Template:Did you know nominations/RMK-BRJ

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:30, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

RMK-BRJ

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Major Bridge Saigon Area

* ... that American construction contractor RMK-BRJ completed a construction program (pictured, bridge project) during the Vietnam War deemed to be the largest in 20th century history? Sources: "the construction program was probably the largest concentrated effort of its kind in history", page v, Dunn, Carroll H. (1991), Base Development in South Vietnam 1965-1970, Washington, DC: Department of the Army, OCLC 417565744; and "We have just completed the largest construction effort in history.", p. 58, Carter, James M. (2004), "The Vietnam Builders: Private Contractors, Military Construction and the 'Americanization' of United States Involvement in Vietnam" (PDF), Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 2 (2): 44–63; and "probably the most massive construction effort ever organized and put in the field in so short a time and the 'largest military contract in history.'" Baldwin, Hanson W. (10 December 1967), "Vast U.S. Construction Program Changing Face of South Vietnam]: 1,500 Projects, Built Jointly By Military and Civilians, Also Help Reduce Supply Problems and Alter Course of the War", The New York Times
- ALT1:* ... that using American civilian contractor RMK-BRJ in an active theater of combat operations during the Vietnam War (pictured, bridge project) was authorized for the first time in U.S. history? Source: "contractors and civilian workmen for the first time in history assumed a major construction role in an active theater of operations.", page v, Dunn, Carroll H. (1991), Base Development in South Vietnam 1965-1970, Washington, DC: Department of the Army, OCLC 417565744; and "This was to be the first time that a civilian construction force would be employed in an active combat zone.", p. 81, Tregaskis, Richard, Southeast Asia: Building the Bases; the History of Construction in Southeast Asia, Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, OCLC 952642951
- ALT2:* ... that American construction company RMK-BRJ trained 200,000 Vietnamese workers in construction and administrative trades (pictured, bridge project) during the Vietnam War? Source: "Thanks to the on-th-job training of the contractor forces, 200,000 Vietnamese attained some degree of familiarity with modern building trades...", p.3, Tregaskis, Richard, Southeast Asia: Building the Bases; the History of Construction in Southeast Asia, Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, OCLC 952642951

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Created by Overlain (talk). Self-nominated at 04:31, 6 January 2018 (UTC).

Article moved on January 3. Language is neutral. Definitely meets prose size requirements. I like ALT1 the most. Picture is neat.

I think the article's pretty much there, however one concern is that the DYK criteria say to use inline citations, which I think Harvard citations count (they look really good, but don't match the vast majority of articles I've seen). Is it necessary for DYK that Harvard citations be used in <ref> tags?

WP:PAREN provides guidance on the use of parenthetical referencing. There is a section in this document "Inline citation in the body of the article" that describes how to add parenthetical references in the inline form. Therefore parenthetical referencing is a form of inline citations.

Also, there aren't any citations for the projects list. Was this list pulled from one or two of the books? I'd say if a reference or two is thrown in, I'd be happy. Especially since some of the projects don't have articles themselves.

The list of projects was compiled during my reading of the Tregaskis book. Rather than provide a reference for each project entry, I will add one citation to Tregaskis at the heading of the list. Done. Overlain (talk) 02:56, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Finally, not a requirement for DYK, but I opened the first article in the projects list, Bien Hoa Air Base, and RMK-BRJ is not mentioned. Recommended that Overlain consider going through the list and mentioning the consortium, as I would think it would be beneficial for the relevant projects. = paul2520 (talk) 18:16, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

I have started the process of going through each of the project pages to link back to the RMK-BRJ page. Thank you very much for this suggestion.

@Paul2520: Thanks for your comments. I have responded within the paragraphs of your text above. Overlain (talk) 00:13, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for adding that reference, Overlain. I'd still recommend making sure RMK-BRJ is mentioned on relevant project pages, where appropriate. I'm assuming good faith for the offline sources - and since you added the reference to that list, I feel this is good to go. Thanks for the hard work you put into the article! = paul2520 (talk) 04:21, 7 January 2018 (UTC)