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Did you know nomination

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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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk03:05, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Created by Calistemon (talk). Self-nominated at 07:55, 4 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough and long enough, well-written, neutral and seems free of plagiarism (Earwig stands at 35.1% but that's mostly due to proper nouns like names of the batteries, military units etc). Hook cited and interesting, and QPQ done. Looks good to go to me. Having written a number of articles about the fortifications of Malta myself, I found the article quite interesting - well done! Xwejnusgozo (talk) 09:37, 11 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi, I came by to promote this, and while the article is interesting, the hook is not. A fortress was named after a harbor? This is not "hooky" enough to reel in readers to click on the link. Please say something catchy about the fortress itself. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 11:48, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I had originally approved this on the basis that "fortress" tends to refer to a single fortification rather than a network of fortifications spread out on a relatively large area. However, I agree that the new hook is better, and it seems OK since it's cited, interesting and included in the article. Seems good to go. Xwejnusgozo (talk) 11:35, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Second most important sub base

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...after (which one)? The most important sub base in the Pacific should be named or a link to an appropriate list provided. Jehochman Talk 11:01, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jehochman See bottom of Background section, where it states ... with it becoming the second-most significant Allied submarine base, after Pearl Harbor. Calistemon (talk) 01:13, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]