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The result was: '''promoted''' by [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 11:07, 8 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
 
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* ... that French-born '''[[Joe Bertony]]''', who twice escaped from a Nazi concentration camp, played a key part in the construction of [[Sydney Opera House]]?  <small>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-47880938 "He was sent to Mauthausen-Gusen, a concentration camp near Vienna where it's estimated at least 90,000 people were killed.  He was forced to work there until the guards made an error while transporting people that, miraculously, allowed him to escape. After regaining his freedom, he returned to work for the French military.  But he was later arrested again on the streets of Paris, and this time he was sent to the notorious Buchenwald camp in Germany."...The two jumped out of the train and landed in the snow before escaping on foot." (BBC)] [https://www.france24.com/en/20190408-french-spy-engineer-behind-remarkable-sydney-opera-house-arch-dies-97-australia "Bertony was a genius. Without him, the spectacular sails might never have become a reality." (France 24)]</small>
 
* ... that French-born '''[[Joe Bertony]]''', who twice escaped from a Nazi concentration camp, played a key part in the construction of [[Sydney Opera House]]?  <small>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-47880938 "He was sent to Mauthausen-Gusen, a concentration camp near Vienna where it's estimated at least 90,000 people were killed.  He was forced to work there until the guards made an error while transporting people that, miraculously, allowed him to escape. After regaining his freedom, he returned to work for the French military.  But he was later arrested again on the streets of Paris, and this time he was sent to the notorious Buchenwald camp in Germany."...The two jumped out of the train and landed in the snow before escaping on foot." (BBC)] [https://www.france24.com/en/20190408-french-spy-engineer-behind-remarkable-sydney-opera-house-arch-dies-97-australia "Bertony was a genius. Without him, the spectacular sails might never have become a reality." (France 24)]</small>
 
** '''ALT1''':... that '''[[Joe Bertony]]''' made 30,000 manual calculations to aid the construction of [[Sydney Opera House]] and when checked by computer not a single error was found?  <small>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-47880938 "Bertony spent the next half a year working on the calculations for that arch support, solving 30,000 different complex equations by hand... So one of Bertony's younger colleagues, David Evans, diligently spent those weeks running the sums through the computer. When he finally finished, it was confirmed: Bertony hadn't made a single error." (BBC)]</small>
 
** '''ALT1''':... that '''[[Joe Bertony]]''' made 30,000 manual calculations to aid the construction of [[Sydney Opera House]] and when checked by computer not a single error was found?  <small>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-47880938 "Bertony spent the next half a year working on the calculations for that arch support, solving 30,000 different complex equations by hand... So one of Bertony's younger colleagues, David Evans, diligently spent those weeks running the sums through the computer. When he finally finished, it was confirmed: Bertony hadn't made a single error." (BBC)]</small>
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<small>Moved to mainspace by [[User:Dumelow|Dumelow]] ([[User talk:Dumelow|talk]]). Self-nominated at 21:37, 1 July 2019 (UTC).</small>
 
<small>Moved to mainspace by [[User:Dumelow|Dumelow]] ([[User talk:Dumelow|talk]]). Self-nominated at 21:37, 1 July 2019 (UTC).</small>
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:*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Excellently written interesting and informative article on a fascinating individual. Meets all policies, long enough and in date. QPQ has been done. Copyvio detector comes in a little high on some sources, but this seems mostly from quotes, and some bare facts. Hooks are sourced and supported by RS. My preference is for the first, interesting to compare his wartime escapades with his later life on the other side of the world. I suggest tweaking the original to say "twice escaped from Nazi concentration camps", as originally written it sounds like one camp he escaped from twice, rather than two camps he escaped from once each. Image is free use and shows up well. [[User:Spokoyni|Spokoyni]] ([[User talk:Spokoyni|talk]]) 11:05, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
 
:*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Excellently written interesting and informative article on a fascinating individual. Meets all policies, long enough and in date. QPQ has been done. Copyvio detector comes in a little high on some sources, but this seems mostly from quotes, and some bare facts. Hooks are sourced and supported by RS. My preference is for the first, interesting to compare his wartime escapades with his later life on the other side of the world. I suggest tweaking the original to say "twice escaped from Nazi concentration camps", as originally written it sounds like one camp he escaped from twice, rather than two camps he escaped from once each. Image is free use and shows up well. [[User:Spokoyni|Spokoyni]] ([[User talk:Spokoyni|talk]]) 11:05, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
  
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Latest revision as of 11:07, 8 July 2019

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 Yoninah (talk) 11:07, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Joe Bertony

Sydney Opera House under construction
Sydney Opera House under construction

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 21:37, 1 July 2019 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Excellently written interesting and informative article on a fascinating individual. Meets all policies, long enough and in date. QPQ has been done. Copyvio detector comes in a little high on some sources, but this seems mostly from quotes, and some bare facts. Hooks are sourced and supported by RS. My preference is for the first, interesting to compare his wartime escapades with his later life on the other side of the world. I suggest tweaking the original to say "twice escaped from Nazi concentration camps", as originally written it sounds like one camp he escaped from twice, rather than two camps he escaped from once each. Image is free use and shows up well. Spokoyni (talk) 11:05, 3 July 2019 (UTC)