Template:Did you know nominations/John Collee

John Collee
Created/expanded by Erik (talk). Self nom at 14:04, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ... that before John Collee became a screenwriter, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practised medicine in countries around the world?


 * Changed "practiced" to "practised" per UK spelling. Ericoides (talk) 15:26, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fixes! Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 15:54, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

No links to online sources, though some may be available. The addition of a few would be helpful but perhaps not essential. violet/riga [talk] 20:10, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The challenge with researching this screenwriter is that most sources, including online ones, are about the screenwriter's approach to a given film. For example, there are a lot of interviews that have to do with how Collee wrote for Master and Commander and Creation and so forth. Screenwriters do not necessarily have a lot of biographical information (for example, Hossein Amini has written quite a few screenplays but has nearly no biographical information out there), so the sources I used here were focused on Collee and just happen not to be online. Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 21:20, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Returning to the nom page because the article does not have a footnote for the fact about countries where he practised medicine. The last version of the hook said:
 * "... that before John Collee became a screenwriter, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practised medicine in Gabon, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka?"
 * I find online sources for some countries he worked in but not this list of countries. --Orlady (talk) 04:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, he traveled a lot! :) Let me get the direct passage from the reference. "I took medical jobs here and there, did a lot of Accident and Emergency work and then tropical medicine – in Gabon, Madagascar, Sri Lanka – but I was no longer on any sort of career path." The Wikipedia article mentions Scotland (part of the UK) and the Solomon Islands too; Israel was not mentioned in these sources. I reviewed Access World News but did not find any specifics about that in the database. I think it is just part of his travel repertoire since he did work for The Observer writing about medicine and travel. It's not conflicting information, just that each time his travels are reported, it's not a complete report. Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 11:33, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, the point is and was that the hook information needs to be clearly attributed to a source. The article sourcing is good now -- thanks!! (I had tried to supply citations, but I couldn't do so because the sources I found didn't support the article information.) Based on sourced information in the article, I support the following hook:
 * ALT2 Pictogram voting keep.svg ... that before John Collee became a screenwriter, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practised medicine in places including Gabon, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and the Solomon Islands? --Orlady (talk) 19:57, 28 September 2011 (UTC)