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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 SL93 (talk) 03:25, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Richard W. Wells

  • ... that before Richard W. Wells brought several eastern brown snake eggs into a local newspaper office, the species had never been photographed hatching? Source: "...it was the first time an eastern brown had been photographed emerging from the egg" (ref 2, SMH 1980)

Converted from a redirect by Bobamnertiopsis (talk). Self-nominated at 00:48, 12 March 2021 (UTC).

  • @Bobamnertiopsis: New enough and long enough redirect conversion. QPQ required. Hook fact is in article and checks out (clipped the Newspapers.com citations as well). Seems like quite the quirky chap! No other textual issues. Ping me when you have a QPQ and you'll get a tick. Sammi Brie (she/her • tc) 05:24, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the review, Sammi Brie! QPQ done. If you enjoyed this article, you'll probably like tomorrow's FA! Kindly —Collint c 20:43, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
  • @Sammi Brie: Is it good to go now? jp×g 20:29, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
  • Yes, sorry for not responding. Sammi Brie (she/her • tc) 21:24, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: Article is tagged for notability. TJMSmith (talk) 22:07, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
  • Resolved. —Collint c 15:11, 26 March 2021 (UTC)