Template:Did you know nominations/William Henry Collins


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The result was: promoted by PanydThe muffin is not subtle 22:24, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

William Henry Collins

 * ... that William Henry Collins was simultaneously Director of the Geological Survey of Canada and President of the Geological Society of America?
 * Reviewed: Yavuz Yapıcıoğlu

Created by Lagrange613 (talk). Self nominated at 07:53, 21 March 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg New (21st), long enough, "within policy", no copyvio found via spotcheck (no tool)—damn I wish that PDF was OCR'd, QPQ done. AGF on offline source. I'd be careful on the line about aviation, though. Aviation wasn't "new" but more "new to Canada", etc. Please ping me if I don't respond. czar  ♔  23:42, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I've changed it to say it was a new tool for geologists rather than a new technology. While both are technically true, the source emphasizes old-school geologists' reluctance to embrace it, and it's more germane for the article regardless. Lagrange613 23:51, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Sounds good—just wanted to note that the text was veering from the claims of the source. Hook still gtg. Good work czar  ♔  01:41, 24 March 2014 (UTC)