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A fact from David Wallace (surgeon) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Scottish surgeon David Wallace was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George for his work in the Boer War and knighted for his work in World War I?

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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 Yoninah (talk) 23:11, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the surgeon David Wallace received a CMG for his work in the Boer war and a KBE for his work in WW1?~~ Sources: was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).Brit Med J '...appointed C.B.E. in 1918 and K.B.E. in 1920. Brit Med J
- ALT1:~~... that for his work in the Edinburgh Hospital in South Africa surgeon David Wallace was awarded the CMG?~~ Source: Brit Med J

Reviewed: Lewis E. Braverman

Created by Iainmacintyre (talk). Self-nominated at 19:43, 4 August 2019 (UTC).[reply]

- new enough, long enough, qpq done, hooks looks good (prefer og hook). inline citations checks out. overall good article. good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 08:45, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Commented I would change the phrase "a KCB" to "was Knighted" - makes more sense for those who don't know what the abbreviations mean. And to be nitpicky - KCB is a Knight of the Bath. KBE would be a Knight of the British Empire. Gbawden (talk) 06:37, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Gbawden: . I have said 'was knighted in 1820' in the lead and didn't want repetition of the phrase, so should be clear to all. He was indeed KBE. Papamac (talk) 15:51, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone list a new hook without the acronyms please? Yoninah (talk) 01:16, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ALT2... that the surgeon David Wallace was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George for his work in the Boer war and knighted for his work in WW1? Source : Brit Med J

ALT3 ~~... that for his work in the Edinburgh Hospital in South Africa, the surgeon David Wallace was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George?~~ Source: As above

@Yoninah: ALT2 and ALT3 added as suggested Papamac (talk) 08:54, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. ALT2 looks great. Restoring tick per BabbaQ's review. Yoninah (talk) 23:10, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]