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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.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition

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Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 14:06, 22 September 2018 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: QPQ needed. I don't think the hook is interesting, because syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease Catrìona (talk) 03:39, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you @Catrìona:. QPQ done and I've tried to clarify that syphilis was thought be due to poor hygiene etc but, the expedition in 1928 found sexual contact as primary cause. Maybe @Philafrenzy: can help further with hook. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
Alt added. Philafrenzy (talk) 07:21, 24 September 2018 (UTC)