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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.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:13, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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Daniel R. Lucey

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  • ... that infectious diseases expert Daniel R. Lucey's work on bioterrorism prepared him to advise on the 2001 anthrax scare (anthrax lesion pictured)? After 9/11, Lucey warned officials that “bioterrorism was going to be the second type of attack...But at about the same time, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several media outlets....Thanks to Lucey, Washington Hospital Center was prepared. [1]
    • ALT1:... that Daniel R. Lucey remembered that the first case of SARS in Toronto in 2003 was missed? Dr. Lucey, however, recalled that the SARS outbreak in Toronto in 2003 started with one missed case. [2]
    • ALT2:... that emerging infectious disease specialist Daniel R. Lucey worked on HIV/AIDS before we discovered it but after it discovered us? His residency in San Francisco was during the initial recognition of the AIDS pandemic in 1982-85, starting before our species had discovered HIV (in 1983) but when the virus had already discovered us. [3]
      • ALT3 ... that emerging infectious disease specialist Daniel R. Lucey has spent more than 30 years "chasing things you wouldn't want to catch"? For more than 30 years, Daniel Lucey has been chasing things you wouldn’t want to catch.[4]
      • ALT4 ... that emerging infectious disease specialist Daniel R. Lucey advocates stockpiling chest tubes in the preparation for a biothreat from anthrax?
Reviewed: Queen's Oak

5x expanded by Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 21:01, 3 February 2020 (UTC).

  • I think "before we discovered it but after it discovered us?" is a quote. Please add to the article and source it.Philafrenzy (talk) 21:23, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Long enough, 5x expanded, nominated in time, stable, QPQ done. Image is appropriate, with suitable license. I have various problems with the article. The expansion has left it rather bloated and repetitive, and the repeated quotation of the subject's words feels to me to verge on promotional. Earwig won't complete for me, but looking at the sources by eye revealed several minor instances of close paraphrasing from Ref 1 and 10. I will copy these to the talk page for reference.
Sourcing: The first sentence under "Washington Hospital Center" is unsourced. The remainder has appropriate inline citations but several of the sources are not particularly high quality (5, 29: blogs; 8, 14 press releases). There's a big reliance on Ref 1 which is to an alumni magazine.
Hooks are all concise. Alt1 is the only one I can support at this time. The main hook is not adequately supported; the alumnus magazine is not sufficiently independent to label him as an "expert", and the remainder of the hook is not directly covered. Alt 2 is sourced to a student blog, and the paraphrased quotation is problematic. Alt3 is nicely hooky, but does not seem to be in the article! Alt4 is rather dull, and sourced to a press release. All of Alts 2,3,4 need the plural taking out of "diseases" used adjectivally, I believe. Espresso Addict (talk) 07:53, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
@Espresso Addict:...Thank you for going through so thoroughly...will message you once been through. Whispyhistory (talk) 09:45, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
  • ALT5 ... In January 2020, infectious disease specialist Daniel R. Lucey hypothesised that the virus (pictured) causing the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak may have been quietly circulating among humans from at least November 2019? Daniel Lucey, an infectious disease specialist…contends the virus was already circulating silently among humans before it contaminated the seafood market [5] and… it is possible that the initial human infection took place in November if not earlier. [6]...Lucey: "The hypothesis is that the initial emergence of the virus was not the Huanan seafood market. Spread of the virus was already occurring person-to-person in October-November (or earlier) and gradually increasing into December." [7] Whispyhistory (talk) 13:44, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
@Espresso Addict:... Are you able to have another look? I prefer ALT5 and am still editing the article. I don't I will ever finish with it. Whispyhistory (talk) 12:35, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
  • Alts 3, 5 and 5a are ok. The new image is attractive and has an appropriate licence. Close paraphrasing has been rewritten. I still cannot make Earwig complete, but spot checks have not found copying. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:21, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you @Espresso Addict:...ALT5a is probably best. Whispyhistory (talk) 08:29, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
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