Talk:HMAS Emu

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The result was: promoted by TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 05:02, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that HMAS Emu rescued a cigarette smoking chimpanzee and his magician owner in 1959?

• Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-08/jimmy-the-chimp-on-elcho-island-nt-footage-hollywood/100355030

"It was amidst the post-World War II economic boom that Calvert purchased the yacht the Sea Fox and prepared to take his magic and animal show to the world, with Jimmy the Chimp one of the star attractions."

"Weeks after the Sea Fox set sail from Darwin it sent out distress calls from Australia's far northern waters. The crew of HMAS Emu went to the rescue. "They were out of food and water," Mr Lattin said. "I think the chimp was in a cage on the deck."

"The vision unearthed by ABC archives shows Taronga Zoo's Sir Edward Hallstrom arriving on the tiny island onboard a chartered DC3 plane. Jimmy the Chimp was often seen smoking cigarettes.

He hands Jimmy a cigarette through the cage. Then with a chain around his neck, Jimmy is seen being led onboard the plane, where the chimpanzee is assisted to light a second cigarette, and draws on it deeply."

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Created by Basetornado (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Basetornado (talk) 07:38, 20 October 2025 (UTC).

• I'll review this. TarnishedPath^talk 10:32, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems: - There is insufficient sourcing in the article to demonstrate WP:GNG

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Only one of the sources in this article covers the HMAS Emu in detail and in depth and that is a navy.gov.au source, which is not independent from the source. With the current sourcing, this does not appear to pass WP:GNG and as such I'm sending this to draft. I suggest that if/when the article is improved with multiple reliable sources, which are independent from the subject and which cover it in detail and in depth, that you submit it for peer review through WP:AFC. TarnishedPath^talk 10:43, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

, my concerns about notability have been addressed with additional sourcing being added to the article which is from secondary, independent, reliable sources which is in depth. I think the hook is pretty interesting. TarnishedPath^talk 14:11, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Feedback from New Page Review process

I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Thank you for this article about the Australian Navy! Have a blessed day! Britain (and Australia) rule the wave!

✠ SunDawn ✠ Contact me! 12:18, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@SunDawn, I'm unsure why you didn't send this to draft? It only has one source which covers it in depth and that one isn't independent of the subject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:48, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

This has been resolved with the the addition of sources. TarnishedPath^talk 14:12, 22 October 2025 (UTC)