Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Reid (Indian Army officer)

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 20:59, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Charles Reid (Indian Army officer)

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Leeds Tiger snarling

• ... that General Sir Charles Reid shot the celebrated Leeds Tiger (snarl pictured)? Source: Madras Weekly Mail 31 July 1886, p.10 col.a: "I had a tiger in the Exhibition of 1862, which was the largest I ever killed ..." and Sterndale, Robert Armitage (1884). Natural history of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. p. 593.: "I had a tiger ... which is now in the museum at Leeds, which was the largest tiger I ever killed".
  • ALT1:... that General Sir Charles Reid shot the celebrated, but probably not man-eating, Leeds Tiger" (snarl pictured)? Source: As for ALT0, also: "Leeds nostalgia: The story of the Leeds Tiger", Yorkshire Evening Post, 31st December 2016: "We’ll never know for certain whether the Leeds Tiger really lived up to its dangerous reputation", and Leeds Museums and Galleries: "I can’t find any evidence that it was anything other than a large tiger minding its own business in a quiet Himalayan valley on the day Charles Reid turned up and shot it.". Yorkshire Post

• Reviewed: Chester Wilson Emmons
• Comment: (1) PamD, who created the page and suggested hooks ALT0 and ALT1, is on wikibreak, and her talk page says that she does not want to be disturbed until she returns. Until then, if questions arise, please ping Storye book. (2) Leeds Tiger is currently Draft:Leeds Tiger, but is expected to be moved to mainspace very soon. (done)

Created by PamD (talk) and Storye book (talk). Nominated by Storye book (talk) at 13:46, 23 June 2021 (UTC).

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  Sir Charles Reid

  I have changed my mind about the image. The Leeds Tiger article is about to be published and nominated for DYK, and admin will not want two tiger pictures. The tiger snarl is great clickbait, but the tiger article should have that. So here is a picture of Charles Reid instead. Storye book (talk) 14:14, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
• Note: in British English, "shot" on its own is almost always understood to mean shot and killed. I'm guessing that in US English it should say "shot and killed". Please feel free to correct the hooks so that everyone will understand. Reid is the real killer on this template. Storye book (talk) 14:14, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

• • ALT0a ... that General Sir Charles Reid (pictured) shot the celebrated Leeds Tiger?
  • ALT1a:... that General Sir Charles Reid (pictured) shot the celebrated, but probably not man-eating, Leeds Tiger"?
• This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook ALT0a or ALT1a could be used. The image of Reid is in the public domain, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:26, 13 July 2021 (UTC)