Template:Did you know nominations/Horace Wells


 * 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: rejected by Yoninah (talk) 14:47, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Not a 5x expansion

Horace Wells

 * ... that Horace Wells was posthumously credited with discovering anesthesia after committing suicide under the influence of chloroform?
 * ALT1:... that the discoverer of anesthesia Horace Wells was addicted to chloroform?

5x expanded by Kennyling96 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:15, 10 March 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol delete vote.svg On February 16 the article had 3120 k of "readable prose" and now sits at 7666 K of readable prose, not even a two time expansion. It was not unsourced prior to expansion so it would have to be a full five time expansion to qualify for DYK. That would mean it should be at over 15,000 k of readable prose. This is far from it. It also has a big "Additional sources" needed tag at the top, something else that would have to be addressed before a DYK could be run. I can see that this is your first DYK, I just want to encourage you to read and understand the eligibility criteria before nominating, I hate to reject a hook but the article just does not qualify.  MPJ  -DK  16:26, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol possible vote.svg Doing a 5x expansion for an article starting off at this length is difficult, but not impossible.  We usually allow a grace period to increase the length to the meet requirement.  If the nomnator or someone else is willing to add the extra text in the next two weeks or so (and it is a lot of text!), then this nomination would be able to proceed.  Alternatively, you could try to improve it to Good Article status and then nominate it here afterwards.  Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 04:10, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I apologize for submitting an ineligible article for DYK. The nomination was required for a class assignment. I will try to improve the article to good article status. The "additional sources" tag at the top was added there before I added my portion to the article. I am unsure as to whether it can be removed, now that I have used additional sources to cite the information that I added. Kennyling96 (talk) 02:56, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol delete vote.svg Reinstating initial icon; article will not be expanded sufficiently, and nominator will be trying instead for GA status. Best of luck, and you're welcome to resubmit the nomination within seven days of this becoming a Good Article. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:47, 30 March 2017 (UTC)