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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:00, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

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Guy Alfred Wyon

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Guy Alfred Wyon by A.G. Wyon
Guy Alfred Wyon by A.G. Wyon

Created by Storye book (talk). Self-nominated at 11:48, 16 March 2022 (UTC).

  • ALT1: ... that Dr Guy Alfred Wyon (pictured) was part of the team which discovered a remedy for TNT poisoning in British shell factories in World War I, thereby preventing more deaths? (Source as above)
  • Storye book Ok I'm game to do a review on this one. I'm trying to help catch up the ones that have been here longer. dawnleelynn(talk) 23:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
    Storye book I'm done going through the sources. All appear reliable for sure. You have an awful lot of paywalls and trials. I was glad that the source for the hook was not a paywall and was available online though. However, the one source that asks for a library card number-I don't see how anyone can use that. You might want to check the first source in Earwig for some slight paraphrasing too. I'll have to continue tomorrow. dawnleelynn(talk) 03:34, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough, Long enough, sourced well, free of copyright vio, lovely prose, hook 1 better leaves some content to read later. dawnleelynn(talk) 14:33, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, dawnleelynn.

  • Anyone in the UK with an institution library ticket e.g. from university, college, city library, or place of employment which buys into the system, will be able to access the British Newspaper Archive for free. A number of online memberships serving the UK give access too, such as Genes Reunited, and many people already have that. Anyone with a British Library research card can get free access to the British Library Archive online so long as their card is valid (about 3 years I think); that research card is free. Gale, in the Wikipedia Library, has a newspapers section - free to Wikipedians. However there are many excellent WP articles based an books published in the US, to which we Brits have no easy access. We take those sources in good faith, and so far my articles based on 19th-century UK newspapers have been taken in good faith. You will see that I always include full citations for the newspapers, including page and column, so that those people using the old-fashioned microfilm readers, which still exist in our libraries here, can easily locate the articles.
  • I checked the article in Earwig, and most of the highlighted sections are quotations, either in blockquotes or in quotation marks. The remaining ones are titles or common phrases which cannot be avoided. I have paraphrased two little bits, anyway, although they were not serious enough to be called plagiarism. I always follow the rules about plagiarism, but please also note that that first source that you mention is dated 1924, which puts it internationally out of copyright, so there is no fear of copyvio there, anyway.

I hope that clarifies things for you. Storye book (talk) 08:35, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Storye book Thank you for that detailed explanation. I see how it can be more difficult for you with sources. I have learned some new things. I will mark this off. dawnleelynn(talk) 13:55, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
    @Dawnleelynn:. Thank you. Please could we now have the grey tick? Cheers. Storye book (talk) 14:14, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
    @Storye book: Not much needed in copy edit. Completed the remaining steps. DYK approved. dawnleelynn(talk) 14:35, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
    @Dawnleelynn:. Thank you. Sorry but we need the grey tick. Use this template: {{subst:DYKtickAGF}}. I can't tick my own nomination! Storye book (talk) 14:45, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
    Storye book Just FYI it's only needed because of paywalls. Your source for the hook is available freely. Thanks for your patience with this process. Really great article. dawnleelynn(talk) 15:16, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
    Ah, thank you! I hadn't seen it up there, oops. I guess the bot will find it. All the best. Storye book (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
    Storye book Thank you, you too. dawnleelynn(talk) 15:57, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

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