Template:Did you know nominations/Saint Gregory Seminary

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 23:22, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Saint Gregory Seminary

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The Institutum Divi Thomae taught graduate-level science to both religious sisters and lay people at St. Gregory.

... that scientists of the Institutum Divi Thomae (pictured) raised silkworms at Saint Gregory Seminary during World War II as a form of economic warfare against Japan?

Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/762317572/?match=1&terms=%22gregory%20seminary%22

ALT1: ... that a priest at Saint Gregory Seminary raised a flock of 250 pet birds in a spare room and taught them Latin, Greek, and French phrases? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/101066540/
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sentot Prawirodirdjo

Created by Maximilian775 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Maximilian775 (talk) 12:31, 21 March 2025 (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: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Recently created, well-written, no paraphrasing issues, and ALT1 is a very interesting hook. GTG. Makeandtoss (talk) 12:00, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

@Maximilian775: Hey, this a fascinating one. I checked the source and clipped the relevant part if you want to link the URL from the article's reference: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-250-birds/170494608/ I have a question. I assume the hook means that the priest taught them "to recognize" or "to distinguish between" the phrases. (Birds can learn a lot of human speech without full comprehension.) But the newspaper source is pretty vague. Is there a more explicit source? I would prefer not to promote an ambiguous hook, but if the sources just trust the reader to know what a bird is capable of, I also don't want to assume or speculate. If more explicit sources are not available, this isn't a deal breaker for DYK. Regards, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 05:53, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

@Rjjiii: I have no more sources about that. However, I've always thought the silkworm tag was the more interesting of the two, and, IIRC, its newspaper citation is a bit more out-and-out. Maybe this means that the WWII / silkworm one should be advanced instead? Maximilian775 (talk) 12:10, 17 April 2025 (UTC)