Talk:Matthew Cobb

A fact from Matthew Cobb appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 December 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Matthew Cobb, winner of the 2021 JBS Haldane Lecture, started his academic career by getting twins drunk?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:27, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Matthew Cobb, winner of the 2021 JBS Haldane Lecture, started his academic career by getting twins drunk? Source: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Created/expanded by JezGrove (talk). Self-nominated at 21:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Hook is catchy, but since these seem to be his words and you're quoting them in the article, the hook should read:
ALT0a: ~~... that Matthew Cobb, winner of the 2021 JBS Haldane Lecture, started his academic career by "getting twins drunk"?~~
No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits. ALT0a good to go. Yoninah (talk) 00:00, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I was able to listen to the interview and he didn't say it this way, so the ALT0 hook is fine. I edited the article to use his exact words. Replacing icon with a green tick. Yoninah (talk) 00:08, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "JBS Haldane lecture 2021 – Matthew Cobb". The Genetics Society. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ Presenter: Jim Al-Khalili; Producer: Anna Buckley (3 March 2020). "The Life Scientific: Matthew Cobb on how we detect smells". The Life Scientific. 7:30 minutes in. BBC. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "University of Manchester: Prof Matthew Cobb BA, Habilitation, PhD: Professor of Zoology: Overview: Biography". University of Manchester. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[1] "JBS Haldane lecture 2021 – Matthew Cobb". The Genetics Society. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[BBC_Life_Scientific_1-2] Presenter: Jim Al-Khalili; Producer: Anna Buckley (3 March 2020). "The Life Scientific: Matthew Cobb on how we detect smells". The Life Scientific. 7:30 minutes in. BBC. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[Manchester_biography-3] "University of Manchester: Prof Matthew Cobb BA, Habilitation, PhD: Professor of Zoology: Overview: Biography". University of Manchester. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

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