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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk07:17, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wood in 1934
Wood in 1934
  • ... that the administrator of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Mimie Wood (pictured), correctly predicted that she would be replaced by five people upon retirement? Source: "'When I leave this job, you mark my words, five people will replace me.' And in fact three years after her 1962 retirement the Society had not only a general secretary, but also an executive officer, office assistant, librarian and library assistant." (Royal Society)
  • Reviewed: George Poynter Heath
  • Comment: I have those sources that are offline in PDF format. If the reviewer would like to see them, please contact me via Wikimail. I've never seen an obituary this long – five pages!

Created by Schwede66 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:46, 6 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: New article, long enough, well-referenced, no copy-vios detected. The hook is cited-inline / interesting. QPQ done. Good to go! Ashleyyoursmile! 07:19, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]