Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Wilkinson King


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:48, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Thomas Wilkinson King

 * ... that a landmark scientific paper by Thomas Wilkinson King about the thyroid gland was lost to obscurity for almost a century until it was rediscovered in the 1930s? Source:
 * Reviewed: Denis G. Lillie

Created by 97198 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:49, 24 December 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New, long enough, have inline citations, interesting and neutral. Hook cited, no copy violent and QPQ done. Gfosankar (talk) 14:26, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but the hook wording does not match the article or the source. The paper wasn't "lost" or "rediscovered", it was discussed by another scientist. Would you like to re-word this:
 * ALT1: ... that a landmark scientific paper by Thomas Wilkinson King about the thyroid gland fell into obscurity for almost a century until Sir Humphry Rolleston discussed it at a Fitzpatrick Lecture in 1933? Yoninah (talk) 19:54, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * To me, they mean the same thing except the second hook is longer and wordier. "Lost to obscurity" is the same as "fell into obscurity", and if you read the source ("This original article remained almost completely forgotten until it was rescued from obscurity by Sir Humphry Rolleston") I think "rediscovered" is a fair paraphrase of something that was forgotten about then brought back to the scientific mainstream as a result of one specific lecture. 97198 (talk) 10:55, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I disagree. I would then say something like:
 * ALT2: ... that in 1933, Sir Humphry Rolleston presented a landmark scientific paper by Thomas Wilkinson King about the thyroid gland that had fallen into obscurity for nearly a century? Yoninah (talk) 13:31, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I disagree, but sure. I feel ALT1 is unnecessarily long so prefer ALT2. 97198 (talk) 12:11, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks. Restoring tick for ALT2. Yoninah (talk) 17:44, 5 January 2019 (UTC)