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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 TarnishedPath talk 04:48, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

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James Cook

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  • Source Encyclopedia Britannica online " And, once again, not one of his crew died of scurvy. Back in England, he was promoted to captain at last, elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and awarded one of its highest honours, the gold Copley Medal, for a paper that he prepared on his work against scurvy."
  • Source: Thomas, Nicholas (2003). Cook: The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook. Walker & Co. p. 70. ISBN 0802714129. Retrieved 3 June 2025. Their curiosity, at least, was compensated during the return trip by the sight of a 'truly surprizing' form of local amusement. In a high surf that, Banks judged, no European would have survived, a dozen Tahitians were swimming, and some riding the breaking waves on an old plank broken off a canoe. The 'incredible swiftness' with which they were rushed in was fantastic. 'We stood admiring this very wonderful scene for full half an hour,' Banks wrote, reporting the first European encounter with the Polynesian art of surfing.
Improved to Good Article status by Noleander (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Noleander (talk) 18:00, 21 June 2025 (UTC).

  • Note that the CopyVio tool will indicate a few false positives. The article has no plagiarism. Noleander (talk) 18:06, 21 June 2025 (UTC)
@Noleander, Earwig shows significant close phrasing in the North America and the Return to Hawaii sections. The Earwig result doesn't appear to be completely a result of quotations or use of proper nouns. TarnishedPathtalk 08:26, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
The stampaday wordpress site is a copy of Wikipedia. That article was from July 2017 but this diff of our James Cook article from October 2016 has the same text. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:36, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
The captaincooksociety website is quoting a escutcheon description for Cook's coat of arms from a 1785 book. This one is fine. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:40, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
The foundingdocs.gov.au ones are quotes from the 1700s. They're fine. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:42, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
@Panamitsu thanks for taking the time to do a bit of an investigation. Regarding stampaday, the fact that it appears that that wordpress page is copying us raises questions about its reliablity. This should be addressed now before this makes it to a prep/quo and it is discussed at WT:DYK. TarnishedPathtalk 08:46, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
@TarnishedPath: I don't think that website is used as a source in this article, or do you mean something different? ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:48, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
@Panamitsu, it appears you are entirely correct. I forgot Earwig did a google search also. TarnishedPathtalk 08:50, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
Haha no worries. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:51, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
  • Haha that is one very interesting hook! The hook matches the article but I can't access the source so can't verify from there. Could you provide a quote from the offline source? The article was recently promoted to good article status. I'll investigate the paraphrasing. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:29, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
Ok there don't appear to be any copyright violations. Still would like a quote from the offline source please. ―Panamitsu (talk) 08:49, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
@Panamitsu: I supplied quotes from the source(s) above. I tweaked the wording of the "surfing" hook (ALT1) to clarify that Cook himself may not have personally seen the surfing (it may have been only his scientist, Joseph Banks). I added another hook (ALT0) about a science medal Cook received. The science medal was for a paper Cook presented about preserving the health of the crews, which involved many actions (airing-out bedding etc) but eating malt to prevent scurvy was the most important part of the article. Noleander (talk) 13:50, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, ALT1 is approved then. ALT0 matches the source and article. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:19, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
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