Template:Did you know nominations/Frederick Stanley Arnot
- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. 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 Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:43, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Frederick Stanley Arnot[edit]
- ... that in 1884 Frederick Stanley Arnot (pictured) determined that the source of the Zambezi was near Kalene Hill?
- Reviewed: Decisional balance sheet
- Comment: Trying to avoid saying he was the first to find the source of the river, since the people that lived there would have already noticed it, or the first European to get there, which is also unlikely. He was noted by the English journals for reporting the fact.
Created/expanded by Aymatth2 (talk). Self nom at 01:42, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Length, history and reference verified. Sure you don't want to use the picture? It's pretty good. Daniel Case (talk) 18:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
- I don't think the picture can be used. I took it from an 1890 book, uploaded as "historically significant fair use" for this one article. But I think it has to be public domain for the front page. Not sure if that is true in this case. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:06, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
- It's pre-1923 and published, so under US law it's PD. I think the same applies to UK images (if it's from a UK book) but I could be wrong. Daniel Case (talk) 22:08, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
- I added the picture to the nomination. The way my WP skin is set, it gets a red border around it, meaning "not PD". I assume someone who knows the rules will decide. I like the picture and think it works at thumbnail size. A very interesting individual, my view, and the picture shows some of the strength of character. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:49, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
- It's pre-1923 and published, so under US law it's PD. I think the same applies to UK images (if it's from a UK book) but I could be wrong. Daniel Case (talk) 22:08, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
- Kalene Hill is also new. May I nominate this article for DYK as well (and embolden the link in this hook), please? --PFHLai (talk) 16:14, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
- Of course, if you think it would be of interest. I was not sure. I may add some more recent content for balance. :~) Aymatth2 (talk) 18:14, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you, Aymath2. Here's my alt.hook:
ALT1... that in 1884 Frederick Stanley Arnot determined that the source of the Zambezi, the largest river flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa, was near Kalene Hill, and started a missionary in the area?
- --PFHLai (talk) 11:53, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- Arnot thought Kalene hill would be a good place for a mission, but it was not established until 20 years later. Maybe just:
- ALT2... that in 1884 Frederick Stanley Arnot determined that the Zambezi, the largest river flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa, rose near Kalene Hill?