Template:Did you know nominations/The Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:50, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

The Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism

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... that The Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism's investigations are one of the earliest examples of blind experiments and controlled trials? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that French king Louis XVI appointed Benjamin Franklin to head The Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism? Source: p.161. Buranelli, V. (1975), The Wizard from Vienna: Franz Anton Mesmer, New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. ISBN 978-0-698-10697-0

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kevin Kopps
Comment: Article was previously nominated for DYK but the GA nom was pending so it was rejected.

Improved to Good Article status by Lindsay658 (talk). Nominated by BuySomeApples (talk) at 23:01, 23 August 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I think the alternate DYK is more interesting than the original, and could serve to bring more people to read the article (which might fit the first objective of DYKs better). A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Talk 01:23, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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