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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 02:19, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
... that the scientist Harold Horton Sheldon wrote as early as 1929 about the serious possibility of one day man visiting other planets through the use of rockets?
Review Good to go! New article, timely nominated. Meets core policies and guidelines, and in particular: is neutral; cites sources with inline citations; is free of close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations and plagiarism. DYK nomination was timely and article is easily long enough. Every paragraph is cited, and the hook is directly and extensively supported by the NY Times obituary, to wit: "Dr. H. H. Sheldon, a physicist, dies". The New York Times. New York City. December 24, 1964. Retrieved November 21, 2015. In 1929, for instance, he discussed in print the possibility of man's one day visiting other planets.. No copyright violations or too close paraphrasing. In passing, I note that I did not have access to the offline sources and WP:AGF. Earwig's copy violation detector: Harold Horton Shelton report gives it a clean bill. Hook is hooky enough, I think, and relates directly to the essence of the article. It is interesting, decently neutral, and appropriately cited. QPQ done. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:00, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
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Passes DYK checklist.
Good to go! New article, timely nominated. Meets core policies and guidelines, and in particular: is neutral; cites sources with inline citations; is free of close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations and plagiarism. DYK nomination was timely and article is easily long enough. Every paragraph is cited, and the hook is directly and extensively supported by the NY Times obituary, to wit: "Dr. H. H. Sheldon, a physicist, dies". The New York Times. New York City. December 24, 1964. Retrieved November 21, 2015.