04, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
- Billsmith60 Perhaps you could explain what the line means? If it's a contrast from the previous line ("he worked his men hard, but he worked hard too"), that's SYNTH and I can go ahead and delete it as requested. If it means something else, I'm happy to hear. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 23:24, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Please delete the nomination. Thanks Billsmith60 (talk) 10:23, 9 August 2023 (UTC)