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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) 06:15, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Elizabeth L. Gardner

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Gardner in the pilot's seat of a Martin B-26 Marauder
Gardner in the pilot's seat of a Martin B-26 Marauder
  • ... that Elizabeth L. Gardner served as a WASP and was the subject of an iconic photo? Source: Mural
    • ALT1: ... that Elizabeth L. Gardner (pictured) served as a WASP and was the subject of an iconic photo? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

5x expanded by 7&6=thirteen (talk), Sam Sailor (talk), MilborneOne (talk), Cavie78 (talk), Penny Richard (talk), Parsecboy (talk), TeriEmbrey (talk), GreenC (talk) Megalibrarygirl (talk) and Erfson (talk). Nominated by 7&6=thirteen () 13:01, 28 May 2019 (UTC) .

  • Per the closer: "The result of the discussion was keep." 7&6=thirteen () 20:16, 29 May 2019 (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
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Photo could have been used - it is a featured pic Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:30, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

  • ALT! approved. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:35, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
  • Comment – just a drive-by comment, but might I suggest a hook that mentions that she (at least twice?) jumped out of a crashing air plane during test flights and lived. I think that's really interesting and rare, especially for a woman in 1945. Levivich 01:25, 30 May 2019 (UTC)