Template:Did you know nominations/Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition

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• ... that the Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition of 1928 found, contrary to expectations, that transmission of syphilis among the Buryat people was primarily due to sexual activity?
  • ALT1:... that the Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition of 1928 sought to explain the endemic syphilis among the "primitive" Buryat people?

• Reviewed: Abhilasha Kumari

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 14:06, 22 September 2018 (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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: QPQ needed. I don't think the hook is interesting, because syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease Catrìona (talk) 03:39, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you @Catrìona:. QPQ done and I've tried to clarify that syphilis was thought be due to poor hygiene etc but, the expedition in 1928 found sexual contact as primary cause. Maybe @Philafrenzy: can help further with hook. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Alt added. Philafrenzy (talk) 07:21, 24 September 2018 (UTC)