Template:Did you know nominations/John Watson (solicitor general)

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 15:06, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

John Watson (solicitor general)

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... that in 1918, Captain John Watson of the RAF, later Solicitor General for Scotland, had flown a secret mission to liaise with Lawrence of Arabia?

ALT1:... that in 1929 John Watson became Solicitor General for Scotland in the United Kingdom's second Labour Government despite not being a member of the Labour Party?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Museum of Goa

Created by BrownHairedGirl (talk). Self-nominated at 15:02, 10 January 2016 (UTC).

Article creation date and DYK filing okay. Article length okay. Neutrality and sourcing okay, no reason to suspect copyvio concerns. Substantial QPQ done.

I like ALT1 better as a hook (the first hook is problematic given the article doesn't go into any detail about the Lawrence of Arabia mission). Length is okay.

As for the article itself, it's good. A mention of his wife and son (see Glasgow Herald obit) could be fit in somewhere. But that's not required so this is ready to go. Wasted Time R (talk) 02:44, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks for the review, Wasted Time R.
I felt that I had mined the Herald deeply enough that a any further use would be excessive without other sources. Luckily, local papers such as the Dundee Evening Telegraph and the Aberdeen Weekly Journal delivered the goods, so I have done some further expansion.[1] His wife gets a name and his son now get a mention. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 13:49, 13 January 2016 (UTC)