Talk:1942 Betteshanger miners' strike

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Did you know... that negotiations to end the 1942 Betteshanger miners' strike took place at Maidstone Prison, as three of the union officials had been imprisoned there?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:13, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Statue of a miner at Betteshanger

... that negotiations to end the 1942 Betteshanger miners' strike took place at Maidstone Prison as three union officials had been imprisoned there? "At the end of the trial, the three union leaders, considered to be the instigators of the strike, were sentenced to hard labour in prison ... On 28 January 1942, an agreement was reached to end the strike. The negotiations took place in Maidstone prison, in the presence of the three strike leaders, David Rhys Grenfell (Secretary for Mines) and Ebby Edwards (secretary of the Mineworkers’ Federation of Great Britain)." from: Mak, Ariane (2015). "Spheres of Justice in the 1942 Betteshanger Miners' Strike: An Essay in Historical Ethnography". Historical Studies in Industrial Relations (36): 29–57. ISSN 1362-1572.
- ALT1:... that of the 1,085 men fined for taking part in the 1942 Betteshanger miners' strike, only 9 paid up? "The 35 miners on no. 2 coalface were fined £3 each and 1,050 other miners fined £1, ... Despite the risk of two to four weeks’ imprisonment, only nine miners had paid their fines four months after the strike. Nothing happened." from: Mak, Ariane (2015). "Spheres of Justice in the 1942 Betteshanger Miners' Strike: An Essay in Historical Ethnography". Historical Studies in Industrial Relations (36): 29–57. ISSN 1362-1572.
- ALT2:... that the 1942 Betteshanger strike was the only one at a British coal mine during the Second World War? "Betteshanger was the only pit to strike during the Second World War." from; "Betteshanger Colliery". Dover Museum. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Polish invasion of Czech Republic

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:52, 29 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Only two thoughts. First, the article relies quite heavily on the Mak piece. This isn't a problem, per se, especially as there may not be many detailed, reliable sources on the event. At a quick glance this (if you have access) seems to cover the strike a bit. I more wondered if that was the case. Second, the QPQ you cited seems a bit minimal – but I saw you did this and this just recently, so this seems fine on QPQ grounds as well. Overall, a great and instructive read! AleatoryPonderings (talk) 15:13, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks AleatoryPonderings, I've looked through the JSTOR article you provided but I don't think there's anything useful there (it summarises the events in a paragraph and is only mentioned in relation to a later case where imprisonment resulted in walkouts). I would happily have reviewed the Polish-Czech relations article for DYK as part of that QPQ but it wasn't to be. I don't mind using one of the other QPQs if desired. Glad you enjoyed the article! - Dumelow (talk) 15:52, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: All good re: the article I cited – the coverage did look quite minimal. As for QPQ, no need to use another in my view – makes sense that events intervened to moot that review. All good from my perspective! AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:02, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]