Template:Did you know nominations/Gabriel Scally (physician)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:35, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Gabriel Scally (physician)

  • ... that Gabriel Scally of the Independent SAGE committee has described the British government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as "too little, too late, too flawed"?
    • ALT1:... that ...?

5x expanded by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 20:13, 16 September 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes

QPQ: No - TBD
Overall: (t · c) buidhe 08:21, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you @Buidhe:. I have added a QPQ and gone through the article again. The copyvio is due to mainly titles/names. Do you still require me edit these? Thanks again for your patience. Whispyhistory (talk) 08:22, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
That's not quite accurate, there are several places where paraphrasing could be reduced. Source: He specialised in general practice and subsequently public health. From 1989-93 he was Chief Administrative Medical Officer and Director of Public Health for the Eastern Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland. Article: working in general practice and subsequently entered public health. From 1989 to 1993 he was chief administrative medical officer and director of public health for the Eastern Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland. Source: until 2012 he was a Regional Director of Public Health in England. For most of this time he worked in the NHS and Department of Health covering the South West of England. Article: Until 2012 he worked in the NHS and Department of Health covering the South West of England. Source: he was Chief Administrative Medical Officer and Director of Public Health for the Eastern Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland. Among his achievements in Northern Ireland was the establishment of the Brook Advisory young people’s sexual health service Article: chief administrative medical officer and director of public health for the Eastern Health and Social Services Board, where he was a key figure in the founding of the Brook Advisory young people’s sexual health service. ("young people’s sexual health service" is not part of the organization's name, should be rephrased.) I think that's the worst of it. (t · c) buidhe 02:46, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
  • @Buidhe:, would you like me to finish this for you? --evrik (talk) 19:52, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.
Overall: This nomination has now been completed with respect to the points raised in the above review and comments. I have re-checked the article because work has been done on it since the nomination and first review. The QPQ is done, and the indicated close paraphrasing has been reworded (diff). The hook is currently topical, and the article is of public interest. Good to go. Storye book (talk) 15:22, 16 October 2020 (UTC) Storye book (talk) 15:22, 16 October 2020 (UTC)