Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Davies (British Army officer)

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 00:25, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Thomas Davies (British Army officer)[edit]

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... that Thomas Davies, a Royal Artillery officer, was the first to illustrate and describe the Superb Lyrebird (pictured)?

Reviewed: Aaron McDuffie Moore

Mainspaced by Zeete (talk). Self nominated at 14:03, 2 January 2014 (UTC).

New (mainspaced Jan 2nd), long enough, within policy, no copyvio found via tool, QPQ done. Royal Artillery part of hook needs immediate ref in article (see 3b), and the first ref for the hook appears to be about the Gang-gang Cockatoo instead of the Superb Lyrebird—is this correct? Otherwise, lookin' good. Please ping me if I don't respond. czar ♔ 19:35, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the review and improving the hook. His military service is in the first section with a reference (#1). His rank is also referenced (#6) under Royal Artillery command. The first ref for the lyrebird does appear to be about the Cockatoo, but the reference is in parenthesis at the end of the paragraph "(It was Davies who published the first coloured illustration of the Superb Lyrebird ..." I plan to add the cockatoo info at a later time. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 19:53, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Molto bene. Nice work czar ♔ 21:17, 2 January 2014 (UTC)