Talk:Command information newspaper

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A fact from Command information newspaper appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that according to a former military journalist, 80,000 copies of a command information newspaper were dumped into the South China Sea during the Vietnam War?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 01:26, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that 80,000 copies of a command information newspaper were dumped into the South China Sea during the Vietnam War?~~

Source: Newsday (2005)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jaelyn Brown
Comment: 5x expansion start on May 26.

5x expanded by Cielquiparle (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 63 past nominations.

Cielquiparle (talk) 22:58, 28 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

5x expanded, article is NPOV and reliably-sourced, hook is interesting, reliably-sourced in-article. Verified QPQ required in order to pass. ViperSnake151 Talk 23:32, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ViperSnake151. Have added QPQ above. Also changed "in" to "into" in the hook as I think it's better. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- ~~Approved. ViperSnake151 Talk 05:49, 29 May 2024 (UTC)~~[reply]

Per WP:NEWSORG, the source would be primary. It could be attributed to the author, but it's a hard fact. Could the citation be switched to a secondary source? Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 18:54, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy pings to @Cielquiparle and ViperSnake151: Bruxton (talk) 15:13, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More courtesy pings to @Cielquiparle and ViperSnake151: Bruxton (talk) 18:03, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On hold until this is resolved. ViperSnake151 Talk 19:57, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I actually did some research and while I didn't find an alternate source about this exact incident, I did find a source for related circulation numbers. How about rewording to:

ALT1: ~~... that according to a witness, 80,000 copies of a command information newspaper were dumped into the South China Sea during the Vietnam War?~~ Cielquiparle (talk) 21:37, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rjjiii and ViperSnake151: check please. Bruxton (talk) 20:34, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say this works better. ViperSnake151 Talk 20:40, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cielquiparle: Why not a "former military journalist" as the article puts it? Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 03:47, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2: ... that according to a former military journalist, 80,000 copies of a command information newspaper were dumped into the South China Sea during the Vietnam War?

@Rjjiii: OK. Have struck ALT0 and ALT1 for now; I thought of expanding the article so that ALT1 could work too but will just leave it. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:03, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2 looks good. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 04:11, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]