Talk:Carl K. Becker

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Did you know... that doctor Carl K. Becker responded to emergency calls in the Ituri Rainforest until the age of 70?

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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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 06:42, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that doctor Carl K. Becker responded to emergency calls in the Ituri Rainforest until the age of 70? "even in 1964 it was Dr Becker himself who would respond to a call for emergency surgery of a routine nature" from: Zaire Church News. 1969. p. 83.
- ALT1:... that Carl K. Becker was the first doctor in Equatorial Africa to successfully use electric shock therapy for the treatment of psychiatric disorders? "Also interested in psychiatry, he was the first doctor in equatorial Africa to successfully use electric shock treatment on African patients." from: Anderson, Gerald H. (1999). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8028-4680-8.
- ALT2:... that Carl K. Becker's 1,100-acre (450 ha) leprosy village attracted specialists from across the world?"He specialized in leprosy, treating some 4,000 patients in a 1,100-acre leprosy village. Leprosy specialists and medical missionaries from all over the world came to observe his work and borrow from his research at Oicha" Anderson, Gerald H. (1999). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-8028-4680-8.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Betty Bryant

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:46, 8 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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:

This is a well-written and interesting article about a clearly notable missionary doctor. The article is long enough and new enough and well sourced. All of the hooks are interesting and I can confirm that ALT1 and ALT2 are cited while I will take the main hook in good faith. I think this is good to go. Bermicourt (talk) 16:42, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]