Talk:Robert Alexander Neil

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:42, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that Sunday lunch with Robert Alexander Neil was called "the best intellectual thing in Cambridge"? Source: Robinson, Annabel (2002). The Life and Work of Jane Ellen Harrison. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199242337, p. 127
    • ALT1: ... that the classicist Robert Alexander Neil edited texts from ancient India as well as from ancient Greece? Source: Giles, Peter (1912b). "Neil, Robert Alexander" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 Supplement . Vol. 3. pp. 1–2; Zacher, Konrad (20 June 1903). "The Knights of Aristophanes Edited by Robert Alexander Neil". Berliner Philologische Wochenschrift [Berlin Philological Weekly] (in German). 23 (25). column 769.
    • ALT2: ... that despite placing top in his university class in Ancient Greek, the classicist Robert Alexander Neil initially decided to study medicine? Source: Giles, Peter (1912b). "Neil, Robert Alexander" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 Supplement . Vol. 3. p. 1.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Yobidashi

Moved to mainspace by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Self-nominated at 12:53, 6 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Robert Alexander Neil; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

  • I find the first hook the most interesting here, so that's what I'll be reviewing.
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: Assuming good faith on the source because I don't have access to the source; otherwise nice high-quality article. Generalissima (talk) 03:50, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Era error[edit]

Hi UC, Indeed, I too prefer BCE. I was simply eager to take him back 1,000 years! I hope my changes were okay and thank you for another interesting article. Regards, JennyOz (talk) 11:16, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As ever, greatly appreciated: I always look forward to seeing what I've missed when the article hits the front page. UndercoverClassicist T·C 11:24, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]