- 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) 06:08, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
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Jakob Nacken
Nacken captured at Calais, France 1944
... that Jakob Nacken (pictured) at a height of 7 feet 3 inches was the tallest Nazi soldier in the German army?
- Source 1 - Miss Nacken first learned of her brother's capture when noticing a photo in a New York newspaper captioned "the tallest of the Nazi soldiers."
- Source 2 - Biggest Nazi captured by the Allies in Europe thus far is this German, Jacob Nacken, 7-foot 3-inch member of the Calais, France, gun crew captured by Canadians.
- ALT1:... that Jakob Nacken (pictured), at 7 feet 3 inches, was the tallest German soldier during WW2, and after the war came to the US and found work as the world's tallest Santa Claus? Same sources
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Psalm 31
Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 14:14, 12 March 2020 (UTC).
Article is new enough and long enough. Images are in the public domain. QPQ done. No close para-phrasing detected. Well sourced. No dup links. Hook is interesting, but we may want to add some color to the idea of Nacken being exceptionally tall. Suggest ALT1. Nominator's choice. Good to go. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 23:16, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
- I withdraw original hook, ALT1 is much better. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 08:40, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Comment to Promoter - could this be put into the #1 slot position with the picture. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:40, 14 March 2020 (UTC)