Template:Did you know nominations/Jacob L. Devers

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:49, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Jacob L. Devers[edit]

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Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers

... that General Jacob L. Devers (pictured) was the second most senior American officer in Europe during World War II?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cadet Nurse Corps
Comment: For hook, see fn 163

Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:34, 28 November 2015 (UTC).

This article was promoted to good article in the last seven days. Offline sources are accepted in good faith for referencing and close paraphrasing issues. The tone of the article is neutral. QPQ done. Hook verified. One minor issue: the lead discusses the M26 Pershing, Devers role in developing/adopting it, and Devers' desire to see it deployed as part of Overlord. The text doesn't discuss the former; where it discusses the latter it refers to the "T26E1", but that designation isn't explained in the Devers article (it is in the M26 Pershing article) and may be too detailed. Otherwise I think we're fine here. Mackensen (talk) 13:49, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with DYK eligibility, as it doesn't appear in the hook, but I've added at parenthetical note to the article that the T26E1 was subsequently redesignated the M26 Pershing. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:03, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

In my view an article with a factual error (or, in this case, an item in the lead not supported by the article text) probably shouldn't pass DYK, whether that fact it in the hook or not. Thanks for addressing it; we're good to go here. Mackensen (talk) 20:10, 3 December 2015 (UTC)