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) 02:46, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
... that the English classicist Roger Mynors was last heard talking about the death of Bede before being killed in a car crash?
Source: "'As [Mynors] left, we spoke of Bede. He told me that he was glad that he had translated for the Oxford Medieval Texts the account of Bede's death, and that Bede had not ceased in what he saw as his work for God until the very end.' Driving home the few miles to Treago that evening, he was killed instantaneously in a road accident." [1]
Comment: The source of the hook corresponds to footnote 16 in the article, Winterbottom (1991) 365-6.
5x expanded by Modussiccandi (talk). Self-nominated at 19:21, 23 July 2020 (UTC).
Hello, is this x5 expanded? my rough check suggested c.350 to c.1050 (words not dates)? o/wise a corker! Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 19:52, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
I've done a check myself and I'm afraid it's true that the article hasn't been extended x5. My apologies for not checking beforehand. Modussicandi (talk) 21:17, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Modussicandi, Modussicandi, the nominated article R. A. B. Mynors had 2099 prose characters prior to the July expansion, and currently has 6602 prose characters. It is not too late to continue the expansion, even though the nomination has already been made; it will need 10495 prose characters in all, another 3893 prose characters, to meet the 5x requirement. Modussicandi, please let us know whether you can expand the article by that much. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:06, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
BlueMoonset, thanks for the offer. I'll try and get to the required number of characters. Is there a date by which the expansion has to be completed? Modussiccandi (talk)16:03, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
Modussiccandi, that's great. We typically start with seven days for an extension, but as long as good progress is being made, that can easily be extended further. I've superseded the "X" icon to prevent a closing of the nomination while you're working on the expansion. Thanks for the quick reply. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:47, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
BlueMoonset, I've now expanded the article by about another 3900 prose characters, if my count is correct. Please let me know if anything more is needed for the nomination. Thanks. Modussiccandi (talk) 23:25, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Article now has 10546 prose characters, and exceeds the 5x requirement by 51 prose characters. Full DYK review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:25, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
: unless we try and sneak under the radar IAR-style, οἴμοι τάλας, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 12:15, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Modussiccandi, that's great. We typically start with seven days for an extension, but as long as good progress is being made, that can easily be extended further. I've superseded the "X" icon to prevent a closing of the nomination while you're working on the expansion. Thanks for the quick reply. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:47, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
Article now has 10546 prose characters, and exceeds the 5x requirement by 51 prose characters. Full DYK review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:25, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you both; AGF for offline hook citation; good to go, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 03:12, 4 August 2020 (UTC)