- 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) 04:40, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
James Dickinson (taxidermist), Armley Hippo
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Armley Hippo skeleton
... that the Armley Hippo (pictured), a native Yorkshire hippopotamus over 100,000 years old, was taxidermy-mounted by James Dickinson MBE? Source: (1) Guardian newspaper, "Leeds Hippo (its former name) ... It's thought they once roamed in the area close to Armley Gyratory, one of the busiest road intersections on the outskirts of the present day city (of Leeds) ... flourished over 100,000 years ago". and (2) Dickinson interviewed in 2008 when the hippo skeleton was mounted: lancashire.gov.uk, p.6, "I will soon start on some hippo bones which are over 120,000 years old". and (3) in the book Conservation of Leather, "James Dickinson ... in 1990 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire".
- Reviewed: Hugh III of Cyprus and Paul Armin Edelmann
- Comment: The articles were copied and pasted from userspace to mainspace on 9 August 2021. Apologies, I shall not be available during the next week or two, to answer questions etc. I have created this nomination now, so as not to miss the date-window.
Created by Storye book (talk). Self-nominated at 11:15, 12 August 2021 (UTC).
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| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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Both articles are new enough, long enough and well sourced. The hook is cited and interesting. I reversed the word order in ALT1 to make it flow better but no major changes are needed. Earwig does not turn up any copyvio besides block quotes. There's just two small issues with the nomination before it can be approved. The first is that the photo is not clear enough, the main photo from the Armley Hippo article would work much better. The second is that this is a double nomination, so two qpqs are needed. Once these are fixed the nomination will be good to go! BuySomeApples (talk) 23:57, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
- Done. Thank you for the review. Storye book (talk) 10:14, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks @Storye book:! I have approved the nom. BuySomeApples (talk) 15:30, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
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