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Did you know... that James Strachan-Davidson, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, believed that the college should be as "wife and children" to its fellows?

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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) 21:29, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that James Strachan-Davidson (pictured) received the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) from the University of Oxford for his contributions to the study of Roman criminal law? Source: J. A. S. (June 1916). "James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (1843–1916) and William Ross Hardie (1862–1916)". The Classical Review. 30 (4): 125. doi:10.1017/S0009840X00010313.; Source: Mackail, John W. (1925). James Leigh Strachan-Davidson Master of Balliol: a Memoir. Clarendon Press. p. 105. OCLC 2328170.
- ALT1:... that James Strachan-Davidson (pictured) believed that the college should be as "wife and children" to a fellow of the college? Source: Mackail, John W. (1925). James Leigh Strachan-Davidson Master of Balliol: a Memoir. Clarendon Press. pp. 56–57. OCLC 2328170.
- ALT2:... that James Strachan-Davidson (pictured) was unanimously elected as the Master of Balliol College, Oxford in 1907? Source: Mackail, John W. (1925). James Leigh Strachan-Davidson Master of Balliol: a Memoir. Clarendon Press. pp. 94–95. OCLC 2328170.; Source: Salter, Herbert E.; Lobel, Mary D. (1954). "Balliol College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 82–95. ISBN 9780712910644. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

Comment: The expansion of the article began in my userspace on 1 May, and was moved to mainspace on 3 May. This is my 3rd DYK nomination.

5x expanded by Ciridae (talk). Self-nominated at 09:16, 3 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

The primary hook is interesting here and the sourcing checks out, however the article hasn't been expanded enough to be eligible for DYK. It needs another few thousand bytes of data before it reaches 5x expansion. Mccunicano ☕️ 04:59, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mccunicano: The article has been expanded 5x when it was submitted for DYK on 3 May 2020. You need to check the prose size not the size of the article itself. The prose size was 129 words (820 B) before the expansion and 720 words (4405 B) after it. Ciridae (talk) 07:30, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out, I'm still a bit new to reviewing these. This is good to go then! Mccunicano ☕️ 07:49, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, and thanks for reviewing! Ciridae (talk) 07:56, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]