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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:25, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Armoured warfare of ISIL

ISIL tank in Raqqa in 2014
ISIL tank in Raqqa in 2014

Created by Applodion (talk). Self-nominated at 11:32, 8 October 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.

QPQ: No - TBD
Overall: (t · c) buidhe 13:43, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

@Buidhe: Thanks for the review. How about ALT1: "... that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fielded hundreds of tanks in Syria and Iraq?" (Knights, Michael; Mello, Alexander (2015). "The Cult of the Offensive: The Islamic State on Defense", p. 2; this is one is an article by the Combating Terrorism Center, although it also uses Oryx as reference. Is that better?) Applodion (talk) 15:32, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
That post does indeed cite sources, and if the CTC thinks it's credible I don't see why not. (t · c) buidhe 16:06, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@Buidhe: Added the QPQ. Applodion (talk) 22:07, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
(t · c) buidhe 02:48, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
  • Hi, I came by to promote ALT1, but am having trouble finding the hook fact in the article. I only see "several dozen". Could you point out the fact to me? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 16:09, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
@Yoninah: Sorry, I forgot to update this part; have changed the wording in that instance to "over a hundred", quoting by Knights & Mello. I have also changed the wording in the hook accordingly; although ISIL used hundreds of tanks over the years, it never fielded them all at the same time. "Over a hundred" seems to have been the maximium of concurrently used tanks, around 2014/15. In this way, the hook is more precise.
ALT2: ... that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fielded over a hundred tanks in Syria and Iraq? Applodion (talk) 22:33, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
  • Thank you. ALT2 hook ref verified and cited inline. Rest of review per Buidhe. ALT2 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)