- 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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:00, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
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Nigel Bonner
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Antarctic fur seal
- ... that Nigel Bonner, an Antarctic marine mammal specialist and Polar Medal recipient, researched the Antarctic fur seal (pictured) and published "the first modern scientific study of the species" in 1968? [1]
- ALT1:... that Nigel Bonner, a zoologist and Polar Medal recipient, made the first study of the introduced reindeer in South Georgia, which were intended to provide fresh meat for whaling crews?
- ALT2:... that Nigel Bonner, an Antarctic marine mammal specialist and Polar Medal recipient, made the first study of the introduced reindeer in South Georgia, which were intended to provide fresh meat for whaling crews?
- Comment: QPQ not needed. The rules states "Exception: If, at the time a nomination is promoted to the main page, its nominator has fewer than five DYK credits (whether or not self-nominated) then the nomination is exempt from QPQ."
Created by Tribe of Tiger (talk). Self-nominated at 16:27, 9 September 2021 (UTC).
This substantial article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. The image is suitably licensed, and could be used with ALT0. No QPQ is needed here. I suggest rewording ALT1 and ALT2 to ALT1a and ALT2a: Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:30, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- ALT1a:... that Nigel Bonner, a zoologist and Polar Medal recipient, made the first study of the reindeer in South Georgia, which had been introduced to provide fresh meat for whaling crews?
- ALT2a:... that Nigel Bonner, an Antarctic marine mammal specialist and Polar Medal recipient, made the first study of the reindeer in South Georgia, which had been introduced to provide fresh meat for whaling crews?[2] [3]