Talk:Dana expeditions

A fact from Dana expeditions appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after discovering a giant larva on the fourth Dana expedition, Anton Frederik Bruun said, "I believe in the sea serpent", and lectured on its possible existence?

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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) 10:45, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the third Dana expedition had 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of steel wire, allowing it to fish "deeper than anyone before"? Source: "10 Kilometres of steel wire to fish deeper than anyone before
- ALT1:... that after discovering a giant eel larva on the fourth Dana expedition, Anton Frederik Bruun said "I believe in the sea serpent" and lectured on its possible existence? Source: [1]

Created by Eddie891 (talk). Self-nominated at 17:08, 26 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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QPQ: - Not done
Overall: All points check out for both hooks, ready to go with either. I like Alt1. Eddie891, can you please do a QPQ or explain why you don’t need to? Moonraker (talk) 15:40, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Moonraker-- Thanks for the review. Is "I'm lazy" a good explanation? Anyways, I just reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/George Smith (civil servant). Thanks again, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:07, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

With the QPQ now done, ready to go. Moonraker (talk) 16:10, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]