Template:Did you know nominations/Alexis Mallon
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 21:34, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
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Alexis Mallon
- ... that in 1929 the world press proclaimed Teleilat el Ghassul to be the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah, but its excavator Father Alexis Mallon (1875–1934) disagreed? Source: "The site became famous almost overnight by reason of world-wide press and radio reports, which announced that the ashes of Sodom and Gomorrha had been discovered beneath the sands northeast of the Dead Sea. [...] Fr. Mallon, however, felt that the identification was premature."[1]
Created by Joe Roe (talk). Self-nominated at 13:58, 30 September 2021 (UTC).
New article is 2,413 characters long and nominated on the same day as creation. No copyvios detected and duplication detector[2][3][4] reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF books and article scans which can't go through Dup detector; two WordPress.com refs are from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, which is reliable). Article is well-sourced. Hook is 160 characters long (under 200 character max.) and is interesting. Ref 6 (verifying the hook) is a reliable source. The promoter can omit the birth and death years from the hook. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:52, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
