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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 15:40, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that geologist Gilbert Wilson declared his favourite expression was “I’m in love” in his McGill yearbook in 1924?

Source: Source – Old McGill 1924 yearbook (https://yearbooks.mcgill.ca/viewbook.php?&campus=downtown&book_id=1924#page/101/mode/1up) 'Favourite expression "I'm in love"

ALT1: ... that when geologist Gilbert Wilson went to school he was the fifth Wilson, so was known as "Quintus"? Source: Source – offline obituary '[he] went to school in Windermere where as one of five attending Wilsons he was known as Quintus' - source (ref 1) JGR and JC (1986). "Dr G Wilson (1899–1986)". Annual Report, Geological Society of London: 34–35
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Georgina Sutton

Created by Chaiten1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Chaiten1 (talk) 20:28, 23 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hello Chaiten1, I'll have a look at this nomination and I'll post my review soon. One short initial observation: the last source (Who's Who) is unreliable and should be replaced, see Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources. Phlsph7 (talk) 16:47, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you - fixed! Chaiten1 (talk) 17:54, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thanks for the adjustment. The article was created on 22 October 2024. It has a readable prose size of 6461 characters. Every paragraph is sourced. WP:EARWIG shows no copyvios. QPQ was done. The language of the article is neutral.

I'm not sure that the article should include the sentence with the quotes from the McGill yearbook since this sounds to me like trivia. Do comparable articles do that or do secondary sources discuss them? If the sentence is removed then we could not use the ALT0, which would leave us with ALT1. ALT1 is cited and interesting. I would make a slight grammatical adjustment:

ALT1a: ... that when geologist Gilbert Wilson went to school he was the fifth Wilson, so he was known as "Quintus"?

I think it would be better to move the section "Family" before the section "Awards and recognition" but this is optional. Phlsph7 (talk) 08:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you; good point about trivia, I will edit this and am very happy with ALT1a Chaiten1 (talk) 17:55, 27 October 2024 (UTC) All fixed now! Phlsph7 Chaiten1 (talk) 18:19, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, approve ALT1a. Phlsph7 (talk) 08:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]