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... that Dr (later Sir) Alexander Gillies was able to win a scholarship to study medicine in Edinburgh, Scotland, because he had served with the
New Zealand Expeditionary Force in WW1? Source: "He was awarded an NCEF scholarship, awarded to demobilised New Zealand soldiers, and this enabled him to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh...
Beasley
Alt1 ... that Alexander Gillies was instrumental in establishing
orthopaedics as a surgical speciality in New Zealand? (P.S. First World War is more normal in a British English article, not World War One, and never WW1 which sounds like part of a post code!)
Philafrenzy (
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11:06, 19 December 2019 (UTC)reply
to ALT1. Hook is in the article and in the following cited source. The proposed hook didn't sound totally correct as it doesn't say in the article that the scholarship to study medicine in Edinburgh was "because" he served in the War, although it is correct. It reads very well and besides some double spaces and minor ce, I did'nt alter much. Thanks
Philafrenzy for the advice, image and wikifying the hook. Thank you @
Iainmacintyre:... just double check spaces, one sentence without an inline citation.
Whispyhistory (
talk)
12:51, 19 December 2019 (UTC)reply
A fact from Alexander Gillies appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to
join the project and
contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
New Zealand and
New Zealand-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New ZealandWikipedia:WikiProject New ZealandTemplate:WikiProject New ZealandNew Zealand articles
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.
... that Dr (later Sir) Alexander Gillies was able to win a scholarship to study medicine in Edinburgh, Scotland, because he had served with the
New Zealand Expeditionary Force in WW1? Source: "He was awarded an NCEF scholarship, awarded to demobilised New Zealand soldiers, and this enabled him to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh...
Beasley
Alt1 ... that Alexander Gillies was instrumental in establishing
orthopaedics as a surgical speciality in New Zealand? (P.S. First World War is more normal in a British English article, not World War One, and never WW1 which sounds like part of a post code!)
Philafrenzy (
talk)
11:06, 19 December 2019 (UTC)reply
to ALT1. Hook is in the article and in the following cited source. The proposed hook didn't sound totally correct as it doesn't say in the article that the scholarship to study medicine in Edinburgh was "because" he served in the War, although it is correct. It reads very well and besides some double spaces and minor ce, I did'nt alter much. Thanks
Philafrenzy for the advice, image and wikifying the hook. Thank you @
Iainmacintyre:... just double check spaces, one sentence without an inline citation.
Whispyhistory (
talk)
12:51, 19 December 2019 (UTC)reply