Template:Did you know nominations/History of veterinary medicine in the Philippines

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 11:53, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

History of veterinary medicine in the Philippines[edit]

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~~... that the history of veterinary medicine in the Philippines (pictured) began in 1828?~~

@AnakngAraw: Length, age, copyvio all check out. However, the hook does not seem particularly interesting (maybe this is just my own opinion). Can you come up with an alternate hook? Thanks. --Jakob (Scream about the things I've broken) 00:19, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Created by AnakngAraw (talk). Self nominated at 15:32, 30 November 2013 (UTC).

How about this?:

ALT1: ~~... that the highlight of the history of veterinary medicine in the Philippines was when Rinderpest began to plague the islands in 1888, killing 600,000 cattle from 1901 to 1902 alone?~~ - AnakngAraw (talk) 00:40, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
gtg. --Jakob (Scream about the things I've broken) 00:47, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. And I have reviewed the article Kadisoka which can be found immediately below. - AnakngAraw (talk) 01:22, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Urrgh. Can we lose the word "highlight"? I can't see the killing of 600,000 cattle as a highlight of anything. Maybe replace "the highlight of" with something like "a significant period in"? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 03:02, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that early in the history of veterinary medicine in the Philippines, a cattle plague began in 1888 and killed 600,000 animals from 1901 to 1902 alone? --PFHLai (talk) 15:35, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

This one also seems good. --Jakob (Scream about the things I've broken) 00:31, 4 December 2013 (UTC)