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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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:25, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Richard Davis (meteorologist)

Richard Davis
Richard Davis
  • ... that Richard Davis (pictured) is believed to have made the first continuous land-based weather recordings in New Zealand?
Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 65 past nominations.

Panamitsu (talk) 07:53, 15 January 2025 (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
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hello Panamitsu, happy to review this nomination. The article was created on January 15, 2025. It has a readable prose size of 2582 characters. Each paragraph in the body of the article is supported by sources. The article remains neutral and WP:EARWIG does not spot any copyvios. The hook is interesting and supported by the source. The picture is clear, used in the article, and in public domain. QPQ was done.

A few more observations:

  • what about shortening the hook to ALT1: ... that Richard Davis (pictured) made the earliest known continuous land-based weather recordings in New Zealand?
  • The gap occurred when Davis was ordained a deacon and had established Kaikohe Mission Station. If the establishment of Kaikohe Mission Station happened during the gap, it should be "established" rather than "had established". If it occurred before then the sentence is odd and should probably be reformulated.
  • at 9am and replace "9am" with "9 am"
  • They are believed to be the oldest and He had also sent several These sentences start new paragraphs and last sentences in the previous paragraphs don't mention the subject to which the pronouns refer. I would suggest not using pronouns but using regular nouns (The records ...; Davis ...)
  • several hundred letters to England which include observations I suggest adding a comma after "England" and replacing "include" with "included". Phlsph7 (talk) 18:52, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks for the review. I much prefer your variation of the hook and have incorporated the article changes that you've suggested. ―Panamitsu (talk) 21:33, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    Looks good, approving ALT1.