Template:Did you know nominations/Eduard von Lütcken

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:15, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Eduard von Lütcken

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... that Olympic silver medallist Eduard von Lütcken captured a Russian general before being killed in an early action of the First World War?

Source: "An outstanding rider, he was selected to compete for the German side during the 1912 Olympic Games. Riding Blue Boy, he came eighth in the individual jumping event. However in the team event, together with Carl von Moers, Richard von Schaesberg-Tannheim and Friedrich von Rochow, he came second taking a silver medal, ... Fighting on the Eastern Front in Szumsk in Lithuania he captured a Russian general officer, staff captain and a number of Russian soldiers during a patrol. He was killed in action on 15 September 1914 while on patrol at Szumsk (Kowno)." from: >McCrery, Nigel (19 October 2016). The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 1816. ISBN 978-1-4738-7800-6.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bedok Lighthouse

5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 931 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 19:29, 21 July 2025 (UTC).

General eligibility:
New enough:
Long enough: - ~~The article is still classified as a stub~~

Policy compliance:

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Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article meets most of the requirements for DYK and checks out with the Earwig tool for copyvio, but further work must be done to make it eligible in getting it to at least "Start" classification. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 21:20, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@Mccunicano: I believe that since Dumelow's initial expansion, it is no longer a stub and was inaccurately classified as such due to the templates at the bottom of the page and the Rater template on the talk page. It fully meets the length requirement. ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 22:48, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

That would make sense. Looks like the classification reflects Dumelow's work now. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano ☕️ 22:56, 21 July 2025 (UTC)