Template:Did you know nominations/Herbert Seddon

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:46, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Herbert Seddon

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... that Sir Herbert Seddon's textbook on nerve injuries took thirty years to write? Source: Source ‘The major textbook The surgical disorders of the peripheral nerves, which he had agreed to write in 1941, was finally published in 1971. [1]

- ALT1:... that the basis of modern classification of nerve injury was first proposed by Herbert Seddon in 1942?

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Moved to mainspace by Iainmacintyre (talk). Self-nominated at 14:02, 9 January 2019 (UTC).

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: excellent writing, hook in article and source. I prefer the proposed hook. Minor copy editing done and reference fixing without changing content. Have asked @Philafrenzy: to search an image to make the article more complete. AGF on offline sources. Appears straight forward Whispyhistory (talk) 19:30, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

..a tag to copyedit style/grammar was added after review. Best to sort this out before approving dyk. @Iainmacintyre:. Whispyhistory (talk) 06:30, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

@Whispyhistory: Many thanks for review and improvements. I've contacted the editor about the maintenance tag asking what changes he/she has in mind.Papamac (talk) 10:11, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

issues resolved Whispyhistory (talk) 11:16, 20 January 2019 (UTC)