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A fact from Alasdair Macintosh Geddes appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alasdair Geddes worked on the WHO's smallpox-eradication programme in Bangladesh five years before diagnosing the world's last fatal case of smallpox in Birmingham, England?

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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 10:28, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Child with Smallpox Bangladesh (1973)

... that in 1973, Alasdair Geddes worked on the frontline of the WHO's smallpox eradication programme in Bangladesh, five years before diagnosing the world's last fatal case of smallpox in Birmingham, England? In 1973 he was a visiting fellow with the WHO's smallpox eradication programme in Bangladesh, and in 1978 he was involved in the diagnosis of the last case of major smallpox in the world, a laboratory-acquired case in his very own hospital in Birmingham....In Bangladesh...I [he] saw many cases of smallpox. [1]
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Reviewed: List of British colours lost in battle
Comment: Created 28 August. Expanded 5X from 29 August.

expanded by Whispyhistory (talk). Self-nominated at 20:34, 5 September 2020 (UTC).[reply]

I suggest not using the photograph of the child with smallpox. Over the years the inclusion of this image in the smallpox article has given rise to an awful lot of controversy. See Talk:Smallpox#If_I_will_need_a_picture_of_a_disease_effect_on_human_I_will_find_it_without_Wikipedia. Graham Beards (talk) 06:26, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Graham Beards: for bringing that to attention and watching over. I used the image as it is the only one on Commons depicting smallpox signs in Bangladesh 1973, when Geddes witnessed such cases that later contributed to him diagnosing a case (rare as seeing a unicorn on a British lawn according to one reference) in 1978. Quite an incredible story. I still have some tidying to do on the article but value your suggestions. I will leave the rest to the reviewer. Whispyhistory (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. The image is in the public domain but I suggest we don't use it as a picture hook. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:15, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]