Talk:Andrew J. Evans Jr.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 00:23, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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Andrew J. Evans Jr.

• ... that Andrew J. Evans Jr. (pictured) had the dubious distinction of being the highest ranking American Air Force prisoner during the Korean War? Source: Assembly Volume 60, Issues 4-6
  • ALT1: ... that during the Korean War, communist captors attempted to use fighter pilot Andrew J. Evans Jr. (pictured) for propaganda purposes after discovering that he had worked for the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force? Source: Assembly Volume 60, Issues 4-6
  • ALT2: ... that during the Korean War, Andrew J. Evans Jr. (pictured) had the dubious distinction of being the highest ranking American Air Force prisoner? Source: Assembly Volume 60, Issues 4-6
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1000 Days of Syria

Created by Toadboy123 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:21, 22 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Andrew J. Evans Jr.; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Reviewing. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:46, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - n
• 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: To Fly & Fight does not appear to be a RS. Obituary is also self-published by the family and not an RS. Together We Served is UGC and not an RS. Preference for alt 2 if the sourcing issues are fixed. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:56, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@Voorts: I agree with Obituary and Together We Served being unreliable sources. But To Fly and Fight contains official information of the fighter unit that Evans was part of during WWII and the information from it is by official historian of the 357th FG Merle Olmstead, who served as armorer in the unit during the war. Nevertheless, I have removed all three sources from the article and let me know if it is good to go for DYK now. - Toadboy123 (talk) 23:30, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@Toadboy123: Looks good. If you have an argument that To Fly and Fight is an RS, I would recommend going to RSN to get an opinion, but given that there's no evidence of fact-checking on the website (unless I missed it), I think you'll get the same answer unfortunately. Also, I meant to say that I prefer alt 1 as I'm not sure about using "dubious distinction" in a DYK. But, with that caveat for all three hooks. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:33, 11 January 2024 (UTC)