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A fact from William Paul Duprex appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that COVID-19 vaccine scientist Paul Duprex got his start in microbiology by experimenting with his high-school classmates' spit?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Paul Duprex.

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Twitter

Roundhouse Rabbit, good work on this draft. One small edit: Twitter is externally linked, so should either be converted to a citation at the end of the sentence, or an alternative would be to list his Twitter account at the end of the article as an external link. (Twitter is not considered a reliable source to document facts on Wikipedia, but in context this may be an exception to the rule.) Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 18:04, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! Grand'mere Eugene, thank you so much for pointing that out. I moved it to the External links section. Roundhouse Rabbit (talk) 18:35, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Possibilities for DYK

Roundhouse Rabbit, there are couple of funny facts in the first citation that could be added to the "Early life section" if you are interested in trying for a WP:DYK. The tadpoles into frogs during his primary school days and the Lurgan College experiments on bacteria from classmates' mouths to determine the efficacy of their toothpastes-- either could work to draw readers to the new article. Or if you have a favorite (more serious) fact, consider the DYK process. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 20:54, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Canadianerk (talk) 02:39, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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[[File:|140px|Paul Duprex, PhD Director, Center for Vaccine Research Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Jonas Salk Chair in Vaccine Research University of Pittsburgh ]]

Paul Duprex, PhD Director, Center for Vaccine Research Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Jonas Salk Chair in Vaccine Research University of Pittsburgh

... that COVID-19 vaccine scientist Paul Duprex got his start in microbiology by experimenting with his high school classmates' spit? Source: https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/paul-leading-the-fight-against-killer-viruses-2627249

Created by Roundhouse Rabbit (talk). Self-nominated at 16:35, 22 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

New enough article, long enough, and short enough humorous hook cited to reliable source. Meets policy on living people bios, text neutral, well-cited, and well-summarized/paraphrased. QPQ waived, as this is first DYK from Roundhouse Rabbit. Image has CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, resolution fine. Well-written and interesting article: GTG. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:38, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To T:DYK/P5

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The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 04:39, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]