Template:Did you know nominations/Gun serial number

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:19, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

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Gun serial number

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• ... that a gun serial number can be any random set of numbers letters or a character string? Source: Michigan State Police, Criminal Justice Information Center, Firearms Records Unit. "Firearms Identification Field Guide" (PDF). Michigan State Police. p. 2. Retrieved November 11, 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • ALT1:... that a gun serial number can be any random set of numbers letters or a character string? Source: Ibid.
  • ALT2:... that the positioning of a gun's serial number is idiosyncratic?Source: Ibid.
  • ALT3:... that many gun crimes are solved because guns are required to have a unique identifier known as a serial number?Source: Ibid.

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Created by Enthusiast01 (talk), Andrew Davidson (talk), Gleeanon409 (talk), Greyjoy (talk), 7&6=thirteen (talk), and Lightburst (talk). Nominated by 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:21, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

• I checked it passed time of creation(created 7 days ago at the time of nomination), length, within policy, QPQ passed. I leaved a message for the facts to be cited. (It's my first time to the process, bear with me if there are errors. Feedback are welcomed)xinbenlv ^{Talk, Remember to "ping" me} 04:52, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Comment User:Xinbenlv It's new (apparently I nominated it on the 8th day, but it was subject to an AFD that just got resolved). Substantial compliance. Fixed citations. Provided an additional source. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:52, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

• Reviewed and Looks Good To Me, per comment above, after Norm solves the lack of citation, I think now all criteria are met. By the way, out of the ALTs, I personally like ALT3 the best. (I also like to clarify what I mentioned "Passed time of creation blah blah blah" I meant to say it passes the criteria checks but apparently it was misunderstood, my bad! I think I didn't make myself very clear.)xinbenlv ^{Talk, Remember to "ping" me} 17:40, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this. I don't see the ALT3 hook fact mentioned in the article at all. And there is no inline cite for the ALT0 hook fact. If the source is the Michigan guide, that doesn't seem like a great source. It's a handbook, not a book or journal article, and it's also geocentric. Yoninah (talk) 22:16, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

• There has been no response from the nominator in 2 weeks, despite a reminder ping. Marking for closure as unsuccessful. Yoninah (talk) 17:23, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

I've left them a final talk page message as they still appear to be active. If there is no response within the next few days, the nomination can be closed. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 14:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

User:Yoninah I disagree with your opinion about the Michigan State Police manual In any event, I put in three more citations, which should assuage your concern. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:00, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you, those are great refs. ALT0 hook ref verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Xinbenlv. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 14:17, 3 December 2020 (UTC)