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John Blair (surgeon)

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• ... that the Scottish surgeon John Blair received his high school gold medal in the presence of his wife? Source: [1]
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Created by Whispyhistory (talk), Philafrenzy (talk), and Iainmacintyre (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 09:18, 27 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/John Blair (surgeon); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Not a very interesting hook IMO. Can't you come up with anything better? Gatoclass (talk) 05:53, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

A bit mean, but I agree. How about:

• ALT1... that the Scottish surgeon John Blair received his degree for a thesis on the "Slipperiness of Human Fat"?
• ALT2... that the Scottish surgeon John Blair was the only head boy at his school to receive his gold medal in the presence of his wife and child? (I think this was what Whispyhistory was actually getting at)
• ALT3... that a shortage of gold meant that it was 60 years before the Scottish surgeon John Blair received his gold medal for being head boy at his school? (Whispyhistory to check the exact number of years) Philafrenzy (talk) 10:20, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Ah, much better, thanks! I will return a little later to complete the review. Gatoclass (talk) 11:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Actually, "head boy" won't work because it differs from dux. Gatoclass (talk) 11:09, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Would "best student" be better? Whispyhistory (talk) 12:10, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

"Top student" perhaps ... Gatoclass (talk) 12:22, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

• ALT3a... that a shortage of gold meant that it was 60 years before the Scottish surgeon John Blair received his gold medal for being top student at his school? Whispyhistory (talk) 18:01, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Seriously, why aren't we going with the slipperiness of human fat??? Philafrenzy (talk) 19:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

@Gatoclass: Are any of these hooks acceptable for you? Z1720 (talk) 02:25, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

ALT2 might work with "top student" substituted for "head boy". ALT3 is not very interesting, and I don't find ALT1 terribly interesting either as theses are written on all kinds of oddball topics, and there is little additional information about it in the article. Gatoclass (talk) 05:13, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Suggest the following:

• ALT2a... that the Scottish surgeon John Blair was the only dux of his high school to receive his medal in the presence of his wife and child? Gatoclass (talk) 05:28, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

People may do theses on any number of topics as you say, but Alt1 is short and quirky and I would have thought highly clickable. What if @Whispyhistory: adds a bit more to the article about the thesis? Philafrenzy (talk) 13:00, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Well, if there's something interesting to say about it, that might work. Gatoclass (talk) 14:05, 5 March 2024 (UTC)