Template:Did you know nominations/William Smellie (obstetrician)


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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 06:36, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

William Smellie (obstetrician)

 * ... that ... there are many controversies surrounding William Smellie's medical and educational pursuits and some historians believe he even used illegal methods to obtain corpses. (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
 * ALT1:... that the 18th-century Scottish obstetrician William Smellie was the first person to document the natural birth process? Source: "He was the first person to give a complete account of how a natural birth should proceed" (Woods & Galley 2015)

5x expanded by Scarycheerio123 (talk) and BaiCaiXue (talk). Nominated by Scarycheerio123 (talk) at 18:14, 12 March 2017 (UTC).


 * This article was created by students for a Spring 2017 course, but the nomination was never transcluded on the DYK nominations page (see WT:DYK). I have improved the referencing and am submitting an alt hook for consideration. Yoninah (talk) 23:48, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and was new enough at the time it was nominated. The ALT1 hook facts are sourced inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I changed "birthing" to "birth" in the hook as being more natural usage. Good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:36, 21 October 2017 (UTC)