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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 SL93 (talk) 18:35, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Elsie Joy Davison was Britian's first female director of an aircraft company and the country's first woman pilot to die in World War II? Source: [1] [2]
- ALT1:... that 1910-born Elsie Joy Davison became a licensed pilot at age 20? Source: [3]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/May Hollinworth

Created by SoWhy (talk). Self-nominated at 14:12, 8 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]

article is new enough, long enough, and within policy. Hook is short enough and interesting. I prefer ALT0 as the most interesting and engaging to a broader audience. No photo provided on the nomination.SoWhy, let me know when QPQ is complete, and this should be good to go. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:59, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: Thanks for the quick review, I didn't expect it this fast. QPQ added. Regards So Why 18:46, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

no problem. Looks good now. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:42, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Elsie Joy Davison appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Elsie Joy Davison was Britain's first female director of an aircraft company and its first woman pilot to die in World War II?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2019/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elsie Joy Davison.

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Being an experienced pilot, Davison was quickly sent on a conversion course on how to fly fighter jets

"Being an experienced pilot, Davison was quickly sent on a conversion course on how to fly fighter jets" is, in my view, impossible. The first British jet fighter did not fly until 1941 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Aircraft_Company#1941_%E2%80%93_Arrival_of_the_Turbojet).

I'm reluctant to change it myself as it's got a citation and I don't have access to the book being cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Southof40 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Was in the process of adding the dubious tag to the article for this reason at the same time you were making this comment. Dpmuk (talk) 00:51, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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	I'm reluctant to change it myself as it's got a citation and I don't have access to the book being cited. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures\|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Southof40\|Southof40]] ([[User talk:Southof40#top\|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Southof40\|contribs]]) 00:47, 13 August 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->		I'm reluctant to change it myself as it's got a citation and I don't have access to the book being cited. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures\|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Southof40\|Southof40]] ([[User talk:Southof40#top\|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Southof40\|contribs]]) 00:47, 13 August 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

			: Was in the process of adding the dubious tag to the article for this reason at the same time you were making this comment. [[User:Dpmuk\|Dpmuk]] ([[User talk:Dpmuk\|talk]]) 00:51, 13 August 2019 (UTC)