Template:Did you know nominations/Oscar de Beaux

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:35, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Oscar de Beaux edit

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... that Oscar de Beaux, in his 1930 publication "Biological ethics", was one of the first people to argue that conserving nature is ethical? Source: "In his booklet ‘Biological Ethics. An attempt to arouse a naturalistic conscience’ of 1930, rightly recognised as one of the first works on the ethical aspects of conservation..." Gippolitti 2006
- ALT1:... that Oscar de Beaux predated Aldo Leopold in taking the stance that conserving nature is ethical? Source: "It is noteworthy that de Beaux's contributions actually anticipated Leopold's 1933 article..." Hall 2005]

Reviewed: This is my 4th nomination--QPQ exempt

Created by Enwebb (talk). Self-nominated at 04:54, 17 January 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - Alt1 is inferior to the original, as Alt1 requires the reader to know who Aldo Leopold is to understand the significance, an unlikely proposition. It might also be good, but not absolutely necessary, to include the date in the hook, as I feel the lateness of the emergence of conservational ethicality will serve as an effective secondary hook.

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Looks good. -- NoCOBOL 14:24, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

NoCOBOL thanks for the review. I added that detail to the first hook (in his 1930 publication "Biological ethics"), is that an improvement? Enwebb (talk) 15:20, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Yep, looks good to me! -- NoCOBOL 05:13, 18 January 2019 (UTC)