Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Lamberton

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 11:02, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Charles Lamberton

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• ... that Charles Lamberton was a French paleontologist who tactfully refuted a theory claiming that some extinct, giant lemurs were aquatic and that one of them was an "arboreal-aquatic acrobat"?

• Reviewed: Henry Seymour (secularist)

Created/expanded by Visionholder (talk). Self nom at 07:13, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

• Age, length, referencing all OK. No close paraphrasing seen in sources. Regarding the hook, "tactful" is not at all what the source or your article says. Would you like to write something like:
• ALT1: ... that French paleontologist Charles Lamberton scathingly rebutted a theory claiming that some extinct, giant lemurs were aquatic and that one of them was an "arboreal-aquatic acrobat"? Yoninah (talk) 22:36, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Looks good - could you add a cite on the precise sentence in the paragraph for the dyk fact please Victuallers (talk) 22:37, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. Technically, the citation is at the end of the paragraph. It covers all of the information between it and the previous citation. That approach also seems to pass FAC. If this is a little quirk of DYK, then I can duplicate the ref until the DYK is done... – VisionHolder « talk » 00:37, 21 February 2012 (UTC):::I'm not sure was that "a yes"? Victuallers (talk) 09:53, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I added the cite to the sentence in question. Yoninah (talk) 10:13, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I am fine with the added cite. The three-page citation range wasn't as bad at it might have looked since the material is covered at the very end of one page, on a page largely dominated by a large illustration, and the very top of the last page. But again, the change made to the citation looks fine. Thank you for doing it. – VisionHolder « talk » 21:33, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Yoninah - Alt is fine Victuallers (talk) 16:27, 21 February 2012 (UTC)