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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Andy Stapp

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  • ... that the U.S. Army banned a profile of soldier Andy Stapp from one of its base exchanges? Source: "The Esquire article was briefly banned from the post exchange at Fort Hood, Tex." [1]
    • ALT1:... that activist Andy Stapp joined the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War to build an anti-war movement within the military? Source: "I reported…believing I could be more effective if I joined the Army and organized from within. After all…it was the GIs who, if they refused to fight, could bring a sudden halt to the war." Up Against the War

5x expanded by Hinnk (talk). Self-nominated at 02:39, 3 October 2018 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Approving ALT1; suggest striking the word "activist" as unneccessary. Catrìona (talk) 04:39, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

QPQ done now: Wasted: Tales of a GenX Drunk. hinnk (talk) 05:26, 3 October 2018 (UTC)