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Guillaume Rondelet

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk)

... ~~that Guillaume Rondelet (pictured) was such an enthusiastic anatomist that he caused a scandal when he publicly dissected his own son?~~

Reviewed: Peniophora quercina ([1])

5x expanded by Prioryman (talk). Self nom at 18:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hook

Length, format, content rules: Sharktopus ^talk 19:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Source: AGF offline source, although online source confirms he publicly dissected his infant son after death. Sharktopus ^talk 21:49, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Interest: Very interesting, but rather grim, I will propose alts. Sharktopus ^talk 21:49, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image suitability, if applicable: Nice bold image for display at small size, old enough that it ought to be PD. Sharktopus ^talk 22:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ALT hooks, if proposed:
ALT1 ... that after the death of his son, Guillaume Rondelet (pictured) tried to learn the cause by performing a public dissection?
ALT1a ... that Guillaume Rondelet (pictured) tried to learn the cause of his son's death by performing a public dissection of the body?
ALT2 ... that 16th-century biologist Guillaume Rondelet (pictured) was mocked by Rabelais in the character of "Rondibilis"?
ALT3 ... that 16th-century biologist Guillaume Rondelet (pictured) grouped finfish together with whales, seals, and crustaceans?
ALT4 ... that 16th-century biologist Guillaume Rondelet (pictured) expelled Nostradamus from the University of Montpellier for being an apothecary and slandering doctors?

Article

Length: Sharktopus ^talk 19:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Vintage: Sharktopus ^talk 19:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sourcing (V, RS, BLP): Sharktopus ^talk 22:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Neutrality: Sharktopus ^talk 22:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Plagiarism/close paraphrasing: Looked for it and did not find. Sharktopus ^talk 22:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
copyvio (images): Looked for it and did not find. Sharktopus ^talk 22:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting: all OK, made a few copyedits. Sharktopus ^talk 22:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments/discussion: An excellent article on a fascinating person, a pleasure to read and review. Thanks for creating this! Sharktopus ^talk 00:29, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GTG Sharktopus ^talk 00:29, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]