A fact from Robert Michael Forde appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 September 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Robert Michael Forde made the first definitive observation of the cause of sleeping sickness(parasites pictured) in human beings?
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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.
... that Robert Michael Forde made the first definitive observation of the causes (Trypanosoma parasites pictured) of sleeping sickness in human beings?
ALT1:... that Robert Michael Forde made the first definitive observation of the cause of sleeping sickness(Trypanosoma parasites pictured) in human beings?
The article needs to cite the specific page(s) of the Baker 1995 article (I assume p. 5 for the sentence corresponding to the hook). The hook probably also needs a small rewrite, because it's currently ambiguous and might imply that Forde discovered that they were the causes of sleeping sickness, which seems to be incorrect according to the sources. I would suggest something like, "... that Robert Michael Forde made the first observation of Trypanosoma parasites (pictured), the causes of sleeping sickness, in human beings?" Otherwise this seems good: Created (and expanded) within 7 days of nomination and article is long enough and adequately sourced. I corrected some small issues with style. The image is PD and good quality. No issues on Earwig. —Nizolan(talk)00:18, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The article needs to cite the specific page(s) of the Baker 1995 article (I assume p. 5 for the sentence corresponding to the hook). The hook probably also needs a small rewrite, because it's currently ambiguous and might imply that Forde discovered that they were the causes of sleeping sickness, which seems to be incorrect according to the sources. I would suggest something like, "... that Robert Michael Forde made the first observation of Trypanosoma parasites (pictured), the causes of sleeping sickness, in human beings?" Otherwise this seems good: Created (and expanded) within 7 days of nomination and article is long enough and adequately sourced. I corrected some small issues with style. The image is PD and good quality. No issues on Earwig. —Nizolan (talk) 00:18, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
ALT1 approved, everything checks out. Thanks for another great article! – Levivich 15:27, 8 September 2019 (UTC)