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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 Yoninah (talk) 13:17, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Joshua Wheeler

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... that Joshua Wheeler was both the first American service member killed in action by ISIL militants, and the first killed in action in Iraq since 2011?

ALT1:... that Joshua Wheeler was the first American service member killed in action by ISIL militants?
ALT2:... that Joshua Wheeler was the first American service member killed in action in Iraq at the time of his death in October 2015?
Comment: QPQ exempt, I know it's pushing the character limit at just barely under 200, so I cut it down a tad in the alts, but I'm open to suggestions on rewording

Created by Patriot 1776 (talk). Nominated by Kharkiv07 (talk) at 03:25, 25 October 2015 (UTC).

C&Px5 Kharkiv07 ... Q - has this already been nom'ed for ITN? LavaBaron (talk) 08:52, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

NM, just checked myself and it hasn't. GTG with a big C&Px5! LavaBaron (talk) 09:07, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

I've slightly reworded the first hook to make it clearer. Edwardx (talk) 17:35, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Are there any sources to verify his many medals? Yoninah (talk) 03:52, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

See Special Ops Command and NBC News, I'll update the article. Kharkiv07 (T) 04:32, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for citing the section. Ready to go. Yoninah (talk) 13:15, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

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 <small>Created by [[User:Patriot 1776|Patriot 1776]] ([[User talk:Patriot 1776|talk]]). Nominated by [[User:Kharkiv07|Kharkiv07]] ([[User talk:Kharkiv07|talk]]) at 03:25, 25 October 2015 (UTC).</small>
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 :*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] [[User:LavaBaron/DYKAbbreviations|C&Px5]] [[User:Kharkiv07|Kharkiv07]] ... Q - has this already been nom'ed for ITN? [[User:LavaBaron|LavaBaron]] ([[User talk:LavaBaron|talk]]) 08:52, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 ::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] NM, just checked myself and it hasn't. GTG with a big [[User:LavaBaron/DYKAbbreviations|C&Px5]]! [[User:LavaBaron|LavaBaron]] ([[User talk:LavaBaron|talk]]) 09:07, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
+:::*I've slightly reworded the first hook to make it clearer. [[User:Edwardx|Edwardx]] ([[User talk:Edwardx|talk]]) 17:35, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
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+::::*[[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] Are there any sources to verify his many medals? [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 03:52, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
+:::::*See [http://www.soc.mil/Memorial%20Wall/Bios/wheeler_joshua.pdf Special Ops Command] and [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/master-sergeant-joshua-wheeler-idd-commando-killed-isis-hostage-rescue-n449876 NBC News], I'll update the article. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS; font-variant:caps;">[[User:Kharkiv07|<span style="color:black">Kharkiv07</span>]] ([[User talk:Kharkiv07|<span style="color: black">T</span>]])</span> 04:32, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
+::::::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] Thank you for citing the section. Ready to go. [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|talk]]) 13:15, 2 November 2015 (UTC)</div></noinclude><!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.-->