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GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Ian Heslop/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 09:03, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get to this shortly--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 09:03, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking it on! UndercoverClassicist (talk) 09:34, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Just checking in: are you still OK to do this one? UndercoverClassicist (talk) 11:30, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Should have pinged: User:Sturmvogel 66 UndercoverClassicist (talk) 11:30, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, just tied up right now. Expect a review after the weekend.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:22, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks - no rush, so please do take your time until it's convenient. UndercoverClassicist (talk) 21:13, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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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: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk20:23, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that the "Purple Emperor" collected butterflies with a "setacious Hebrew character"? Source: Robinson, Phillip T.; Flacke, Gabriella L.; Hentschel, Knut M. (2017). The Pygmy Hippo Story: West Africa's Enigma of the Rainforest. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-061185-9 (p59-60); Oates, Matthew (2005). "Extreme Butterfly Collecting: A Biography of I. R. P. Heslop". British Wildlife. 34 (4), p165

Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Self-nominated at 10:18, 23 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ian Heslop; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @UndercoverClassicist: Good article, but I don't really like the hook and would prefer something else. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:04, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Some possible alts:
  • ALT1: ... that Ian Heslop discovered the Nigerian subspecies of the pygmy hippopotamus 1,000 miles from the nearest known population of the species? (source: Robinson, Flacke & Hentschel 2017, pp. 60–61)
  • ALT2: ... that the butterfly collector Ian Heslop was once required to supervise an execution? (source: Robinson, Flacke & Hentschel 2017, p. 64.)
  • ALT3: ... that Ian Heslop has been accused of "turning the gentle pursuit of butterflies into an extreme country sport"? (source: Oates 2005, p. 165).
UndercoverClassicist (talk) 11:52, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
New hooks look good. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:55, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Oates

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Who is Oates? I know that it refers to a citation, but we need something in the text to explain why we're quoting them specifically. Are they a historian? Biologist? Journalist? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 14:07, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oates is introduced in the lead as Heslop's biographer. He's a natural historian (specifically of butterflies) by trade, but the main source for which he's being cited here is an article-length biography of Heslop. UndercoverClassicist T·C 15:17, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, apologies UndercoverClassicist. I hadn't read the lead and didn't think to check there before posting! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:52, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]