Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph Richard Slevin

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:55, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Joseph Richard Slevin

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• ... that while Joseph Richard Slevin was collecting Galápagos tortoises (specimen pictured) for the California Academy of Sciences, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed nearly the entire reptile collection?

• ALT1:... that herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin collected rare Galápagos tortoises (specimen pictured) during a year-long expedition in the Galápagos Islands?
• ALT2:... that herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin is commemorated in the scientific names of twelve reptiles and a mouse?
• Reviewed: Al-Bayan (radio station)
• Comment: I know the main hook is a bit long (209 characters), but if we discount (specimen pictured) it's only 189.

Created by Animalparty (talk). Self-nominated at 03:05, 29 June 2015 (UTC).

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General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Passes DYK checklist. Is new enough and long enough at 4500+ characters. Any of the hooks are good and referenced.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:51, 30 June 2015 (UTC)